chooser and xdmping  (version 1.1.1)
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The software here is released under the GNU public license.  A copy of
this license is in the file `GPL'.  The file chooser.c also contains
the original copyright (X Consortium), authored by Keith Packard.

The `chooser' is a modifided version of the standard chooser, with a
slighty nicer 3D-ish interface.  Instead of broadcasting, it allows the
user to supply a host via the keyboard.  This is useful when the list
of machines extends beyond the limit of a broadcast, or is too cumbersome
to enter on the command line (in one of the XDM config files).

xdmping is a quick way of determining if a host is willing to provide an
XDM login session.  This is probably only useful in certain circumstances.

I am not convinced on my correct usage of the Xdmcp library -- I think a
quick local re-write might be in order at some time, as there were
noticable problems with the existing chooser.c, and my implementation of
xdmping.

To get this to work, copy the file `xdmchoose.conf' to /etc/ (or any of
the places near the top of cfg.c), and add/modify the following line in
the xdm-config file:

DisplayManager*chooser:         /usr/local/bin/xdmchooser

(subsituting the appropiate path to the chooser executable)

The config file (xdmchoose.conf) contains all of the currently usual
options.  The default setup is with a background pixmap (xdmchoose-blur.xpm).
The config file should be modified to use the full path of the image, or
just comment the line out.


The idea emerged from discussions between Phill Camp <P.S.S.Camp@ukc.ac.uk>,
Dave Reeve <dcr1@ukc.ac.uk>, and myself <frmb2@ukc.ac.uk>.

Enjoy,
  Fred.