DRAWTERM(8) DRAWTERM(8)
NAME
drawterm - connect to Plan 9 CPU servers from other
operating systems
SYNOPSIS
drawterm [ -d ] [ -a authaddr ] [ -c cpuaddr ] [ -e
encryption-hash-algs ] [ -k keypattern ] [ -s secstoreaddr ]
[ -u user ] [ -C cmd args ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Drawterm is not a Plan 9 program. It is a program that
users of non-Plan 9 systems can use to establish graphical
cpu(1) connections with Plan 9 CPU servers. Just as a real
Plan 9 terminal does, drawterm serves its local name space
as well as some devices (the keyboard, mouse, and screen) to
a remote CPU server, which mounts this name space on
/mnt/term and starts a shell. Typically, either explicitly
or via the profile, one uses the shell to start rio(1).
By default, drawterm uses the CPU server $cpu or cpu. and
the authentication server $auth or auth. The -a, -c, and -s
options specify alternate authentication, CPU and secstore
servers, respectively. (Edit the source to set appropriate
local defaults.)
Cmd is a command to be executed remotely. Options `e', `k',
and `u' have the same meaning as in cpu(1).
Drawterm has been ported to FreeBSD, Irix, Linux, NetBSD,
and Windows. Binaries can be downloaded from
http://swtch.com/drawterm/.
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/unix/drawterm
DIAGNOSTICS
Drawterm prints most diagnostics in its own window.
SEE ALSO
cpu(1), rio(1)
BUGS
Although at first drawterm may seem like a Plan 9 terminal,
in fact it is just a way to provide a CPU server with some
terminal devices. The difference is important because one
cannot run terminal-resident programs when using drawterm.
The illusion can be improved by delicate adjustments in
/usr/$user/lib/profile.
It would be nice to be able to change the default servers
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