[GH-ISSUE #57] Pause feature (in recording mode) #653

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opened 2026-03-15 06:44:34 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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2026-03-15 06:44:34 +03:00

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Originally created by @eddyp on GitHub (Mar 28, 2014).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/57

It would be really useful to be able to pause and continue the asciinema recording process at any time. This is useful for outside interruptions, a long series of commands or executions.

I think one way to do this would be to use ctrl+z for pause and fg to get back to the session.

Originally created by @eddyp on GitHub (Mar 28, 2014). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/issues/57 It would be really useful to be able to pause and continue the asciinema recording process at any time. This is useful for outside interruptions, a long series of commands or executions. I think one way to do this would be to use ctrl+z for pause and fg to get back to the session.

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2026-03-15 06:44:40 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-03-15 06:44:50 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2014):

That is impossible due to the way recording is done. asciinema recorder doesn't do a snapshot of the whole terminal (all the lines), it only records the text and escape codes that get printed to the terminal. It's a sequence of changes where the following ones are dependent on the previous ones. By stopping the recording we would lose some of the changes that would be required to correctly display any future changes.

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2014): That is impossible due to the way recording is done. asciinema recorder doesn't do a snapshot of the whole terminal (all the lines), it only records the text and escape codes that get printed to the terminal. It's a sequence of changes where the following ones are dependent on the previous ones. By stopping the recording we would lose some of the changes that would be required to correctly display any future changes.

kerem commented

2026-03-15 06:44:55 +03:00

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@eddyp commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2014):

Then could there be an edit function of the resulting recording to be able to trim on the dead times during the recording?

@eddyp commented on GitHub (Mar 30, 2014): Then could there be an edit function of the resulting recording to be able to trim on the dead times during the recording?

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2026-03-15 06:45:00 +03:00

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@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Mar 31, 2014):

Yes, the ability to edit recorded asciicasts is in plans, see #49.

@ku1ik commented on GitHub (Mar 31, 2014): Yes, the ability to edit recorded asciicasts is in plans, see #49.

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[PR #653] [MERGED] Use safe kill from nix crate #1172