I use Roxterm when managing routers - generally on the GNS3 simulator. I love the tabs, profiles and simple interface, but there is one new feature that I'd love to see.

Simultaneous input to multiple tabs

The way I'd like to see it implemented is:

1. The user hits a hot-key [suggestion: <Ctrl+Alt+i>]
2. A warning dialogue appears warning the user that all keyboard input will be copied to each tab of the current window.
3. Once the dialogue is acknowledged, a strong visual reminder is required to remind the user that the input they are typing is going to multiple tabs. This could be:
   • The tab titles continually flash red whilst in multi-tab input mode [which would mean that if the [x] Bell highlights tab/window option was set, then when the bell sounded, the tab would flash red/yellow]
   • the screen changes to a different colours [possibly requiring additional colour options to added to each colour scheme - default to inverse]
4. All keypresses entered while in multi-tab mode, including special characters like <Ctrl+c> and <Ctrl+z> but excluding RoxTerm shortcuts, are sent to each tab of the current window
5. The user hits the same hot-key [suggestion: <Ctrl+Alt+i>] to disable multi-tab mode.

Inspiration: I have seen this feature used most successfully in iTerm2 (for OS X)see http://iterm2.com/ or https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2 for source code

I have also seen it used in SuperPutty (for Windows), but has a horrible interface, and ctrl keys are not transported

Konsole supports this feature, but it is a pain to turn on

SecureCRT also has an implementation

Sorry, I can't imagine that I'd ever implement that. I don't have as much time or motivation for ROXTerm as I used to, and on top of that I think GTK is going to die off in the next few years.

I understand. Maybe someone else will get the enthusiasm needed!

There are already a ton of solutions for this:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/ ClusterSSH controls a number of xterm windows via a single graphical console window to allow commands to be interactively run on multiple servers over an ssh connection

http://debaday.debian.net/2007/12/09/clusterssh-control-serveral-ssh-sessions-via-a-single-interface/ Clusterssh: control several ssh sessions via a single interface

http://www.stearns.org/fanout/ Run non-interactive commands on remote machines simultaneously

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/shellsrptg/ 8.2 Automating Software Builds pages 192-222

http://examples.oreilly.com/shellsrptg/css-2005-06-11.zip See ./sh/build-all.sh

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mussh/ Mussh is a shell script that allows you to execute a command or script over ssh on multiple hosts with one command

http://expect.sourceforge.net/example/multixterm.man.html multixterm - drive multiple xterms separately or together

http://www.linux.com/articles/52131 Execute commands simultaneously on multiple servers (excerpted from Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two)

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/morelnxsvrhks/ #29 Execute commands simultaneously on multiple servers page 144

https://sites.google.com/site/davidtv/ PAC is a Perl/GTK replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc (linux ssh/telnet/... gui)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pacmanager/ PAC is a Perl/GTK replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc (linux ssh/telnet/... gui)

http://terminals.codeplex.com/ Terminals is a secure, multi tab terminal services/remote desktop client. It uses Terminal Services ActiveX Client (mstscax.dll)