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MGPNET(1)              DragonFly General Commands Manual             MGPNET(1)

NAME
     mgpnet - MagicPoint Netserver (provide MagicPoint presentation over the
     net)

SYNOPSIS
     mgpnet [arguments to mgp]

DESCRIPTION
     mgpnet is a small http server to be executed on the presenter's notebook
     computer.  It lets audience read MagicPoint presentation foils on her
     notebook computers, over the net.

     When a presenter performs a presentation, she should invoke mgpnet
     instead of mgp, with the same argument.  mgpnet will become an http
     server running on tcp port 9999 (by default), and invokes mgp as a child
     process.  By accessing URL http://hostname:9999/, audience will be able
     to read the MagicPoint window currently displayed on the presenter's
     notebook.  The webpage provided by mgpnet is designed in "client pull"
     manner; audience's notebook will reload the page, several times a minute.

     If no option is specified, mgpnet will print the URL to be accessed by
     the audience to the standard output.  This is useful for indicating the
     URL to be accessed on the presentation, like:

     %filter "mgpnet"
     %endfilter

TODO
     Be network conscious.  Current implementation is too naive about
     CPU/network usage.  Presenter's notebook may be overloaded if there's too
     many audiences.

SEE ALSO
     mgp(1), xwintoppm(1).

HISTORY
     mgpnet was created by Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@itojun.org>, on the
     day before the newyear's eve, 1997.

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT        December 1997       DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT