XWinrc configurable server (menus/icons)

[Earle F. Philhower III]

Howdy Harold...

At 10:40 PM 8/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>c) Replaces %display% with 127.0.0.1:<display>.0 in commands
>Huh, I was going to say that %display% should be replaced with 
>"127.0.0.1:0.0", but then I remembered that we know the "0.0", but we 
>don't know that the user connected via "127.0.0.1".  However, should we 
>just choose to replace display with "127.0.0.1:d.s" where d is display and 
>s is screen?  I know that some users report better performance when using 
>their actual ip instead of lookback for DISPLAY...
>Ugh... what should we do here?  Leave it as you did it?

I plead innocence!  Actually, 127.0.0.1 is what the clipboard and WM
connect to, so I just left it at that.  As for screens, I chose 0 because
while you can have multiple screens per server, what one do you choose
when you do something from a menu?  If I choose "xterm" from the taskbar,
which screen does that mean?  Seriously, I couldn't think of a good
answer.  I don't really have any love for one or the other method,
whatever works is OK by me...

I shudder to imagine how the loopback adapter is slower than an IP
lookup, and double-shudder when you can actually notice the difference
with XWin being so slow updating the screen anyway...

-Earle F. Philhower, III
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