Re: Denoting Remote Machines (Re: Custom Icons for GNOME Terminal Profiles)

["Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro" <gjc inescporto pt>]

Seg, 2005-11-21 às 20:13 +1100, Jeff Waugh escreveu:
> <quote who="Davyd Madeley">
> 
> > On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 17:18 +0000, Alan Horkan wrote:
> > 
> > > Though wouldn't it be less complicated to use a nested XSession if you
> > > want to keep a clear seperation of these remote applications from your
> > > local applications?
> > 
> > Completely disagree. We're only talking about one or two apps. Just
> > sometimes you want to know what machine they're actually running on.
> 
> Given that this is a 'just works' feature for people who use forwarding, and
> won't even be on the radar for standard local application users... let's DO
> IT!

  Yes, please do it.  As further evidence I point to a bug report I
submitted in ubuntu a long time ago due to lack of hostname in synaptic.
I once found myself installing packages in a remote machine
accidentally :P

https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5935

  Regards.

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Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
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