RFC 1096 (rfc1096) - Page 1 of 3


Telnet X display location option



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Network Working Group                                           G. Marcy
Request for Comments: 1096                    Carnegie Mellon University
                                                              March 1989


                    Telnet X Display Location Option

Status of This Memo

   This RFC specifies a standard for the Internet community.  Hosts on
   the Internet that transmit the X display location within the Telnet
   protocol are expected to adopt and implement this standard.
   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

   This standard is modelled on RFC 1079 [1], the telnet terminal speed
   option.  Much of the text of this document is copied from that RFC.

Motivation

   When a user is running the Telnet client under the X window system,
   it is useful for the remote Telnet to know the X display location of
   that client.  For example, the user might wish to start other X
   applications from the remote host using the same display location as
   the Telnet client.  The purpose of this option is to make this
   information available through telnet connections.

1. Command Name and Code

      X-DISPLAY-LOCATION (XDISPLOC)

      Code = 35

2. Command Meanings

      IAC WILL X-DISPLAY-LOCATION

         Sender is willing to send the X display location in a
         subsequent sub-negotiation.

      IAC WON'T X-DISPLAY-LOCATION

         Sender refuses to send the X display location.

      IAC DO X-DISPLAY-LOCATION

         Sender is willing to receive the X display location in a
         subsequent sub-negotiation.




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