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To: weigelt@metux.de, 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] p9p + devdraw
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:42:38 -0500
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> I'd like to understand how devdraw works on plan9port.
> 
> AFAIK, libdraw spawns the devdraw server as subprocess and 
> talks to it via an pipe. But this means it's not network
> transparent. 
> 
> Is there any way for getting an network transparent
> display server ? 

What does network-transparent mean?

If it means "emit curses codes so that everything works
inside your xterm" then sorry, that can't happen: they're
graphical interfaces.

If it means "if you're on some other machine and have
X forwarding set up right, then a new window pops up
on your screen" then devdraw *is* network transparent.

Either way, the situation is no different than if the programs
linked directly against the X library.

Russ