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 1E339R-0003xo-IG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 02:50:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7B2n08Y026905; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 02:49:00 GMT Received: from www.rout.co.nz (203-79-82-53.adsl-wns.paradise.net.nz [203.79.82.53]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7B2jOXM008793 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 02:45:25 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.2] (nick.rout.co.nz [192.168.1.2]) by www.rout.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 628C911C76D for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:44:51 +1200 (NZST) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:46:08 +1200 From: Nick Rout To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux comm program In-Reply-To: References: <20050810142819.08439378.hilse@web.de> Message-Id: <20050811144217.DA6C.NICK@rout.co.nz> 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="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.21.04 [en] X-Archives-Salt: 8494828c-0346-4c55-9326-d3cb16f3b869 X-Archives-Hash: 4f19f9151e6fe538fcd5a06393cde271 On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:44:06 -0400 (EDT) A. Khattri wrote: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > > > Instead, the approach would be to > > - use a console for X11 gui (xterm, rxvt, whatever), > > - use a terminal emulator for for terminal emulation (usually included > > in the console applications, but I'm more thinking of "screen" here > > because you mentioned scollback buffer and stuff), > > - use a serial line comm prog for the serial communication (what's > > wrong with minicom?) > > - use a SSH shell for SSH connections, Telnet for telnet, etc. pp. > > - use a program for skripting ttys for the macros - "expect" and "talk" > > come to my mind. > > And if you want scrollback buffers then try running your > telnet/ssh/minicomm program under screen. you do not need screen. try running them under bash! ctrl-pgup/ctrl-pgdn. Even works in a console. There is undoubtedly an ENV variable to control the number of lines. Also the program script will save everything to a file for later perusal, or which you could tail -f in another xterm/console. > > > -- > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list