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Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros

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Re: Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros

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Post by mackmgg »

rhinoceraptor wrote: post #2

How does it compare to Panic's Prompt?

The biggest thing I can see is mosh support, which is a nice addition if using over cellular. Prompt is great, but unfortunately can never support mosh due to licensing issues.

Re: Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros

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Post by carloscabanero »

rhinoceraptor wrote: post #2

How does it compare to Panic's Prompt?

Three things: - Mosh & SSH support: In Prompt and any other iOS ssh client, connections break every 3 minutes. With Mosh that isn't a problem. - Full external keyboard support: Alt as Esc, Caps as Ctrl, you can have your terminal as you do in your desktop/laptop. - Speed and rendering: Blink uses Google's HTerm, so it is faster and you can add your own themes and fonts.

Re: Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros

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Post by sirn »

carloscabanero wrote: post #6
sirn wrote: post #5

Does it support Ed25519 keys? This is one of the things that Panic's Prompt still lack support of, and I really miss it :(

Not yet, but we are working on it. We use libssh2 and I'm working on a patch for that.

Cool, thanks. :-)

I just bought the app and play with it for few minutes, here's some quick feedback:

1. Love the fact the interface is just a CLI!

2. But would be nice if content of `help` was shown by default. `blink>` wasn't very helpful ;-)

3. Ability to bind Caps Lock to "ESC on tap, Ctrl on Hold" would be really cool.

Otherwise I really like what I'm seeing so far. Finally Mosh client on my iPad Pro!

Edit: and 4, ability to bind Alt/Option key as Meta (rather than iOS' default special character input, e.g. Alt-x should send M-x)

Re: Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros

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Post by carloscabanero »

sirn wrote: post #8
carloscabanero wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not yet, but we are working on it. We use libssh2 and I'm working on a patch for that.

Cool, thanks. :-) I just bought the app and play with it for few minutes, here's some quick feedback: 1. Love the fact the interface is just a CLI! 2. But would be nice if content of `help` was shown by default. `blink>` wasn't very helpful ;-) 3. Ability to bind Caps Lock to "ESC on tap, Ctrl on Hold" would be really cool. Otherwise I really like what I'm seeing so far. Finally Mosh client on my iPad Pro! Edit: and…

Thanks a lot for the feedback!!

You can actually do number 3. On Config > Keyboard select Caps as Ctrl at the modifier section, and also toggle the Caps as ESC. That will give you Ctrl on hold, and ESC on tap. :)

Re: Show HN: Blink Shell for iOS, an Open-Source, Mosh and SSH Terminal for Pros

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Post by sirn »

carloscabanero wrote: post #9
sirn wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool, thanks. :-) I just bought the app and play with it for few minutes, here's some quick feedback: 1. Love the fact the interface is just a CLI! 2. But would be nice if content of `help` was shown by default. `blink>` wasn't very helpful ;-) 3. Ability to bind Caps Lock to "ESC on tap, Ctrl on Hold" would be really cool. Otherwise I really like what I'm seeing so far. Finally Mosh client on my iPad Pro! Edit: and…

Thanks a lot for the feedback!! You can actually do number 3. On Config > Keyboard select Caps as Ctrl at the modifier section, and also toggle the Caps as ESC. That will give you Ctrl on hold, and ESC on tap. :)

Oh wow. That actually works. I think I just found a new default SSH client for my iPad. Thanks.
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