Re: Bug#236044: ITP: picocom -- minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Oliver Kurth wrote: nimrod:~# ls -l /usr/bin/picocom -rwxr-xr-x1 root root22712 Jan 20 03:10 /usr/bin/picocom nimrod:~# ls -l /usr/bin/minicom -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 166328 Nov 12 10:22 /usr/bin/minicom Even smaller footprint: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root13220 Oct 2 15:12 /usr/bin/microcom # ldd /usr/bin/microcom libc.so.6 = /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40021000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 = /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x4000) Here: http://microcom.port5.com/ and here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/microcomste/ Cheers, Cristian
Bug#236044: ITP: picocom -- minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: picocom Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Nick Patavalis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * URL : http://efault.net/npat/hacks/picocom/ * License : GPL Description : minimal dumb-terminal emulation program picocom was designed to serve as a simple, manual, modem configuration, testing, and debugging tool. It has also served (quite well) as a low-tech terminal-window to allow operator intervention in PPP connection scripts (something like the ms-windows open terminal window before / after dialing feature). It could also prove useful in many other similar tasks. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.25 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Bug#236044: ITP: picocom -- minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 03:24:08PM -0800, Oliver Kurth wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: picocom Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Nick Patavalis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * URL : http://efault.net/npat/hacks/picocom/ * License : GPL Description : minimal dumb-terminal emulation program picocom was designed to serve as a simple, manual, modem configuration, testing, and debugging tool. It has also served (quite well) as a low-tech terminal-window to allow operator intervention in PPP connection scripts (something like the ms-windows open terminal window before / after dialing feature). It could also prove useful in many other similar tasks. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal. In what cases do you find that minicom is not small enough? Cheers, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#236044: ITP: picocom -- minimal dumb-terminal emulation program
On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 18:37, Steve Langasek wrote: On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 03:24:08PM -0800, Oliver Kurth wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name: picocom Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Nick Patavalis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * URL : http://efault.net/npat/hacks/picocom/ * License : GPL Description : minimal dumb-terminal emulation program picocom was designed to serve as a simple, manual, modem configuration, testing, and debugging tool. It has also served (quite well) as a low-tech terminal-window to allow operator intervention in PPP connection scripts (something like the ms-windows open terminal window before / after dialing feature). It could also prove useful in many other similar tasks. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal. In what cases do you find that minicom is not small enough? Hm... nimrod:~# ls -l /usr/bin/picocom -rwxr-xr-x1 root root22712 Jan 20 03:10 /usr/bin/picocom nimrod:~# ls -l /usr/bin/minicom -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 166328 Nov 12 10:22 /usr/bin/minicom nimrod:~# If that is not enough: I have much less problems with picocom than I have with minicom. I can give the port to use on the cmd line: picocom /dev/ttyS0 which is much more intuitive for me than modifying the minicom configuration (maybe you can do that with minicom, but I haven't yet figured out how - so far I always relinked /dev/modem). Also, I am using Debian on a small PowerPC device with 64MB flash, so every byte is a crucial ressource there. And I do not need any nifty curses interface. picocom does exactly what I want: connect to a serial port. And nothing more. Greetings, Oliver signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
