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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2014-09-07 03:02:52 +0200
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move clipboard protocols into the info manual
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/info/mds.texinfo b/doc/info/mds.texinfo
index f94e6a8..f8f3ba9 100644
--- a/doc/info/mds.texinfo
+++ b/doc/info/mds.texinfo
@@ -1722,6 +1722,7 @@ simple, reference implementation of a, status icon tray.
* Infrastructure Protocols:: Infrastructure protocols.
* Virtual Terminal Protocols:: Virtual terminal protocols.
* Keyboard Protocols:: Keyboard protocols.
+* Clipboard Protocols:: Clipboard protocols.
* Miscellaneous Protocols:: Miscellaneous protocols.
@end menu
@@ -2629,6 +2630,172 @@ Recommended.
+@node Clipboard Protocols
+@section Clipboard Protocols
+
+@menu
+* clipboard:: Read or manipulate a clipboard.
+* clipboard-info:: Clipboard event announcements.
+@end menu
+
+
+
+@node clipboard
+@subsection clipboard
+
+@table @asis
+@item Identifying header:
+@command{Command: clipboard}
+
+@item Action:
+Read or manipulate a clipboard.
+
+@item Required header: @code{Level}
+The clipboard level, an [1, 3] integer:
+@table @code
+@item 1
+Text copied/pasted using the keyboard or a menu item.
+(This level is called `primary'.)
+@item 2
+Text copied/pasted using the rat.
+(This level is called `secondary'.)
+@item 3
+Data to begin with a line describing the data type.
+(This level is called `tertiary'.)
+@end table
+
+@item Required header: @code{Action}
+What to do with the clipboard:
+ add) Write the message to the clipboard
+ read) Read the clipboard
+ clear) Clear all entries on the selected level on the clipboard
+ set-size) Shrink/grow the clipstack
+ get-size) Read the size of the clipstack
+ In the reply, the server will send:
+ Size: <configured maximum size of the clipstack>
+ Used: <number of elements currently in the clipstack>
+
+@item Conditionally required header: @code{Length}
+Length of the message.
+Required if @code{Action: add} is included in the headers.
+
+@item Conditionally required header: @code{Size}
+The maximum number of elements in the clipstack.
+Required if @code{Action: set-size} is included in the headers.
+
+@item Conditionally required header: @code{Client ID}
+Your ID, provided by the @code{ID assignment} header
+in response to a @code{Command: assign-id} header.
+Required if @code{Action: read} or @code{Action: read} is
+included in the headers, or if @code{Action: add} is
+included in the headers and if the header @code{Time to live}
+is included and has a value starting with @code{until-death}.
+
+@item Conditionally optional header: @code{Index}
+The index of the item in the clipstack, starting at 0.
+Available and optional if the @code{Action: read} is
+included in the headers.
+
+@item Conditionally optional header: @code{Time to live}
+The number of seconds the entry should be available before
+it is removed by the server, or:
+@table @code
+@item until-death
+Remove entry when the client closes.
+@item until-death #
+Remove entry when the client closes,
+or @code{#} seconds have elapsed.
+@item forever:
+Never remove it. (This is the default.)
+@end table
+The server will always remove the entry when either:
+@enumerate 1
+@item
+it is at the bottom of the clipstack and a new
+entry is added to the clipstack, or
+@item
+@code{Action: clear} is issued for the clipstack.
+@end enumerate
+The entry will also be removed, unless
+@code{Time to live: forever} is used, if the server
+crashes or is re-executed.
+
+It is up to the implementation to choose when the
+removal actually takes place. For example, the reference
+implementation will pop entries that have timed out when
+a new entry is added, the reading on the clipstack is
+requested or the server is reexecuted, but another
+implement may choose to pop entires asynchronously using
+another thread or an alarm an pop when @code{SIGARLM} is
+received.
+
+Available and optional if the @code{Action: add} is
+included in the headers.
+
+@item Message:
+The content to add to the clipboard.
+
+@item Purpose:
+Enable the user to duplicate content from one process
+into another process without requiring those processes
+to be aware of eathother to any extent.
+
+@item Compulsivity:
+Optional.
+
+@item Reference implementation:
+@command{mds-clipboard}
+@end table
+
+
+
+@node clipboard-info
+@subsection clipboard-info
+
+@table @asis
+@item Identifying header:
+@command{Command: clipboard-info}
+
+@item Action:
+The clipboard server sends out some information about
+what it is doing, such as automatically removing entires.
+
+@item Included header: @code{Event}
+@table @code
+@item pop
+The value of the header @code{Event} is @code{pop}
+when an item in the clipstack has been removed.
+If the value header--value-pair is used the following
+headers will also be included in the message:
+@table @code
+@item Level
+The clipboard level that has been affected.
+@item Popped
+The index of the item in the clipstack that has been removed.
+@item Size
+Configured maximum size of the clipstack.
+@item Used
+Number of elements currently in the clipstack.
+@end table
+@item crash
+The value of the header @code{Event} is @code{crash} when
+the clipboard has been reset because of a software crash.
+@end table
+
+@item Purpose:
+Enable clients to get notification about changes
+to the clipboard, that cannot trivially derived
+from @command{Command: clipboard}
+
+@item Compulsivity:
+Optional add-on to the clipboard's functionallity.
+
+@item Reference implementation:
+@command{mds-clipboard}
+@end table
+
+
+
@node Miscellaneous Protocols
@section Miscellaneous Protocols
diff --git a/doc/protocols b/doc/protocols
index cbfca47..52c61bf 100644
--- a/doc/protocols
+++ b/doc/protocols
@@ -1,110 +1,5 @@
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-Command: clipboard
- Read or manipulate a clipboard
-
-Required header: Level
- The clipboard level, an [1, 3] integer:
- 1 "primary". Text copied/pasted using
- the keyboard or a menu item
- 2 "secondary". Text copied/pasted using the rat
- 3 "tertiary". Non-text, it is customary for this
- data to begin with a line describing
- the data type.
-
-Required header: Action
- What to do with the clipboard:
- add) Write the message to the clipboard
- read) Read the clipboard
- clear) Clear all entries on the selected level on the clipboard
- set-size) Shrink/grow the clipstack
- get-size) Read the size of the clipstack
- In the reply, the server will send:
- Size: <configured maximum size of the clipstack>
- Used: <number of elements currently in the clipstack>
-
-Conditionally required header: Length
- Required if: `Action: add`
- Length of the message
-
-Conditionally required header: Size
- Required if: `Action: set-size`
- The maximum number of elements in the clipstack
-
-Conditionally required header: Client ID
- Your ID, provided by `ID assignment`
- in response to `Command: assign-id`.
- Required if: `Action: add` and a header starting with
- `Time to live: until-death`
- Required if: `Action: read`
- Required if: `Action: get-size`
-
-Conditionally optional header: Index
- Available and optional if: `Action: read`
- The index of the item in the clipstack, starting at 0
-
-Conditionally optional header: Time to live
- Available and optional if: `Action: add`
- The number of seconds the entry should be available
- before it is removed by the server, or:
- until-death: remove entry when the client closes
- until-death #: remove entry when the client closes,
- or # seconds have elapsed
- forever: never remove it (default)
- The server will always remove the entry when:
- 1) it is at the bottom of the clipstack and a new
- entry is added to the clipstack
- 2) `Action: clear` is issued for the clipstack
- The entry will also be removed, unless
- `Time to live: forever`, if the server crashes or is
- reexecuted.
- It is up to the implementation to choose when
- the removal actually takes place. For example,
- the reference implementation will pop entries
- that have timed out when a new entry is added,
- the reading on the clipstack is requested or the
- server is reexecuted, but another implement may
- choose to pop entires asynchronously using another
- thread or an alarm an pop when when SIGARLM is
- received.
-
-Message: The content to add to the clipboard
-
-Purpose: Enable the user to duplicate content from one process
- into another process without requiring those processes
- to be aware of eathother to any extent
-
-Compulsivity: optional
-
-Reference implementation: mds-clipboard
-
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Command: clipboard-info
- The clipboard server sends out some information about
- what it is doing, such as automatically removing entires
-
-Included header: Event
- pop) An item in the clipstack has been removed
- Included headers:
- Level: The clipboard level that has been affected
- Popped: The index of the item in the clipstack
- that has been removed
- Size: Configured maximum size of the clipstack
- Used: Number of elements currently in the clipstack
- crash) The clipboard has been reset because of a software crash
-
-Purpose: Enable clients to get notification about changes
- to the clipboard, that cannot trivially derived
- from `Command: clipboard`
-
-Compulsivity: optional, optional add-on to the
- clipboard's functionallity
-
-Reference implementation: mds-clipboard
-
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Command: add-tray-icon
Add a status icons to the status icon tray
The client should keep in mind that there can be any number of