Appendix G: Rx Helper Program; Name; Synopsis; Description - HP b2600 Administration Manual

Appendix G: RX Helper Program

Name

xrx: RX Helper Program

Synopsis

xrx [-<toolkitoption> . . .]<filename>

Description

The helper program may be used with any Web browser to interpret documents in the RX MIME type
format and start remote applications.
xrx reads in the RX document specified by its <filename>, from which it gets the list of services the
application wants to use. Based on this information, xrx sets the various requested services, including
creating authorization keys if your X server supports the SECURITY extension. It then passes the
relevant data, such as the X display name, to the application through an HTTP GET request of the
associated CGI script. The Web server then executes the CGI script to start the application. The client
runs on the web server host connected to your X server.

Installation

You need to configure your web browser to use xrx for RX documents. Generally the following line in
your $HOME/.mailcap is enough:
application/x-rx; xrx %s
However, you may need to refer to your web browser's documentation for exact instructions on
configuring helper applications.
Once correctly configured, your browser will activate the helper program whenever you retrieve any
document of the MIME type application/x-rx.
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