Snapshot / frame dataclass

[tony]

libtmux:

The Snapshot.

class Snapshot:

    created_at: datetime.utcnow()
    id: tmux_id

    def refresh_from_cli():
        # return new object with new created_at

class Session(Snapshot):
    pass


class Window(Snapshot):
    pass

acronyms: Frame, tmux object

This is a state of tmux at a certain time.

You can know, based on time, the likelihood a certain object is stale. What it means is that you can audit a terminal and trail it, you can record it, you can print the terminal to text. You can export the session, window, pane's contents to a file. You can assert that certain text exists in a pane, window, session, server.

A snapshot could be pickable. It could be serializable in various other formats

This can open doors to new ways of interacting with the terminal not hitherto conceived

Appendix

• https://github.com/tweekmonster/tmux2html