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 1E2i41-0001Y8-Dk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 04:19:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7A4Hw2T025047; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 04:17:58 GMT Received: from mail24.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail24.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.26]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7A4E4eo018727 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 04:14:04 GMT Received: (qmail 31567 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2005 04:14:40 -0000 Received: from dsl027-182-150.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO chi.speakeasy.net) (rmsand@[216.27.182.150]) (envelope-sender ) by mail24.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 10 Aug 2005 04:14:40 -0000 Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:14:42 -0700 From: Bob Sanders To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux comm program Message-ID: <20050809211442.191b3a60@chi.speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <200508091851.56012.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> References: <200508091851.56012.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.4a (GTK+ 1.2.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j7A4E4eo018727 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j7A4Hw2k025047 X-Archives-Salt: 798e4bbc-76f2-40b9-be67-2d08ca08d9e5 X-Archives-Hash: 5f0b1d5beda2b971863c21c56b6ba8b4 On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:51:55 -0400 Daniel D Jones wrote: > Is anyone aware of a decent comm program for Linux? =A0Something along= the=20 > lines of SecureCRT for Windows? =A0(SecureCRT is a commercial program. = There's=20 > supposed to be a Linux port in progress but I'd much prefer to use Open= =20 > Source.) I can't seem to find anything but stuff that was written in t= he=20 > '90s like minicom or programs that have limited capabilities. =A0For e= xample,=20 > Komport (KDE's serial comm program) is limited to a 25 x 80 screen, des= pite=20 > the fact that it's a GUI program. =A0I'm looking for a GUI program with= a=20 > scrollback buffer, scripting, multi protocol support (ssh in all its va= rious=20 > flavors, serial port, telnet, rlogin), session logging, etc. =A0This is= the=20 > kind of technical itch that I would think lots of programmers would scr= atch,=20 > but I haven't been able to find anything close. >=20 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 - =20 --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list