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X-Config: Simple Connection Configuration Tool
The X-Win32 user interface features an intuitive and clean design. We have simplified the user interface by automatically determining options that were previously set in the user interface. For example, the network addressed used to be set in the user interface and is now determined automatically for rexec, rsh and xdmcp sessions. Below are screen shots showing the X-Config user interface, the tray menu, the Session Wizard that assists in creating your sessions, and one of the session status dialogs that gives you detailed feedback on the progress of your connection.
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X-Config showing the Window form in Tabbed View (or Classic View).
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X-Win32's tray menu, showing the session icons used to visually distinguish different session types. |
X-Config's Session Wizard makes it simple to configure X sessions. |
Session Configuration Tool (X-Config) Features:
- Hovering the mouse pointer over a session on the Sessions form shows a Tool Tip with the session settings.
- Tabbed View has an icon on each tab to help visually identify the category.
- X-Config forms are resizable, preventing problems with forms too small at high resolutions.
- The position and size of each window is remembered, allowing a more custom feel.
- The Xauth cookie is saved to a file, offering tighter security for local X11 applications or remote applications being started with rexec/rsh (if you save the file on a shared drive).
- X-Config's Security form is easier to understand. Previously, when the Xhost list was empty it meant that all X11 applications would be allowed to connect if the Access Control mechanism was turned off. Now, you must explicitly select 'Allow all host addresses' for this to happen, you can also completely disable this mechanism by selecting 'Only allow these host addresses' and not adding any hosts to the list. In this case, the list will show a single entry that says 'no hosts allowed.'
- The Network form renames the Proxy display address option to 'Override' to indicate that this feature applies to more than just cases where a NAT or proxy session in use (e.g. when you want to manually specify one of the several addresses that your machine is using).
- The Network form shows the TCP Port that corresponds to the Base Display Number to provide better information for you when opening posts in your firewall (although we recommend that you instead use SSH and leave your firewall fully enabled).
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