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 1E2r43-0003kc-UP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:56:16 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7ADrSsD023162; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:53:28 GMT Received: from mail.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7ADk81J030841 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:46:08 GMT Received: (qmail 7670 invoked by uid 0); 10 Aug 2005 13:46:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ida.bway.net) (216.220.96.4) by smtp.bway.net with (EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 10 Aug 2005 13:46:48 -0000 Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:44:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "A. Khattri" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux comm program In-Reply-To: <20050810142819.08439378.hilse@web.de> Message-ID: References: <200508091851.56012.ddjones@riddlemaster.org> <20050810142819.08439378.hilse@web.de> 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 X-Archives-Salt: d89d90e2-f505-4e36-9f79-e9e25baa25f4 X-Archives-Hash: 9a7f376ca2ef37b1cf69da08533f2a4c 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. -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list