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diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index ab75805..a40fbe4 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@ Missing servers:
cursorshadow kill focus colour
state screensaver
-Missing protocols:
-
- drag kkbdrate keytrans multikey
- rat cursor colour state
- focus kill screensaver compositor
- crtc presentation network decorator
- workspace
- embed Embedding windows inside other windows such as a status icon tray
-
-
Extra servers:
kbdbind ratbind gestures dcvs
@@ -33,6 +23,15 @@ Missing commands:
chvt
conf Command line interface for reconfiguring servers
+Missing protocols:
+
+ drag kkbdrate keytrans multikey
+ rat cursor colour state
+ focus screensaver compositor crtc
+ presentation network decorator workspace
+ embed Embedding windows inside other windows such as a status icon tray
+
+
Need testing:
registry
diff --git a/doc/info/mds.texinfo b/doc/info/mds.texinfo
index b3e5e97..d514230 100644
--- a/doc/info/mds.texinfo
+++ b/doc/info/mds.texinfo
@@ -3482,6 +3482,7 @@ or @command{Command: get-gamma}.
@menu
* echo:: Echo back a message.
+* kill:: The window killing protocol.
@end menu
@@ -3521,6 +3522,52 @@ Recommended for network enabled servers.
+@node kill
+@subsection kill
+
+@table @asis
+@item Identifying header:
+@command{Command: kill}
+
+@item Action:
+Kill and identify processes based on the their windows.
+
+@item Required header: @code{Client ID}
+Your ID, provided by the @code{ID assignment} header
+in response to a @code{Command: assign-id} header.
+
+@item Required header: @code{Window ID}
+The ID of the window whose owning process should
+be identified or signaled.
+
+@item Required header: @code{Signal}
+A numerical value of the signal to send to the
+process. It is up to networking protocols to
+translate these numbers of the display spans
+multiple operating systems. The signal zero
+can usually be used if no signal is to be sent,
+this is however dependent on he operating system.
+
+@item Response:
+The server will respond with a
+@command{Command: error} message.
+In this message the server all include an
+ad-hoc header: @code{Process ID}. Its value
+will be the ID of the process that owns the
+window.
+
+@item Purpose:
+Identify and send signal to processes by refering
+to them by one of their windows.
+
+@item Compulsivity:
+Optional.
+
+@item Reference implementation:
+@command{mds-echo}
+@end table
+
+
@node libmdsserver
@chapter libmdsserver