nanogui: Proposed "new" source tree
Subject:
Re: Proposed "new" source tree
From:
Alex Holden ####@####.####
Date:
10 Sep 1999 08:48:00 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9909100901390.1297-100000@www.linuxhacker.org>
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Guan Yang wrote:
> 1. The Server
> At the core of everything is a server, which is either embedded with the
> client or acts as a network server to a Unix domain socket or a TCP/IP
> connection (or even a NetBEUI or IPX connection.) It multiplexes through
> the client connections, processing client calls, and processes data from
> the devices and generates events.
Most likely we won't add support for any kind of networking other than
Unix domain sockets unless someone really wants it (and then it'll
obviously be a config option). Adding support for accessing remote
machines will have a lot of security implications, for one thing.
> 2. The Device Thingie
> The device thingie implements various devices, currently screens,
> keyboards and mice. It communicates with the server. The device thingie
> has to be on the same machine as the server.
That's part of the server itself. There's no point making it seperate from
the server in any sense other than that there is a set API within the
server which can talk to "a keyboard driver" or "a mouse driver" rather
than "a hardware PS2 keyboard driver" or "a linux console keyboard driver"
or whatever.
> 4. The Personality
> A personality is an interface to the core library. A personality may or
> may not implement the entire protocol. Personalities would include a
> "native" personality, an Xlib-like personality, Win32, EPOC32, PalmOS,
> EPOC16, Gdk, or whatever.
I was thinking more of alternate client libs rather than yet another
layer which sits on top of the normal client library.
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