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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Passing DISPLAY variable through rsh Post 1215 by PxT on Friday 16th of February 2001 10:45:44 AM
Old 02-16-2001
Many X applications will take a "-display" argument. Something like:

xv -display sunbox:0


Another alternative is to use ssh, as it handles the display variable automatically.
 

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gtk2::gdk::display

Gtk2::Gdk::Display(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     Gtk2::Gdk::Display(3)

NAME

       Gtk2::Gdk::Display

HIERARCHY

	 Glib::Object
	 +----Gtk2::Gdk::Display

METHODS

   $display->beep
   $display->close
   device = $display->get_core_pointer
   $display->set_cursor_theme ($theme, $size)
       o   $theme (string)

       o   $size (integer)

       Since: gtk+ 2.8

   integer = $display->get_default_cursor_size
       Since: gtk+ 2.4

   display or undef = Gtk2::Gdk::Display->get_default
   window = $display->get_default_group
       Since: gtk+ 2.4

   screen = $display->get_default_screen
   $display->set_double_click_distance ($distance)
       o   $distance (integer)

       Since: gtk+ 2.4

   $display->set_double_click_time ($msec)
       o   $msec (integer)

   event = $display->get_event
   $display->flush
       Since: gtk+ 2.4

   $display->grab
   $display->keyboard_ungrab ($time_)
       o   $time_ (unsigned)

   list = $display->list_devices
       Returns a list of Gtk2::Gdk::Devices

   (width, height) = $display->get_maximal_cursor_size
       Since: gtk+ 2.4

   integer = $display->get_n_screens
   string = $display->get_name
   display or undef = Gtk2::Gdk::Display->open ($display_name)
       o   $display_name (string or undef)

   event = $display->peek_event
   list = $display->get_pointer
   boolean = $display->pointer_is_grabbed
   $display->pointer_ungrab ($time_)
       o   $time_ (unsigned)

   $display->put_event ($event)
       o   $event (Gtk2::Gdk::Event)

   $display->register_standard_event_type ($event_base, $n_events)
       o   $event_base (integer)

       o   $n_events (integer)

       Since: gtk+ 2.4

   boolean = $display->request_selection_notification ($selection)
       o   $selection (Gtk2::Gdk::Atom)

       Since: gtk+ 2.6

   screen = $display->get_screen ($screen_num)
       o   $screen_num (integer)

   string = $display->get_startup_notification_id
       Since: gtk+ 2.12

   $display->store_clipboard ($clipboard_window, $time_, ...)
       o   $clipboard_window (Gtk2::Gdk::Window)

       o   $time_ (unsigned)

       o   ... (list) of Gtk2::Gdk::Atom's

       Since: gtk+ 2.6

   boolean = $display->supports_clipboard_persistence
       Since: gtk+ 2.6

   boolean = $display->supports_composite
       Since: gtk+ 2.12

   boolean = $display->supports_cursor_alpha
       Since: gtk+ 2.4

   boolean = $display->supports_cursor_color
       Since: gtk+ 2.4

   boolean = $display->supports_input_shapes
       Since: gtk+ 2.10

   boolean = $display->supports_selection_notification
       Since: gtk+ 2.6

   boolean = $display->supports_shapes
       Since: gtk+ 2.10

   $display->sync
   $display->ungrab
   unsigned = $display->get_user_time
       Since: gtk+ 2.8

   $display->warp_pointer ($screen, $x, $y)
       o   $screen (Gtk2::Gdk::Screen)

       o   $x (integer)

       o   $y (integer)

       Since: gtk+ 2.8

   (window, win_x, win_y) = $display->get_window_at_pointer ($display)
SIGNALS

       closed (Gtk2::Gdk::Display, boolean)

SEE ALSO

       Gtk2, Glib::Object

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003-2008 by the gtk2-perl team.

       This software is licensed under the LGPL.  See Gtk2 for a full notice.

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