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RE: QueXtion about X11
- To: "gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: QueXtion about X11
- From: Rob Warner <rcw2 at geocities dot com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:49:44 -0000
On Friday, January 30, 1998 2:48 PM, Arlindo da Silva
[SMTP:arlindo@niteroi.gsfc.nasa.gov] wrote:
>
> > I've got Dial Up Networking, and understand I need to set the
> > DISPLAY
> > variable, but I'm not sure to what.
>
> set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
[snip]
Call me dumb, but I just use :0.0 - I thought specifying a hostname
caused it to try & route the X packets & omitting it makes things
slightly faster. Or have I missed the point again?
cheers,
Rob
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