On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Tilghman Lesher wrote: > On Friday 14 November 2008 09:19:22 Gordon Henderson wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 02:02:14PM +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: >>>> I used to use IDEFISK, but since it was taken over/renamed into Zoiper >>>> it's been really hard work - now I'm told that they won't support my >>>> chosen distribution - Debian Etch - the current stable version of Debian >>>> I prefer. >>> >>> Ekiga is a bit nicer for an end-user. Twinkle is probably what you'd >>> want for testing and such. >> >> What I really want is a command-like dialer. Call me a boring old fart, >> but I'm utterly fed-up with the current bloatware out there. >> >> So with the IAX library and some time I might just come up with something. > > Technically, you can use Asterisk as a softphone, by using chan_alsa or > another console channel driver. The interface is nothing if not command-line > oriented.
Maybe the word "bloatware" got lost in the trans-atlantic translation... If I had a command-line program where I could type: call 07712191046 then I'd be happy. Being able to use the arrow keys to adjust volume would be a bonus, but I already have a command-line mixer program. Gordon (the luddite) _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
