[Info-vax] XWindows Client

[Jerry Alan Braga]

Do you start a program or not, and if so what is the syntax?

"Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout.no at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Jerry Alan Braga mentioned  on 15-1-2010 15:05:
>> thanks for xMing, I downloaded but do not understand how to get it to 
>> work
>>
>> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout.no at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Jerry Alan Braga mentioned on 14-1-2010 19:53:
>>>> Currently I am using Excursion 7.3.189 to connect my Alpha Cluster 
>>>> boxes
>>>> using the New Desktop model and everything works fine. We have added
>>>> some CentOS linux boxes and I would like to connect to them as well. My
>>>> question is, can I use Excursion to connect to these boxes and if so
>>>> how, and if I cannot what client (free if around) can work with both
>>>> openVMS 8.3 alpha and linux CentOS boxes.
>>>
>>> Google for xMing. It is a fine, modern X display server that also
>>> works with VMS clients.
>>>
>>> /Wilm
>>>
>
> Hmm, "intuitive" should be the word. After installation, you run the 
> executable image. The dialog helps you to configure your display server 
> (for Windows, use the "multiple windows" mode), and you can save the 
> config to an .xlaunch file, that you can use afterwards.
>
> For optimal results, use the remote font server option in Xming to point 
> to a VMS server with DECwindows Motif installed, and enable the font 
> server on that VMS system. This will ensure that all VMS client apps use 
> the familiar fonts.
>
> The Help for Xming should explain it all...
>
> /Wilm