On Mar 6, 9:15=A0pm, David Fanning <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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:
>
> =A0 =A0http://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/
> Se****e 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=3D0
start Xming -ac :%DISPLAYNO% -emulate3buttons -multiwindow -
multimonitors -clipboard -clipupdates 5
Happy Friday!
Kelly Dean
Fort Collins, CO
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