From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 06:40:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E819016A504 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 06:40:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from walt@wump.org) Received: from mxsf25.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf25.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64DF543D46 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 06:40:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from walt@wump.org) Received: from mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.144]) by mxsf25.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k856eieu008678 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 02:40:45 -0400 Received: from 68-116-98-9.dhcp.rsbg.or.charter.com (HELO [10.0.0.10]) ([68.116.98.9]) by mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 05 Sep 2006 02:40:45 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.08,211,1154923200"; d="scan'208"; a="2744032:sNHT23434008" Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: wump@sorcom.com@mail.mcsi.net Message-Id: Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 23:40:38 -0700 To: doc@freebsd.org From: Walt Pawley Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Subject: possible clarification X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:40:47 -0000 IMHO, at this page ... http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-understanding.html ... section ... 5.2.2 The X Client/Server Model ... this statement, seemingly intended to clarify the client/server relationship in X11, ... "It is important to remember that the X server is the machine with the monitor and keyboard, and the X clients are the programs that display the windows." ... has just the opposite effect on me. Either I'm still confused about said relationship or something like the following might be clearer: "It is important to remember that the X server is the machine with the display, mouse and keyboard, and the X clients are the programs that send data to server to be displayed in a window or receive data from the server's input devices." -- Walter M. Pawley Wump Research & Company 676 River Bend Road, Roseburg, OR 97470 541-672-8975