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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 |