[X2go-dev] x2go python scripts

[John A. Sullivan III]

On Wed, 2010-10-27 at 11:56 -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
> On 10/27/2010 07:51 AM, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >    
> >> Hello Gerry,
> >>
> >> Am 26.10.2010 03:59, schrieb Gerry Reno:
> >>      
> >>> On 10/25/2010 07:08 PM, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> >>>        
> >>>> On Tue, 2010-10-26 at 00:58 +0200, Dick Kniep wrote:
> >>>>          
> >>>>> hi Gerry,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>> John,
> >>> The only real X-server choices on win32 are cygwin/X and Xming. I
> >>> don't
> >>> think wxPython changes that.
> >>>        
> >> As we are looking for a solution on this problem too, I really would
> >> be
> >> interested in your ideas. As Xming is not free available on XOrg 7*
> >> base, this is a big issue for future development.
> >>
> >> Maybe someone knows about a third X-Server for Windows?
> >>
> >> best regards,
> >>
> >> Heinz
> >>      
> > How about http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ ?
> >    
> 
> There have been a number of lesser attempts at creating an X-server for 
> Windows over the years but none of them were as good as Xming or 
> Cygwin.  I haven't tried this vcxsrv yet and hopefully it is better than 
> some of the previous attempts.  The project looks to be about a year old 
> and the project page looks recently active which is a good sign.  
> Requires Visual Studio to compile.
> 
> Heinz, would you have to do a special client release to support it?
> 
> Regards,
> Gerry
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I wonder if one could use the 3.0.1-2 Windows client to test.  If I
recall correctly, that version gave an option to install Xming, cygwin,
or nothing and used whatever XServer was available - John