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diff --git a/doc/info/mds.texinfo b/doc/info/mds.texinfo index f333648..84afb5a 100644 --- a/doc/info/mds.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/mds.texinfo @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled * Architecture:: Architectural overview of @command{mds}. * Protocol:: The @command{mds} procotol. * Utilities:: About @command{mds} utilities. +* Servers:: About @command{mds} servers. * libmdsserver:: Overview of @command{libmdsserver}. * mds-base:: Overview of @command{mds-base}. * GNU Free Documentation License:: Copying and sharing this manual. @@ -868,6 +869,84 @@ to starta process in a new process group. +@node Servers +@chapter Servers + +An @command{mds} display server instance is comprised of +multiple small servers that each implements a small part +of the display server's functionallity. This chapter will +include all servers but the master sever and the kernel, +the latter of which is not actually a server. + +@menu +* mds-echo:: The @command{mds-echo} server. +* mds-registry:: The @command{mds-registry} server. +* mds-vt:: The @command{mds-vt} server. +* mds-clipboard:: The @command{mds-clipboard} server. +* mds-kkbd:: The @command{mds-kkbd} server. +@end menu + + + +@node mds-echo +@section mds-echo + +@command{mds-echo} is a server that echos message that +contain the header--value pair @command{Command: echo}. +This server can be used for debugging and testing as +well as to enable network heartbeats. + + + +@node mds-registry +@section mds-registry + +@command{mds-registry} is a server that keeps a registry +of all protocols that are supported they the sum of all +active servers. It can also be used by other servers to +wait until a protocol has become available. + + + +@node mds-vt +@section mds-vt + +@command{mds-vt} is the server that acquires a virtual +terminal for the display, manages virtual terminal +switches and enables other servers to get access to +the virtual terminal's TTY and informs them of which +virtual terminal the display is located on. It also +enables other servers to switch the virtual terminals +mode to graphical mode or text mode. + + + +@node mds-clipboard +@section mds-clipboard + +@command{mds} has three clipboards, one for copied +text, one for selected text, and one for non-textual +data. Each of these clipboards are stacks, just +like in GNU Emacs. @command{mds-clipboard} implements +these clipboards and automatic removal of outdated +clips. Clips can be configured to expire based on +time or when its originator closes. + + + +@node mds-kkbd +@section mds-kkbd + +@command{mds-kkbd} implements access to the kernel-based +keyboard. It does not however implement delay and rate +configurations for the kernel-based keyboard as that +requires root privileges. The kernel-based keyboard is +a keyboard that can be accessed by reconfiguring +stdin in a TTY using @code{ioctl} and then read from +stdin. + + + @node libmdsserver @chapter libmdsserver |