Re: imagej DISPLAY environment

Posted by Philip Ershler on Feb 24, 2009; 6:49pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/imagej-DISPLAY-environment-tp3693576p3693579.html

On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Lucy W Upchurch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are trying to run imagej on a remote computer (mac Leopard OS) and
> display the images on a local computer (another mac) via ssh.  I  
> have set
> my environment variable to the local machine when I ssh to the remote
> machine.  I can do an XClock or Xeyes on the remote machine and it  
> displays
> on the local machine.  However, if I run imageJ, my images are  
> displayed on
> the remote computer, not my local machine.  I can not change the  
> shell to
> anything else as tcsh is required for other scripts/programs.  Any  
> ideas on
> how to get java to change the DISPLAY setting?  Thanks.
>
> Lucy

What you are referring to with XClock and Xeyes is the X11 protocol.
ImageJ in Windows and OS X has nothing to do with X11. With
OS X 10.5.X you would have the option of using screen sharing
to do your task.

HTH,

Phil