Splitting / Layouting Context¤

i.e. doing this:

In Pwndbg, the context sections can be distributed among different tty by using the contextoutput command. Example:

contextoutput stack /path/to/tty true

If you use a terminal or multiplexer that supports scripted pane splitting, you can write a Python script that will create the panes and distribute them to your liking whenever you start Pwndbg.

For instance, for tmux, you could write something like this:

python
import atexit
import os
from pwndbg.commands.context import contextoutput, output, clear_screen
bt = os.popen('tmux split-window -P -F "#{pane_id}:#{pane_tty}" -d "cat -"').read().strip().split(":")
st = os.popen(F'tmux split-window -h -t {bt[0]} -P -F '+'"#{pane_id}:#{pane_tty}" -d "cat -"').read().strip().split(":")
re = os.popen(F'tmux split-window -h -t {st[0]} -P -F '+'"#{pane_id}:#{pane_tty}" -d "cat -"').read().strip().split(":")
di = os.popen('tmux split-window -h -P -F "#{pane_id}:#{pane_tty}" -d "cat -"').read().strip().split(":")
panes = dict(backtrace=bt, stack=st, regs=re, disasm=di)
for sec, p in panes.items():
  contextoutput(sec, p[1], True)
contextoutput("legend", di[1], True)
atexit.register(lambda: [os.popen(F"tmux kill-pane -t {p[0]}").read() for p in panes.values()])
end

If you're using tmux specifically, you can use pwnmux as a prebuilt layout or splitmind to easily configure the layout you want.

Example

The above example uses splitmind and following configuration:

python
import splitmind
(splitmind.Mind()
  .tell_splitter(show_titles=True)
  .tell_splitter(set_title="Main")
  .right(display="backtrace", size="25%")
  .above(of="main", display="disasm", size="80%", banner="top")
  .show("code", on="disasm", banner="none")
  .right(cmd='tty; tail -f /dev/null', size="65%", clearing=False)
  .tell_splitter(set_title='Input / Output')
  .above(display="stack", size="75%")
  .above(display="legend", size="25")
  .show("regs", on="legend")
  .below(of="backtrace", cmd="ipython", size="30%")
).build(nobanner=True)
end

If you're using kitty, you may check out kittydbg for a prebuilt layout.