docs: document run_tool subprocess streaming pattern in CLAUDE.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CLAUDE.md

@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Pass 2 builds `ok_disk_names` — the set of disk names that already match the s
 
 **`selection.json`** — GUI selection state file, tracked in git. Persists which mods/groups are selected between GUI sessions. Written by the GUI; safe to delete (GUI recreates it on next save).
 
+**`run_tool` subprocess streaming:** Tool scripts are launched via `subprocess.Popen` (not `subprocess.run`) with `stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT`, read line-by-line via `iter(proc.stdout.readline, "")`, and posted to the log queue immediately. Python's own output buffering is disabled with the `-u` flag and `PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1` in the environment — without these, output would batch inside the pipe and only appear when the script exits.
+
 ## Python Version Compatibility
 
 Minimum is Python **3.9**. All files that use `X | Y` union type annotations **must** have `from __future__ import annotations` as the first import. Without it, the `|` syntax raises `TypeError` at runtime on Python < 3.10. Every module in `arma_modlist_tools/` already has it; any new CLI script you add must include it too.

gui/app.py

@@ -191,23 +191,29 @@ class ArmaModManagerApp(ctk.CTk):
 
     def run_tool(self, script_args: list[str]) -> None:
         """Run a maintenance script via subprocess, streaming output to Logs."""
+        import os
         script = script_args[0]
         extra  = script_args[1:]
 
         def worker() -> None:
             self.post_log(f"\n{'─'*50}\n  {' '.join(script_args)}\n{'─'*50}\n")
             try:
-                result = subprocess.run(
+                env = os.environ.copy()
-                    [sys.executable, str(PROJECT_ROOT / script)] + extra,
+                env["PYTHONUNBUFFERED"] = "1"
-                    capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=str(PROJECT_ROOT),
+                proc = subprocess.Popen(
+                    [sys.executable, "-u", str(PROJECT_ROOT / script)] + extra,
+                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                    stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                    text=True,
+                    cwd=str(PROJECT_ROOT),
+                    env=env,
                 )
-                if result.stdout:
+                for line in iter(proc.stdout.readline, ""):
-                    self.post_log(result.stdout)
+                    self.post_log(line)
-                if result.stderr:
+                proc.wait()
-                    self.post_log(result.stderr)
+                ok = proc.returncode == 0
-                ok = result.returncode == 0
                 self.post_log(
-                    f"\n{'✓  Done' if ok else f'✗  Exited with code {result.returncode}'}.\n"
+                    f"\n{'✓  Done' if ok else f'✗  Exited with code {proc.returncode}'}.\n"
                 )
             except Exception as e:
                 self.post_log(f"\n✗  Failed to start {script}: {e}\n")