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Mosh original author here -- fun to see us back here yet again. Happy to answer any questions.

by keithwinstein 5y ago

na85 5y ago
Are you planning on addressing some of the long-standing issues relating to e.g. Unicode rendering?
- keithwinstein 5y ago
  Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28151652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28151652 , but happy to discuss further if you want.
diekhans 5y ago
All I can say is THANK YOU!!! I use mosh 10+ hours a day. Maybe it needs a bit of help, but it is in my top 10 of "how did I accomplish anything with out mosh.
- arthurcolle 5y ago
  Syntax error, unterminated delimiter: "
nmstoker 5y ago
It looks like there's no sponsorship for Mosh. Had this been considered? Not saying money would solve the challenges the maintainer faces but there might be things it eases. With a tool this popular I expect it wouldn't struggle to raise a fair bit.
- eminence32 5y ago
  I don't think it's been considered. To be honest, sometimes adding money to a development projects makes things worse. It can sometimes introduce new unwanted obligations that weren't there previously.
cpach 5y ago
Thank you for writing mosh. It’s an awesome tool, especially when using the laptop on a train.
mcstafford 5y ago
I'm unable to use mosh after switching VPN clients, though ssh works. What should I discuss and/or request with the security+network folks?
- lhoff 5y ago
  Its probably that the port range that Mosh uses is blocked. Per default mosh uses a UDP port between 60000 and 61000.
hcrean 5y ago
It is a VERY useful tool that I have used every day for at least 3 years. There are two really annoying niggles that I have with it, but both I have solved by using a Screen session on the server: - Scrolling turns out to be very important to most workflows. The choice to start mosh in Append mode (with chance of output corruption) rather than replace mode would be a cool thing. - There is no easy way to pick up a session again when the client dies. I understand that this is an intended security "feature" though. But beyond this it is a truly fabulous tool that has saved me many many hours of frustration.
- keithwinstein 5y ago
  We have the "append mode" -- run `mosh --no-init` and it does what you'd like.
  - hcrean 5y ago
    Thank you, this is better, but if I cat a 1000 line file I can only scroll up about 150 lines, I think this has something to do with the speed of the output(?); how does this work under the hood?
jwr 5y ago
Thank you for creating a fantastically useful tool. I use it every day, it works very well, and I'd be happy to contribute to your Github sponsors account.
jhrmnn 5y ago
Such an indispensable tool! I’m running mosh+tmux 24/7 on my remote desktop and every day just open my laptop, connect to VPN and continue where I left off the previous day
slim 5y ago
Vim or emacs ? (serious question)

Mosh original author here -- fun to see us back here yet again. Happy to answer any questions.

na85 5y ago

Are you planning on addressing some of the long-standing issues relating to e.g. Unicode rendering?

keithwinstein 5y ago
Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28151652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28151652 , but happy to discuss further if you want.

diekhans 5y ago

All I can say is THANK YOU!!! I use mosh 10+ hours a day. Maybe it needs a bit of help, but it is in my top 10 of "how did I accomplish anything with out mosh.

arthurcolle 5y ago
Syntax error, unterminated delimiter: "

nmstoker 5y ago

It looks like there's no sponsorship for Mosh. Had this been considered? Not saying money would solve the challenges the maintainer faces but there might be things it eases. With a tool this popular I expect it wouldn't struggle to raise a fair bit.

eminence32 5y ago
I don't think it's been considered. To be honest, sometimes adding money to a development projects makes things worse. It can sometimes introduce new unwanted obligations that weren't there previously.

cpach 5y ago

Thank you for writing mosh. It’s an awesome tool, especially when using the laptop on a train.

mcstafford 5y ago

I'm unable to use mosh after switching VPN clients, though ssh works. What should I discuss and/or request with the security+network folks?

lhoff 5y ago
Its probably that the port range that Mosh uses is blocked. Per default mosh uses a UDP port between 60000 and 61000.

hcrean 5y ago

It is a VERY useful tool that I have used every day for at least 3 years. There are two really annoying niggles that I have with it, but both I have solved by using a Screen session on the server: - Scrolling turns out to be very important to most workflows. The choice to start mosh in Append mode (with chance of output corruption) rather than replace mode would be a cool thing. - There is no easy way to pick up a session again when the client dies. I understand that this is an intended security "feature" though. But beyond this it is a truly fabulous tool that has saved me many many hours of frustration.

keithwinstein 5y ago
We have the "append mode" -- run `mosh --no-init` and it does what you'd like.
- hcrean 5y ago
  Thank you, this is better, but if I cat a 1000 line file I can only scroll up about 150 lines, I think this has something to do with the speed of the output(?); how does this work under the hood?

jwr 5y ago

Thank you for creating a fantastically useful tool. I use it every day, it works very well, and I'd be happy to contribute to your Github sponsors account.

jhrmnn 5y ago

Such an indispensable tool! I’m running mosh+tmux 24/7 on my remote desktop and every day just open my laptop, connect to VPN and continue where I left off the previous day

slim 5y ago

Vim or emacs ? (serious question)