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Re:Ask HN: Software for producing terminal-based tutorials? by haar on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @09:40AM (#23323014)
I've given some live showcasing/presentations with the help of https://github.com/paxtonhare/demo-magic to smooth over parts that are either time consuming, or not error-proof (e.g. networking and such). It might be useful here as well?
Re:Ask HN: Software for producing terminal-based tutorials? by Bob_LaBLahh on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:25AM (#23323787)
Demo magic is a good tool. I used it for recording a video course. But here's one minor caveat: there's no hint for what command will be executed next. Sometimes I would start talking about a subject, then hit ENTER to auto-type the next command, only to find that my words were off topic from the current command. My fault, but it was always a pain to recover from.

I still recommend demo magic. But use it with eyes open if you're mistake-prone like me.

Re:Ask HN: Software for producing terminal-based tutorials? by haar on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:09AM (#23323508)
If you're wanting to combine that with e.g. asciinema - you can front-load a shell script via `asciinema rec -t "Some Presentation" -c ./presentation.sh`