Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!hplabs!well!pokey
From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: unix:0
Message-ID: <5286@well.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 88 17:24:16 GMT
References: <290@bacchus.DEC.COM>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, karlton@decwrl.UUCP (Philip Karlton) wrote:
}I noticed that the program uses the constant string "unix:0" to attempt to
}connect to the local X11 server. You may be better served by using just ":0".
}If the bug, excuse me, feature, in Xlib that prevents a node name from being
}"unix" is ever fixed, the former will stop working.

Yeah, I've been changing all the servers I maintain so that "localhost:0"
works instead.  Of course, my reason was a little different -- I wanted to
be able to use the same DISPLAY setting for both BSD and SysV systems.
But it's not very likely that anyone would have a machine named "localhost",
so this would work for you, and is perhaps prettier than ":0".
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Jef

              Jef Poskanzer   jef@lbl-rtsg.arpa   ...well!pokey
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