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Type in real time over a slow
connection
"When I'm using a slow connection, such as the network
service in most hotels or my cell phone network service, the
chat window lets me type in real time. Without the chat window,
I can be ten or fifteen characters ahead of myself before
I spot a typo and have to count the number of cursor steps
backwards to fix it."
Use the chat window as a Notepad
window when assembling shell commands
"The chat buffer is useful for entering text on slow
connects. But even on fast connections, I use the chat area
as temporary storage when doing a lot of cutting and pasting
when assembling complex shell commands, etc. It's more convenient
than juggling an extra Notepad window, and I can just hit
enter when I'm ready to run it." [He notes that the chat
buffer is not useful for keyboard commands (i.e., "more"
prompts, cursor movement, etc.)]
Save money on your cell phone
bill
"If I’m using my cell phone's network service to
connect to the internet for remote shell, I reduce the amount
of data sent by using the chat window. With the chat window,
I send a line or paragraph at a time instead of a character
at a time. Since traffic is metered per megabyte block, this
cuts the cost by about a factor of ten. SecureCRT paid for
itself in two months of AT&T wireless bill savings."
Below is a screenshot showing a VShell® connection
with the SecureCRT chat window being used to set up a port
forward for e-mail.
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