HP Remote Graphics Software 5.4.8 User Guide

As we’ve seen, the terms “Remote Computer” and “Local Computer” have very specific meanings in the
context of RGS. In the context of Remote Clipboard, however, we use terms that are centric to each
computer involved in a Remote Clipboard operation. If a cut and paste is being performed from
Computer A to Computer B, Computer A will refer to itself (for example, in the DEBUG LOG) as the
local computer, while referring to Computer B as the remote computer. This is independent of which
computer is the actual Local Computer or Remote Computer from an RGS connection perspective.
Continuing with the example of a cut and paste from Computer A to Computer B, Computer A is also
referred to as the sending computer or cut computer, while computer B is referred to as the receiving
computer or paste computer.
Figure 6-28 Cut and paste computer nomenclature on page 161 shows
this nomenclature. When discussing Remote Clipboard operation, we’ll generally use this nomenclature
because it is independent of which computers are the Remote or Local Computers.
Figure 6-28 Cut and paste computer nomenclature
Figure 6-29 Cutting and pasting between Remote and Local Computers on page 162 show a system
consisting of three Remote Computers connected by RGS to the Local Computer. The three desktops of
the Remote Computers are displayed in three Remote Display Windows on the Local Computer. In this
system, assume the Local Computer user has just performed a cut operation on the cut computer (via
one of the Remote Display Windows). At this point, the user can do a paste to any (or all) of the paste
computers. If a paste is done to paste computer #1 or paste computer #2, this will constitute a Remote
Computer-to-Remote Computer (RGS Sender-to-Sender) paste because both the cut computer and the
paste computer are Remote Computers.
If the user does a paste to paste computer #3, this will constitute a Remote Computer-to-Local Computer
(RGS Sender-to-Receiver) paste because the paste computer is the Local Computer.
Remote Clipboard operation
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