local and remote text fonts

[Thorsten Haude]

Hi,

* Thorsten Haude wrote (2007-12-23 12:47):
>* Bert Wesarg wrote (2007-06-29 10:05):
>>A better solution to this could maybe something like this:
>>
>>check after connecting to the x server if nedit and the x server running
>>on the same machine, iff use the current behavior else use the text font
>>settings from the x server resourcedb (and probably ask the user for this).
>>
>>there is one technical issue which I came up with this:
>>
>>How to check if nedit and the x server are running on the same machine? My
>>current plan is to check the ip address of the X server with the one nedit
>>is running on. But this isn't canonical, think of an ssh tunnel.
>
>I don't think this should be done, ever. Network transparancy is one
>of X11's most sexy features, not to be given up lightly.
>
>Yes, I know that this is a problem regarding fonts.

Note that this is more like a philosophical statement and might not
have anything to do with reality and its requirements.


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