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authorblasty <blasty@local>2026-07-10 16:21:36 +0200
committerblasty <blasty@local>2026-07-10 16:21:36 +0200
commita03a1e08f65806f8963eeffc5f65c28af40bc949 (patch)
tree3a8c6e13294403eee73ab0f4a27231fb3d3aa02c
parentdrive: ergonomic RE helper over the RPC socket (terse text, auto socket) (diff)
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drive: add save + retype; point docs/skills at the ergonomic frontend
Round out idatui.drive with 'save' and 'retype <fn> <proto>' so the whole common RE loop (orient/understand/act/persist) has a terse command. Update docs/RPC.md and both skills (idatui, idatui-rpc) to recommend idatui.drive as the day-to-day driving surface, with rpcclient/raw as the fallback for unwrapped verbs.
-rw-r--r--docs/RPC.md11
-rw-r--r--idatui/drive.py17
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/RPC.md b/docs/RPC.md
index a4d077f..5cb73ee 100644
--- a/docs/RPC.md
+++ b/docs/RPC.md
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ identical on-screen effect a real keyboard would.
Layers: `idatui/rpc.py` (server, above `app.py`), `idatui/_sync.py` (the shared
"wait until the UI settled" logic, also used by the tests), `idatui/rpcclient.py`
-(stdlib client + CLI).
+(stdlib raw JSON client + CLI), and `idatui/drive.py` (the **ergonomic** CLI on
+top — terse text, auto-resolves the socket). For agent-driven RE, prefer
+`idatui.pane` (spawn/stop panes) + `idatui.drive` (see the `idatui-rpc` skill);
+this doc is the underlying protocol reference.
## Running
@@ -15,7 +18,11 @@ Layers: `idatui/rpc.py` (server, above `app.py`), `idatui/_sync.py` (the shared
# pane A — the TUI (real render) + a socket listener
python -m idatui.tui --db <session> --rpc /tmp/ida.sock
-# pane B — drive it
+# pane B — drive it. Ergonomic (auto-finds the socket, terse text):
+python -m idatui.drive where
+python -m idatui.drive pc main strrchr
+python -m idatui.drive rename sub_5BE0 stdout_isatty
+# ...or the raw JSON transport underneath:
python -m idatui.rpcclient --sock /tmp/ida.sock goto target=main
python -m idatui.rpcclient --sock /tmp/ida.sock screen
```
diff --git a/idatui/drive.py b/idatui/drive.py
index 5a36add..35909df 100644
--- a/idatui/drive.py
+++ b/idatui/drive.py
@@ -167,6 +167,19 @@ def cmd_note(c, args):
return f" noted {args[0]}"
+def cmd_retype(c, args):
+ if len(args) < 2:
+ raise SystemExit("usage: retype <fn> <prototype...>")
+ c.call("goto", target=args[0], delay_ms=0)
+ st = c.call("retype", proto=" ".join(args[1:]), word=args[0], delay_ms=0)
+ return _fmt_where(st)
+
+
+def cmd_save(c, args):
+ c.call("save")
+ return " saved"
+
+
def cmd_screen(c, args):
return c.call("screen").get("text", "")
@@ -184,8 +197,8 @@ def cmd_raw(c, args):
COMMANDS = {
"where": cmd_where, "go": cmd_go, "pc": cmd_pc, "dis": cmd_dis,
"callees": cmd_callees, "callers": cmd_callers, "names": cmd_names,
- "rename": cmd_rename, "mv": cmd_mv, "note": cmd_note,
- "screen": cmd_screen, "raw": cmd_raw,
+ "rename": cmd_rename, "mv": cmd_mv, "note": cmd_note, "retype": cmd_retype,
+ "save": cmd_save, "screen": cmd_screen, "raw": cmd_raw,
}