some jargon

Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>

1 files changed, 78 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/info/libgamma.texinfo b/info/libgamma.texinfo
index b517c03..a4a6c3e 100644
--- a/info/libgamma.texinfo
+++ b/info/libgamma.texinfo
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
 
 @menu
 * Overview::                        Brief overview of @command{libgamma}.
+* Jargon::                          The jargon of @command{libgamma}.
 * Compiling::                       Configuring, compiling and installing @command{libgamma}.
 * Linking::                         Linking your software to @command{libgamma}.
 * API::                             @command{libgamma}'s advanced programming interface.
@@ -84,9 +85,9 @@ However Windows GDI and Quartz/CoreGraphics do
 not receive first-party testing on their target
 platforms but do receive first-party testing
 using a compatibility layer that translates
-the calls to RandR calls. Neither does libgamma,
-currently, receive testing on any of the BSD:s,
-it is only tested on GNU/Linux.
+the calls to RandR calls. Neither does
+@command{libgamma}, currently, receive testing
+on any of the BSD:s, it is only tested on GNU/Linux.
 
 Furthermore @command{libgamma} provides a dummy
 method that can be used to ignore adjustments
@@ -98,6 +99,80 @@ to use another adjustment method such as RandR.
 
 
 
+@node Jargon
+@chapter Jargon
+
+@command{libgamma} uses a small jargon,
+parts of which is loaned from X.org,
+and some is commonly used jargon.
+
+@table @asis
+@item adjustment method [libgamma]
+A combination of the display server
+and a protocol used to tell to the
+display server.
+
+@item display server [X.org]
+The program used to display graphical
+elements to the monitors. In @command{libgamma}
+we also call the non-graphical environment
+a display server.
+
+@item display [X.org]
+@itemx site [libgamma]
+An instance of a display server.
+Non-graphical environment are only
+covered by `site'.
+
+@item screen [X.org]
+A group of CRTC:s within a display.
+
+@item CRTC
+@itemx cathode ray tube controller
+TODO
+
+@item monitor
+The physical medium used to display
+text and graphics.
+
+@item partition [libgamma]
+Umbrella term for `screen' and
+`graphics card'.
+
+@item page [libgamma]
+The desktop workspace or virtual
+terminal that is display on a CRTC.
+(This jargon is not currently used,
+but is reserved for future features.)
+
+@item output [X.org]
+TODO
+
+@item connector
+TODO
+
+@item encoder
+TODO
+
+@item gamma ramp
+@itemx colour curve
+A lookup table that translates an encoded
+value for a subpixel into its output value.
+
+@item subpixel
+@itemx colour channel
+One of the three colours that makes up a pixel:
+red, green or blue.
+
+@item gamma ramp size
+@itemx gamma stops
+The number of possible values on the encoding
+axis of a gamma ramp.
+
+@end table
+
+
+
 @node Compiling
 @chapter Compiling