MGPNET(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 MGPNET(1)

NAME

     mgpnet -- MagicPoint Netserver (provide MagicPoint presentation over the net)

SYNOPSIS

     mgpnet [arguments to mgp]

DESCRIPTION

     mgpnet is a small http server to be executed on the presenter's notebook computer.  It lets audience read MagicPoint presentation foils on
     her notebook computers, over the net.

     When a presenter performs a presentation, she should invoke mgpnet instead of mgp, with the same argument.  mgpnet will become an http server
     running on tcp port 9999 (by default), and invokes mgp as a child process.  By accessing URL http://hostname:9999/, audience will be able to
     read the MagicPoint window currently displayed on the presenter's notebook.  The webpage provided by mgpnet is designed in "client pull" man-
     ner; audience's notebook will reload the page, several times a minute.

     If no option is specified, mgpnet will print the URL to be accessed by the audience to the standard output.  This is useful for indicating
     the URL to be accessed on the presentation, like:

     %filter "mgpnet"
     %endfilter

TODO

     Be network conscious.  Current implementation is too naive about CPU/network usage.  Presenter's notebook may be overloaded if there's too
     many audiences.

SEE ALSO

     mgp(1), xwintoppm(1).

HISTORY

     mgpnet was created by Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@itojun.org>, on the day before the newyear's eve, 1997.

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