Re: AW: [geclipse-dev] PBS implementation

[Thomas Köckerbauer <tkoeck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Donnerstag 12 Juni 2008 12:46:45 schrieb Ariel Garcia:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> > We wanted to introduce an extension point for
> > interactive connections which could then be used by plugins like the
> > remote debugging/compiling, the batch editor, the terminal, gvid, etc.
> > Two implementations for this extension point would be SSH and glogin.
> > This would allow all plugins that use this extension point to build
> > interactive connections may be provided by a middleware/some other
> > plugin.
>
> let's say it this way:
>     +1 for this option
> but
>     +10 for first investigating if we could somehow profit from some of the
> functionality that the TM project (target management,
> http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm/) offers, like the RSE (remote system
> explorer). From "outside" it looks like they have exactly that! ie, a
> layer allowing file/shell/process access to remote systems via different
> implementations (ssh, telnet, dstore, ftp,...) They also have a terminal.
> It would be great if we could base on/share/reuse that code!
> Could you take a look at it, or did you already investigated it and
> discarded that option?
>
> http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/eclipse/dsdp/tm/presentations/
>TM_Short_ECon08.pdf

Well, yes, it might be time to have a look at the TM project again. I had a 
look at the beginning of the g-Eclipse project for browsing of remote 
filesystems (this still was before EFS) and terminal functionality. At this 
point of time we decided against using the TM extension points since the 
remote mount stuff did not fit your requirements and the terminal was not a 
real terminal but a view which allowed the entry of a command and then 
displayed the output (so interactive programs like midnight commander or vi 
did not work). Since it seems they now moved their filesystem stuff to EFS 
and they also developed a real terminal emulator at the same time we did 
there it might make sense to have a look at the TM again.


Cheers,
Thomas