x2x
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Project status
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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
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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
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x2x is under MIT/BSD license.

Windows support includes code under GPLv2+.

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

== Building on Fedora ==

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

== Building on Ubuntu or Debian ==

1. git clone https://github.com/dottedmag/x2x; cd x2x
2. git checkout debian
3. dpkg-checkbuilddeps (and sudo apt install anything-missing)
4. fakeroot debian/rules binary
5. sudo dpkg --install ../x2x_VERSION.deb