(telnet): Handle multiple telnet programs better.

(telnet-host-properties): New variable.
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Richard M. Stallman 1997-07-26 18:41:15 +00:00
parent 632c6364e6
commit e259d5a3bd

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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
;;; Commentary:
;; This mode is intended to be used for telnet or rsh to a remode host;
;; This mode is intended to be used for telnet or rsh to a remote host;
;; `telnet' and `rsh' are the two entry points. Multiple telnet or rsh
;; sessions are supported.
;;
@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
;; remote system. The mode tries to do other useful translations based
;; on what it sees coming back from the other system before the password
;; query. It knows about UNIX, ITS, TOPS-20 and Explorer systems.
;;
;; You can use the global telnet-host-properties to associate a telnet
;; program and login name with each host you regularly telnet to.
;;; Code:
@ -50,6 +53,13 @@
(require 'comint)
(defvar telnet-host-properties
"Specify which telnet program to use for particular hosts.
Each element has the form (HOSTNAME PROGRAM [LOGIN-NAME])
HOSTNAME says which machine the element applies to.
PROGRAM says which program to run, to talk to that machine.
LOGIN-NAME, which is optional, says what to log in as on that machine.")
(defvar telnet-new-line "\r")
(defvar telnet-mode-map nil)
(defvar telnet-prompt-pattern "^[^#$%>\n]*[#$%>] *")
@ -181,16 +191,23 @@ rejecting one login and prompting again for a username and password.")
;;;###autoload
(defun telnet (host)
"Open a network login connection to host named HOST (a string).
Communication with HOST is recorded in a buffer `*telnet-HOST*'.
Communication with HOST is recorded in a buffer `*PROGRAM-HOST*'
where PROGRAM is the telnet program being used. This program
is controlled by the contents of the global variable `telnet-host-properties',
falling back on the value of the global variable `telnet-program'.
Normally input is edited in Emacs and sent a line at a time."
(interactive "sOpen telnet connection to host: ")
(interactive "sOpen connection to host: ")
(let* ((comint-delimiter-argument-list '(?\ ?\t))
(name (concat "telnet-" (comint-arguments host 0 nil) ))
(properties (cdr (assoc host telnet-host-properties)))
(telnet-program (if properties (car properties) telnet-program))
(name (concat telnet-program "-" (comint-arguments host 0 nil) ))
(buffer (get-buffer (concat "*" name "*")))
(telnet-options (if (cdr properties) (cons "-l" (cdr properties))))
process)
(if (and buffer (get-buffer-process buffer))
(pop-to-buffer (concat "*" name "*"))
(pop-to-buffer (make-comint name telnet-program))
(pop-to-buffer
(apply 'make-comint name telnet-program nil telnet-options))
(setq process (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
(set-process-filter process 'telnet-initial-filter)
;; Don't send the `open' cmd till telnet is ready for it.