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VNC command keys and mouse emulation...
Authored by: rkchang on Jul 02, '04 12:42:53PM

I saw this hint yesterday and decided to try it out...wow...first time trying VNC, and now I'm hooked! I have noticed, however, a few key and mouse idiosyncracies:

Win2k-to-Mac control, using OSXVNC as server on my iBook, and RealVNC (clent + server; Picture-In-Picture control) and Win2VNC (client only; side-by-side control) on my Win2k desktop:

  • Ctrl acts as Ctrl on both
  • Alt acts as Command on both
  • Scroll wheel only works w/ RealVNC
  • Alt-Tab (or Command-Tab) for application switching works for neither (defaults to Windows task switching)

Mac-to-Win2K control, using Chicken of the VNC (PIP control) and osx2x (side-by-side control):

  • Ctrl acts as Ctrl on both
  • Command acts as Alt only in Chicken
  • So far, no way to emulate Alt in osx2x (at least none that I've found)
  • So far, found no way of emulating 2-button mouse w/ trackpad
  • Scroll-wheel emulation on the trackpad (via uControl works for neither
  • Once again, Alt-Tab (or Command-Tab) switching works for neither

PS- for both of the PIP controls, there are the obvious redraw lags.

PPS- I'm typing this out with Safari sitting in my VNC window on my Win desktop. I guess this is probably the closest I'll see Windows to using Safari...oh well, I guess one can dream :-)

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