[COMP] Re: remote X

>what software do i need?

Starnet's X-Win32 is what I use.  They have a trial version which allows
sessions of up to two hours.  This means after 2 hours you have to restart
X-Win32.  That's quite a bit of time to work on something without having to
pay for it.  I don't think it ever expires, but I could be wrong.  I have a
full version now, so I'm not sure.

>are there any good text editors

I'm really with you on this one, I've tried a lot of different text editors,
but none of them really make me very happy.  I have a hard time finding
software for Linux that I'm really happy with. (I guess I'm just picky) I
use Emacs because its popular (you can find it on almost all Linux machines)
and it has quite a few features.  It is a little difficult to learn, but if
you spend a half hour on the tutorial, and another half hour trying things
yourself, you get familiar with it quick.  If you use KDE, Kedit is really
the best, but I hate KDE.  I agree with John, that Pico is easy to learn.
You can do a lot with Pico, but you will find it short on features.  Check
tucows Linux on the web.  There are a lot of free editors you can research
to find the best one for you.

Mike
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Subject: [COMP] Re: remote X


> i have access to a good linux box over a fast connection. I want to try
> to run X on a remote session here on my windows box (i have a linux one
> too, i might wanna try both, but this computer is better)
> how do i do that and what software do i need?

I've used two packages.  One of them is free (and poor quality), but I
don't remember the name, and the other is Xwinpro, which works very
well, but it's unfortunately commercial-ware.  My girlfriend has used
Hummingbird's Exceed, and she says it's just as good as xwinpro.  I'm
not sure if that one's free or not.  Lemme know if you need any help
setting up the whole thing.  I love remote X, and I feel it's one of the
coolest things about unix. :)

> and while i'm on the subject... are there any good text editors for
> linux (both for X or command-line)? I could try some, but before i do, i
> could use some advice. (ps it should be pretty simple to start with, but
> have a lot of pro-options you can use later on)

There are litterally dozens of very high-quality text editing for Linux
(much more than you'll find for windows) -- after all, we do a lot of
config file editing.:)  My favorite is Joe, but some of the more
hardcore folks make fun of me for it.  It's both easy to learn in the
beginning, and has a lot of options when you're ready for them. Vi and
Emacs are generally the niche favorites.  You'll find a lot of unix
geeks using them, but they're generally harder to learn in the beginning
(I still have no clue in either of 'em).  Pico is a favorite among
beginners.  It's very easy to learn, but it's low on features, and I
really don't like it that much.  These are all just console editors, but
I think you'll find that just popping up an xterm and running the editor
is easier than using one editor at the console, and another that only
runs in X later on.  I do all of my editing in Joe, but I'm only 'at the
console' when I'm ssh'ing in from work or something.

HTH

John



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