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...ll program, > [...] >> 2. If I run command like VIM, it doesn't run. >> And buttons like "<ESC>:q" won't work >> >> Can someone enlighten me about what SSH did, so it all works perfectly? > > Pseudo terminals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo_terminal. ssh > asks sshd for one when you run an interactive shell (eg "ssh > yourserver") or you use the -t flag. You can run vim via ssh without > a pty and it'll behave like your application: "ssh server vim > somefile". > > If you can find a copy of Stevens...

Hi, I'm trying to write my own remote shell program, It simply connects to a remote server then copy the sock fd to stdin, stdout and stderr. And it works. But I found several problems: 1. It doesn't handle characters like ^A ^E or tab (any bash/readline stuff) -> openssh itself doesn't seem to incorporate readline, so the magic is not on readline 2. If I run