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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
