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 1E2obS-0002j9-LW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:18:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7ABH3lj016827; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:17:03 GMT Received: from riddlemaster.org (dsl-69-4-227-22.lag.portbridge.com [69.4.227.22] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7ABDDLu017565 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:13:14 GMT Received: (qmail 20059 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2005 07:12:45 -0000 Received: from dsl-69-4-228-92.lag.portbridge.com (HELO merlin) (69.4.228.92) by 0 with SMTP; 10 Aug 2005 07:12:45 -0000 From: Daniel D Jones To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux comm program Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:09:28 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <200508091851.56012.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> <20050809211442.191b3a60@chi.speakeasy.net> <1123655451.5792.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200508100709.28719.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> X-Archives-Salt: 2164a875-69a3-442b-899a-619a4a3231d2 X-Archives-Hash: 788965a4b0aa650d09fca31bdd26f7d8 On Wednesday 10 August 2005 02:30 am, Frank Schafer wrote: > 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. When I say I need a GUI, I mean I need something with a scroll-back buffer. I'm a Cisco tech and being able to look at back at output that's scrolled off the screen is vital. A program like, say, Konsole, would be fine. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list