I disagree, it is still hard: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70290 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70290 Further, there are still th

I disagree, it is still hard: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70290 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70290 Further, there are still things for which there is not a right way to do it. If you look at the man page for "unbuffer" (part of expect), there's a "CAVEATS" section that describes a bug... that can't be fixed while PTYs are in their current state. I wouldn't call it "well and truly solved".