[Info-vax] XWindows Client

[Wilm Boerhout]

On 21 jan, 15:44, "Jerry Alan Braga" <jerry.br... at hotmail.com> wrote:
> that email account is a bogus account, can you post the file here, I believe
> that is is just a text file.
>
> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout... at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:4B55DEE6.9010001 at spam.gmail.com...
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>
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> > Jerry Alan Braga mentioned  on 18-1-2010 14:35:
> >> Do you start a program or not, and if so what is the syntax?
>
> >> "Wilm Boerhout" <wboerhout... at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>news:4b508f3a$0$14119$703f8584 at textnews.kpn.nl...
> >>> 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... at spam.gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:4b5016b2$0$14119$703f8584 at textnews.kpn.nl...
> >>>>> 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...
>
> > After installing Xming, you can run Xming.exe. This is your display
> > server, and now using default settings. It will signal its presence by an
> > icon in your system tray. Right clicking the icon will give you access to,
> > among others, the Help area.
>
> > If the default settings do not please you (and for VMS clients, they most
> > likely won't), you can start the Xlaunch wizard. At completion of the
> > wizard, you save the settings as an *.Xlaunch file. The Xlaunch extension
> > is associated with Xming.exe, so clicking the saved file will start a
> > display server with the saved settings.
>
> > I'll send you my VMS.xlaunch file by separate mail.
>
> > /Wilm- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
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> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -

Indeed, save the following as text, rename to *.xlaunch, and Robert's
your father's brother.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<XLaunch
 xmlns="http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes
XLaunch.xsd"
 WindowMode="MultiWindow"
 ClientMode="NoClient"
 Display="0"
 Clipboard="true"
 NoAccessControl="true"
 FontServer="netbck"
 ExtraParams="-nodecoration +bs -wm -dpi 100 -multimonitors  -xkbmodel
pc105 -nolisten inet6"
/>

/Wilm