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Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm

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On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 05:46:33PM +0200, Steve Keller wrote:
>     xterm -e ssh -X <host>      or      ssh -X <host> xterm -ls
> 
> What are pros and cons?  I see one: The latter will produce more
> overhead as it runs the X11 protocol through the ssh tunnel.

I would absolutely prefer the first one, unless you have a specific
reason to use the latter (e.g. you're debugging the xterm program on a
remote system, or you're stuck on a thin client, or Windows platform,
that doesn't have a real terminal emulator installed).

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Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm "Steve Keller" <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2020-04-28 18:10 +0200
  Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-04-28 18:10 +0200
    Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-04-28 19:10 +0200
      Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-28 20:20 +0200
  Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2020-04-28 19:50 +0200
    Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-28 20:20 +0200
  Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2020-04-28 21:10 +0200
    Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2020-04-28 21:40 +0200
  Re: Remote terminal: xterm -e ssh <host> vs. ssh <host> xterm Bob McGowan <ramjr0915@gmail.com> - 2020-04-28 22:50 +0200

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