Problem with $DISPLAY

[Brandon Allbery]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:09 AM, René J.V. <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:

> As long as there is documentation that's not contradicted/superseded by
> more recent/authoritative documents and that states that the 1st element of
> $DISPLAY refers to the X server host, using that information in code may
> not be the most future-proof way of doing things, but it might be the only
> way of doing things.


I suggest you read what I sent earlier, and think about it.

Or, you can blindly assume that what works on Linux now comprises a
standards document with universal applicability, because Linux is clearly
the only OS that matters. After all, the current folks in charge of xorg
certainly believe it....

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