[Wien] XCrysDen in w2web?

[Jian-Xin Zhu]

Dear Prof. Blaha,

The suggested procedure works fine.
Thank you very much,

Jianxin

On Jan 9, 2010, at 7:05 AM, Peter Blaha wrote:

> At "localhost" issue:
>
> ssh -X hostname_where_w2web_runs    (the -X option directs the X- 
> windows system to open screens on loc.host)
> ps -ef |grep w2web
> kill  xxxx     (kill all pids with w2web)
> w2web
>
> now you can reconnect with your browser to w2web and xcrysden should  
> open on localhost.
>
> Alternatively xcrysden can always be called from a terminal:
>
> ssh -X w2web_host      (again -X is necessary!!!)
> cd case-directory
> xcrysden --wien_struct .
> (Try also   xcrysden --help  to see all options)
>
>
>> I have a problem using XCrysDen in w2web remotely.
>> From local host, I use the web-browser to connect to w2web in the  
>> remote machine, by
>> safari  http://hostname_where_w2web_runs:7890
>> and open a session successfully.
>> However, when I click "view structure" on the left panel, the  
>> Xcrysden utility is started on the screen
>> of the remote host instead of on my local machine.
>> One way I can think of: ssh to the remote host and start up  
>> xcrysden separately and open the structure file.
>> However, is there any other way (I mean within w2web) to have  
>> xcrysden display the picture on the local
>> machine?  Both of my machines (local and remote) are the Mac OSX  
>> systems.
>> Any help/suggestion would be appreciated.
>> Jianxin
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