provide ssh integration

[realh]

Provide integration with ssh, such as:
-Profile properties for the host to connect to, user name, password, key file (and eventually an option to generate a key), a field for custom ssh options;
-Menu options to establish, end, and restart a connection;
-UI feedback for the connection state;

This is something you don't see much on the Linux/UNIX side of things, but is common in terminal emulators on other platforms that lack high quality command-line ssh implementations.

While this functionality doesn't really enable you to do anything that you can't do with the current setup, it would improve usability. I suspect substantially for users who don't use their local shell much, and just want the simplest way to get connected to a remote host.

The lack of UI controls to reestablish a lost connection or a connection that can't be established at the time ROXterm starts (because the network isn't up yet), makes dealing with this common situation more bothersome than it needs to be. Anyone used to terminal emulators on other platforms would expect to just click a reconnect toolbar button or menu option.

Reported by: tmetro

Original Ticket: roxterm/feature-requests/22

[realh]

I'm a bit reluctant to do that, because you can set all the ssh options and save them with a custom command in a profile. If we deal with https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=698431&aid=2810001&group_id=124080 that should provide adequate means to reconnect.

Original comment by: realh

[realh]

...you can set all the ssh options and save them with a custom command in a profile.

Yes, as I acknowledged. This would not provide any new functionality that isn't already there. It's all about usability.

If we deal with [bug #2810001] that should provide adequate means to reconnect.

Agreed.

I wouldn't recommend implementing this ticket right away anyway. It's more an idea to mull over and perhaps work towards. Wait and see if user feedback leads you in this direction.

It's commonplace to find GUI wrappers for command line tools in the UNIX/Linux environment. This is just applying that concept to ssh. Surprising that it isn't already common.

Original comment by: tmetro

[realh]

Here's an upstream VTE/gnome-terminal ticket proposing the same thing as I did:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=332148

(It muddles together 'screen' and 'ssh' integration, which really should be two separate issues.)

Original comment by: tmetro

[realh]

A ticket even more specific to ssh integration:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313480

Original comment by: tmetro

[realh]

I've added some ssh options to profiles, please check out the latest svn. The new options are in the Command tab of the profile editor. I'm shortly going to add "New window/tab with profile =>" menu items too, which will make this even more useful.

Original comment by: realh