All of the line feed options and IO mappings may seem a bit over the top, but used them on occasion, and having it built into the tool has been much simpler than trying to mess with line endings via pipes.
I haven’t used a real RS-232 for a while, but a surprising number of things use the Bluetooth serial profile and having a TTY I/O program that you can point at /dev/wherever/bluetooth/SPP/things/go is really useful for debugging. Quite a few of these things even talk text-based protocols, which makes this kind of thing even more useful. Last time I needed this, I used minicom and really missed the serial terminal stuff I used back in the DOS days.
If you use a serial terminal a lot for work/play, I highly recommend giving this one a try. Unlike the alternatives, it was written recently, so it doesn’t have much legacy baggage. It just “feels right”.
Reminds me of picocom, which is my daily driver.
All of the line feed options and IO mappings may seem a bit over the top, but used them on occasion, and having it built into the tool has been much simpler than trying to mess with line endings via pipes.
I wish this had existed 10 years ago!
I haven’t used a real RS-232 for a while, but a surprising number of things use the Bluetooth serial profile and having a TTY I/O program that you can point at
/dev/wherever/bluetooth/SPP/things/gois really useful for debugging. Quite a few of these things even talk text-based protocols, which makes this kind of thing even more useful. Last time I needed this, I used minicom and really missed the serial terminal stuff I used back in the DOS days.If you use a serial terminal a lot for work/play, I highly recommend giving this one a try. Unlike the alternatives, it was written recently, so it doesn’t have much legacy baggage. It just “feels right”.
Been using this for a few years now at work (firmware) and highly recommend it.
a no-nonsense terminal is a handy thing indeed. http://nanocom.sourceforge.net/ has been my go-to for a long time. nice to have another option though.