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Palit, Nilanjan wrote: > (trying out new terminals with tabs after > having used plain-old xterm for many years). I recommend ROXTerm: http://roxterm.sourceforge.net I liked it best of the multi-tab terminals I tried, including konsole. Under the hood it uses the VTE library, the same as GNOME Terminal, so the actual terminal emulation performs as well, and it has the same bugs. (Sadly none of the GUI emulators I've tried can pass all of the tests provided by vttest.) One thing I find oddly missing from the xterm universe is tight integration with ssh, unlike on Windows where connection protocol and emulator are tightly coupled. Consequently, it's harder to manage connections to remote machines from the GUI. Rather than a dialog for hosts, keys, etc, all of that is still managed through ~/.ssh/conf. Most xterms do support executing a command when the terminal is started, but it requires some glue scripting to get ssh connections to reconnect after a lost connection, and even then it sometimes gets stuck, requiring that the terminal window (tab) be closed and restarted. Outside the xterm universe, you do the equivalent by selecting "reconnect" from a menu. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/
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