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Editing an asciinema cast file with aider
The user needs to make some tedious edits to the escape sequences in an `asciinema` screencast file.
Claude Code Knowledge Pack7/10/2026
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Editing an asciinema cast file with aider
The user needs to make some tedious edits to the escape sequences in an asciinema screencast file.
$ aider hello.cast
Added hello.cast to the chat
when the "hello.py> " prompt is displayed, it's including some escape codes to add a few blank lines below the prompt and then bringing the cursor back up. remove all that. just show the prompt followed by a space and leave the cursor showing right after that.
hello.cast
<<<<<<< ORIGINAL
[19.534013, "o", "\\u001b[?2004h\\u001b[?1l\\u001b[?25l\\u001b[0m\\u001b[?7l\\u001b[0m\\u001b[J\\u001b[0;38;5;28mhello.py> \\u001b[0m\\r\\r\
\\r\\r\
\\r\\r\
\\u001b[0;38;5;28m \\r\\u001b[64C \\r\\u001b[3A\\u001b[10C\\u001b[?7h\\u001b[0m\\u001b[?12l\\u001b[?25h"]
=======
[19.534013, "o", "\\u001b[?2004h\\u001b[?1l\\u001b[?25l\\u001b[0m\\u001b[?7l\\u001b[0m\\u001b[J\\u001b[0;38;5;28mhello.py> \\u001b[0m\\u001b[?7h\\u001b[0m\\u001b[?12l\\u001b[?25h"]
>>>>>>> UPDATED
</div>Applied edit to hello.cast
Commit a3fa4d2 aider: Removed escape codes to display prompt and cursor correctly.