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--- other:x_conf [2022/08/08 15:05] – [Installing VcXsrv] jypeter
+++ other:x_conf [2022/08/08 15:19] – [If you are using WSL] Improved jypeter
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 ===== Using an X server on Linux =====
-Linux computers come pre-configured with a running X server (because they need it for displaying local graphics) that will display the graphics generated locally and on remote Linux servers. **You don't need to do anything special!**
+Linux computers come pre-configured with a running //X server// that will display the graphics generated locally and on remote Linux servers
+**You don't need to do anything special!**
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 ==== If you are connecting with ssh ====
-Nothing special to do!
+Nothing special to do if you are using [[other:ssh#using_an_x_server_to_display_graphics|"ssh -X" or "ssh -Y"]]
 ==== If you are using WSL ====
-If you have installed [[other:win10wsl|WSL+Ubuntu]] on your local machine, and you need your X server to display graphics generated in WSL, you need to define the DISPLAY variable: ''export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0''
+If you have installed [[other:win10wsl|WSL+Ubuntu]] on your local machine, and you need your //X server// to display local graphics generated in WSL, you need to **define the ''DISPLAY'' variable** in your terminal:
+  * //bash// shell: ''export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0''
+  * //tcsh// shell: ''setenv DISPLAY localhost:0.0''
+  * You probably want to define the ''DISPLAY'' variable automatically in one of the shell configuration files