DN505655822

Subject: Re: unix-mac link (summary) - DN [1]

f-chang@uiuc.edu (Franklin Chang) - 27 Jul 1999 - comp.lang.tcl,comp.lang.perl.tk

 Hi,

   Thanks to all the folks who responded.

 In article <379CD65C.AA073E60@colorado.edu>, Collin Starkweather
 <collin.starkweather@colorado.edu> wrote:

 >The quickest and easiest way would be to install an xterm emulator on
 >your PC at home.  I'm not familiar with Mac, but there is a free PC (and
 >may or may not be a Mac) xterm emulator available at
 >
 >  http://www.microimages.com

   An X windows emulator was more than I needed, but I did download it
 (since I have been looking for a freeware mac X windows emulator for a
 while).  It seems like you need a faster connection to use this though.  I
 did get the program _wish_ to work with it, but I wasn't able to get the
 simulator program that I want to use to work properly.  I suspect that I
 need to add more fonts to the database to get the simulator window to show
 up.  But still, it took 10 minutes for the simulator window to not show up
 (meanwhile I couldn't do anything).

 Another solution that someone suggested is to use the virtual network
 computing system at
 http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/

 I haven't been able to test this out, because my browser doesn't seem to
 like their download page (maybe I need javasomething).  I suspect that
 this solution will also depend on having a relatively fast connection.

 In article
 <EB24E45D0C1618B6.33CFBD4499FDA6FF.170C8DAE672767A0@lp.airnews.net>,
 claird@starbase.neosoft.com (Cameron Laird) wrote:
 >                        .
 >X service for MacOS is indeed an interesting topic.  My
 >guess, though, is that Mr. Chang's requirements might be
 >met even more easily.  Let me understand the situation:
 >you don't want to change the existing Tk application, is
 >that correct?  You want it to continue running just as
 >it's doing, but have its display show up at home?  There
 >might be a rabbit in that hat.

   I would prefer a solution which doesn't require extra coding, but I do
 have access to the code, and I was sort of wondering if it is possible to
 add some "socket" or something to transmit tk commands between the unix
 machine and my macintosh.  Then mactk program would deal with the views
 over here.  I'm still interested in a solution like this, if anyone has
 any suggestions.

 Franklin

 >Franklin Chang wrote:
 >>
 >> Hi,
 >>
 >>   I'm just wondering if there is a general way to run a program on unix,
 >> and have tk windows show up on a mac which is hooked up through TCP/IP or
 >> some other means.  Basically there is a program that I'm using which uses
 >> tk which I would like to be able to run from home on a mac, but at the
 >> same time, keeping the computationally intense stuff on the unix server.
 >>
 >>   I'm a newbie with regards to tcl/tk, so any help (general places to
 >> look) would be appreciated.
 >>
 >> Franklin