Typescript -terminal recording into video

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We need to make some videos about working with LaTex documents. We have the typescript and timing -files and now we need to convert them into videos to display them in answers. Basically, the way to do that is to make small Gif -animations. Basically if I could record some area in the X window to GIF, then it would be possible over X to make such videos but it is a bit hxckish way and slow. So how can I convert script -processing into Gif -animations?

$ script -t 2> timing   # pastie.org etc to show your working
...WORKING...
$ scriptreplay timing   #how to make them into videos on this site?

Example videos

The source is here but created with pay-ware W tool.

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Best Answer

I couldn't get tty2gif to work right with vim. So I hacked together ttygif.

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