[FreeNX-kNX] Running windows apps from nxclient

[Jeremy Wilkins]

If I am remembering correctly there are the reasons why NX created nxdesktop
and nxviewer instead with special modifications to permit seamless operation
with their client.  Still, there should be better ways to do this even with
existing client technology.  Maybe the fullscreen and seamless options
conflict?


davefury wrote:
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> Jeremy Wilkins wrote:
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>> Hi Dave, after testing your patch it seems to work with a couple caveats:
>> 1) I cannot pass any path containing backslashes or colons and a few
>> other characters that urlencode changes into the %nn style.  This causes
>> the program not to start.  The path needs to be urldecoded before it is
>> executed?  However if I do not include the drive letter (which requires a
>> :) and switch the backslashes to forward slashes it works just fine (For
>> the default drive whatever that may be).
>> 
> 
> I experienced the same issue. Thats right, it's some kind of
> coding-decoding problem.
> 
> 
> Jeremy Wilkins wrote:
>> 
>> 2) The titlebar still shows up for the application besides the NX one. 
>> This may not be avoidable not to break compatibility for some apps I
>> would guess, but not pretty.  Maybe one of these options might help:
>> -A: enable SeamlessRDP mode
>> -D: hide window manager decorations
>> 
> 
> I tried it with SeamlessRDP mode and the behaviour of the windows goes
> nuts after resizing the window, to the point it becomes unusable.
> 
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