Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null

2009-03-03 Thread cpghost
On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 06:42:26PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:
  I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target the 
  X11 equiv of /dev/null ?

 Not quite what I want is to have it so no graphic (non-virtual) output 
 is sent

How about setting up an X server on another machine (or another
console), and redirect the output of your X11 app to it by setting
DISPLAY accordingly? Something like:

  % env DISPLAY=mynullhost:10.0 myxapp
  % env DISPLAY=:1.0 myxapp

Or, if you start your app from within X and just want to hide its
windows, you could also try to configure your favorite window manager
to automatically hide all windows from a particular application (if
your wm allows it and if your X11 app tells its name in an X11 resource
(check out RESOURCES in X(7), and -xrm)).

-cpghost.

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OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null

2009-03-02 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
I often want to run applications from my PC (actually the dual boot 
partition on my desktop 7.1) on one of the X11 capable 7.1 machine at 
work (identical configs except for dual booting) and want to be able to 
open applications (like deluge) on the work machine that require a X11 
server... I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target 
the X11 equiv of /dev/null ?

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Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null

2009-03-02 Thread Modulok
 I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target the X11 equiv 
 of /dev/null ?

...what? What problem are you trying to solve, exactly?
-Modulok-

On 3/2/09, Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.fried...@gmail.com wrote:
 I often want to run applications from my PC (actually the dual boot
 partition on my desktop 7.1) on one of the X11 capable 7.1 machine at
 work (identical configs except for dual booting) and want to be able to
 open applications (like deluge) on the work machine that require a X11
 server... I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target
 the X11 equiv of /dev/null ?
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Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null

2009-03-02 Thread Kevin Kinsey

Modulok wrote:

I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target the X11 equiv of 
/dev/null ?


...what? What problem are you trying to solve, exactly?
-Modulok-


I'd have to assume he wants to call a remote X program from his terminal
and not have the program's output clutter it up.

My usual workaround is:

1.  xterm  in Terminal one.
2.  appname  in the new Xterm, then CTL-D.

I also have a couple of buttons in XFCE that simply call
ssh $somehost $someapp.  I've no idea where it puts
the stderror/stdout, but I never see it.

Kevin Kinsey
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Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null

2009-03-02 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman

Kevin Kinsey wrote:

Modulok wrote:
I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target the 
X11 equiv of /dev/null ?


...what? What problem are you trying to solve, exactly?
-Modulok-


I'd have to assume he wants to call a remote X program from his terminal
and not have the program's output clutter it up.

My usual workaround is:

1.  xterm  in Terminal one.
2.  appname  in the new Xterm, then CTL-D.

I also have a couple of buttons in XFCE that simply call
ssh $somehost $someapp.  I've no idea where it puts
the stderror/stdout, but I never see it.

Kevin Kinsey
Not quite what I want is to have it so no graphic (non-virtual) output 
is sent

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