Re: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-13 Thread Peter Rosin
On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:20:50AM -, James Weatherall wrote: In practice desktop names are currently ASCII-only, but new standard RFB protocol elements all use UTF-8 for string data. I'd recommend that third-party encodings, etc also use UTF-8 for string data for consistency. So, Peter,

Re: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-13 Thread Peter Åstrand
On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:20:50AM -, James Weatherall wrote: In practice desktop names are currently ASCII-only, but new standard RFB protocol elements all use UTF-8 for string data. I'd recommend that third-party encodings, etc also use UTF-8 for string data for consistency. So,

RE: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-08 Thread James Weatherall
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Cstrand Sent: 07 January 2008 19:13 To: Peter Rosin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; vnc-list@realvnc.com Subject: Re: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly [snip] Btw, one thing that I miss somewhat is a character

Re: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-07 Thread Peter Åstrand
I have a working implementation now, using a new pseudo encoding called DesktopName. It's pretty similiar to the existing DesktopSize encoding. However, it seems like RealVNC will not allocate an encoding number for my new encoding. There position was that this should be a TightVNC-specific

RE: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-07 Thread James Weatherall
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly I have a working implementation now, using a new pseudo encoding called DesktopName. It's pretty similiar to the existing DesktopSize encoding. However, it seems like RealVNC will not allocate an encoding number

RE: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-07 Thread Peter Åstrand
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, James Weatherall wrote: You may wish to check your email - you were allocated pseudo-encoding number -307 earlier this afternoon. This is excellent news. Thank you for your cooperation. Rgds, --- Peter Cstrand ThinLinc Chief Developer Cendio AB

Re: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-07 Thread Peter Rosin
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:02:25PM +0100, Peter Estrand wrote: NumberName -306 DesktopName pseudo-encoding Bzzzt -307 :-) Here's the description: A client which requests the DesktopName pseudo-encoding is declaring that it is capable of coping with a change of the desktop name.

Re: Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-07 Thread Peter Åstrand
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Peter Rosin wrote: A client which requests the DesktopName pseudo-encoding is declaring that it is capable of coping with a change of the desktop name. The server changes the desktop name by sending a pseudo-rectangle with the DesktopName pseudo-encoding in an update.

Protocol extension for changing desktop name on the fly

2008-01-03 Thread Peter Åstrand
I'd like to be able to change the desktop name on the fly so that a vncconfig -set desktop=something immediately changes the vncviewer window title. Currently, the desktop name (as specified by the -desktop option to Xvnc) remains static during the entire lifespan of the Xvnc process. If you