Haskell VNC Client

Notice

This is an experimental alpha project which is no longer under active development.

Installation

This installation guide needs to be tested again for accuracy.

OS X:

1. Install XQuartz.
2. LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/X11/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/X11/include" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/X11/lib" cabal install X11
3. brew install gtk+
4. brew tap homebrew/versions
5. cd vnc-client
6. stack build

Ubuntu:

1. Install X11.
2. sudo apt-get install libghc6-zlib-dev
3. sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
4. sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview2.0-dev
5. cd vnc-client
6. stack build

Usage

~ $ stack exec -- vnc-client --help
Usage: stack exec -- vnc-client [OPTION...] host
  -?         --help           print usage instructions
  -v         --verbose        verbose mode for more information output
  -g         --gui            configure client via graphical UI
  -n         --no-auth        connect without authentication (default: VNC password authentication)
  -p PORT    --port=PORT      port number (default: 5900)
  -t TOP     --top=TOP        top position (default: 0)
  -l LEFT    --left=LEFT      left position (default: 0)
  -w WIDTH   --width=WIDTH    width (default: entire framebuffer)
  -h HEIGHT  --height=HEIGHT  height (default: entire framebuffer)

Documentation

Source code documentation can be generated from the literate source files with:

1. lhs2TeX doc.lhs > doc.tex
2. pdflatex doc.tex

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.