Re: tlug: Kterm/Xterm remote windows config

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Rex Walters wrote:

> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone writes:  (on 13 Oct 98)
> 
> Scott> >   *Wharf Nomo     xterm-nomo.xpm Exec "-" rsh nomolog.nagoya-u.ac.jp /usr/bin/X11/kterm -ls -T 'Nomo'  -display 133.6.33.14:0 &
> Scott> 
> Scott> I think this should be:
> Scott> 
> Scott> *Wharf Nomo xterm-nomo.xpm Exec "kterm" kterm -T "Nomo" -e rsh nomolog.nagoya-u.ac.jp -display 133.6.33.14:0 &
> 
> Better, but not ideal.  You've avoided having the xclient (kterm) speaking 
> to the X-server over the network, but it's better to use fast IPC.  Remove
> the "-display 133.6.33.14:0" -- your startup scripts for X should (!)
> give you the best value for $DISPLAY (usually ":0.0") to avoid
> unnecessary overhead.

I was just copying stuff from the original commandline.  The point that I
wanted to make was that wharf should be exec'ing kterm with an -e for the
rsh, not exec'ing rsh directly.

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