Tutorials

AbsoluteTelnet/SSH supports a number of flavors of ‘break’ depending on the type of connection in use. AbsoluteTelnet can send breaks on serial ports and modems as well as in telnet and SSH2 sessions (sorry, no specification exists for sending breaks in SSH1 mode). A break is always sent by hitting the ctrl-break key combination. Serial […]

AbsoluteTelnet supports the full Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm as well as combining characters and Arabic shaping.  Support for Bidirectional text and Arabic shaping is provided by the GNU Fribidi library maintained by Behdad Esfahbod at fribidi.org. RTL support is disabled by default. You can enable it through the RTL button on the toolbar. RTL support increases the

AbsoluteTelnet/SSH introduce the tabbed interface in the version 5 line of software. By using the tabbed interaface, users can gain productivity by eliminating window clutter on the desktop. All terminal windows are contained within a single top-level application window and accessible through a tabbed window control. Of course, there’s always the option to open multiple

This screen allows you to change settings for file transfer options. This program supports Xmodem, Ymodem, and ZModem file transfers. To auto-initiate a receive on the host end, you can left-click & drag a file into the terminal window and the appropriate “start text” will be sent to the receiver side to begin the transfer

This program is versatile in its connection options. This screen allows the user to alter the various connectivity settings for the current connection file as follows: 4) Telnet Configuration Options “Hostname” – This is the IP address or hostname of the connection. “Port” – This is the port specified for connection to the server. For

This properties tab allows you to configure some aspects of the application. These settings will be reflected throughout all of your connection files. Activity at program startup This section allows you to configure the global startup options such as opening the last used connection file Version Checking This program automatically goes out to the Celestial

This screen allows you to adjust the proxy settings for the current connection file. You may choose between None, SOCKS 4, SOCKS 5, or HTTP. Enter the hostname or IP address of the proxy server in this dialog. *WARNING* There is a limitation in the Socks 4 protocol that requires you to know the IP

This screen allows you o adjust various emulation settings for the AbsoluteTelnet application. To change these options, click Options -> Properties -> VT Options

This screen allows you to adjust various appearance settings for the AbsoluteTelnet application as well as individual connection files, as follows: Please see the GIF below for an example configuration

AbsoluteTelnet has strong scrollback capability. You can access history as far back as you like, much further than traditional telnet applications. The scroll bar on the right side of the terminal window is enabled by default. It can be toggled in the appearance options menu. Normal text selections can be made using the left mouse

The context menu will be displayed when you right-click inside of the AbsoluteTelnet/SSH main window. Any relevant commands will be available. The following options are available: