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> Bonus points if you have any Tcl/Tk apps running, where you can simply transmit commands for the program to run via the X server. Back in 1996 the level of X
by exasperaited 1y ago
> Bonus points if you have any Tcl/Tk apps running, where you can simply transmit commands for the program to run via the X server.
Back in 1996 the level of X integration in Tk was awesome; I had a shell tool that could make Netscape do stuff by firing MIT magic cookies at it.
In a contemporary setting, it's pretty horrifying.
- ptx 1y agoDidn't Netscape use Motif?
- exasperaited 1y agoIt did, but it could receive messages thanks to MIT Magic Cookies, which you could send because of Tk’s excellent integration with X. I can’t remember now if it was the browser you could also effectively spy on via similar means. Long time ago. I have largely forgotten how my tool worked now but the code I wrote (modified wish shell) might still be out there.