[EdLUG] selecting X display

[Edinburgh Linux Users Group]

Yes, I have had to do this before at some point but it was something 
like "DISPLAY=:something launchsomegame". Justin's way also looks like 
it would work, but I don't think the program had that as a valid 
argument at the time iirc.

Chay


On 30/05/18 17:03, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
>> I have two displays on my desktop Linux system.  I've forgotten how to get an
>> xterm to open on the second one. It's probably obvious, but I've not used the
>> correct keyword with Google to get the answer
> I can't test it here, but isn't it "xterm -display :0.1"?  Though I
> can see how $DISPLAY numbers like :0 might be hard to Google!

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