guievict is a computer program which enables the GUI

Gui

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 of any application for XFree86

XFree86

XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System. It was originally written for Unix-like operating systems on IBM PC compatibles and is now available for many other operating systems and platforms. It is free and open source software under the XFree86 License version 1.1. It is developed by the...

 implementation of X Window to be transparently migrated to or replicated on another display. Unlike some program providing similar functionalities, it requires neither prearranging steps such as re-linking the application program binary nor re-directing the application process's window system communication through a proxy

Proxy server

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 like xmove

Xmove

xmove is a computer program that allows the movement of X Window System applications between different displays and the persistence of X applications across X server restarts. It solves a problem in the design of X, where an X client is tied to the X server it was started on for its lifetime...

 does.

Guievict is based on a small X server extension that enables an application to retrieve its window state from the X server and a library of GUI migration functionality that is injected in the application process at run time. Code injection or runtime code-patching can be done via the DynInst API

DynInst

DynInst is a multi-platform runtime code-patching library developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Maryland, College Park. It may be useful in the development of performance measurement tools, debuggers, and simulators. The most recent release is Version 7.0....

. However, guievict contains its own implementation to avoid requiring users to install DynInst.

See also

• GNU Screen
  GNU Screen
  GNU Screen is a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles, allowing a user to access multiple separate terminal sessions inside a single terminal window or remote terminal session...
  
   - a terminal multiplexer for console-mode (text-mode) applications
• xmove
  Xmove
  xmove is a computer program that allows the movement of X Window System applications between different displays and the persistence of X applications across X server restarts. It solves a problem in the design of X, where an X client is tied to the X server it was started on for its lifetime...
  
   - a tool allows you to move programs between X Window System displays
• xpra
  Xpra
  xpra or X Persistent Remote Applications is a tool which allows you to run X programs usually on a remote host and then direct their display to your local machine without losing any state. It differs from standard X forwarding in that it allows disconnection and reconnection without disrupting the...
  
   - a more recent tool which is similar to xmove
• the lbxproxy tool, which allows disconnecting and reconnectinghttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/105669/focus=105670
• DynInst
  DynInst
  DynInst is a multi-platform runtime code-patching library developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Maryland, College Park. It may be useful in the development of performance measurement tools, debuggers, and simulators. The most recent release is Version 7.0....
  
  - a runtime code-patching library