Question: Clarify whether ET buffers input on slow connections
corneliusroemer opened this issue · comments
I've seen ET recommended as an alternative (or better replacement) to mosh. You compare ET to mosh with the following words: "While mosh provides the same core functionality as ET, it does not support native scrolling nor tmux control mode"
Could you clarify whether ET supports buffered input? I.e., when I have a slow connection, does my input appear on the screen before it has been acked by the server? This is a major feature of mosh for my use cases and I couldn't find out whether ET also has this feature. If it has, great add it somewhere prominently. If it doesn't have that feature, then add it to the mosh comparison here:
Et cannot do type-ahead because it doesn't have control over the terminal like mosh does. Mosh is a remote desktop for the terminal, while et is a wire protocol. This is the same reason why you cannot port forward with mosh but you can with et.
Feel free to put ^ in a PR and add it to the website.
Thanks for the explanation, would be great to have a bit more on pros/cons wrt mosh in particular. As I haven't used ET it's a bit tricky for me to write this as I likely wouldn't do it justice.