[Konsole-devel] [Bug 128772] New: Automated Input : inserting a command sequence by a hotkey

[Marc Schoechlin]

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           Summary: Automated Input : inserting a command sequence by a
                    hotkey
           Product: konsole
           Version: 1.6.2
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: ms-kdebugs 256bit org


Version:           1.6.2 (using KDE 3.5.2, Kubuntu Package 4:3.5.2-0ubuntu18 dapper)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.15-23-k7

I´m a sysop and i´m maintaining a huge number of unix-systems.

Putting a ".bashrc" on any of these systems is not a good option for me:
- multiple users are sharing accounts for database-instances, services,...
  (other users don´t like my profile-settings)
- updating ".bashrc" on hundred of systems is not that cool

Therefore a automated insert of a ascii-sequence (which contains
basic shellcommands to setup my shellsession) would be cool thing.
A implementation like that would be nice:

- Write commands for different system-types to different textfiles
  (i.e. one for Aix, Solaris, Fedora and Debian)
- Open a konsole-dialog and select the new menu item 
  "Settings" -> "Automated Input" -> "New"
- A dialog occures which allows to define the following settings:
  * The name of the input-profile
  * The location of the textfile
  * A insert-intervall in fractions of seconds
    (This defines a artifical delay after entering a newline.
     Sometimes this is needed on remote systems)
  * A hotkey which eases calling this profile
  * A regular-expression for the window-title (optional)

In my idea the usage of automated input method so look like that:

* Calling over a menu item
  (right click to the screen -> "Automated Input" -> "<Name of input-profile>"
* Using a hotkey
  (most efficent)
* Calling on change of tab-title by evaluating a regular expression
  (optinal)

Thanks for wring this great application.