[Tioga-users] x11forwarding & preview

[Vincent Fourmond]

On 3/16/07, Philip Choi <pchoi at pomona.edu> wrote:
> I am trying to run tioga via ssh but am finding that I cannot X11 forward
> non-x11 applications such as Preview or Safari (they pop up on the console
> rather than being forwarded to my remote machine).  Has anyone else run into
> this and have a solution?

  Have you tried --xpdf ? xpdf is a X11 application, and you'll be
able to forward it then. You can also try gv (formerly known as
ghostview).

> I am having a surprisingly hard time finding a reasonably updated PDF viewer
> for X11, but I do have xdvi running, so I am wondering if it is possible to
> output dvi output as well as the pdf files for q quick view.

  You most probably wouldn't see the graphics in DVI output, as xdvi
doesn't speak PDF.

  Cheers,

      Vincent