How can I use WAVE from an X terminal, PC, Mac, etc.?

As with any X application, you can use an X terminal or any system equipped with an X server to interact with a copy of WAVE running on another computer connected to the same network. To do so, however, requires a few additional steps:

• Find out the host names of the two systems. On a UNIX system, the `hostname' command will give you this information. If your display is connected to a PC or other non-UNIX system, you can try remotely logging onto the UNIX system on which WAVE resides, and using the `who' command to discover the name of the system in front of you.

• Assume that your system is named hither and that WAVE resides on yon. You may need to add yon to the X server access control list on hither, in order to make it possible for X clients on yon to open windows on your screen. If hither is a UNIX system, you can accomplish this by typing (on hither) `xhost +yon'. (Note: if hither doesn't recognize yon by name, this command will have no effect. In this case, use yon's IP address in place of its name.)

• Remotely log in to yon (for example, via ssh or telnet), and set the DISPLAY environment variable on yon to point back to your display. If you use the C-shell on yon, this will normally be done by `setenv DISPLAY hither:0.0'. Users of sh, ksh, or bash should type `DISPLAY=hither:0.0; export DISPLAY'. (Note: if yon doesn't recognize hither by name, this command won't work. In this case, use hither's IP address in place of its name.)

• Check the connection by starting an X11 client such as xterm on yon. A new window should appear on your display within a few seconds. (See the documentation for your X server if this doesn't work).

• Once you have succeeded in the test in the previous step, start WAVE in the usual way (`wave -r record ...') on yon. See ``Where do I find the missing fonts?'' if your X server complains about missing fonts. See ``I can't find the file named record!'' if WAVE complains about missing files.

X servers are standard on all current UNIX workstations, but not on PCs or Macintoshes. There are many MS Windows-hosted X servers available commercially, as well as a smaller number of MS-DOS and Macintosh-hosted X servers.