Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!cbmvax!ditto From: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: how do I tell the size of a pseudoterm window? Summary: Layers & X both need "connections" between clients and server Keywords: layers xt Message-ID: <5461@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 22:41:48 GMT References: <2081@vedge.UUCP> <6766@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <564@auspex.UUCP> <9047@smoke.BRL.MIL> <577@auspex.UUCP> <5445@cbmvax.UUCP> <594@auspex.UUCP> Reply-To: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 26 In article <594@auspex.UUCP> guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) writes: [ about a layers terminal ] > [ ... ] the >question is whether programs on other machines on the network can use >that terminal in the same way that programs on that machine can, in the >same way programs using X can run either on the machine on which the >display server is running (assuming it's not just an "X terminal" not >set up to run applications) or on any machine that can be *logically* >connected, via some kind of network connection, to that machine. The big question is just whether those other machines can establish a logical connection to the layers terminal. The standard layers software doesn't include a TCP gateway or anything like it, so normally, the answer is no. But there isn't anything inherent in the layers spec that prevents such support from being written. I think the "superiority" of X over layers in this respect is entirely due to the transport mechanisms they normally use; the windowing systems themselves are equally suitable for network use. -- -=] Ford [=- "The number of Unix installations (In Real Life: Mike Ditto) has grown to 10, with more expected." ford@kenobi.cts.com - The Unix Programmer's Manual, ...!sdcsvax!crash!elgar!ford 2nd Edition, June, 1972. ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com