>>> Have you ever worked on a slow remote session where a GUI is >>> completely impracticable (or maybe even unavailable), and redrawing >>> the screen is too expensive to do all the time? >> >> So where does the redrawing happen? The machine youre sitting on (let's >> call it 'A') and send remote commands or retrieving text files? Or the >> redrawing must be synced on both A and >> the remote machine? If so, then why so?
Peter J. Holzer wrote: > Because you want to see what you are typing. Imagine you are logged into > a server on the other side of the world. You want to edit a file on that > machine (for example a configuration file for the web server). You > invoke the editor on that server. I've never done this, but if one told me to edit a file, my first attempt would be like: - get read/write access to the file system - browse it (e.g. some file browser plugin?) - get the file to the local machine - edit locally - write it back to the remote machine >> And not in a nice editor with normal fonts? >> Am i missing something or your 'A' machine cannot use graphics? > ... The server may not be able to > (it's a server, why would anyone install a GUI on it?) If I ever work on it (locally) why would I want a GUI on it? o_O I'm not sure if I'm getting you. You mean probably a server which is never worked on locally? If it has a display and a keyb, and I must do something on it, even seldom, then certainly I want a GUI on it (not just to see a desktop wallpaper ;). > streaming the screen contents of a rich GUI around the world may be not > be possible for bandwidth or delay reasons. Sure, streaming video consumes a lot, but that is what one tries to avoid if under limitations so streaming messages only is faster. Mikhail -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
