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Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#41

Post by normalocity » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:11 PM UTC

I like how the name "Shuttle" implies that this is going to make your SSHing experience "take off", but anyone with an SSH config file is like:

"You mean you weren't doing this years ago? Why do I need a UI to get to a shell command? I'm already in the shell!"

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#42

Post by igravious » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:14 PM UTC

Aargh. Only works in 10.8.x - I like new tech but I see no need to upgrade beyond 10.6.8 at the mo' :(

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#43

Post by joshstrange » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:18 PM UTC

igravious wrote: post #42

Aargh. Only works in 10.8.x - I like new tech but I see no need to upgrade beyond 10.6.8 at the mo' :(

I'm not trying to be jerk but, why?

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#44

Post by arnehormann » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:19 PM UTC

If anyone needs something similar for Windows, use https://gist.github.com/arnehormann/5975783 and put all shortcuts with a folder into the quickstart part of the taskbar. The hta file I link to is html with visual basic instead of JS - executable on click, pretty compact, shows a dialog. Don't know if this breaks in later Win versions though, I wrote this some years ago and it worked fine in Vista...

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#45

Post by asayers » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:20 PM UTC

For a similar set-up for Linux, see [1]. Here we use dmenu to displays hosts defined in .ssh/config, and open a connection to the selected host in a new window. See [2] for the relevant script.

[1]: http://www.asayers.org/blog/ssh.html

[2]: https://gist.github.com/asayers/5975856

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#46

Post by nickpersico » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:21 PM UTC

jrode wrote: post #30

I love this more than for just ssh. I added a few other common commands into the menu for easy access.

That is a great idea. Thanks!

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#47

Post by diroussel » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:21 PM UTC

igravious wrote: post #42

Aargh. Only works in 10.8.x - I like new tech but I see no need to upgrade beyond 10.6.8 at the mo' :(

Either you have a need, and upgrade. Or you don't have a need and don't need shuttle.

Targetting the latest release make life easier for devs.

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#48

Post by fitztrev » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:23 PM UTC

HendrikR wrote: post #37

Yet another way to have clickable short-cuts for opening SSH connections using OS X (Safari only): OS X understands URL schemes like ssh://username@hostname.tld:port. Throw it into the address bar or even save this as a bookmark. Safari asks for permission before opening such non-http protocols nowadays and transfers you to Terminal.app. Pro: Less clutter in menu bar. Con: Safari only. (As for me, I prefer ~/.profile…

I was actually going to do this at first. Something as simple as openURL:"ssh://username@example.com", then let OS X handle opening the default terminal. But I wasn't able to easily specify things like a different private key (for AWS or Vagrant). This at least gives the user the ability to specify any option that they could also specify on the command line.

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#49

Post by diggan » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:28 PM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #43

igravious wrote: post #42

Aargh. Only works in 10.8.x - I like new tech but I see no need to upgrade beyond 10.6.8 at the mo' :(

I'm not trying to be jerk but, why?

Instead of asking yourself why you should'nt upgrade you should probably ask youself why you should. So what's the reason for upgrading?

Re: Shuttle - A simple SSH shortcut menu for OS X

#50

Post by kryten » Thu, Jul 11, 2013, 2:30 PM UTC

arnehormann wrote: post #44

If anyone needs something similar for Windows, use https://gist.github.com/arnehormann/5975783 and put all shortcuts with a folder into the quickstart part of the taskbar. The hta file I link to is html with visual basic instead of JS - executable on click, pretty compact, shows a dialog. Don't know if this breaks in later Win versions though, I wrote this some years ago and it worked fine in Vista...

Or even better, right click putty on your taskbar in windows 7 and all your profiles are listed.