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MGPNET(1)		    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	 note-
       book  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  in-
       stead  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  pre-
       senter'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.

FreeBSD	ports 15.0		 December 1997			     MGPNET(1)

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