COMIX: a tool to share X applications

COMIX (cooperative multiuser interface to X applications) is a tool to share single-user X applications among several workstations on a computer network. Sharing an X application means that different users can view the graphical interface and output of the application at the same time on their screens and can interact with the application according to some chalk-passing protocol. Single-user X applications are applications developed with no collaboration ideas in mind. Using application sharing tools such as COMIX, the non-collaborative applications that typically can be used only by a single user can now be used in a collaborative mode by several users. The model used for sharing applications, the architecture of COMIX, and some of COMIX´s internal details are discussed