| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I am looking for some information on the X protocol. A general
description of the protocol would be very helpful. If anyone has
any information on how the protocol is implemented on both a LAN
and a WAN topology, it would be greatly appreciated.
Pointers to appropriate notes files alos counts as help too !
Regards,
Gerry O
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| 1904.1 | SDSVAX::SWEENEY | The Finite Voyage | Wed Dec 13 1989 16:06 | 10 | |
The _one_ reference for the protocol is "The X Window System"
Scheiffler, Gettys, Newman and published by Digital Press.
The protocol is the protocol. The implementation of the protocol is up
to the vendor of the client and the vendor of the server.
X is designed to be transport independent. In this respect WAN and LAN
should have identical behavior under X, your patience may vary.
See related conferences in note 2.
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| 1904.2 | CRLMAX::jg | Jim Gettys, Cambridge Research Lab | Thu Dec 14 1989 14:52 | 7 | |
X doesn't care about transport much. Ideally, for a number of reasons, it works best over a reliable duplex byte stream protocol like TCP. DECnet also provides such capability. Note that it is strictly an applications protocol. - Jim | |||||