[Info-vax] X-terminals again

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <496e4269$0$22119$ba620dc5 at nova.planet.nl>,
	Wilm Boerhout <w6.boerhout at planet.nl> writes:
> tadamsmar vaguely mentioned on 14-1-2009 20:39:
> [snip]
> 
>>> If your VMS node itself is a X11 display server (as it appears to be),
>>> do not put the line in. Just point your external application to display
>>> on your node. How to do that depends on what the other system is. If
>>> it's also VMS, just do a
>>>
>>> $ SET DISP /CREATE [/PERM] /NODE=<yournode> /TRANSP=TCPIP
>>> $ CREATE /TERM /DETACHED
>>>
>>> from your remode node, and the X-terminal window will appear.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I no longer have access to the original posting, so I´m not sure
>>> whethers this is relevant.
>>>
>> The remote node is a PC running some version of Windows.
>> 
>> What do I have to have running on the remote node to make this work?
> 
> I'm afraid I'm lost here. You have a PC, and an X11 display server on 
> VMS. You need an X-terminal from the PC to display on the X11 display 
> server. What would the function of that Window be? Running DOS commands?

No, you have become confused.  He has PC's running Excursion and wants
DECWindows to show up in Excursion.

> 
> I know how to do the opposite: making a VMS DCL terminal window appear 
> on a Windows PC, using some X11 display server software on the PC, e.g. 
> xCursion or Xming. The reverse, I have no clue, neither on how nor on why.

Your method would work just fine, but other than tha fact that I think
very few user environments would be willing to accept it, it also seems
apparent to me (and no insult intended) that he and his users probably
have very limited experience with either VMS or running X.

bill

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