[X2Go-User] [x2go][pyhoca-cli] - Reparent windows using xembed

[Robert Dinse]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, Antenore Gatta wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
>
> I'm one of the main Remmina contributors, a C/GTK application used to
> connect to a remote server using different protocols.
>
> We have an NX plugin, that I'm even not sure is working, so I decided
> to write an X2Go plugin.

      The NX plugin is working, I'm using it.  But would very much like an
X2Go plugin.

> So far so good, I was able to implement a kind of wrapper around
> pyhoca-cli, but as I'm far to be a good developer, I'm having some hard
> time to try to embed/reparent, the X2Go windows inside our GTK
> container.
>
> This is usually achieved implementing the Xembed protocol, on both side
> and for what I can see/understand, X2Go, or at least Pyhoca-cli,
> doesn't.
>
> Am I wrong? In the case would it be possible to implement or are you
> aware of any other approach of doing it?
>
> Some references:
>
> https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/tree/x2goplugin
> https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/tree/x2goplugin/remmina-plugins/x2go
> The "xterm -into windowID" it's just to showcase the fact that the
> reparenting works.
>
> http://standards.freedesktop.org/xembed-spec/xembed-spec-latest.html
>
> https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/unstable/GtkSocket.html
>
> Thanks a lot for your precious work and support!
>
> Best regards
> Antenore

      Wish I understood it better, not well enough to be of help.  But I can
tell you with certainty, the NX plugin does work (but no sound).