[Zope-dev] External method

[Roch'e Compaan]

This is not a strictly zope related question but it is zopeish :)

In an external method I need to call an executable and capture the output it
generates.  This executable however needs to connect to a running X Server.
I used the popen2 command but it returns with the obvious error :
"theprogram : cannot connect to X Server".  So how does one tell a program
to attach to a X server?

Any help would truly delight me

Roché