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author | Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com> | 2017-12-15 16:50:32 -0500 |
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committer | Jeremiah Senkpiel <fishrock123@rocketmail.com> | 2017-12-18 10:26:09 -0500 |
commit | 606ff7c6f2cb8ab36bdbbe782eaef66f83a42f08 (patch) | |
tree | 9b5b5b41cf6481d4e65ccf2d2760cd120105fb3e /doc/api/tty.md | |
parent | 934490b3f6e7368b5786f43964cf8001208f4e04 (diff) | |
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doc: adjust TTY wording & add inter-doc links
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/17702
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/api/tty.md b/doc/api/tty.md index f91a37a120..8b757c0f02 100644 --- a/doc/api/tty.md +++ b/doc/api/tty.md @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ However, it can be accessed using: const tty = require('tty'); ``` -When Node.js detects that it is being run inside a text terminal ("TTY") -context, the `process.stdin` will, by default, be initialized as an instance of -`tty.ReadStream` and both `process.stdout` and `process.stderr` will, by +When Node.js detects that it is being run with a text terminal ("TTY") +attached, [`process.stdin`][] will, by default, be initialized as an instance of +`tty.ReadStream` and both [`process.stdout`][] and [`process.stderr`][] will, by default be instances of `tty.WriteStream`. The preferred method of determining whether Node.js is being run within a TTY context is to check that the value of the `process.stdout.isTTY` property is `true`: @@ -27,15 +27,16 @@ false ``` In most cases, there should be little to no reason for an application to -create instances of the `tty.ReadStream` and `tty.WriteStream` classes. +manually create instances of the `tty.ReadStream` and `tty.WriteStream` +classes. ## Class: tty.ReadStream <!-- YAML added: v0.5.8 --> -The `tty.ReadStream` class is a subclass of `net.Socket` that represents the -readable side of a TTY. In normal circumstances `process.stdin` will be the +The `tty.ReadStream` class is a subclass of [`net.Socket`][] that represents the +readable side of a TTY. In normal circumstances [`process.stdin`][] will be the only `tty.ReadStream` instance in a Node.js process and there should be no reason to create additional instances. @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ raw device. Defaults to `false`. added: v0.5.8 --> -A `boolean` that is always `true`. +A `boolean` that is always `true` for `tty.ReadStream` instances. ### readStream.setRawMode(mode) <!-- YAML @@ -77,8 +78,8 @@ added: v0.5.8 --> The `tty.WriteStream` class is a subclass of `net.Socket` that represents the -writable side of a TTY. In normal circumstances, `process.stdout` and -`process.stderr` will be the only `tty.WriteStream` instances created for a +writable side of a TTY. In normal circumstances, [`process.stdout`][] and +[`process.stderr`][] will be the only `tty.WriteStream` instances created for a Node.js process and there should be no reason to create additional instances. ### Event: 'resize' @@ -130,3 +131,8 @@ added: v0.5.8 The `tty.isatty()` method returns `true` if the given `fd` is associated with a TTY and `false` if it is not, including whenever `fd` is not a non-negative integer. + +[`net.Socket`]: net.html#net_class_net_socket +[`process.stdin`]: process.html#process_process_stdin +[`process.stdout`]: process.html#process_process_stdout +[`process.stderr`]: process.html#process_process_stderr |