Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!orc.olivetti.COM!lantz From: lantz@orc.olivetti.COM Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: is news loosing the battle? Message-ID: <8807071850.AA11774@tuscany.orc.olivetti.com> Date: 7 Jul 88 18:50:22 GMT References: <22301@tis.llnl.gov> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 >> We should be able to share windows between servers (hosts). >> What I type in a window on my display/screen will appear in the >> same window on your display/screen without the application knowing! I >> would like to move a window from my display/screen to your display/screen >> with my window manager assuming permissions are OK. >> [ I think HP did something like this >> with X11 ] >> >> ... >> >> Also, I should be able to mount local window hierarchies and EXISTING >> remote window hierarchies on my root window wherever I like. >> [ Some of this can be done under NeWS and X11 ] The group at HP is led by Phil Gust. Several groups other than HP have also implemented variations on these features by now -- including my own, a group led by Phil Janssen at MCC, and a group led by Sid Ahuja at Bell Labs. These groups (and others) are even trying to work together somewhat, hopefully to the greater glory of everyone. Further information can probably be obtained by sending to "sharedx@expo.lcs.mit.edu"; that list could use some traffic! Keith A. Lantz Phone: (415) 496-6235 Olivetti Research Center Internet: lantz@orc.olivetti.com, or 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 210 lantz%orc.uucp@unix.sri.com Menlo Park, CA 94025 UUCP: {acornrc,oliveb,sri-unix}!orc!lantz