Software Carpentry instructor shell. This program starts a command line terminal which logs output and uses an engine to push the content periodically to a back end (such as Etherpad).

To run shellther, you need to have Python installed.

Install shellther from pip as follows:

$ pip install git+git://github.com/c-martinez/shellther.git

Create a configuration file with the following format:

[shellther]
apikey = <etherpad api key>
baseurl = http://<etherpad host url>/api

Run an etherpad exclusively dedicated for your terminal:

$ shellther <padID> [--config <configfile>] --dedicated

or an add a section to an existing etherpad

$ shellther <padID> [--config <configfile>] --section [--marker <marker>]

This will update the content of your Etherpad, for example:

• Testing
• Unit testing
• Improve documentation
• Nice version numbering