MindTerm 2.3 released (includes source)

[Jon Nathan]

* maf@appgate.com <maf@appgate.com> [11-16-2002 13:27]:
>
> On 12 Nov, Jon Nathan wrote:
> > I've changed it to say code=com.mindbright.application.MindTerm.class
> > in response to the new namespace.  But some of these parameters,
> > most notably fg and bg (for foreground and background colors) don't
> > work.  I couldn't find information on these applet params in the
> > API documentation - is this information available?
> 
> There is no complete documentation of the parameters. But most of the
> parameter handling is done in
> 	com.mindbright.application.MindTerm.getAppletParams()
> 
> That routine also references defaultPropDesc in
> com/mindbright/terminal/TerminalDefProps.java and
> com/mindbright/ssh/SSHPropertyHandler.java
> 
> 	/MaF


I think this is a very poor response.  The appeal of a java ssh
client is to be able to deploy it on a webpage once and let many
people access it.  This is exactly the audience you are trying to
sell licenses to - administrators who do not want to install a
client on >100 systems.  If you make it easy for these people to
deploy it, and not search through java source, you greatly enhance
its appeal.

What good is a java client as a desktop app?  For Windows, there's
already putty, a simple single-file program.  UNIX users will use
OpenSSH as comes stock in their operating system.  But if you do
not have control over the user's desktop and want to allow them to
SSH in from anywhere, like an internet cafe or other place where
the user doesn't necessarily have control of the desktop, a java
program fits the bill.  To be able to configure the look and feel
once on the server is a very strong draw.

The java code already has 9MB of documentation.  To add documentation
that would allow administrators to configure it to their liking
seems a simple measure.  Please reconsider your answer to this
relatively simple question.

I found in mindterm_2.3.1/com/mindbright/terminal/TerminalDefProps.java
that bg and fg are now bg-color and fg-color.  But I can't seem to
get sepframe to work.  How can I do this?

<param name=haveGUI value="true">  	<-- necessary?
<param name=separateFrame value="true">
(and also name=sepframe)


-jon

PS I could not get any of the parameters listed at
/doc/constant-values.html#com.mindbright.terminal.TerminalDefProps.PROP_NAME
to have any effect on the terminal.  Ie, this did not work:

<param name=OPT_REV_VIDEO value="1"> 


-- 
Jon Nathan
jon@rupture.net