x2x

Project status

Dormant. This project needs a new maintainer.

x2x has a long history. It was born in the times when life was hard, window managers were simple and displays were rectangular. Now it needs an overhaul.

Overview

x2x allows the keyboard, mouse on one X display to be used to control another X display. It also shares X clipboards between the displays.

When built/run on Cygwin it may be run on Windows desktop to control X display.

License

x2x is under MIT/BSD license.

Windows support includes code under GPLv2+.

Authors

x2x was initially developed in DEC by David Chaiken. Current maintainer is Mikhail Gusarov.

Building on Various Systems

Building on Arch

1. git clone https://github.com/dottedmag/x2x && cd x2x
2. ./bootstrap.sh
3. sudo pacman -S libxext libxtst
4. ./configure
5. make && sudo make install

If you want the simple solution, there is also a package in the AUR for x2x.

Building on Fedora

1. git clone https://github.com/dottedmag/x2x && cd x2x
2. ./bootstrap.sh
3. sudo dnf -y install libXext-devel libXtst-devel
4. ./configure
5. make && sudo make install

Building on Debian or Debian-Derivative like Ubuntu

1. git clone https://github.com/dottedmag/x2x && cd x2x
2. git checkout debian
3. dpkg-checkbuilddeps (and sudo apt install anything missing)
4. env DEB_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT=no debian/rules binary
5. sudo dpkg --install ../x2x_VERSION.deb