Le vendredi 17 novembre 2006 à 20:24 +0100, Lourens Veen a écrit :
> On Friday 17 November 2006 13:05, Hamie wrote:
> > On Friday 17 November 2006 00:12, Nick LaForge wrote:
> > > So, it is called a server, but it only serves itself?  Or does it
> > > serve video to the screen?  I remember X uses weird 'server'
> > > terminology.  But I understand now what you mean.
> >
> > There's actually nothing weird about the way it uses server
> > terminology. A server provides a service. You have an XServer because
> > it provides an X Service to the X clients (Applications) that use it.
> > Just like an NFS server provides an NFS service to an NFS client...
> >
> > You just have to realise that it's named for what it does...
> 
> Well, to be more accurate, you have to understand that the X model sees 
> rendering of things on a screen and reading events from input devices 
> as a service. 
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I wonder if it's a good idea that the configuration of the X server must
have an input devices section. The latter could be handled by another
program to which the X server refers in first. If this program fails the
X server then refers to its input devices section.
it seems to be ridiculous but, keyboard and mouse are critical user
interfaces. It's like a car without windscreen wipers in a rainning day.
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