Remotes simplifies the management of Stuart and Terminal sessions. Launching a new Stuart or Terminal session is as simple as choosing an item in a pop-up list. When Remotes is launched, it can automatically establish sessions with remote hosts.\
\fs36 Hosts Window\
\fs28 The Hosts window is the primary window. This tiny window contains a single button. Press the button to display your hosts. Select the host you want and Remotes will establish a session with it. To establish multiple connections to the same host, repeat the process; you do not need to maintain multiple entries for the same host. \
Whenever you move the Hosts window, its location is recorded. The next time that you launch Remotes, the Hosts window will appear in that location. If you prefer a smaller or larger button, just resize the window. \
\fs36 Configure Window\
\fs28 In the Configure window, you can add, change, and delete host configurations. Click Remote Systems to display a pull-down list of your hosts. Choose a host and the host's configuration will be displayed. \
The hostname field contains the name of the remote host. The name of
\b localhost
\b0 is a reserved keyword. It is used to launch local Terminal and Stuart sessions.\
If the Auto-Launch box is checked, a session will be established with the host whenever Remotes is launched. This is particularly useful if you auto-launch Remotes. Simply logging in to your NeXT can automatically establish sessions with remote hosts. \
For remote hosts, select the
\i rlogin, telnet,
\i0 or
\i tn3270
\i0 radio
\i0 button as appropriate for the remote host. When the hostname is
\b localhost
\b0 , this setting is immaterial since the session is established on your NeXT.\
Press the Stuart or Terminal button to switch from one to the other. The various boxes and radio buttons are described in the Stuart or Terminal documentation. Refer to that documentation for details.\
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\fs28 An example of a remote Terminal launch follows:\
For the Terminal application, the following combinations will fill the entire height of your screen: \
Font Font size Y size (lines)\
Ohlfs 10 61\
Ohlfs 12 50\
Ohlfs 14 47\
Ohlfs 16 40\
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\fs28 Window placement is controlled by the X and Y values. These values specify the upper-left corner of the emulation window. If you want the window to appear in the upper left corner, set X to 0 and Y to 832. The maximum values depend on the size of your display. The original MegaPixel Display is 1120 (X) by 832 (Y). Future displays may be different. Remotes reserves some space to ensure at least a portion of your window will be visible when it is launched.\
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\fs36 Preferences Window\
\fs28 The Preferences window allows you to designate the location for the Remotes configuration file. By default, it is ~/.Remotes.\
The debugging level allows you to view the behavior of Remotes. The low setting will display the Stuart or Terminal command each time you launch a session. The high setting will provide additional information, particularly about configuration file activity. Debugging output appears in the console window.\
\fs36 Tips
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\fc1\cf1 Put the Stuart (or Terminal) application midway in your dock. Tuck the Remotes' Hosts window behind the Stuart icon. Remotes will stay mostly hidden until you press the button in the Hosts window; then, your list of hostnames will pop-up, temporarily covering the dock.
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\pard\tx1140\tx2300\tx3440\tx4600\tx5760\tx6900\tx8060\tx9200\tx10360\tx11520\fc1\cf1 You can auto-launch Remotes without using precious dock space. For example, if you have placed Remotes in the /LocalApps directory, type:\
\pard\tx1140\tx2300\tx3440\tx4600\tx5760\tx6900\tx8060\tx9200\tx10360\tx11520\fc1\cf1 If you use the Terminal application with Remotes, you might want to set the default for Terminal's Title Bar to Custom Title. Remotes supplies the hostname for the title. By setting the Title Bar to just Custom Title, the mini-window will contain a meaningful title. Choose Preferences in Terminal's Info menu to set various defaults.\
\b0 files on remote systems will simplify remote login sessions. Refer to the rlogin man page for more information about the
\b .rhosts
\b0 file.\
Configuration settings (e.g., hosts window location) are saved in the defaults database. These values are automatically maintained by Remotes
\b .
\b0 If you are curious, you can review the values by typing
\i dread -o Remotes
\b\i0 .
\b0 Use the
\i dremove
\i0 command if you wish to return to the default value for a specific setting.\
\fs36 Stuart or Terminal?
\pard\tx520\tx1060\tx1600\tx2120\tx2660\tx3200\tx3720\tx4260\tx4800\tx5320\b0\fs28\fc0\cf0 Remotes launches a separate Terminal application for each session. Upon logging out of a remote session, the Terminal application remains active. Although this is not fatal, it is annoying. Terminal 3.0 provides tools to save (and open) window configurations. You might find these tools adequate and not even need Remotes.\
Remotes speaks to Stuart using the speaker/listener protocol. This allows Remotes to efficiently communicate with it.\
Terminal is free; Stuart is a shareware package with a modest license fee.\
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