I am having a problem (I think) getting even basic external process to run.
For example, if I execute this code and inspect it:
```
proc := ExternalUnixOSProcess
forkAndExec: '/opt/homebrew/bin/typescript-language-server'
arguments: { '--stdio' }
environment: nil
```

The process status is complete immediately (if it works the process should
run until explicitly terminated). This is also the case if  I append
`/bin/zsh ` or `/bin/sh ` to the command.

What am I missing?

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 8:41 AM David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:

> Hi Eric,
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 08:10:35AM -0400, Eric Gade wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been unable to find good documentation / examples of an OSProcess
> use
> > case. How can I start an external process that remains running while I
> pipe
> > data into its stdin and read data from its stdout?
> >
>
> For this you will want to use a PipeableOSProcess, which allows you to
> start and external process, write to its stdin, and read from its stdout
> and stderr. The class comment gives an overview.
>
> PipeableOSProcess is part of the CommandShell package, so be sure to load
> CommandShell along with OSProcess.
>
> > To be specific, I am starting to toy around with the JS/Typescript LSP
> > server
> > <
> https://github.com/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server>,
> > which seems to expect input on stdin (rather than using sockets or
> whatnot)
> >
>
> If you happen to have tk/wish installed on your computer, try evaluating
> "PipeableOSProcess tkExample" to see something that may be similar to what
> you have in mind. It starts an external process running /usr/bin/wish with
> pipes connected to stdin/stdout/stderr to send commands to the wish shell
> and to read its output.
>
> HTH,
>
> Dave
>
>
>

-- 
Eric
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