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Re: Remotely running IDL on a Mac using X11 [message #64349 is a reply to message #64288] Thu, 18 December 2008 15:33 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Marshall Perrin is currently offline  Marshall Perrin
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pford-@bcm.tmc.edu <pford@bcm.tmc.edu> wrote:
> Are you saying that no graphic display at all or no Mac OS X GUI? What
> I was aiming for is the Xwindows(X11) display that I see on my Mac
> with its Xwindows interface on a remote pc. Years ago, I had to work
> with a similar set up using SUN workstations. I am not particularly
> interested having the Mac experience remotely, but it really won't be
> much use to run IDL in a CLI if the windows created by the IDL app are
> not seen.

Graphics display windows for plots and GUIs built with IDL widgets all
work perfectly well over X11 between Macs. I use this all the time.

What you can't get to work remotely over X11 is the Eclipse-based IDLDE.
For that you'd need to use VNC or some similar screen-sharing solution.

Marshall

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