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On 01/16/2013 12:08 PM, Leslie Jensen wrote:
>
> I'm using vnc-4.1.3_5 on FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE with xfce4.
>
> I have about 10 different hosts that I usually connect to.
>
> I would like these hosts to be in a drop down menu so I just have to pick 
> the one I need to connect to.
>
> From what I can read on-line the hosts should be saved to
> $HOME/.vnc/recent_hosts
>
> This file is not created by vncviewer and adding it manually has no effect.
>
> I would like to know if it's possible and in that case how to achieve what 
> I want.
>
> Thank you.
>
> /Leslie

I'm not sure about vnc but use remmina for this type of stuff.
When installed with the appropriate plugins, it can connect via vnc, ssh and 
rdp.