See http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libX11/libX11/libX11.html#Opening_the_Display
Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <[email protected]> --- 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 +inet TCP over IPv4 only +inet6 TCP over IPv6 only +unix UNIX 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 _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
