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



phoebus phoebus <frphoebus@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> >> Clearly we don't know of any terminal
> >> emulators that do what you want.  (I assume you've already looked
> >> at kermit, and found it lacking... yes?  OK then.)  
> 
> I want to express my sincere gratitude for pointing me to this
> project. I wasn't familiar with the Kermit terminal emulator before
> but after looking at their website, I believe that Kermit 95's
> feature set should address my needs. The features such as:
>  * Copy/paste, print, searching, and bookmarks in the scrollback
> buffer
>  * Host-directed and local printing
>  * Versatile printer control, including bidirectional printers and
> built-in Text/PostScript conversion seem to align with my
> requirements.
> 
> I also explored E-Kermit (Kermit for Embedding) since we were asked
> if there was an emulator that could perform these functions in an
> embedded environment. However, based on what it does not do, it
> doesn't seem to be the solution I was hoping for. Regarding the
> purely Linux/Unix C-Kermit, it appears to be less feature-rich
> compared to Kermit 95, so it may not be the best fit for my
> requirements.

You don't mention it, but did you look at CKW (C-Kermit 10.0 for
Microsoft Windows)?

In any event it seems it might be worth your time to contact the kermit
developers as well as the putty developers.


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