[Info-vax] X-terminals again

[tadamsmar]

On Jan 13, 6:30 pm, wins... at SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston -
SSRL Central Computing) wrote:
> In article <3e4c7324-fd37-49be-9f31-3eccf06d6... at q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com>, tadamsmar <tadams... at yahoo.com> writes:
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> >On Dec 8 2008, 3:56=A0pm, Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerh... at planet.nl> wrote:
> >> tadamsmarvaguely mentioned on 8-12-2008 21:41:
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> >> > I am trying to meet these requirements:
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> >> > 1. =A0X-terminal software that will run on Windows XP.
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> >> > 2. =A0For a user-friendly subset of these X-terminals, I need the
> >> > interface to be as user- friendly as some old Tectronix x-terminals
> >> > that we are currently using. =A0When you power these up, the Decwindows
> >> > username and password comes up automatically.
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> >> > 3. =A0The rest need to be more teckie-friendly. =A0 The user needs acce=
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> >> > to XP.
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> >> > I wonder if I can do this with a single product?
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> >> > We use XFREE on Windows 98 and 2000 now for the teckie-friendly
> >> > systems, and you have to log into VMS and run a command procedure to
> >> > set up the connection.
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> >> > We have old Tectronix X-terminal so the user-friedly systems, and they
> >> > came with software for VMS. =A0The VMS software is always running and
> >> > handles setting up access to the X-terminal automatically.
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> >> Use any X11 display server software.
> >> Put DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_WORKSTATION into the VMS SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM (that
> >> is, if VMS does not have it's own X11 graphical interface.
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> >I am not sure what you mean by "if VMS does not have it's own X11
> >graphical interface."  All my units are workstations with a terminal
> >plugged it.  We need a few other X-terminals to run over the ethernet
> >on one of the workstations.
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> >Should I add that line to startup or not?
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> The line keeps Decwindows software from trying to use local graphics hardware,
> if any.
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> If your workstation units have a keyboard and a monitor plugged into to them,
> directly and use their own graphics hardware to display X windows stuff, then
> you don't want to disable their use by putting that line in the startup.  
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> If you only have a erial terminal plugged into them,
> then you do want to put that line into the startup.
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> For completeness, note that the line is
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> $ DEFINE/SYSTEM DECW$IGNORE_WORKSTATION "TRUE"
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You explanation does not match the comment in SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM:

"
$! The following command should be used only if you do not wish the
DECwindows
$! startup file to be run.  The DECwindows startup file should be run
on all
$! types of machines, even if they are not using a DECwindows
display.  If
$! you wish to run the DECwindows startup file at a later time during
system
$! startup remove the comment from the line below.
$!
$!$ DEFINE DECW$IGNORE_DECWINDOWS TRUE
"

I have a keyboard and monitor plugged in.  And I also will have some
PCs on the ethernet running Xcursion.

Do I add the line or not?