[Beowulf] OT, X11 editor which works well for very remote systems?

[Tony Brian Albers]

How about a local workstation that you connect to using X2go? Then just 
ssh into the host you want to manage.

/tony


On 2018-06-07 04:14, James Cuff wrote:
> 
> I miss SGI jot. It had this super strange GL offload to the client that 
> I’ve never seen since.
> 
> http://rainbow.ldeo.columbia.edu/documentation/sgi-faq/apps/6.html
> 
> We really need to find a solid way to do this whole remote GUI work.
> https://2018.isc-program.com/?page_id=10&id=wksp122&sess=sess279
> 
> Makes me think.  1st workshop. Can’t ever be the first time this 
> question has been asked. Also David, absolutely not OT. Very much on topic.
> 
> J.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 5:28 PM David Mathog <mathog at caltech.edu 
> <mailto:mathog at caltech.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     Off Topic.
> 
>     I need to do some work on a system 3000 miles away.  No problem
>     connecting to it with ssh or setting X11 forwarding, but the delays are
>     such that my usual editor (nedit) spends far too much time redrawing to
>     be useful.  Resizing a screen is particularly painful.
> 
>     Are there any X11 GUI editors that are less sensitive to these issues?
> 
>     If not I will just use nano or vim.
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     David Mathog
>     mathog at caltech.edu <mailto:mathog at caltech.edu>
>     Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech
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