Re: Seeking a Terminal Emulator on Debian for "Passthrough" Printing

[phoebus phoebus <frphoebus@yahoo.fr>]

Hello,

>> One viable approach is the one proposed by Stefan et al (modify an
>> existing terminal emulator). I'd tend to separate concerns and just
>> write the application part as a separate process accepting a bidi
>> connection to SSH, one to a terminal emulator, and one to the serial
>> port (OK, some error and diagnostic logging too). The classical
>> thing built around a select() loop, with some extended state
>> automaton in it.

I fully endorse the approach proposed by Stefan et al, as well as the implementation logic for the terminal emulator part. However, as a system administrator and not a developer, I will seek out existing projects or solutions that provide these features.
Thank you once again for your valuable assistance.

Regards,
Thierry