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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Can't Open Display localhost:0.0 Post 302510068 by pludi on Friday 1st of April 2011 12:43:51 PM
Old 04-01-2011
Just an idea: instead of setting the DISPLAY variable manually, why not enable X11 Forwarding in PuTTY (Connection -> SSH -> X11)? That way the variable is set automagically, and all X11 data is sent through an encrypted link.
 

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Protocol::Ext::SHAPE(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 Protocol::Ext::SHAPE(3pm)

NAME
X11::Protocol::Ext::SHAPE - Perl module for the X11 Protocol Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension SYNOPSIS
use X11::Protocol; $x = X11::Protocol->new($ENV{'DISPLAY'}); $x->init_extension('SHAPE') or die; DESCRIPTION
This module is used by the X11::Protocol module to participate in the shaped window extension to the X protocol, allowing windows to be of any shape, not just rectangles. SYMBOLIC CONSTANTS
This extension adds the constant types 'ShapeKind' and 'ShapeOp', with values as defined in the standard. EVENTS
This extension adds the event type 'ShapeNotify', with values as specified in the standard. This event is selected using the ShapeSelectInput() request. REQUESTS
This extension adds several requests, called as shown below: $x->ShapeQueryVersion => ($major, $minor) $x->ShapeRectangles($dest, $destKind, $op, $xOff, $yOff, $ordering, @rectangles) $x->ShapeMask($dest, $destKind, $op, $xOff, $yOff, $source) $x->ShapeCombine($dest, $destKind, $op, $xOff, $yOff, $source, $sourceKind) $x->ShapeOffset($dest, $destKind, $xOff, $yOff) $x->ShapeQueryExtents($dest) => ($boundingShaped, $clipShaped, ($xBoundingShape, $yBoundingShape, $widthBoundingShape, $heightBoundingShape) ($xClipShape, $yClipShape, $widthClipShape, $heightClipShape)) $x->ShapeSelectInput($window, $enable) $x->ShapeInputSelected($window) => $enable $x->ShapeGetRectangles($window, $kind) => ($ordering, [$x, $y, $width, $height], ...) AUTHOR
Stephen McCamant <SMCCAM@cpan.org>. SEE ALSO
perl(1), X11::Protocol, Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension (X Consortium Standard). perl v5.14.2 2003-02-16 Protocol::Ext::SHAPE(3pm)
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