[ale] Silly Window Manager Trick: How can I export a control-panel widg et to start apps from a remote X-server?

[Dow_Hurst]

IIUWYM (If I understand what you mean) ;)

then issue something like this command for a KDE panel with startup menus:

ssh -X user at remotehost 'kicker'

I believe something like this will work.  If your running Gnome then the command would be different for whatever the gnome TaskBar is where you can start programs.  Let me know if this works.  I used to get the "ToolChest" on the SGI to display locally from a remote machine.  I could run shells or the System Manager from that little Task Menu application.
Dow



-----Original Message-----
From: "Mills, John M." <Mills.J at ems-t.com>
Sent: Apr 20, 2005 3:21 PM
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (E-mail)" <ale at ale.org>
Subject: [ale] Silly Window Manager Trick: How can I export a control-panel	widg et to start apps from a remote X-server?

ALErs -

If I use 'ssh -X' to login on a remote host (running the X-server locally),
I would like to export an application menu from the remote host back to my
local server. I would like it to work like my local menu, but start the app
remotely with its $DISPLAY routed back to me. Should be simple, right?

For that matter it could serve the same function when used locally.

This must exist, but I don't recall ever coming across one. (No: 'Xterm'
_does_not_ count.) Can anybody think of a toy like that?

TIA.

 - John Mills

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