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--- synergy [2018/05/07 21:08] – k2patel
+++ synergy [2020/12/22 23:37] (current) – [Synergy] k2patel
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 Project : [[https://github.com/symless/synergy-core.git|Github]]
+:!: Barrier / Opensource forked from 1.x after it became paid.
+Project : [[https://github.com/debauchee/barrier|Barrier]]
 ==== Installation ====
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 === Server ===
+== Configuration ==
+<code bash | ~/.synergy.conf>
+# sample synergy configuration file
+#
+# comments begin with the # character and continue to the end of
+# line.  comments may appear anywhere the syntax permits.
+# +-------+  +--------+ +---------+
+# |Laptop |  |Desktop1| |iMac     |
+# |       |  |        | |         |
+# +-------+  +--------+ +---------+
+section: screens
+	# three hosts named:  Laptop, Desktop1, and iMac
+	# These are the nice names of the hosts to make it easy to write the config file
+	# The aliases section below contain the "actual" names of the hosts (their hostnames)
+	desk:
+	mac:
+end
+section: links
+	# iMac is to the right of Desktop1
+	# Laptop is to the left of Desktop1
+	desk:
+	  right = mac
+	# Desktop1 is to the right of Laptop
+	mac:
+	  left = desk
+end
+section: aliases
+	# The "real" name of iMac is John-Smiths-iMac-3.local. If we wanted we could remove this alias and instead use John-Smiths-iMac-3.local everywhere iMac is above. Hopefully it should be easy to see why using an alias is nicer
+	desk:
+	  desk
+	mac:
+	  mac
+end
+</code>
+Now server can be using following command.
 <code bash | start server>
 /usr/bin/synergy-core --server --name desk -c /tmp/Synergy.TJ6658 --address :24800 -c ~/.synergy.conf --enable-drag-drop --enable-crypto --daemon
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 === Client ===
+:?: One can also create the alias in bash profile
 <code bash | start client>
+~/bin/synergy-core --client --enable-crypto -n mac desk
 </code>
 ==== Autossh ( If do not want to use built-in crytpo library ) ====