From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 14 9:47:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-4.sjc.telocity.net (mail-4.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00AD637B4CF for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:47:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from zoso (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-4.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA08407; Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:39:43 -0800 (PST) From: "Otter" To: , Subject: RE: what is terminal emulator Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 12:47:17 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <20001114125721.1079.fmail@371.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The windows system terminal emulator is called "HyperTerm" on Win9x/NT/2000 macines, located under accesories. If you're on a Unix-like OS, there are several options: kermit and minicom, just to name a few. The applications emulate being on a dumb terminal (i.e. like a vt100 or other vt model). -Otter }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of }sharpmind2@371.net }Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:57 AM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: what is terminal emulator } } }im a greenhand,and i met a word beyond me while I was }readming ttys's man page. }In the explainment of the second field per line, there is }such a section below. } }The second field of the file is the command to execute for }the line, usu- }ally getty(8), which initializes and opens the line, }setting the speed, }waiting for a user name and executing the login(1) program. }It can be, }however, any desired command, for example the start up for a }window sys- }tem terminal emulator or some other daemon process, and can }contain mul- }tiple words if quoted. } }I cant see what is a window system terminal emulator } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message