This is just X11 forwarding over ssh. I'm not well-versed on the X11 protocol, but I think the 'swing widgets' would need to be somehow implemented in the X server. It's understandable that awt is, since X11 pretty much built on top of it.
On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Charles Lockhart wrote: > Sorry, should have been more clear. You know how you can "tunnel" an > application using ssh, where you ssh to a linux box, and run, say, > gedit, and gedit shows up on your desktop, but it's actually running on > that other machine and you can open/edit/save files on that other machine. > > Well, you can do the same thing pretty well with java apps written using > awt, but for java apps written in swing, performance, even over a fairly > good link, just sucks eggs. I think the awt widgets are supported, but > swing widgets aren't, so swing widgets end up being rendered as bitmaps > or something. So what I'm trying to find out is if anyone is working on > supporting swing widgets in the same manner that awt widgets are supported. > > Thanks for the links though, I'll check those out. > > -Charles > > Don Brown wrote: > > Not sure what you mean but there's this: > > http://www.pitman.co.za/projects/jssh/ and this: http://www.javassh.org > > and SSH 2.0 here: http://www.jcraft.com/jsch/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau >
