026 Sourcetrunk : x11vnc, XML Copy Editor and SuperKaramba




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Summary: This episode will demonstrate how to remote desktop your way into a simple or complex, existing X11 session with x11vnc, take a look at the excellent XML Copy Editor and show you widget-o-rama with SuperKaramba I. System Tools : x11vnc 11vnc allows one to view remotely and interact with real X displays (i.e. a display corresponding to a physical monitor, keyboard, and mouse) with any VNC viewer. In this way it plays the role for Unix/X11 that WinVNC plays for Windows. It has built-in SSL encryption and authentication, UNIX account and password support, server-side scaling, single port HTTPS and VNC, mDNS service advertising, and TightVNC and UltraVNC file-transfer. It has also been extended to work with non-X devices: webcams and TV tuner capture devices, embedded Linux systems such as Qtopia Core, and natively on Mac OS X Aqua/Quartz. use it encrypted : % ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 (yourserverip) ’x11vnc -localhost -display :0’ x11vnc II. System Tools : XML Copy Editor XML Copy Editor is a fast, free, validating XML editor. Features : * DTD/XML Schema/RELAX NG validation * XSLT * XPath * Pretty-printing * Syntax highlighting * Folding * Tag completion * Tag locking * Tag-free editing * Spelling and style check * Built-in support for XHTML, XSL, DocBook and TEI * Lossless import and export of Microsoft Word documents (Windows only) xml copy editor III. The Little Extra : SuperKaramba SuperKaramba is, in simple terms, a tool that allows you to easily create interactive eye-candy on your KDE desktop. Currently, only linux is officially supported. SuperKaramba music from Ethereal on music.podshow.com theme from Brand New Sin on music.podshow.com beer on this episode : Brugse Zot