[ale] Exported Display

[David S. Jackson]

On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 11:55:23AM -0500 Geoffrey The Esoteric <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
>  From the ssh man page:
> 
> If the ForwardX11 variable is set to ``yes'' (or, see the description o 
> the -X and -x options described later) and the user is using X11 (the 
> DISPLAY environment variable is set), the connection to the X11 display 
> is automatically forwarded to the remote side in such a way that any X11 
> programs started from the shell (or command) will go through the 
> encrypt­ed channel, and the connection to the real X server will be made 
> from the local machine.  The user should not manually set DISPLAY. 
> Forwarding of X11 connections can be configured on the command line or 
> in configurationfiles.

This is exactly how I read my email every day.  Lots of times,
someone will send an image or something attached, and Mutt won't
display it through the rxvt I'm using, so I'll display the
attachments and "execute" the attachment in question (let's say
it's a jpeg), and xv (in this case) will export its display from
my mailserver over to my display on the box I'm ssh -X ing from.
Same works for movies or whatever, if my mailcap is set up
properly.  Kinda neat!

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David S. Jackson                        dsj at dsj.net
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