Hi, On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:51:55 -0400 Daniel D Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't seem to find anything but stuff that was written in the > '90s like minicom or programs that have limited capabilities. > ... > 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. Because this isn't the Unix way of doing things. (I think you're a Cisco tech?!?) 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. Instead of having a huge, hard-to-maintain one-does-it-all-package, this seems a lot more flexible to me. If you want to save keystrokes - well, write some scripts and aliases. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
