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From: sanders@peyote.cactus.org (Tony Sanders)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: host:display.screen
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Date: 12 Feb 91 01:15:37 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.

Gee, how's this on a RS/6000
sanders% echo $DISPLAY
unix:14.0
Oooooh, aaaaaaah, :-)

I was running 15 X servers (one per virtual terminal).  I don't know
what the maximum number is, and I don't care to find out.
It's mostly useful to run a couple of displays when debugging
X stuff.

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