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Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows [message #59192 is a reply to message #59181]

Fri, 07 March 2008 07:56

Vince Hradil
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Registered: December 1999

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On Mar 7, 8:52 am, kBob <KRD...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 6, 9:15 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> Folks,
>
>> I presume I'm the last to hear about this, but I learned
>> about an X server that runs on Windows the other day,
>> named Xming:
>
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming
>
>> It is very nice, and it's free. :-)
>
>> After installing it on my Windows machine, I can log
>> into my LINUX box at work from home and see my calendar,
>> e-mail, EMACS, and even the IDL Workbench! Wow. Who knew!?
>
>> It works great, except that the darn thing cannot
>> display any kind of object graphics window. This is
>> a HUGE disappointment, naturally, as I can't use my
>> iTools. ;-)
>
>> Is this an IDL problem, do you think, or an X server
>> problem? Would I have to do some kind of tweak to get
>> this to work? Any info is helpful.
>
>> Cheers,
>
>> David
>> --
>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
>
> Yep! Your the last to hear about it.
>
> I have been using Xming on the office Windows XP desktop for years. It
> works just fine for displaying all my IDL widget applications (IDL
> 6.3) that run on the UNIX and Lunix boxes we us here. I fined it works
> much better than Exceed, Exceed onDemand, even Cygwin/X (another free
> XServer), which are common choices around here.
>
> I'll use PuTTY to login into the desired UNIX or Linux box and send
> the output to my trusted Windows XP desktop. By the way, PuTTY is
> design to work with Xming.
>
> However, I use a MSDOS command file to launch Xming from my desktop. I
> believe the secret to getting a display on your Windows desktop is to
> have the right settings.
>
> This is what I use in the StartXming.bat that has a shortcut on my
> desktop display ....
>
> c:
> cd \Program Files\Xming
> SET DISPLAYNO=0
> start Xming -ac :%DISPLAYNO% -emulate3buttons -multiwindow -
> multimonitors -clipboard -clipupdates 5
>
> Happy Friday!
>
> Kelly Dean
> Fort Collins, CO

David - have you tried VNC? (such as RealVNC). How does that compare?

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		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: David Fanning on Fri, 07 March 2008 15:07
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: Karl[1] on Fri, 07 March 2008 14:45
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: Vince Hradil on Fri, 07 March 2008 12:59
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: R.G. Stockwell on Fri, 07 March 2008 11:25
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: R.G. Stockwell on Fri, 07 March 2008 11:22
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: Vince Hradil on Fri, 07 March 2008 07:56
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: KRDean on Fri, 07 March 2008 06:52
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: Norbert Hahn on Fri, 07 March 2008 06:11
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: Ding on Fri, 07 March 2008 05:56
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: Nigel Wade on Fri, 07 March 2008 01:10
		Re: Object Graphics Windows in X Windows By: lasse on Thu, 06 March 2008 23:31

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