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.
Marcy