Re: [OT] re-hosting X apps

[James Curbo <hannibal adtrw org>]

muppet wrote:
> there's probably a more appropriate place for this, but you guys are 
> likely to be X users, so it couldn't hurt...
>
> X is better than VNC for speed and efficiency[1].  VNC is better than X 
> because you can disconnect on one machine, run over to another, and get 
> exactly the same apps.  with X, you have to shut down the app on one 
> server and start it on the other.
>
> or do you?
>
> is there any way[2] to move running X apps from one display to another? 
>  it would seem that the technical side of it is only marginally 
> different from moving windows around on multi-head displays...
>
>
> [1] well, unless you start talking about client-side alpha and 
> antialiasing and such...
> [2] yeah, i could always start my apps on Xvnc and just connect to that, 
> but... that really sucks.  i want a pure-X solution.

I think xmove does what you want. I've never used it before though.

ftp://ftp.cs.columbia.edu/pub/xmove/

James