NAME
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drawterm – connect to Plan 9 CPU servers from other operating systems |
SYNOPSIS
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drawterm [ –d ] [ –a authaddr ] [ –c cpuaddr ] [ –e encryption–hash–algs
] [ –k keypattern ] [ –s secstoreaddr ] [ –u user ] [ –C cmd args
... ] |
DESCRIPTION
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Drawterm is not a Plan 9 program. It is a program that users of
non–Plan 9 systems can use to establish graphical cpu(1) connections
with Plan 9 CPU servers. Just as a real Plan 9 terminal does,
drawterm serves its local name space as well as some devices (the
keyboard, mouse, and screen) to a remote CPU server,
which mounts this name space on /mnt/term and starts a shell.
Typically, either explicitly or via the profile, one uses the
shell to start rio(1). By default, drawterm uses the CPU server $cpu or cpu. and the authentication server $auth or auth. The –a, –c, and –s options specify alternate authentication, CPU and secstore servers, respectively. (Edit the source to set appropriate local defaults.) Cmd is a command to be executed remotely. Options e, k, and u have the same meaning as in cpu(1).
Drawterm has been ported to FreeBSD, Irix, Linux, NetBSD, and
Windows. Binaries can be downloaded from http://swtch.com/drawterm/. |
SOURCE
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/sys/src/cmd/unix/drawterm |
DIAGNOSTICS
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Drawterm prints most diagnostics in its own window. |
SEE ALSO
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cpu(1), rio(1) |
BUGS
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Although at first drawterm may seem like a Plan 9 terminal, in
fact it is just a way to provide a CPU server with some terminal
devices. The difference is important because one cannot run terminal–resident
programs when using drawterm. The illusion can be improved by
delicate adjustments in
/usr/$user/lib/profile.
It would be nice to be able to change the default servers without
recompiling. |