Re: xdisplay java imagej

Posted by Albert Cardona on Feb 24, 2009; 7:14pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/xdisplay-java-imagej-tp3693580p3693581.html

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.
>  

Java in macosx does NOT use X11 window system.

But you can make it do so: use the openjdk 6 for bsd instead of the
internal macosx java.

To launch it, you'll need a script like:

$ cd /Applications/ImageJ/
$ /path/to/open-jdk6/bin/java -jar ij.jar


An alternative is to use a virtual desktop system, but I don't know of
any for macosx (I am sure there are some).

Albert

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