[lug] X11 Protocol, migrating windows to remote displays

[D. Stimits]

Michael J. Hammel wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 08:47, Zan Lynx wrote:
>
> >Here's a Debian package link to xmove, which does what I think you
> >want.  Google around for other versions.  I looked for a source site,
> >but nothing jumped out at me.
> >
> >http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/xmove.html
>
>
> Having not heard of this before, I went looking for it.  It's a pseudo-X
> server that you connect your clients to and it forwards the info on to
> the real X server.  It apparently doesn't allow you to move individual
> application windows - the whole client must be redirected to a new
> display.  So it does half of what you want by (partially) implementing
> an X server.
>
> Version 2.0 seems to be the latest, which adds support for 16bit and 24
> bit displays.
>
> ftp://ftp.cs.columbia.edu/pub/xmove


Yes, this is very promising. You are correct that it does half, moving 
whole apps. This is, however, still very useful. No need to kill an app 
and restart it to redisplay it.

D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi DOT com