Re: [PATCH:xorg-docs 3/4] X.man: document protocol/ syntax in display string
Sent from my iPhone... > On Oct 28, 2015, at 10:01, Alan Coopersmith > wrote: > >> On 10/28/15 07:46 AM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote: >> Should we also mention the extension that was added for launchd support >> where we DISPLAY=[.] > > That sounds like a good followup patch for you to submit, since I didn't even > remember that existed, much less know how to describe it. Yeah. I was more posing the question of "should we mention it or not?" rather than suggesting you ammend your commit. > -- >-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com > Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc ___ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
Re: [PATCH:xorg-docs 3/4] X.man: document protocol/ syntax in display string
On 10/28/15 07:46 AM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote: Should we also mention the extension that was added for launchd support where we DISPLAY=[.] That sounds like a good followup patch for you to submit, since I didn't even remember that existed, much less know how to describe it. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc ___ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
Re: [PATCH:xorg-docs 3/4] X.man: document protocol/ syntax in display string
Should we also mention the extension that was added for launchd support where we DISPLAY=[.] > On Oct 27, 2015, at 19:45, Alan Coopersmith > wrote: > > See > http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libX11/libX11/libX11.html#Opening_the_Display > > Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith > --- > man/X.man | 25 ++--- > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man/X.man b/man/X.man > index d07e69e..a4f4614 100644 > --- a/man/X.man > +++ b/man/X.man > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > -.\" t > +'\" t > .\" > .\" Copyright (c) 1994, 2004 The Open Group > .\" Copyright \(co 2000 The XFree86 Project, Inc. > @@ -165,15 +165,34 @@ form: > .RS > \fIhostname:displaynumber.screennumber\fP > .RE > +or > +.RS > +\fIprotocol/hostname:displaynumber.screennumber\fP > +.RE > .sp > This information is used by the application to determine how it should > connect to the server and which screen it should use by default > (on displays with multiple monitors): > .TP 8 > +.I protocol > +The \fIprotocol\fP specifies the protocol to use for communication. > +Exactly which protocols are supported is platform dependent, but most > +commonly supported ones are: > +.TS > +l l. > +tcp TCP over IPv4 or IPv6 > +inetTCP over IPv4 only > +inet6 TCP over IPv6 only > +unixUNIX Domain Sockets (same host only) > +local Platform preferred local connection method > +.TE > +If the protocol is not specified, Xlib uses whatever it believes is the > +most efficient transport. > +.TP 8 > .I hostname > The \fIhostname\fP specifies the name of the machine to which the display is > -physically connected. If the hostname is not given, the most efficient way > of > -communicating to a server on the same machine will be used. > +physically connected. If the hostname is not given, a connection to a server > +on the same machine will be used. > .TP 8 > .I displaynumber > The phrase "display" is usually used to refer to a collection of monitors that > -- > 1.7.9.2 > > ___ > xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development > Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel > Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
[PATCH:xorg-docs 3/4] X.man: document protocol/ syntax in display string
See http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libX11/libX11/libX11.html#Opening_the_Display Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith --- man/X.man | 25 ++--- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/X.man b/man/X.man index d07e69e..a4f4614 100644 --- a/man/X.man +++ b/man/X.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" t +'\" t .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1994, 2004 The Open Group .\" Copyright \(co 2000 The XFree86 Project, Inc. @@ -165,15 +165,34 @@ form: .RS \fIhostname:displaynumber.screennumber\fP .RE +or +.RS +\fIprotocol/hostname:displaynumber.screennumber\fP +.RE .sp This information is used by the application to determine how it should connect to the server and which screen it should use by default (on displays with multiple monitors): .TP 8 +.I protocol +The \fIprotocol\fP specifies the protocol to use for communication. +Exactly which protocols are supported is platform dependent, but most +commonly supported ones are: +.TS +l l. +tcp TCP over IPv4 or IPv6 +inetTCP over IPv4 only +inet6 TCP over IPv6 only +unixUNIX Domain Sockets (same host only) +local Platform preferred local connection method +.TE +If the protocol is not specified, Xlib uses whatever it believes is the +most efficient transport. +.TP 8 .I hostname The \fIhostname\fP specifies the name of the machine to which the display is -physically connected. If the hostname is not given, the most efficient way of -communicating to a server on the same machine will be used. +physically connected. If the hostname is not given, a connection to a server +on the same machine will be used. .TP 8 .I displaynumber The phrase "display" is usually used to refer to a collection of monitors that -- 1.7.9.2 ___ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
