[Xastir] Problem with gif & xpm maps

[Matt Werner]

Does xastir support a -display flag when it's being executed?

I usually start mine by opening up an xterm to my Linux box and then
running it from there.  That will also make it show up on the other
machine (which is cygwin).

73 - Matt

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:55:50 -0800 (PST), Curt Mills <archer at eskimo.com> wrote:

> > Could someone please send me the necessary incantation for viewing Xastir
> > remotely via an X winow. Thanks!
> 
> This is strictly X11 stuff, not Xastir, but check out these
> commands and environment variables:
> 
>    xhost machinename
>    export DISPLAY=hostname:0.0
>    ssh machinename
> 
> You can use the first two commands to run an X11 program remotely.
> The third command can also do it, but can give you an
> encrypted/compressed channel to do so, as well as setting up the X11
> and DISPLAY stuff for you.  A little research in the man pages,
> howto documents, or on the web will tell you how to use these.