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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
