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Re: using remote regedit with xfree
- To: dalibor tokic <dalibor dot tokic at infopark dot de>
- Subject: Re: using remote regedit with xfree
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at informatik dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 12:28:07 +0200 (CEST)
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Fri, 4 May 2001, dalibor tokic wrote:
> Hello!
>
> When I install xfree on a lokal and a remote machine, it is possible to
> display the remote xclient on the local machine. So I can use
> X-programms that are running on the remote machine.
>
> Well here is my question:
> Is it possible to use Windows-Programs of the remote machine on my lokal
> machine? Like regedit or so. That would mean that Windows-Programs are
> displayed through xfree.
No, this will not work. The windows programs draw via GDI directly on
the videocard memory.
A possible solution would be to replace the windows video driver with a
version that maps the GDI calls to X11 calls. Maybe the sources from wine
(x11-drv) show such potential, but this would require heavy work.
> I would like to edit the registry on a remote machine, but i fear that
> this is not possible, if i only use cygwin and xfree on both machines.
>
you can use vnc. The vnc client will allow you to see the screen of the
remote machine in a window. see http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ for
more info
HTH
ago
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