I agree with this completely and second this request. It is little things like this that make a desktop great and this has been an issue for me versus my friends who use Remote Desktop with Windows XP. Thanks, Jim Hodapp On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 15:10, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > > > I have three open issues for me--things that I frequently wish worked > better when using Gnome--and I wanted to bring them up. > > If they have already been discussed, can you please give me a pointer, > and I'll review the previous discussion? > > 1) Sound > > Many programs make sounds. It could be just audio-feedback (which is > already nice) but also of course a/v viewers and so forth. But alas, > of course, this doesn't work for applications being run via a remote X > server set up with ssh -X. Ideally, X should be extended, I > think--audio output should be coupled with video output and mouse and > keyboard input. But changing X is, well, unlikely. It would be very > nice if Gnome include architectural support for remote sounds so that > things Just Work. A related problem here is the lack of agreement > about just what the sound outputs should be: importantly, some > programs insist on using /dev/dsp and don't have esd output, and this > loses. A useful thing would be a /dev/dsp-like device that could take > samples and feed them to esd. > > 2) Web browsing. Lots of gnome programs provide live links that pop > up a web browser. I run galeon on the same system as my X server, and > I want programs started up remotely to automagically get the galeon on > the same machine as the X server. And indeed, I want to always get > galeon. It seems quite random what I do get---sometimes mozilla pops > up, or *netscape*. One program thought the thing to do was bring up > emacs in w3 mode! There is some infrastructure here (gnome-moz-remote > and all), and it may be that I just have things configured badly, but > I would like it if it DTRT > > 3) mailto URLs. I use Emacs to send mail. When I click on a mailto > URL--within or without my web browser--it should pop up an emacs > window sending mail to the relevant spot. > > Thomas > _______________________________________________ > gnome-devel-list mailing list > gnome-devel-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-devel-list -- Butler University Majors: Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (with a math minor) Tele: (317)940-6020 Email: jhodapp butler edu Encryption Fingerprint: 945C AE56 4FED AE04 396B C2E5 7B49 1F42 03B5 46C3
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