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Subject: Re: local and remote text fonts
From: Thorsten Haude <yoo () vranx ! de>
Date: 2007-12-23 11:55:41
Message-ID: 20071223115541.GK13503 () eumel ! yoo ! local
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Hi,
* Thorsten Haude wrote (2007-12-23 12:47):
>* Bert Wesarg wrote (2007-06-29 10:05):
>>A better solution to this could maybe something like this:
>>
>>check after connecting to the x server if nedit and the x server running
>>on the same machine, iff use the current behavior else use the text font
>>settings from the x server resourcedb (and probably ask the user for this).
>>
>>there is one technical issue which I came up with this:
>>
>>How to check if nedit and the x server are running on the same machine? My
>>current plan is to check the ip address of the X server with the one nedit
>>is running on. But this isn't canonical, think of an ssh tunnel.
>
>I don't think this should be done, ever. Network transparancy is one
>of X11's most sexy features, not to be given up lightly.
>
>Yes, I know that this is a problem regarding fonts.
Note that this is more like a philosophical statement and might not
have anything to do with reality and its requirements.
Thorsten Kristin Hersh: Shake
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