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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch.embedded |
| Subject | Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux |
| Date | 2016-11-02 21:23 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <nvdlg4$e8e$1@reader2.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <nvd7bi$nm2$1@dont-email.me> <nvdhdj$ueh$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2016-11-02, David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> On 02/11/16 18:22, Syd Rumpo wrote:
>> I use multiple instances of TeraTerm in Windows to provide ANSI/VT100
>> emulation for embedded processor diagnostics using serial USB
>> converters. It's not unusual to have six running at once.
>>
>> What are my best options in Linux, specifically Peppermint 7? I don't
>> want lots of clutter, just setup to eg 38k4 baud, ANSI emulation with
>> screens to type in and display text stuff. It's not full ANSI, just
>> cursor-moving escape codes and the like.
>
> Like Don, I use screen (with Linux, rather than BSD). Using different
> colours for the windows is not a bad idea at all.
>
> screen /dev/ttySerial_hub2 115200
Wow, I didn't know screen would talk directly to serial ports.
The description of that feature is hidden 2000+ lines into the man
page under the heading "Window Types". And I've been using screen for
a _long_ time (30 years) -- since before Linux was born. I first used
screen when I ported it to a 16-bit Unix v7 clone called Coherent that
I was running on an 8MHz IBM-AT with an 80268:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherent_%28operating_system%29
[And before I could port screen to Coherent, I first had to write a
pty driver, since Coherent didn't have ptys at the time.]
The interesting thing about screen is that it _is_ a terminal
emulator, but it doesn't run in a graphical window (like xterm or
putty), but instead runs on top of another terminal (either an
emulator or a real serial terminal). IOW, it emulates a VT1xx/ANSI
terminal on top of whatever type of termial you actually have. Back
in the day, if you happened to be using some oddball non-ANSI
terminal, and wanted to use a program that was hard-wired to expect an
ANSI terminal, screen was a life-saver.
The multi-window and session-disconnect/reconnect is pretty cool
too...
--
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! -- I love KATRINKA
at because she drives a
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away now. I fed the cat.
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ANSI terminal emulators for linux Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2016-11-02 17:22 +0000
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-11-02 12:26 -0500
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2016-11-06 13:12 +0000
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-02 18:12 +0000
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2016-11-02 13:21 -0500
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-02 18:52 +0000
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-02 19:02 +0000
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-11-02 22:13 +0100
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2016-11-03 18:36 +0000
Re: ANSIOA terminal emulators for linux Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2016-11-03 11:47 +0200
Re: ANSIOA terminal emulators for linux Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-11-03 06:43 -0700
Re: ANSIOA terminal emulators for linux Petter Gustad <newsmailcomp6@gustad.com> - 2016-11-04 20:59 +0100
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-11-02 11:37 -0700
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-11-02 11:45 -0700
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-11-02 21:14 +0100
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-02 21:23 +0000
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-11-03 08:02 +0100
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2016-11-03 14:52 -0700
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-11-02 16:28 -0400
Re: ANSI terminal emulators for linux Syd Rumpo <usenet@nononono.co.uk> - 2016-11-03 12:17 +0000
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