Support for interactive programs

[MarcDiethelm]

Unfortunately nexpect seems to be incompatible with interactive cli programs that require user input, e.g. Yeoman. (sendline is not an option here, as I don't know what choices the user will make).

Could this possibly be implemented with Readline?
Also: somewhat relevant SO.

[julianlam]

Isn't this the entire point of the expect (and by extension, nexpect) program, to run scripts that expect user input, and provide it on demand?

Ironically, the only reason why I'm here is because I can't get my nexpect script to execute against an interactive program...

[akwangho]

It does not work for me as well in ssh scenario.
The "Password:" prompt can't use consumed after the struggle for several hours.

[boustanihani]

@akwangho I have the same issue, did you find any solution?

Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24750131/node-js-wait-function-in-nexpect-module-does-not-working

[MarcDiethelm]

I ended up rolling my own package to solve this problem. https://github.com/MarcDiethelm/superspawn
Works nicely for me.

[boustanihani]

Thanks.

Does your package provide something similar to wait() ?
https://github.com/nodejitsu/nexpect#function-wait-expectation-callback

[MarcDiethelm]

Let's not spam this issue with questions concerning a foreign module. If you don't mind please open an issue in my project and we can discuss it there.

[boustanihani]

you're right :)