On Tue, August 14, 2007 11:47 am, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On 8/14/07, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, August 14, 2007 12:27 am, Christopher Sawtell wrote: >> > On 8/13/07, Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, August 13, 2007 8:21 pm, Christopher Sawtell wrote: >> >> > >> >> > I would like to show off the gems remote terminal viewer system >> about >> >> > which I was >> >> > posting last week. i.e. I'd like to be convinced that it works ok >> with >> >> > more than one client. So if a couple or three linux laptops could >> turn >> >> > up and have the client software >> >> > installed I'd be very grateful. >> >> >> >> >> >> What is gems? I cannot find it in portage (unless it id rubygems?) >> > It's neither ruby gems, nor in portage. It's a simple client server >> > system which allows a number of clients to view an active command line >> > window concurrently. One can thus demonstrate what the varios commands >> > do to a geographically diverse audience. >> >> like screen then? > > Not quite. Quoting the web pages of the two projects should elucidate > the differences. > > http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/#TOCintroduction > > Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical > terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells. > [ ... ] > > Whereas > > http://gforge.lug.fi.uba.ar/projects/gemsd/ > > The gems system is a client/server application that allows to show a > single console session in different computers or terminals in real > time. It can also be used to transmit any other kind of data to more > than one computer at the same time. > > > Which means that by using gems, one can publish a view of an active > terminal to many viewers, without any danger that they can interfere > with the machine being viewed. > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell > >
Yes but the functionality of gems is included in screen isn't it? -- Nick Rout
