"John J. Foerch" <jjfoe...@earthlink.net> writes: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 03:36:39PM +0200, Thorsten Jolitz wrote: >> >> Hi List, >> I guess it would be possible with Conkeror to attach to a remote gnu >> screen or tmux process that runs an editor, using the appropriate screen >> or tmux command with the remote url as shell command. >> >> Then (an exotic idea, I admit) wouldn't it be possible to leave >> authentication, session management and all the interactive stuff to the >> screen session and show only static html, if the terminal window could >> be integrated/attached to the Conkeror window in a way the user doesn't >> notice that there are two different application at work. >> >> For example, if the minibuffer could switch to the remote terminal >> session and the white space in the minibuffer is then actually a file on >> the remote server opened in the Zile editor, input areas and textfields >> in the html code could be replaced by input/output in the minibuffer. >> >> If that would be technically possible - would it be a good idea? Even >> when the remote Zile would be run as a underpriviledged user with >> only minimal >> rights, wouldn't it be a security issue to let a user attach to such a >> screen session? >> >> Maybe all this is only science-fiction, but I'm at least curios if it >> could be done. > > Hmm. Probably a pipe dream, but I suppose the way to do it would be > through the plugin API. Sounds hard. > > Perhaps customizing your window manager would be a workable alternative; > if the window manager reserved a certain space for your editor, it would > have the same overall effect, and also would apply to all of your > programs, not just your web browser.
I was rather looking for an easy solution, and not for myself but for users of an application that should not even notice what is going on (without any configuration on their side). So its kind of science-fiction ... Thanks for your replies. -- cheers, Thorsten _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list Conkeror@mozdev.org https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
