At 17:56 -0800 12/19/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Subject: bash version of $DISPLAY setting Re: [Fink-users] Bad install of EtherealThe X server (XDarwin for example) should be thought of like it was a fancy terminal. (In fact, there are standalone X terminals. They were fairly popular for a while back when workstations were very expensive.) Programs send things to this "terminal" and get things from it. The terminal has abilities like a plotter to draw things and also has a keyboard and mouse to supply input. The terminal can have multiple screens attached and they are individually addressed.
From: Kow K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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By the way, I'm not sure why "DISPLAY=:0" is preferred over "export
DISPLAY=$HOSTNAME:0" (or "sentenv DISPLAY $HOSTNAME:0" in (t)csh). I
still don't really understand how X works ever after trying to make
friends with it. Could somebody here explain why?
The DISPLAY environment variable is used to tell the program which "terminal" to use. If you have two Macs running OS X for example, you can run programs on the other box and display back to your box by setting this variable correctly. If you have a UNIX/Linux box, you can do the same.
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Bill Rausch, Software Development, UNIX, Mac, Windows
Numerical Applications, Richland, WA 509-943-0861 x302
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