.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt RTTY 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rtty
.Nd limited but responsive remote shell
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Sy +dp
.Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Pp
.Nm
is a wrapper around
.Xr ssh 1
that provides a remote shell as responsive as
.Xr mosh 1
and as limited as a hard-copy teletypewriter.
It is a very useful tool on slow connections.
As
.Nm
uses the default line-editing capabilities of the terminal,
user input is only sent to the remote server
once a full line has been input.
.Pp
Flags specific to
.Nm
are prefixed with a plus sign.
If the
.Sy +d
flag is provided,
.Nm
disables all heuristics to detect password prompts
from the remote server and hide the user's input,
which are enabled by default.
If the
.Sy +p
flag is provided,
.Nm
manually asks the user for a password
before connecting to the server.
This requires
.Xr sshpass 1
to be installed.
Without the
.Sy +p
flag,
.Xr ssh 1
is launched in batch mode.
.Pp
All other arguments
are passed to
.Xr ssh 1 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Pp
.Nm
is written by John Ankarström
.Aq Mt "john (at) ankarstrom.se" .
.Sh CAVEATS
.Pp
.Nm
exits immediately on SIGINT;
it is best used in conjunction with
.Xr dtach 1
on the remote server.