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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: host:display.screen
Message-ID: <1991Feb6.000458.8844@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 6 Feb 91 00:04:58 GMT
References: <9102041741.AA03063@TERRE.matra-espace.fr> <1991Feb5.145420@wsl.dec.com>
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1991Feb5.145420@wsl.dec.com> klee@wsl.dec.com writes:
>In article <9102041741.AA03063@TERRE.matra-espace.fr>, paulet@terre.matra-espace.fr (Pascal PAULET 6109 FAMI2) writes:
>|> can you tell me if anybody knows implementations where a single host
>|> supports multiple displays (not screens!).
>
>Some of the serial X terminals do this.  They have one or more servers
>running on the host in addition to the server controlling the host
>display.  Each server has a different display number in the
>host:display.screen syntax.
>

I believe that Roell's X386 server, which allows a server on each virtual
terminal, must do this.

Caveat: I haven't tried it, so sue me if I'm wrong.

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Kaleb Keithley                        kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov

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