Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!well!pokey
From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: unix:0
Message-ID: <5334@well.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 88 23:04:13 GMT
References: <2371@umd5.umd.edu>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) wrote:
}Since host names are not case sensitive, why not use UNIX:0 when referring
}to a host on your network called `unix' (not a real wonderfull name, in
}my opinion).  Alternatively, you could use `unix.my.domain:0' in the
}domainified syntax.
}
}All this should work without changing a line of code.  Don't make the existing
}interface work differently for no good reason.

Yes, this solves Phil's problem of not being able to access a machine
called unix.  But it does nothing for my problem of wanting to use the
same DISPLAY string for local access on both SysV and BSD machines.
I don't see how I can do that without hacking code.
---
Jef

              Jef Poskanzer   jef@lbl-rtsg.arpa   ...well!pokey
"He's like a function -- he returns a value, in the form of his opinion. It's
          up to you to cast it into a void or not." -- Phil Lapsley