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bubnikv · 03-06-2011, 04:48 PM

> You can do a lot of things by "just running" applications the way you found.
> However, the main difference compared to the telnet/ssh approaches is that
> the latter will provide apps with a full fledged (pseudo) tty. Some (mainly
> UI-based) apps simply don't work well without a TTY. Running apps that just
> do simple input/output will work fine.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the hint on the JNI and TTYs. It looks like starting the telnetd is not such a bad idea after all. It has been a long time since I was working with Linux. Actually I even worked part time for SuSE in Prag some 11 years ago.

I am looking into your Kindlet terminal source code. I would like to see two things:

1) A hint table shown on the screen when the alt key is active. Ideally this table would change with the alt mode. I can imagine having more than one table, for example for accented characters.

2) Macros, ideally accessible through the menu button and editable in the applet.

Thanks, Vojtech

03-06-2011, 04:48 PM	#3
bubnikv Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Kindle 3	> You can do a lot of things by "just running" applications the way you found. > However, the main difference compared to the telnet/ssh approaches is that > the latter will provide apps with a full fledged (pseudo) tty. Some (mainly > UI-based) apps simply don't work well without a TTY. Running apps that just > do simple input/output will work fine.[/QUOTE] Thanks for the hint on the JNI and TTYs. It looks like starting the telnetd is not such a bad idea after all. It has been a long time since I was working with Linux. Actually I even worked part time for SuSE in Prag some 11 years ago. I am looking into your Kindlet terminal source code. I would like to see two things: 1) A hint table shown on the screen when the alt key is active. Ideally this table would change with the alt mode. I can imagine having more than one table, for example for accented characters. 2) Macros, ideally accessible through the menu button and editable in the applet. Thanks, Vojtech