melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (06/09/91)
Dragging and dropping doesn't work when an IB(and probably most other apps) is run on one machine and displayed on another using -NXHost. For example, I can't drag an Icon into the Icon's suitcase, and I can't drag a new class in to be parsed. Is this a bug or hasn't NeXT gotten around to implementing it? Also, is there an environment variable that I can set so I don't have to type -NXHost all of the time? In other words, I want a NeXTStep equivalent for X Window's DISPLAY environment variable. -Mike
bchen@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Bing-Qing Chen) (06/09/91)
In article <7l5H&-*q@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >Dragging and dropping doesn't work when an IB(and probably most other >apps) is run on one machine and displayed on another using -NXHost. >For example, I can't drag an Icon into the Icon's suitcase, and I >can't drag a new class in to be parsed. Is this a bug or hasn't NeXT >gotten around to implementing it? > Because Workspace and IB are running on different hosts, drag and drop accross hosts is not going to work. To use drag and drop remotely, you have to launch the remote Workspace Manager the same way as you lanched your apps using NXHost. Keep in mind that to launch something in .app folder, you have to chdir to the .app directory first. There is one problem with this method though, no one else can login from console while you are using that machine's Workspace Manager. >Also, is there an environment variable that I can set so I don't have >to type -NXHost all of the time? In other words, I want a NeXTStep >equivalent for X Window's DISPLAY environment variable. > Use: dwrite GLOBAL NXHost hostname But remember to reset the default when you are done. Bing Chen bchen@pooh.caltech.edu