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.