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- From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
- Subject: Re: SunNet Manager and DV/X
- Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:43:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.184342.5859@qdeck.com>
- References: <1992Aug28.134459.3290@ducvax.auburn.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug28.134459.3290@ducvax.auburn.edu> owen@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
- >This problem crosses a lot of boundaries, and I'm not sure what the
- >best group(s) to pose it to is/are, but comp.os.msdos.desqview and
- >comp.sys.sun.apps seem like good starting points.
- >
- >I've got a 386 notebook ordered, and I'm about to order Desqview/X.
- >My primary purpose in all of this is to be able to dialin from home
- >or on the road and run SunNet Manager (on my Sparcstation 2) from
- >the notebook. The SNM documentation says that in order to do this,
- >you must run an "OpenLook-compliant" window manager. Since they
- >never go to any great lengths to define precisely what they mean by
- >OpenLook-compliant, I'm uncertain as to whether or not I need the
- >DV/X OpenLook Window Manager or not. Is the standard window manager
- >for DV/X "compliant" enough, do I need the OpenLook Window Manager,
- >or can I just fire up OpenLook itself remotely, then run SNM from there?
- >My limited experience with X windows is showing, and I'd appreciate
- >any insight anyone can provide. Thanks.
- >
- >Larry Owen email: owen@noc.auburn.edu
- >Campus Network Administrator phone: (205) 844-4110
- >Auburn University
-
-
-
- Well, I can't say I'm familiar with SunNet Manager, but the DESQview window
- manager does have all of the OpenLook "hints" implemented. I would assume
- that this is what they mean by "OpenLook compliant". The other two options
- would also work, but should not be needed.
-
- Gary Rich <support@qdeck.com>
-