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From: jg@jumbo.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X V10 XOpenDisplay - should it assume hostname:0??
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Date: Mon, 28-Sep-87 01:23:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 28 01:23:17 1987
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Reply-To: jg@jumbo.UUCP (Jim Gettys)
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Not really; there are people who run more than server from a single
machine.  This was true for VS100's, and is true today for some
VAXstation II/GPX machines (dual headed) and for various terminals or
IBM PC's running X by running multiple servers on the same host.

It is more than slightly irritating if other people's mistakes pop
up windows on your display.

Another common scenario is when someone else is logged in to your
workstation remotely, and forgets to set the DISPLAY variable.  Do
you really want his program to pop up on your screen?  It seemed best
to return an error rather than blindly continue.
				Jim Gettys