Hi, <pcg@xxxxxxxx ( Marc) (A.) (Lehmann )> writes: >> Would you mind to explain what sort of problems that would be? If we > > mozilla ./file > > => file not acesssible (permission denied, other user, inaccessible dir) > => file not accessible (different machine) > => file not acesssible (different filesystem view) > > Assuming that a process has exactly the same view of the filesystem > as any other is in general not true. Comparing hostnames helps > somewhat in the first case. I see the point. But it would be trivial to take care of this, wouldn't it? The remote protocol would have to check if the instance of gimp that is already running on the current X server is a local process or not. Did I miss something obvious? Sven
