Re: X11 Server for ms windows
John covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> writes:
> Where can I get a look at this -- and do you iknow whether the
> controls are exposed or does Windows see just a graphic?
With VNC you only get graphics.
With an X server the application is forwarded at the "X" level.
X windows is client server by nature.
That is why some things are incredibly faster with an X server than
with vnc. One thing off the top of my head is the effect that some
buttons have when you hover over them they change shade. That works
with X even over slow connections. This is because the computer where
the program is running simply send a request to the computer where the
program is being displayed, it doesn't have to send every single
pixel.
This is also why the older X programs that are written at a lower
level work so well remotely. Examples include xterm, xclock, xcalc,
twm,emacs20 (or emacs without toolbar, etc)...
Bijan
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