Re: FN-FORUM: X-Window Messages

date posted 1st February 2006 15:13

Hi,

Easiest and most secure way is probably via ssh. For example, I can
start a konqueror browser on my other machine with:

ssh -X [EMAIL REMOVED] konqueror

Is that what you mean?

Graham

> I've just put in a bid for a client who needs as part of the system a
> "console" which will be permanently running full-screen Firefox on a Linux/X
> window system.
>
> There's a number of fairly bizarre requirements, including remote control of
> the browser window, and another X application that will be running on the
> console.
>
> I know about the basic "firefox -remote" commands, such as openURL() etc.
>
> Can anyone give me a starter to other methods of remote control of an X
> application, i.e. sending keystrokes to a specific X-window ID, resize,
> raise, minimise etc?
>
> Just looking for a few basic pointers to google.
>
> Cheers,
> James
> www.daltonfirth.co.uk
>
>
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