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diff --git a/doc/info/mds.texinfo b/doc/info/mds.texinfo index 8e403d5..399793c 100644 --- a/doc/info/mds.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/mds.texinfo @@ -5973,6 +5973,9 @@ These functions are defined as pure and @code{static inline}. @node Message Structure @subsection Message Structure +@tpindex @code{mds_message_t} +@tpindex @code{struct mds_message} +@cpindex Message passing, data structure Apart from internal data @code{mds_message_t} contains four variables: @@ -6005,23 +6008,27 @@ are @code{mds_message_t*} with the @code{restrict} modifier. @table @asis @item @code{mds_message_initialise} [(@code{this}) @arrow{} @code{int}] +@fnindex @code{mds_message_initialise} Initialises @code{*this} so that it can be used by @code{mds_message_read}. Returns zero on and only on success. On failure you should destroy @code{*this} using @code{mds_message_destroy}. @item @code{mds_message_zero_initialise} [(@code{this}) @arrow{} @code{void}] +@fnindex @code{mds_message_zero_initialise} This function is similar to @code{mds_message_initialise}, however it cannot fail and thus have no return value. The difference it is action is that it will not allocate an internal buffer. @item @code{mds_message_extend_headers} [(@code{this, size_t extent}) @arrow{} @code{int}] +@fnindex @code{mds_message_extend_headers} Ensures that @code{extent} additional headers can be stored in the @code{*this}. Returns zero on and only on success. @item @code{mds_message_read} [(@code{this, int fd}) @arrow{} @code{int}] +@fnindex @code{mds_message_read} Reads the next message from the socket file descriptor @code{fd} and stores it in @code{*this}. Returns zero on success and non-zero on error or interruption. @code{*this} @@ -6032,11 +6039,13 @@ that the message is malformated, which is a state that cannot be recovered from. @item @code{mds_message_compose_size} [(@code{const this}) @arrow{} @code{size_t}] +@fnindex @code{mds_message_compose_size} This function is to @code{mds_message_compose} as @code{mds_message_marshal_size} is to @code{mds_message_marshal}. @item @code{mds_message_compose} [(@code{const this, char* restrict data}) @arrow{} @code{void}] +@fnindex @code{mds_message_compose} This function is similar to @code{mds_message_marshal}. The only difference is that it will not store internal data and instead create a message that can be broadcasted @@ -8517,7 +8526,7 @@ usually a north-east or north-north-east pointing arrow. @end example @page -@item text +@item context-menu This cursor indicates the same state as @command{default} with he addition that the object beneath it can be right-clicked (left-clicked if left-handed) to open a @@ -9631,6 +9640,11 @@ at the arrow heads. @node Nesting Applications @section Nesting Applications +@cpindex Nesting applications +@cpindex Applications, nesting +@cpindex Embedding applications +@cpindex Applications, embedding +@vrindex @env{MDS_EMBED} Applications that want to embed another other application within it, should create a socket and start the other application with the @@ -9656,6 +9670,14 @@ it starts any other program. @node The Real Display Server @section The Real Display Server +@cpindex Real display server +@cpindex Actual display server +@cpindex Preferred display server +@cpindex Display server, real +@cpindex Display server, actual +@cpindex Display server, preferred +@cpindex Compatibility layers +@vrindex @env{PREFERRED_DISPLAY} The environment variable @env{PREFERRED_DISPLAY}, should be set with the value @code{mds}, if and only if @command{mds} is started @@ -9677,14 +9699,23 @@ Be sure to keep the list ordered by preference. @table @code @item mir +@pgindex @command{mds-mmds} +@cpindex Compatibility layer, Mir +@cpindex Mir compatibility layer Should be added if you are running a @command{mir}-to-@command{mds} server, like @command{mds-mmds}. @item wayland +@pgindex @command{mds-wmds} +@cpindex Compatibility layer, Wayland +@cpindex Wayland compatibility layer Should be added if you are running a @command{wayland}-to-@command{mds} server, like @command{mds-wmds}. @item x11 +@pgindex @command{mds-xmds} +@cpindex Compatibility layer, X.org +@cpindex X.org compatibility layer Should be added if you are running an @command{X}-to-@command{mds} server, like @command{mds-xmds}. @@ -9704,6 +9735,10 @@ like @command{mds-xmds}. @node Metadisplay Server @section Metadisplay Server +@cpindex Metadisplay server +@pgindex @code{mds-meta} +@cpindex Display server, meta +@cpindex Multi-display systems A metadisplay server is a server that is connected to one or more display server's simultaneously. Additionally, it is acting as a display server on @@ -9722,6 +9757,9 @@ display server. Not only will this let the user run any server this way. It also makes it possible to run them across any number of computers. +@pgindex @code{@command{mds-host}} +@pgindex @command{mds-remote} +@pgindex Networking If a hosting server, like @command{mds-host}, runs inside a metadisplay, any number of computers can connect to the metadisplay using a server like |