Not sure if this list is still active since there hasn't been any traffic for some time, but here goes:
Does anyone have a VNC client for OS X that they find works well? I've been using the darwinports tightvnc viewer, but (a) it doesn't support copy/paste between server and client, and (b) it won't compile on my new Intel MacBook.
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Hi all, Not sure if this list is still active since there hasn't been any traffic for some time, but here goes: Does anyone have a VNC client for OS X that...
... I use "Chicken of the VNC"...which, despite the weird name, works well for me. ...
Christopher Thom
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Jun 8, 2007 4:50 am
Vine Viewer and Vine Server are new shareware VNC options. Both seem pretty good. Vince server used to be OSXVnc, I think. ... Tim Cornwell, Australia...
Tim Cornwell
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Jun 8, 2007 5:08 am
I also use Chicken of the VNC regularly, with the server on a Linux box. Cut and paste is a bit like chinese whispers, though, eg.: "In many cases, the...
Jennifer Hatchell
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Jun 8, 2007 8:35 am
Hello all, We got IDL on our Mac OS X (Tiger) Server, but some PC users can't run/display it remotely (through the X Windows System XWin32). We know that...
argote@...
Jun 20, 2007 12:59 pm
... What error is it failing with? I know there have been some problems with IDL and recent X windows servers on Linux but not Windows, and there are other...
Hi all, A colleague of mine is trying to composite several postscript figures into a single four-panel figure, and to add some basic annotation (a few arrows...
Starlink for OS X still exists...and is updated - I still use it. http://starlink.jach.hawaii.edu/ - Tyler...
Tyler L. Bourke
tbourke@...
Jan 24, 2008 8:28 pm
Is anyone in the group doing exoplanet work using OS X? Terry - W6LMJ Terrence R. Redding, Ph.D. http://olt.net/learningstyle/ How do amateur astronomers...
... The Starlink Software Collection is still available, and it includes the psmerge utility. You can get it at http://starlink.jach.hawaii.edu/ And if you...
... Hi Eric, Use xfig (available for Mac via fink). It's simple, will produce a fully compliant EPS file, and the file size will basically be the sum of the...
Hi, I've always used xfig. You can install for OSX from fink. It complains about an old app-defaults setup when I start it, but it works fine. The beauty of...
Christopher Thom
cthom@...
Jan 24, 2008 8:17 pm
I've never had a problem joining figures in Illustrator for later use in Latex. Out of curiosity, what version of Illustrator are you using for this?...
Jonathan Foster
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Jan 24, 2008 8:22 pm
Yet another approach I have used successfully to make composite figures for publication is to build your composite figure in Keynote and export to pdf. -- ...
Stacy McGaugh
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Jan 24, 2008 11:29 pm
Hi Eric, Like Jonathan Foster, I've never had any real problems joining or editing figures in Illustrator and then using the result in LaTeX. Unfortunately, I...
Peter Erwin
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Jan 25, 2008 9:23 am
I've been using Chicken of the VNC, which seems to work well, though I haven't tried copy/paste between server and client, so I don't know if that is possible....
Hi, 'Might try www.astroflowersoftware.com Paul ... Paul Romero romeropaul@... "I've been to two county fairs a goat ropin' a rodeo and a grease pig...
Thanks to all who replied with suggestions. It seems that none of these is perfect for my needs, but most are pretty decent. Here's my quick summary of what...
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