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I recently moved from Windows 7 to Ubuntu (Not a total noob nor an expert in Linux flavors). Teraterm was the terminal emulator I used to connect to my UART enabled devices in Windows. I studied a few in Ubuntu like Minicom, Qodem, Cutecom and even PuTTY. I could notice that Minicom is probably the widely used but couldn't get much insight into its scripts offers good control like a .ttl macro script offers for Teraterm. (Unfortunately, I don't have much time to experiment with the above myself. Some experience-oriented advice is what I seek) Which would be a better choice for me to run scripts? Or could I get the source code of Teraterm and build it?

PS : XModem support would be a lovely plus too.

skrowten_hermit
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  • Ubuntu's standard terminal emulator is gnome-terminal. It offers you a nice set of visual configuration options and allows you to use the full capabilities of Ubuntu's Bash shell. Please describe what features you are missing in gnome-terminal exactly, if any. – Byte Commander Mar 26 '17 at 11:29
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    @JacobVlijm, I need a terminal emulator program or application for serial port connections (serial communications over UART). @ByteCommander, gnome-terminal doesn't have such a capability on its own I think. – skrowten_hermit Mar 26 '17 at 13:38
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    With minicom, you may by default use the interpreter runscript. I don'tknow .ttl language, so I cannot compare. In minicom, there is some possibility to use other script interpreters. – ridgy Mar 26 '17 at 14:12
  • You can get the source code of teraterm here. But I suppose it is heavily depending on windows. Maybe it runs with wine. – ridgy Mar 26 '17 at 14:22
  • @ridgy, this looks useful. Will definitely try it out. I could pass a script as some argument to invoke it with runscript? I was able to get the source code but I'm a bit skeptical. Coz all over the web, people talk about Teraterm run on Windows. I don't wanna end up with an unstable emulator. Something tried and tested would be great. – skrowten_hermit Mar 26 '17 at 14:24
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    minicom -s <script> runs a script at startup. Within the script, you can then again leave minicom. From within minicom, you can start a script with G <script>. In the configuration, you can define the script directory and the script interpreter (so you are not bound to runscript). And yes, it supports xmodem, ymodem, zmodem and kermit. – ridgy Mar 26 '17 at 14:41
  • @skrowten_hermit this is a good question - did you find a good answer? – SusanW May 25 '20 at 19:43
  • I also completely vouch for minicom. It is one of the most versatile terminal emulator and much more reliable and configurable than other alternatives. – abunickabhi Sep 20 '21 at 12:12

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