From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2kBO-0006zY-L5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:35:23 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7A6XpCo019283; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:33:51 GMT Received: from mail.t-systems.cz (mail.t-systems.cz [212.67.76.249]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7A6UGOX005809 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:30:16 GMT Received: from mefisto.t-systems.cz (faust.t-systems.cz [10.246.110.12]) by mail.t-systems.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4725989E73 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 08:30:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from andre.t-systems.cz ([10.246.112.240]) by mefisto.t-systems.cz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 10 Aug 2005 08:30:48 +0200 Received: andre.t-systems.cz 10.246.112.240 from 10.246.112.176 10.246.112.176 via HTTP with MS-WebStorage 6.5.6944 Received: from frankies by andre.t-systems.cz; 10 Aug 2005 08:30:52 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux comm program From: Frank Schafer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20050809211442.191b3a60@chi.speakeasy.net> References: <200508091851.56012.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> <20050809211442.191b3a60@chi.speakeasy.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 08:30:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1123655451.5792.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Aug 2005 06:30:48.0021 (UTC) FILETIME=[0B895050:01C59D75] X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=-5.645, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -3.30, AWL 0.25, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: frank.schafer@t-systems.cz X-Archives-Salt: 6aef9f8d-757b-4413-a664-322931a7ab70 X-Archives-Hash: 66405d29b02c3d814fc00fc05da61fad On Tue, 2005-08-09 at 21:14 -0700, Bob Sanders wrote: > On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:51:55 -0400 > Daniel D Jones 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list