On 10.01.2015 11:47 PM, Robert Dinse wrote:
Actually I think it's not documented as a bug because it's being considered a feature or just the way it works.
Reading all that, it probably is.
However, with OpenNX or NoMachine Player, you can go full screen without enabling the full screen support on the X server. The advantage of this is that you can still switch desktops, so if you're someone like me who has half a dozen sessions up to different servers, I can readily switch desktops with the ALT arrows (or in Linux CTRL-ALT arrows).
Does the NoMachine Player even use normal X11/XQuartz? I think it might ship an integrated server, custom-tailored to their needs.
With X2Go, on MacOS to go full screen you have to enable full screen on the XQuartz X-server and when you do that MacOS virtual desktops cease to function so you can only have one session up at a time. Also any other windows end up shoing up on top of your remote session which is confusing.
True. The only workaround seem to be specifying a full screen session and go along with the still visible menu bar. Without the XQuartz full screen option. You do can switch between windows/sessions via the X11 menu bar -> Window -> ... though. Is this not an option for you?
With Remmina and the NX plug-in, normally the control-alt arrow keys still function locally, except that there is a one-pixel pull down at the top of the menu where you can push on a little keyboard then all the keystrokes go to the remote like X2Go, but you can toggle that behavior so if you need to switch desktops you easily can.
The Remmina solution with the toggle I think is really the most elegant and would love to see something like that implimented in X2Go.
X2Go does however not control/ship the X server. If anything, this could be implemented in the NX window only, but that sounds like A LOT of work for little benefit. (Say, a drop-down menu "above" all the remote stuff which can be pulled down or hidden.)
Mihai