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Date:      Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:00:47 +0200 (IST)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Ken Marsh <durang@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: X-term Emulator for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.961008085823.11520A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.95.961007131537.78526A-100000@homer18.u.washington.edu>

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On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Ken Marsh wrote:

> I am an engineering student at University of Washington. One of my classes
> requires an X Terminal Emulator to use an application through a PPP
> connection. I have FreeBSD and PPP working fine, but I'm not sure about
> the X Terminal thing.
> 
> It would seem to me that I can just telnet to the server holding the app,
> but apparently there's more to it that just that. It does involve
> graphics, so it must find my display somehow.

If I'm getting you correctly, you need to run a remote X application. You 
don't need any emulators for that. All you need is X installed on your 
FreeBSD machine. Assuming it is, just do xhost +remote.server.running.app 
(to let the remote server use your display), and then just set the 
DISPLAY at the server to the address of your FreeBSD machine.

> 
> Others in the class are using a Macintosh or Win95 X Terminal Emulator. I
> have neither a Mac or Win95. I found an Emulator for Linux at:

Win95 and Macintoshes need additional software because they don't include 
X server support built-in like FreeBSD has with XFree86.

> 
> http://webusers.anet-chi.com/~jyue/
> 
> Is there anything like this ported for FreeBSD?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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> Ken Marsh: Durang@U.Washington.edu
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> 
Nadav



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