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From: david@phys.anu.edu.au (David Baldwin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: host:display.screen
Message-ID: <1991Feb7.041215.29951@newshost.anu.edu.au>
Date: 7 Feb 91 04:12:15 GMT
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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!). I know that this is
|>theoritically possible thanks to the host:display.screen format
|>of the XOpenDisplay argument.

|>Pascal.
|>

AIXwindows on the RS6000 supports this. It is possible to run X on multiple
virtual 
terminals using 'open xinit' from the hft, and swapping between them using 
<(right-Alt)-ctrl/act>, etc

David.
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