Re: [gentoo-user] Linux comm program

[Frank Schafer <frank.schafer@t-systems.cz>]

On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 21:14 -0700, Bob Sanders wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:51:55 -0400
> Daniel D Jones <ddjones@riddlemaster.org> wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone aware of  a decent comm program for Linux?  Something along the 
> > lines of SecureCRT for Windows?  (SecureCRT is a commercial program.  There's 
> > supposed to be a Linux port in progress but I'd much prefer to use Open 
> > Source.)  I can't seem to find anything but stuff that was written in the 
> > '90s like minicom  or programs that have limited capabilities.  For example, 
> > Komport (KDE's serial comm program) is limited to a 25 x 80 screen, despite 
> > the fact that it's a GUI program.  I'm looking for a GUI program with a 
> > scrollback buffer, scripting, multi protocol support (ssh in all its various 
> > flavors, serial port, telnet, rlogin), session logging, etc.  This is the 
> > kind of technical itch that I would think lots of programmers would scratch, 
> > but I haven't been able to find anything close.
> > 
> 
> No gui program I know of.  But Ruby will allow you to do all that.  As it supports
> the tk widget library, among other interfaces, the gui is fairly straight forward.
> 
> Bob
> -  
> 

Hi,

If I neeeeeeeeeeeed a GUI program I'm using Putty. Otherwise ssh
user@host from a shell prompt.

I'm pretty sure that the GNOMErs and KDErs have something too.

Regards
Frank

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