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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
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Subject: Re: X terminal emulation ?
Date: 14 Aug 1997 13:23:44 GMT
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In article <5surog$qpq@f1n1.spenet.wfu.edu>,
Rick Matthews <matthews@wfu.edu> wrote:
: Frank da Cruz (fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
: : In article <33F0A268.2650@eng.auburn.edu>,
: : t.bakir <bakirts@eng.auburn.edu> wrote:
: : : i read in that in the future k95 will support X terminal emulation ....
: : : is this the same as an X-server like MI/X??
: : :
: : It's on our list of things to do, but we can't promise we will actually do
: : it or exactly what form it might take. Obviously being an X server and
: : emulating Xterm are two entirely different matters.
:
: I thought and X terminal emulator (or X terminal) *was* an X server.
: With X, "server" and "client" are reversed from the usual sense: the X
: client is on the mainframe and the X server is on your desktop.
'X' by itself is the client/server environment.
'Xterm' is an X client that provides an ANSI X3.64-1979 based
character terminal with support for Tektronix 4014 graphics and
various windowing extensions.
: P.S. Is including Tektronix emulation in Kermit95 on the horizon?
After the first GUI release.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025 * (212) 854-1344
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html * kermit-support@columbia.edu