Mosh: local buffer for avoiding latency

[shibumi]

Hello,
I tried mosh today and I was a little bit disappointed. I have currently a really slow internet connection just between 5-64kbit/s and I thought mosh would have a local buffer or something but seems like it can only do prediction.

Therefore I want to suggest a local buffer for the shell. When I type something I should get instantly feedback without latency and only when I press enter I would wait for the server output or for the command sending to the server.

[keithw]

Try mosh --predict=experimental -- it does what you propose.

[keithw]

(By default, Mosh is pretty cautious about showing predictions if it's not confident that the prediction will eventually be confirmed by the server. But if you're willing to have occasional transient glitches and just want to see everything you type, use --predict=experimental. Any misprediction will eventually be corrected.)

[shibumi]

@keithw

When I press CTRL+u it has still lag about 2-3 seconds...any idea why?

is the -- part of the command? it's --predict=experimental not --predict=experimental -- right?

however thanks for your fast reply. Seems to work (except the CTRL+U part)

[eminence]

Right. mosh --predict=experimental [email protected]

[keithw]

Mosh doesn't have a local prediction for Ctrl-U to clear the input line, but it will predict for the delete key.