Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 09:52:59 -0600 From: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconned.net> To: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> Cc: "Michael P. Deslippe" <tensbum@ix.netcom.com>, questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: X-Server Message-ID: <32F2155B.41C67EA6@nconned.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970131044129.18503A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>
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Snob Art Genre wrote: > > On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Michael P. Deslippe wrote: > > > I haven't installed XFree on my machine, but I have a question. I've > > noticed many, many applications that require it. If I load it on the > > machine, will users telneting in be able to use X-based apps and will they > > be able to see x-based screens or is that an application just for the local > > machine? or is tha data just exported to X-based clients? > > It's an odd model of interaction. For your telnetting users to use X, > they must locally run an X server -- a display driver, basically. The > display is consumed by X clients: the applications that require X, which > can be run locally (on their machines) or remotely (on yours). > > There are X servers for many platforms, from MacOS to DOS to VMS to OS/2 > to most unixes. Only unix and VMS run X clients, as far as I know. > > Is this making sense to you? It took me a while to grok the > backwards-seeming model. FWIW I remember reading/hearing about a commercial product (Chamelion, I think ) that's supposed to emulate an X-terminal on a WinDOZE machine. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Randall D DuCharme email: randyd@nconnect.net Systems Engineer Computer Specialists 414-253-9998 253-9919 (fax) -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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