Function: url-open-telnet

url-open-telnet is a byte-compiled function defined in url-gw.el.gz.

Signature

(url-open-telnet NAME BUFFER HOST SERVICE)

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/url/url-gw.el.gz
;; Stolen from red gnus nntp.el
(defun url-open-telnet (name buffer host service)
  (if (not (stringp service))
      (setq service (int-to-string service)))
  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create buffer)
    (erase-buffer)
    (let ((proc (start-process name buffer "telnet" "-8"))
	  (case-fold-search t))
      (when (memq (process-status proc) '(open run))
	(process-send-string proc "set escape \^X\n")
	(process-send-string proc (concat
				   "open " url-gateway-telnet-host "\n"))
	(url-wait-for-string url-gateway-telnet-login-prompt proc)
	(process-send-string
	 proc (concat
	       (or url-gateway-telnet-user-name
		   (setq url-gateway-telnet-user-name (read-string "login: ")))
	       "\n"))
	(url-wait-for-string url-gateway-telnet-password-prompt proc)
	(process-send-string
	 proc (concat
	       (or url-gateway-telnet-password
		   (setq url-gateway-telnet-password
			 (read-passwd "Password: ")))
	       "\n"))
	(erase-buffer)
	(url-wait-for-string url-gateway-prompt-pattern proc)
	(process-send-string
	 proc (concat (mapconcat 'identity
				 (append url-gateway-telnet-parameters
					 (list host service)) " ") "\n"))
	(url-wait-for-string "^\r*Escape character.*\n+" proc)
	(delete-region (point-min) (match-end 0))
	(process-send-string proc "\^]\n")
	(url-wait-for-string "^telnet" proc)
	(process-send-string proc "mode character\n")
	(accept-process-output proc 1)
	(sit-for 1)
	(goto-char (point-min))
	(forward-line 1)
	(delete-region (point) (point-max)))
      proc)))