pty-capture

PTY Byte Capture

The orchestrator routed you here. Use these mechanics to execute your plan.

Capture the exact bytes a real terminal emits for a given keystroke. Use this when the question is "what sequence does terminal X send for key Y?" rather than "does the UI look right?"

Platform support

Read the platform file for your target OS. Each contains the capture architecture, prerequisites, usage pattern, and platform-specific notes.

Known dead ends

• Xvfb + xdotool: bypasses real keyboard processing entirely
• uinput + Xvfb: Xvfb does not consume kernel input devices
• SSH PTY for keystroke injection: distorts the input encoding; SSH is only for output capture or deployment

Follow-on

Feed captured bytes into terminal compatibility fixtures and replay tests in apps/cli.