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| author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2014-09-21 17:29:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com> | 2014-09-21 17:29:41 +0200 |
| commit | af1579850722461623ca3f74fd5a14fd20fb41c9 (patch) | |
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| parent | we do not need mds-iclipboard and mds-idrag, introducing metadisplay servers (diff) | |
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a comment on network-shared meta-displays
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/info/mds.texinfo b/doc/info/mds.texinfo index 42616e4..38c94cc 100644 --- a/doc/info/mds.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/mds.texinfo @@ -1750,6 +1750,17 @@ rather than joining an existing meta-display, it will spawn @file{~/.mdsmetainitrc} to let you start the shared servers. +An interesting property of @command{mds-meta} is +that it can be used to share servers across display +servers on multiple computers. For example, if you +start @command{mds-host} and @command{mds-clipboard} +inside the meta-display on your central computer, +displays started on other servers can run +@command{mds-remote} to connect to the meta-display +so that all computers share the same clipboard. +However, this network will be centralised and not +distributed, so it is not perfect. + @node mds-seat |