From c6da7dd7b738c8f3deba2a9e6fa9e9f5e5ee329c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sidorares <sidorares@yandex.ru>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:50:26 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] better platform detection

---
 lib/x11/xcore.js | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/x11/xcore.js b/lib/x11/xcore.js
index 78b1ae4..3c7f5c5 100644
--- a/lib/x11/xcore.js
+++ b/lib/x11/xcore.js
@@ -182,17 +182,26 @@ XClient.prototype.startHandshake = function()
     });   
 }
 
+var platformDefaultTransport = {
+   win32: 'tcp',
+   win64: 'tcp',
+   cygwin: 'tcp',
+   linux: 'unix'
+   // TODO: check process.platform on SmartMachine solaris box
+}
+
 module.exports.createClient = function()
 {
     // TODO: parse $DISPLAY
    
     // open stream
-    // TODO: better platform matching
-    var platform = process.platform;
     var stream;
-    if (platform == 'cygwin')
+    var defaultTransportName = platformDefaultTransport[process.platform];
+    console.error('Cunnecting using ' + defaultTransportName + ' socket');
+    // use tcp if stated explicitly or if not defined at all
+    if (!defaultTransportName || defaultTransportName == 'tcp')
         stream = net.createConnection(6000);
-    else
+    if (defaultTransportName == 'unix')
         stream = net.createConnection('/tmp/.X11-unix/X0');
 
    return new XClient(stream);