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== Summary ==

== Summary ==

== Current status ==

== Current status ==

* Targeted release: 0.86

* Targeted release:

* Last updated: 2009-07-22

* Last updated: 2009-07-22

* Percentage of completion: 100%

* Percentage of completion: 100%

ShareTerm is

ShareTerm is

a variant of Terminal designed to enable collaborative work at the command

a variant of Terminal designed to enable collaborative work at the command

prompt.  ShareTerm works by starting an unprivileged SSH daemon and a GNU Screen

prompt.  ShareTerm works by starting an unprivileged SSH daemon and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen GNU Screen] session.  The SSH daemon is tunneled over a Telepathy Stream Tube.  To avoid the need for passwords, public-key authentication is used.  The system should support an arbitrary number of participants, though at the moment the sshd is configured with a maximum of 10.

session.  The SSH daemon is tunneled over a Telepathy Stream Tube.  To

avoid the need for passwords, public-key authentication is used.  The

system should support an arbitrary number of participants, though at the

moment the sshd is configured with a maximum of 10.

 

== Benefit to Sugar ==

== Benefit to Sugar ==

== How To Test ==

== How To Test ==

* Install the bundle from:

* Install the bundle from:

http://dev.laptop.org/~bemasc/ShareTerm-1.xo

:[http://dev.laptop.org/~bemasc/ShareTerm-1.xo Shareterm]

* Install GNU Screen on your system.  MANDATORY.  NOTE: GNU Screen is not

* Install GNU Screen on your system.  MANDATORY.  NOTE: GNU Screen is _not_ installed by default on many Sugar systems, including OLPC's XO distributions.

installed by default on many Sugar systems, including OLPC's XO distributions.

* Make sure you are running with Rainbow enabled!

* Make sure you are running with Rainbow enabled!

* Start ShareTerm from the Sugar UI, and then share it like any

* Start ShareTerm from the Sugar UI, and then share it like any collaborative Activity.

collaborative Activity

== User Experience ==

== User Experience ==

== Contingency Plan ==

== Contingency Plan ==

Tell people to install GNU Screen and openssh manually before installing shareterm, or possibly try to package static binaries into the .xo.  Neither is ideal, especially because ShareTerm is most appropriate for users who are not yet comfortable with the command line.

Tell people to install GNU Screen and OpenSSH manually before installing ShareTerm, or possibly try to package static binaries into the .xo.  Neither is ideal, especially because ShareTerm is most appropriate for users who are not yet comfortable with the command line.

== Documentation ==

== Documentation ==

== Comments and Discussion ==

== Comments and Discussion ==

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