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Ron Clarke wrote:
>
> > > Where would I look for the manual for this presentation prog ?
> > man mgp
> 
> Yep, saw that.  Wasn't what I meant.  That just gives the tags for 
> use with mgp.

MagicPoint is a widely-used Linux application.  There's 
lots of information around (including a discussion group).  
The version in BL3 (1.07) is slightly old, but it's not 
that different from the current version (although it is 
a lot smaller).

> What do we call the file it is supposed to run - anything we like ?

Yes.  It should have an .mgp suffix (but I don't think that
is compulsory).

> I see that you have used demo.mpg 

Oops.  I meant to put demo.mgp

> > ----------------------
> > export DISPLAY=clark:0
> > xterm &
> > ----------------------
> > Then clark will be able to run anything on lois from that xterm.
> 
>     Yes, it worked !     :)
> 
> When I tried QV, that showed up on lois' screen and would 
> only run from lois' keyboard.  Interesting !

Is QV an SVGAlib program?  I think SVGAlib only works locally.

> > ----------------------
> > export DISPLAY=clark:0
> > icewm &
> > ----------------------
> 
> Yes, icewm works too !     I might just get a few (or a lot of) 
> miles out of this.   :)
> 
> enlightenment which was then only controllable from lois' 
> keyboard and displayed on lois' monitor. 

Sounds like enlightenment is configured to display on 
localhost:0  (rather than using the DISPLAY setting).  
This might be changeable in one of the config files 
enlightenment uses.

> Seems like there is a limit as to what will run on clark's monitor 
> (where BL31 is).

It depends on how exportable the program on lois is.  
Applications (like wordprocessors and browsers) usually 
export just fine.

Cheers,
Steven