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Data Flow: PTY to Screen

How your terminal output travels through MonoTerm’s rendering pipeline.

Complete Data Flow


Step-by-Step Breakdown

Step 1: Your Program Runs


Step 2: Data Travels Through PTY


Step 3: Rust Backend Processing


Step 4: VTE Parser (Alacritty)


Step 5: Smart Diff Calculation


Step 6: Frontend Injection


ACK Handshake (Flow Control)


Timing Diagram


Summary

Architecture

SessionActor (Rust) owns all state with MPSC channels for lock-free communication. Alacritty VTE parses escape sequences. WebGL renders to screen.