Are there any good ssh consoles for Eclipse?

Question

I'm looking for a good ssh console plugin for Eclipse, and can't find much at all. Would anyone have some good leads on one?

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '11 at 19:01

If you don't like the ssh.shells or ssh.terminals subsystems in Eclipse RSE, try using the Terminal View instead.

You'll see a window that looks similar to RSE's ssh.terminals subsystem... but with some extra buttons on the top right.

How to use it:

To fix the scrolling issue (ie: for programs like top), click the Scroll Lock button at the right.
For extra Terminal window tabs, click the down arrow on the New Terminal Connection button
To change the current terminal window's settings, use the Settings button.
If you really like the annoying command input box at the bottom, you can toggle it on and off with the appropriate button.

For some reason, the default setting is to use a terribly hard to see white background. To change this:

Go to Window -> Preferences
Type Terminal in the search box at the top left, or select Terminal on the left.
Check the box that says Invert terminal colors
You can also configure a larger terminal buffer or connection timeouts here
Click Apply

Now the terminal should have a black background! If you want a local terminal, you can enable ssh on your local machine, and connect to localhost.

You're welcome! It definitely took me a while to figure all this out, but now I'm finally happy with the Eclipse terminal. Now if only java would redraw the screen faster so scrolling doesn't flash so much ;-) — TrinitronX, May 09 '11 at 05:40
If you are using Linux, I'd also recommend `yakuake` as an alternative *always ready* terminal that won't take up screen space when not in use. — TrinitronX, Aug 03 '12 at 16:55
If on Mac OS X, a similar _always ready_ terminal is [iTerm2](https://www.iterm2.com) in hotkey mode (Check both options in Preferences -> Keys -> `Show/hide iterm2 with a system-wide hotkey` / `Hotkey toggles a dedicated window with profile: Hotkey Window` — TrinitronX, Aug 24 '15 at 22:24

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '09 at 18:05

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In Eclipse 3.4.1, there is the Remote Systems Explorer perspective that allows you to create and connect to SSH terminals (here)

answered Jan 20 '09 at 18:05

Zabbala

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Checked it out... not good. If you do e.g. "top" it scrolls and behaves weird. – webjunkie Jul 16 '10 at 21:54
I tested out both of the terminal 'subsystems' included in Eclipse's RSE, and I didn't like them. From the Remote systems view, I tried both 'SSH Shells' and 'SSH Terminals'. ssh.shells had an annoying input box at the bottom, and ssh.terminals was better but I couldn't change the background color, and had scrolling issues. After this, I tried the 'Terminal' view, and was able to fix both problems! (I ran out of characters here, so my solution is posted below) – TrinitronX Apr 20 '11 at 18:32
Found that there's an open Eclipse [bug 206220](https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=206220) for the color issue. – TrinitronX Apr 20 '11 at 18:52
Remote Systems Explorer does not support text search within the terminal. That is a major drawback for me. – Marquez May 23 '14 at 17:11

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 02 '08 at 15:38

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There are plugins that exist that allow you up open WinSCP or Putty from within Eclipse.

I would advise maybe doing a search for "putty eclipse plugin" or similar

answered Dec 02 '08 at 15:38

adam

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Funny, this question is now the 2nd ranked term on google for an unquoted search of "putty eclipse plugin" – Ben Burns May 22 '11 at 22:23

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 01 '13 at 21:28

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This plug-in provides a fully-working, command-line terminal to Eclipse 3.7 or later (yes, even 4.2!) It works on Linux and MacOS only.

answered Jul 01 '13 at 21:28

Davide Icardi