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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import os
+import pty
+import signal
+import tty
+import array
+import termios
+import fcntl
+import select
+import time
+
+class TimedFile(object):
+    '''File wrapper that records write times in separate file.'''
+
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        mode = 'wb'
+        self.data_file = open(filename, mode)
+        self.time_file = open(filename + '.time', mode)
+        self.old_time = time.time()
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.data_file.close()
+        self.time_file.close()
+
+    def write(self, data):
+        self.data_file.write(data)
+        now = time.time()
+        delta = now - self.old_time
+        self.time_file.write("%f %d\n" % (delta, len(data)))
+        self.old_time = now
+
+
+class Recorder(object):
+    '''Pseudo-terminal recorder.
+
+    Creates new pseudo-terminal for spawned process
+    and saves stdin/stderr (and timing) to files.
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, filename, command):
+        self.master_fd = None
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.command = command
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.open_files()
+        self.write_stdout('\n~ Asciicast recording started.\n')
+        success = self.spawn()
+        self.write_stdout('\n~ Asciicast recording finished.\n')
+        self.close_files()
+        return success
+
+    def open_files(self):
+        self.stdin_file = TimedFile(self.filename + '.stdin')
+        self.stdout_file = TimedFile(self.filename + '.stdout')
+
+    def close_files(self):
+        self.stdin_file.close()
+        self.stdout_file.close()
+
+    def spawn(self):
+        '''Create a spawned process.
+
+        Based on pty.spawn() from standard library.
+        '''
+
+        assert self.master_fd is None
+
+        pid, master_fd = pty.fork()
+        self.master_fd = master_fd
+
+        if pid == pty.CHILD:
+            os.execlp(self.command[0], *self.command)
+
+        old_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, self._signal_winch)
+
+        try:
+            mode = tty.tcgetattr(pty.STDIN_FILENO)
+            tty.setraw(pty.STDIN_FILENO)
+            restore = 1
+        except tty.error: # This is the same as termios.error
+            restore = 0
+
+        self._set_pty_size()
+
+        try:
+            self._copy()
+        except (IOError, OSError):
+            if restore:
+                tty.tcsetattr(pty.STDIN_FILENO, tty.TCSAFLUSH, mode)
+
+        os.close(master_fd)
+        self.master_fd = None
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGWINCH, old_handler)
+
+        return True
+
+    def _signal_winch(self, signal, frame):
+        '''Signal handler for SIGWINCH - window size has changed.'''
+
+        self._set_pty_size()
+
+    def _set_pty_size(self):
+        '''
+        Sets the window size of the child pty based on the window size
+        of our own controlling terminal.
+        '''
+
+        assert self.master_fd is not None
+
+        # Get the terminal size of the real terminal, set it on the pseudoterminal.
+        buf = array.array('h', [0, 0, 0, 0])
+        fcntl.ioctl(pty.STDOUT_FILENO, termios.TIOCGWINSZ, buf, True)
+        fcntl.ioctl(self.master_fd, termios.TIOCSWINSZ, buf)
+
+    def _copy(self):
+        '''Main select loop.
+
+        Passes control to self.master_read() or self.stdin_read()
+        when new data arrives.
+        '''
+
+        assert self.master_fd is not None
+        master_fd = self.master_fd
+
+        while 1:
+            try:
+                rfds, wfds, xfds = select.select([master_fd, pty.STDIN_FILENO], [], [])
+            except select.error, e:
+                if e[0] == 4:   # Interrupted system call.
+                    continue
+
+            if master_fd in rfds:
+                data = os.read(self.master_fd, 1024)
+                self.handle_master_read(data)
+
+            if pty.STDIN_FILENO in rfds:
+                data = os.read(pty.STDIN_FILENO, 1024)
+                self.handle_stdin_read(data)
+
+    def handle_master_read(self, data):
+        '''Handles new data on child process stdout.'''
+
+        self.write_stdout(data)
+        self.stdout_file.write(data)
+
+    def handle_stdin_read(self, data):
+        '''Handles new data on child process stdin.'''
+
+        self.write_master(data)
+        self.stdin_file.write(data)
+
+    def write_stdout(self, data):
+        '''Writes to stdout as if the child process had written the data.'''
+
+        os.write(pty.STDOUT_FILENO, data)
+
+    def write_master(self, data):
+        '''Writes to the child process from its controlling terminal.'''
+
+        master_fd = self.master_fd
+        assert master_fd is not None
+        while data != '':
+            n = os.write(master_fd, data)
+            data = data[n:]
+
+
+def main():
+    filename = 'typescript'
+
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        command = sys.argv[1:]
+    else:
+        command = os.environ['SHELL'].split()
+
+    rec = Recorder(filename, command)
+    rec.run()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()