Re: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Note that Scott didn't get X-Server running on i, IBM did.

Scott made use of the 5799-PTL iSeries Developer's tools PPRQ which
includes a X-Window server.

The links in Scott's article are broken, I was unable to find the
documentation pages, but at least I finally found the download link:
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/preconfig.jsp?id=2007-11-30+08%3A38%3A21.958154R&S_TACT=104CBW71&S_CMP=

<soapbox>
There are at least two people who need beatings at IBM...
---The one deciding on names for our favorite platform...
---The one constantly redoing IBM web site...
</soapbox>

HTH,
Charles

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Crispin Bates <cbates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yeah, I knew what X was, honest guv...
>
> So yes, Scott did get X server running on the i. If I remember correctly,
> there was some other example that I thought was from Scott where he had an
> entire desktop running. But it may have been from someone else...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:55 PM
> Subject: RE: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)
>
>
> > Thanks, Crispin.  To clarify, X is the Bell Laboratories graphical user
> > interface on which Windoze was based.  (Using a very broad brush, it is
> > the
> > "Windows" of Unix.  It's also sometimes referred to as X-Windows.)  An X
> > Server provides a graphical login to terminals that might connect over the
> > cloud.
> >
> > Dennis Lovelady
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
> > --
> > Flashlight: (n) A case for holding dead batteries.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Crispin Bates
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 1:39 PM
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > Subject: Re: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)
> > >
> > > If I understand the question -
> > > http://systeminetwork.com/article/what-qshell-and-pase-can-do-you
> > > (section
> > > Using PASE to Run Open-Source Unix Software)
> > > Scott had a game of chess being delivered from his i...
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:19 PM
> > > Subject: RE: HTML to PDF Generator (X-Server on i)
> > >
> > >
> > > > > I wonder how difficult it would be to get wkhtmltopdf
> > > > > working on i in Pase?
> > > >
> > > > Well, I stopped considering it when I read, under Features, "... the
> > > X11
> > > > client must be installed."  I am not administrator on the systems
> > > that I
> > > > use, so haven't had opportunity to work with this.  But I'm fairly
> > > certain
> > > > X
> > > > client is lacking on the standard i installation.
> > > >
> > > > Brings up an interesting question.  Has anyone on this list
> > > successfully
> > > > installed and exercised an X server on their System i?
> > > >
> > > > Dennis Lovelady
> > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
> > > > --
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