[ale] rsh of gimp

[esoteric at denali.atlnet.com (Wandered Inn)]

Bob's ALE Mail wrote:

> try
> 
>         xhost bar
>         rsh bar "setenv DISPLAY foo:0.0;gimp"

This works as follows (ksh):

rsh -l dude lhotse "export DISPLAY=denali:0.0; gimp"

Question is why does this not work:

rsh -l dude lhotse "gimp -display denali:0.0"

????

> 
> This is needed for most X programs because they use DISPLAY, which
> defaults to the console of the machine that they are running on.  Debug
> this using xv or xclock.
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey         esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> 
> Bob Toxen
> bob at cavu.com http://www.cavu.com
> transam at cavu.com [ALE & Linux Laptops]
> Fly-By-Day Consulting, Inc.
> 
> "The bad reputation UNIX has gotten is totally undeserved, laid on by
> people who don't understand, who have not gotten in there and tried
> anything."  -- Jim Joyce, owner of Jim Joyce's UNIX Bookstore

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com

You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????