From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 7 22:43:20 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CFCDF89; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:43:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dru@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AC4D2B1C; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:43:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r97MhKnt023879; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:43:20 GMT (envelope-from dru@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from dru@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r97MhKcq023878; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:43:20 GMT (envelope-from dru@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201310072243.r97MhKcq023878@svn.freebsd.org> From: Dru Lavigne Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:43:20 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42885 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:43:20 -0000 Author: dru Date: Mon Oct 7 22:43:19 2013 New Revision: 42885 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42885 Log: This patch addresses blackend's comment on desktop environments and bjk's comment on client/server confusion. Approved by: gjb (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Mon Oct 7 22:35:07 2013 (r42884) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml Mon Oct 7 22:43:19 2013 (r42885) @@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ The server's responsibility includes tasks such as managing the display, handling input from the keyboard and mouse, and handling input or output from other devices such as a tablet - or a video projector. + or a video projector. This confuses some people, because the X terminology is + exactly backward to what they expect. They expect the + X server to be the big powerful machine down + the hall, and the X client to be the machine + on their desk. @@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ desktop environment - Some window managers, such as KDE and + KDE and GNOME are considered to be desktop environments as they include an entire suite of applications for performing common desktop tasks. These may include office suites, web