[rdesktop-devel] Re: rdesktop-devel digest, Vol 1 #384 - 3 msgs

[Mark S. <m.s...@uc...>]

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> To: rde...@li...
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Peter_=C5strand?= <pe...@ce...>
> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 12:21:32 +0200
> Subject: [rdesktop-devel] Re: Seamless mode?
>
> Adilson Oliveira wrote:
>
> >>>
> >>> Is there anyone here working on seamless mode or have an idea how to
> >>> implement it? I'm willing to do it if someone could point me the
> >>> right direction.
>
> > I tought the same but I saw this anounce:
> >
http://24.43.99.239/TSNet/forums/index.php?board=15;action=display;threadid=141
> >
> > But after you tell me that, in a second read, I saw "when connecting to
> > WTSPortal" so it will need a 3dr party application.
> > Can someone confirm that?
>
> I haven't tested WTSPortal, but some other products, such as a "New Moon
> Canaveral IQ, supports this. I've also heard rumors about that RDP 6.0
> will support such a "seamless windows mode".
>
> It would be great if rdesktop could support some or all of these
> products. It would be even greater if we could do without server
> extensions.
>
> Two different approaches:
>
> 1) Take a look at WTSPortal/Canaveral/RDP6, and see if the protocol can
> be reverse-enginnered.
>
> or
>
> 2) A quick-and-ugly solution: RDP5 actually supports rescaling the
> desktop size. This can be observed if one disconnects and then connects
> with a different size. Perhaps this could be utilized: When changing the
> size of the rdesktop X11 window, rdesktop could disconnect+connect with
> a different size. This would make the resize quite slow, but I guess
> it's better than not being able to resize the window at all.
>
> One tricky thing is how to handle non-rectangular applications.
>
> -- 
> Peter Estrand OpenSource-based Thin Client Technology
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> 58330 Linkvping, Sweden
>

If option 2 is acceptable, surely we could apply this to removable drives,
too?  Disconnect and reconnect with different drives shared...

Just an idea.

Cheers,
    Mark