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Using the RUN command's INFO parameter
Use the INFO parameter of the RUN command to pass the identification of
the X display to a client application. The following is an example of
how the RUN command is used to specify a display:
:RUN pizza;INFO="-display HPMYDISP:0.0"
In this example the pizza program accepts the INFO string as a parameter.
Because pizza uses Xt, the standard -display option is extracted by Xt
and is used during the connection to the display server whose node name
is HPMYDISP.
Note that the command line specification of the display overrides that
given in the DISPLAY variable.
Some computer systems can support multiple users with graphic displays on
a network. On these machines, a display number is used to indicate which
monitor of the specified network node should be used. In the example
given above, the HPMYDISP:0.0 informs the application to connect to an X
display server on a machine whose network node name is HPMYDISP, and use
screen zero of display zero to show the information.
It is possible to use MPE/iX's implied RUN facility to abbreviate the RUN
command in the example given above. It becomes
:pizza "-display HPMYDISP:0.0"
The resulting command line closely resembles what you would issue on
HP-UX to accomplish the same task.
For more information on the implied RUN, its restrictions, and its
requirements, refer to the following learning products:
* Using the 900 Series HP 3000: Fundamental Skills (31126A Opt.
001)
* Using the 900 Series HP 3000: Advanced Skills (31126A Opt. 002)
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