From: Kristian Høgsberg Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:53:19 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Drop stuff from notes that are in the spec now X-Git-Tag: 0.85.0~528 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=54c324e1bd7cf4a3b2a5d20ded1e30dbb019b723;p=platform%2Fupstream%2Fwayland.git Drop stuff from notes that are in the spec now --- diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES index 4056959..be48ada 100644 --- a/NOTES +++ b/NOTES @@ -88,42 +88,3 @@ commit event. leading to lost frames. Should never cause tearing though, we're changing the surface contents, not the server back buffer which is what is scheduled for blitting at vsync time. - - -RMI - -The wayland protocol is a async object oriented protocol. All -requests are method invocations on some object. The request include -an object id that uniquely identifies an object on the server. Each -object implements an interface and the requests include an opcode that -identifies which method in the interface to invoke. - -The server sends back events to the client, each event is emitted from -an object. Events can be error conditions. The event includes the -object id and the event opcode, from which the client can determine -the type of event. Events are generated both in repsonse to a request -(in which case the request and the event constitutes a round trip) or -spontanously when the server state changes. - -the get_interface method is called on an object to get an object -handle that implements the specified interface. - - -EMBEDDING OTHER WINDOWS - -X11 lets clients embed windows from other clients other copy pixmap -contents rendered by another client into their window. This is often -used for applets in a panel, browser plugins and similar. Wayland -doesn't directly allow this, but clients can communicate GEM buffer -names out-of-band, for example, using d-bus or as command line -arguments when the panel launches the applet. Another option is to -use a nested wayland instance. For this, the wayland server will have -to be a library that the host application links to. The host -application will then pass the wayland server socket name to the -embedded application, and will need to implement the wayland -compositor interface. The host application composites the client -surfaces as part of it's window, that is, in the web page or in the -panel. The benefit of nesting the wayland server is that it provides -the requests the embedded client needs to inform the host about buffer -updates and a mechanism for forwarding input events from the host -application. diff --git a/spec/main.tex b/spec/main.tex index a379387..32a513c 100644 --- a/spec/main.tex +++ b/spec/main.tex @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ applications. \subsection{Basic Principles} -The wayland protocol is a asynchronous object oriented protocol. All +The wayland protocol is an asynchronous object oriented protocol. All requests are method invocations on some object. The request include an object id that uniquely identifies an object on the server. Each object implements an interface and the requests include an opcode that