| xmove | |
| Author: | Ethan Solomita, Peter Skopp, Ari Shamash[1] |
| Latest Release Version: | 2.0beta2 |
| Latest Release Date: | [2] |
| Discontinued: | yes |
| Programming Language: | C |
| Operating System: | X Window System |
| Genre: | Terminal multiplexer |
| License: | MIT/X Consortium License[3] |
| Website: | None |
xmove is a computer program that allows the movement of X Window System applications between different displays and the persistence of X applications across X server restarts.[4] It solves a problem in the design of X, where an X client (an X application) is tied to the X server (X display) it was started on for its lifetime. Also, if the X server is shut down, the client application is forced to stop running.
xmove lets the client disconnect from its current X server, and connect to a new one, at any time. The transition is completely transparent to the client. xmove works by acting as a proxy between the client and server. It is a "pseudoserver" which stores enough server state so that clients can connect to a new server without being disrupted.