screen-init

node-screen-init

quickly initialize screen sessions with nodejs

Usage

Run an HTTP server and Grunt watch split screen, with a CouchDB instance in a background screen!

#!/bin/usr/env node
 
var screen = require('screen-init')()
 
screen.exec('Python -m SimpleHTTPServer')
screen.splitH()
screen.exec('couchdb')
screen.newScreen()
screen.exec('grunt watch')

API

newScreen, splitH, and splitV calls automatically focus the newly created screen. calls to exec are run on whichever screen has focus

• screen.exec Takes a string and writes it as input to the currently focused screen. Optionally, takes a second parameter specifying the title of the screen, defaulting to the name of the command itself.
• screen.newScreen Creates a new screen and focuses it.
• screen.splitH Creates a new screen in a horizontal split and focuses it.
• screen.splitV Same as splitH, but creates a vertical split. Note Older versions of screen do not have this capability!
• screen.title Sets the title of the screen
• options Custom options can be easily supplied when required using require('screen-init')({options: stuff}). Useful if you have custom bindings. pty.js options are passed through
  • args Array of arguments to be passed to screen
  • meta UTF8 equivalent of screen meta key
  • bindings UTF8 key bindings for screen commands. Defaults:

  {
    'split': 'S',
    'split-v': '|',
    'focus': '\t',
    'screen': 'c',
    'fit': 'F',
    'title: 'A'
  }