1MGPNET(1)                 BSD General Commands Manual                MGPNET(1)
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NAME

4     mgpnet — MagicPoint Netserver (provide MagicPoint presentation over the
5     net)
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SYNOPSIS

8     mgpnet [arguments to mgp]
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DESCRIPTION

11     mgpnet is a small http server to be executed on the presenter's notebook
12     computer.  It lets audience read MagicPoint presentation foils on her
13     notebook computers, over the net.
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15     When a presenter performs a presentation, she should invoke mgpnet
16     instead of mgp, with the same argument.  mgpnet will become an http
17     server running on tcp port 9999 (by default), and invokes mgp as a child
18     process.  By accessing URL http://hostname:9999/, audience will be able
19     to read the MagicPoint window currently displayed on the presenter's
20     notebook.  The webpage provided by mgpnet is designed in "client pull"
21     manner; audience's notebook will reload the page, several times a minute.
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23     If no option is specified, mgpnet will print the URL to be accessed by
24     the audience to the standard output.  This is useful for indicating the
25     URL to be accessed on the presentation, like:
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27     %filter "mgpnet"
28     %endfilter
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TODO

31     Be network conscious.  Current implementation is too naive about CPU/net‐
32     work usage.  Presenter's notebook may be overloaded if there's too many
33     audiences.
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SEE ALSO

36     mgp(1), xwintoppm(1).
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HISTORY

39     mgpnet was created by Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh <itojun@itojun.org>, on the
40     day before the newyear's eve, 1997.
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