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QSynergy
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Version 0.9.0
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http://www.volker-lanz.de/en/software/qsynergy/
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About QSynergy
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QSynergy is a graphical front end for Synergy. Synergy lets a user control more
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than one computer with a single mouse and keyboard (and has lots and lots of
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extra features on top of that). Learn more about Synergy itself or get it from:
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http://synergy2.sourceforge.net
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Synergy only has a GUI for MS Windows. QSynergy was written to step in and fill
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this gap for users on Mac and Unix platforms. Of course, QSynergy can also be
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used on MS Windows.
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Running and using QSynergy
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- Because QSynergy is a graphical frontend for Synergy, it does not make much
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sense to run it without having Synergy installed. So if you have not done so
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already, get it from http://synergy2.sourceforge.net and install it.
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- See the Synergy documentation (http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/) for all
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topics concerning what you can do with Synergy.
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- In QSynergy, first, go to Edit -> Settings and check if the path names for
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synergys (the Synergy server binary) and synergyc (the client) are correct.
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If they are not, set them by hand or browse to their locations.
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- QSynergy knows three modes:
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1. Run Synergy as a client (so the computer QSynergy runs on will be
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controlled from another computer).
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2. Run Synergy as a server with an existing configuration you have written
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already (that's just like running Synergy from the command line with the "-c"
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option).
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3. Interactively and graphically create a server configuration and run
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Synergy with this configuration. Herein lies the main benefit of using
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QSynergy instead of the command line Synergy version for Unix and Mac.
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- Running as a client: Simply tick the "be a client" checkbox, enter the name
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of the computer to connect to and push the "Start" button.
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- Running as a server with an existing configuration: Tick the "be a server"
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checkbox and the radio button that says you would like to use your own
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configuration file. Then enter the path to this configuration file (or browse
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for it). Finally, push the "Start" button.
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- Using QSynergy to configure the Synergy server: Tick the "be a server"
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checkbox and the radio button that says you would like to interactively
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configure Synergy. Then push the "Configure server" button. After you have
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finished setting up your configuration, push the "Start" button. QSynergy
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will remember your configuration across restarts, so there is no need to
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configure again the next time you run QSynergy -- unless you change your
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computer setup, of course.
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- On MS Windows and X11, QSynergy will minimize to the tray if you close the
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main window or pick the Window -> Minimize menu entry. Double click on the
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icon in the tray or right click on this icon and pick Restore to restore the
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window.
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- On X11, QSynergy will be restarted with X11 if your X11 server correctly
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implements session handling. On MS Windows, you will have to add QSynergy to
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your Autostart folder. On the Mac, set it to automatically run when the
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Finder starts.
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Known bugs and limitations
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- It is not possible to configure partial links (e.g., only 50% of a screen's
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edge linking to another screen)
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- If you configure a hotkey for a specific screen and later delete this screen,
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QSynergy does not warn you that this will lead to an invalid configuration.
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- Importing existing synery server configuration files is not possible.
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- There is no true communication channel between Synergy itself and QSynergy.
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This means that QSynergy cannot really know if Synergy itself is working or
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has encountered any problems. QSynergy only knows "Synergy is running" or
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"Synergy has quit with an error".
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- Mac OS X only: The look and feel of QSynergy is not quite right for the
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platform. This is due to limitations in Qt.
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License
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QSynergy is written using the Qt Toolkit. It is free software released under
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the GPLv2.
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