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From: jsb@cs.brown.edu (John Bazik)
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Subject: An XDM enhancement
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Date: 28 Mar 91 20:28:05 GMT
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We don't run xdm at our site, mainly because we have partisans of both
MIT's server and X/NeWS who share workstations.

I'd like us to run xdm, for various reasons.

My question is, in the same way that getty switches modes (case sensitive/
insensitive) when it sees control-D or an uppercase letter, couldn't xdm
switch servers?

I'm thinking of, in the "servers" file, a list of startup lines, rather
than just one.  Some feedback in the window as to which server is running
would be necessary.  When control-D or some such is typed at it, it would
take down the current server and run the next on the list, cycling through.

Has anyone done this?

Does anyone see any problems that might arise?

Would anyone else find this useful?

John Bazik
jsb@cs.brown.edu