[SLL] launch xterm from a browser

[Ana]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 01:00:17PM -0700, Ted Stern wrote:
> I'm supporting a group of people who have some enormous files located
> on a central server.  It is impractical to copy files locally, and
> anyone who wants to interact with them has an account there anyway.
> 
> The pathnames are long and convoluted, and I'd like to make the
> process a little easier for them.
> 
> The effect I'm after is to launch a terminal something like this:
> 
>    xterm -e "ssh -X host 'cd /remote/dir; export TERM=xterm; $SHELL -i'"
> 
> More specifically, I'm putting this into a MoinMoin wiki, so I might
> be able to create a macro to shorten the syntax a bit.
> 
> What about embedding the terminal into the browser?  Is that possible?
> 
> Ted
> -- 
>  dodecatheon at gmail dot com
>  Frango ut patefaciam -- I break so that I may reveal


I use a Firefox add-on called "It's All text!" that comes close to doing
what you need.  This should be a link to the installable:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4125

get the source here:
http://trac.gerf.org/itsalltext/wiki/download

- Ana