nxu/term.py

#/usr/bin/env python

import fcntl
import os
import pty
import sys
import struct
import termios

def main():

    # check usage
    args = sys.argv[1:]
    if len(args) < 1:
        print('usage: %s ROM')
        print('')
        print('  ROM: the rom file to launch')
        sys.exit(1)

    # path to rom to run
    rom = args[0]

    # fork with a new pty
    pid, fd = pty.fork()
    
    if pid == 0:
        # set TERM to something we can handle
        env = dict(os.environ)
        env['TERM'] = 'dumb'
        os.execvpe('bash', ['bash', '--noediting', '-i'], env)
    else:
        # set the terminal size
        #cols, rows = 63, 32
        cols, rows = 79, 40
        size = struct.pack("HHHH", rows, cols, 8, 8)
        fcntl.ioctl(fd, termios.TIOCSWINSZ, size)

        ## disable terminal echo
        #attr = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
        #attr[3] = attr[3] & ~termios.ECHO
        #termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, attr)

        # use fd for the terminals stdin/stdout
        os.dup2(fd, sys.stdin.fileno())
        os.dup2(os.dup(fd), sys.stdout.fileno())
        os.execvp('uxnemu', ['uxnemu', rom])
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()