<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html> <head> <meta HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;CHARSET=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="keywords" content="Virtual Screen, Open Source, Software" /> <meta name="description" content="Mouse and Keyboard Sharing" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="synergy.css" media="screen" /> <title>Synergy Tips and Tricks</title> </head> <body class="main"> <p> </p><h3>Tips and Tricks</h3><p> <ul> <li> Be aware that not all keystrokes can be handled by synergy. In particular, ctrl+alt+del is not handled. However, synergy can convert ctrl+alt+pause into ctrl+alt+del on the client side. (Synergy must be configured to autostart when the computer starts on the client for this to work on the Windows NT family.) Some non-standard keys may not work, especially "multimedia" buttons, though several are correctly handled. </p><p> <li> A screen can be its own neighbor. That allows a screen to "wrap". For example, if a configuration linked the left and right sides of a screen to itself then moving off the left of the screen would put the mouse at the right of the screen and vice versa. </p><p> <li> You cannot switch screens when the Scroll Lock is toggled on. Use this to prevent unintentional switching. You can configure other hot keys to do this instead; see <a href="configuration.html#lockCursor">lockCursorToScreen</a>. </p><p> <li> Turn off mouse driven virtual desktop switching on X windows. It will interfere with synergy. Use keyboard shortcuts instead. </p><p> <li> Synergy's screen saver synchronization works best with xscreensaver under X windows. Synergy works better with xscreensaver if it is using one of the screen saver extensions. Prior to xscreensaver 4.0 you can use <span class="code">-mit-extension</span>, <span class="code">-sgi-extension</span>, or <span class="code">-xidle-extension</span> command line options to enable an extension (assuming your server has the extension). Starting with 4.0 you must enable the corresponding option in your <span class="code">.xscreensaver</span> file. </p><p> <li> Synergy automatically converts newlines in clipboard text (Unix expects <span class="code">\n</span> to end each line while Windows expects <span class="code">\r\n</span>). </p><p> <li> Clients can be started and stopped at any time. When a screen is not connected, the mouse will jump over that screen as if the mouse had moved all the way across it and jumped to the next screen. </p><p> <li> A client's keyboard and mouse are fully functional while synergy is running. You can use them in case synergy locks up. </p><p> <li> Strong authentication and encryption is available by using SSH. See the <a href="security.html">security guide</a> for more information. Synergy does not otherwise provide secure communications and it should not be used on or over untrusted networks. </p><p> <li> Synergy doesn't work if a 16-bit Windows application has the focus on Windows 95/98/Me. This is due to limitations of Windows. One commonly used 16-bit application is the command prompt (<span class="code">command.exe</span>) and this includes synergy's log window when running in test mode. </p><p> </ul> </p> </body> </html>