"Remote" commands in a running process

[gstaniak]

This is a wishlist/feature request for bahaviour similar to e.g. Firefox's "remote" commands: running a command (like opening a new tab with a given URL) in an already opened Terminator window. I think it could be quite convenient for users of connection managers.

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

Please see the answer here: https://answers.launchpad.net/terminator/+question/285170
(All this info exists in the manual released with 0.98 too)

Marking as invalid, as it already exists.

[gstaniak (gstaniak)]

OK, I'm probably still missing something, but:

a) the '--new-tab' command line option of the 'terminator' command works (if I have the DBus server option enabled), but doesn't allow me to specify a connection:

[gstaniak@inka ~]$ terminator --new-tab 'root@127.0.0.1'
Usage: terminator [options]

terminator: error: Additional unexpected arguments found: ['root@127.0.0.1']
[gstaniak@inka ~]$

b) for the 'remotinator' command, the docs say:

The following commands are currently enabled:

    hsplit - Split the current terminal horizontally
    vsplit - Split the current terminal vertically
    terminals - Get a list of all terminals
    terminal_tab - Get the UUID of a parent tab
    terminal_tab_title - Get the title of a parent tab

so yes, I can split a window, but I can't specify a connection for the new window (when I try to, the argument is silently ignored).

I just can't see a way to tell the running instance of terminator something like 'split this window and connect to root@127.0.0.1 in the new window', or 'create a new tab with a connection to root@127.0.0.1'.

The use case is opening connections from managers like SSHMenu or SSHplus, i.e. running a command to connect to the specified ssh server.

[Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)]

Ah, OK, now I see. Yup, that's a new command/feature that needs adding to the dbus interface.