[wplug] Another alternative which is not Cygwin XFree86
Bob Schmertz
rschmertz at speakeasy.net
Tue Jun 3 01:27:18 EDT 2003
I used this during a trial period, and I was prety happy. One thing I
recall that was good was that you can have multiple full-window sessions
to different machines; you don't have to log out of box1 to get a full
login to box2. I'm pretty sure you can't do that with Exceed.
Mike Griffin incurred the wrath of Bob on Jun 2, by saying
>Another X Manager to try to Xmanager, available from netsarang.com.
>I've been using this software for about 2 years and like it more than
>XWin-32. Will do full desktop, or rootless multiple windows using ssh,
>telnet, etc.. The price is a little easier at $69. Using it on win2k
>I've had the problem of the backspace key just deleting, but not going
>to the next character which was simply changed by editing the keymap,
>which was referenced on their site. I haven't had any problems on XP.
>
>Mike
>
>
>On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Tim Lesher wrote:
>
>> Hmm... just downloaded the latest Cygwin XFree86, and it seems that
>> both my concerns (clipboard support and mult-windowed mode) are being
>> addresses. Multiwindow still feels a little klunky, but it looks like
>> it's getting there.
>>
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Cheers,
Bob Schmertz
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