[PLUG] ssh / window manager interaction land mine.

[AthlonRob]

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 19:09, Russell Senior wrote:
> I have configured my X11 window manager (sawfish, but it's not unique
> to any window manager) menu to launch remote xterms (and emacs and
> browsers) via a ssh tunnel.  In .sawfishrc, I construct a menu based
> on a list of hostnames, so that *root-menu* is something like:

What about just launching a local XTerm and have it log in to the remote
server?  It seems to me that would be *a lot* easier on bandwidth and
latency.  It seems to me that would give you the same abilities... with
fewer compatibility issues and lower overhead.

Rob