6 WinUae requests

[foleyjo]

I've installed WinUae on my laptop as I intend to use OS3.9 instead of windows as my main operating system. I just have a few questions to help me use Amiga as much as possible for my daily tasks (mainly software replacements).

1 - Is there a way to automatically switch between screenmodes on startup. I sometimes switch between using the laptop display and tv display which are different resolutions. Is there a command that I can add to start-up sequence which checks if a screen mode is available and if not select the other screen mode?

2- Is there a decent SSH client I can use to remote onto a linux server. Something like putty on the PC?

3 - What would you recommend as an ftp client for transferring files back and forth between the linux server?

4 - Is there any text editors that I can use to edit files on the linux server without having to download and upload each time? Something like notepad++ where it automatically downloads and uploads the files so you don't have to use an external ftp client for the task

5 - Does anyone know of any software similar to winlaunch that works with 64bit winuae?

[foleyjo]

6 - Does anyone know where I can find tutorials on how to create windows and display data from xml files in them (including image files)

I currently use Kodi and AEL (advanced emulation launcher) to launch my emulator roms and Gamebase 64 for the c64 roms but I'd prefer to do this directly from winuae. I can't find an amiga application that would allow me to do this so I thought I'd see if I could make my own. I just can't find any decent development guides for Amiga development

[TCMSLP]

1. You may be able to script something with the assistance of some third party tools but I'm not sure how.  Perhaps trawl aminet for any command line screen res utilities.  The active screen mode / prefs are stored in a file but from memory I think this is a binary file;  I don't think it can be modified by hand/script.

2. No.  Old versions of OpenSSH can probably be found in various states online but I've never had any luck with this.  The best option I found was AmTelnet (http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/amtelnet.lha) but a) you'll need to track down a licence/key and b) it's limited to SSHv1 so you'll need to specifically enable this on the server.
 
3. AmiTCP (a port of the BSD IP stack?) comes with a standard command line 'ftp' (plus other useful commands, 'ls', 'ifconfig' etc).  Whilst you're using the UAE magical IP stack it may be worth installing (or part installing) AmiTCP v4 to gain some sensible command line tools.  Alternatively, aminet is your friend.

4. Unlikely.  If you have telnet/ssh isn't it easier to ssh and use vim?  Also, I suggest you install vim under AmigaOS too

5. No idea what this is...

6. Probably http://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Tutorials:Main but I'm unsure if there's any native AmigaOS XML libs.

Also, if you're doing most of your work under Linux, installing an X server under AmigaOS and running Linux apps remotely may be the nicer solution.  Although, this is better if using a real Amiga - otherwise you may as well just do the same (Xming, CygWin?) under Windows or better still just install Linux.

Others may have better suggestions, though

[Thomas]

5 - Does anyone know of any software similar to winlaunch that works with 64bit winuae?

Just rename winuae64.exe into winuae.exe and use winlaunch as before?

[foleyjo]

Thanks guys. Knew it wouldn't take long to get help here.

1 For the screenmode I found something on aminet called display mode. Will stick with them.

2 3 & 4 - I think it might be easier to stick with the windows apps I currently use for remote work then. I find notepad++ easier than VIM for the editing work that I do.

5 Winlaunch allows the launching of windows applications without leaving workbench. So the command 'winlaunch cmd >nil;' will open up a windows dos prompt window.

[@Thomas don't know why I didn't try that. I'll give it a go when I get home.]
 
6 Thanks for the link. I found a few xml libraries on aminet. I'm just unsure how to use them at the moment. I'll see what I can do. Not much probably but worth a try anyway.

[foleyjo]

Just rename winuae64.exe into winuae.exe and use winlaunch as before?

That didn't work

[Thomas]

Sure. I didn't know what winlaunch is. I thought it was used to start Amiga programs from Windows (like RunInUAE). The opposite of course is dependent on the type of the exe, not on its name. If it does not work with 64bit, then it won't help to rename it.

Did you allow to run x86 code in the Misc section of WinUAE? It's considered a security leak because you can run malware without control of your antivirus software.

[foleyjo]

I assume that's the Allow Native Code option. If so then yes I did as I guessed it was needed for winlaunch to work.

So will the PCs anti-virus software not protect me from attacks if this option is selected?