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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>2010-11-06 13:22:59 -0700
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>2010-11-06 13:23:56 -0700
commit0e5a66c82535dd8e9beee9fc4c42c52f90d05f50 (patch)
tree42394da01f28b8f6244b6c671f65b5c59def74bf /doc/xtrans.xml
parent1858516e9f0f3e65cc3d1f6cedfe8bfa614c8082 (diff)
doc: Update for X11R7/modularization
Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
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1 files changed, 79 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/doc/xtrans.xml b/doc/xtrans.xml
index 208a438..ec8b42d 100644
--- a/doc/xtrans.xml
+++ b/doc/xtrans.xml
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@
<bookinfo>
<title>X Transport Interface</title>
<subtitle>X Consortium Standard</subtitle>
- <releaseinfo>X Version 11, Release 6.X</releaseinfo>
+ <releaseinfo>X Version 11, Release 7.X</releaseinfo>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Stuart</firstname><surname>Anderson</surname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<othercredit><firstname>Ralph</firstname><surname>Mor</surname></othercredit>
+ <othercredit><firstname>Alan</firstname><surname>Coopersmith</surname></othercredit>
<corpname>NCR Corporation</corpname>
- <releaseinfo>Version 0.6</releaseinfo>
+ <releaseinfo>Version 0.7</releaseinfo>
<affiliation><orgname>The Open Group</orgname></affiliation>
- <productnumber>X Version 11, Release 6.x</productnumber>
+ <productnumber>X Version 11, Release 7.x</productnumber>
<legalnotice>
<para>
@@ -306,6 +307,38 @@ not be used to create a listener.
indicates that this is a <symbol>LOCALCONN</symbol> transport.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><symbol>TRANS_ABSTRACT</symbol></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+indicates that a local connection transport uses the abstract socket namespace.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Some additional flags may be set in the <structfield>flags</structfield>
+field by the library while it is running:
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><symbol>TRANS_DISABLED</symbol></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+indicates that this transport has been disabled.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><symbol>TRANS_NOLISTEN</symbol></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+indicates that servers should not open new listeners using this transport.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><symbol>TRANS_NOUNLINK</symbol></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+set by a transport backend to indicate that the endpoints for its connection
+should not be unlinked.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect1>
@@ -919,47 +952,67 @@ that existing connection types such as <symbol>TCPCONN</symbol>,
possible transport type.
</para>
<para>
-Below are the flags that can be set in <symbol>ConnectionFlags</symbol>
-in the <filename>vendor.cf</filename> or
+In X11R6, the below flags to enable transport types were set in
+<symbol>ConnectionFlags</symbol> in the <filename>vendor.cf</filename> or
<filename>site.def</filename> config files.
</para>
+<para>
+In X11R7 modular releases, these flags are set when running
+<filename>configure</filename> scripts which include the
+<function>XTRANS_CONNECTION_FLAGS</function> macro from
+<filename>xtrans.m4</filename>.
+</para>
<informaltable pgwide='0' frame='none'>
<tgroup cols='4' align='left'>
- <colspec colname='c1' align='center'/>
- <colspec colname='c2'/>
+ <colspec colname='define' align='center'/>
+ <colspec colname='enable'/>
+ <colspec colname='desc'/>
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry><code>#define</code></entry>
+ <entry>configure flag</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><symbol>TCPCONN</symbol></entry>
+ <entry><option>--enable-tcp-transport</option></entry>
<entry>
Enables the INET (IPv4) Domain Socket based transport
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><symbol>IPv6</symbol></entry>
+ <entry><option>--enable-ipv6</option></entry>
<entry>
Extends <symbol>TCPCONN</symbol> to enable IPv6 Socket based transport
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><symbol>UNIXCONN</symbol></entry>
+ <entry><option>--enable-unix-transport</option></entry>
<entry>
Enables the UNIX Domain Socket based transport
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><symbol>STREAMSCONN</symbol></entry>
+ <entry><emphasis>Not available in X11R7</emphasis></entry>
<entry>
Enables the TLI based transports
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><symbol>LOCALCONN</symbol></entry>
+ <entry><option>--enable-local-transport</option></entry>
<entry>
Enables the SYSV Local connection transports
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><symbol>DNETCONN</symbol></entry>
+ <entry><emphasis>Not available in X11R7</emphasis></entry>
<entry>
Enables the DECnet transports
</entry>
@@ -1036,10 +1089,17 @@ concurrently with this document. This prototype has been able to flush out many
details and problems as the specification was being developed.
</para>
<para>
-All of the source code for this interface is located in
+In X11R6, all of the source code for this interface was located in
<filename>xc/lib/xtrans</filename>.
</para>
<para>
+In X11R7, all of the source code for this interface is delivered via
+the <systemitem>lib/libxtrans</systemitem> modular package from X.Org,
+and is installed under
+<filename><replaceable>${prefix}</replaceable>/X11/Xtrans</filename>
+so that other modules may find it when they build.
+</para>
+<para>
All functions names in the source are of the format
<function>TRANS(func)()</function>. The
<function>TRANS()</function>
@@ -1062,27 +1122,20 @@ that is implemented by the library or server, such as X11, FS, and ICE.
<para>
All libraries and servers that use the X Transport Interface should have a new
-file called <filename>transport.c</filename>. This file will include the
-transports based on the configuration flags ConnectionFlags. Below is an
-example <filename>transport.c</filename>.
+file called <filename><replaceable>TRANSPORT</replaceable>trans.c</filename>.
+This file will include the transports based on the configuration flags
+provided by the <filename>configure</filename> script. Below is an
+example <filename>xfstrans.c</filename> for the font server.
</para>
<programlisting language="C">
-#include "Xtransint.h"
-#ifdef DNETCONN
-#include "Xtransdnet.c"
-#endif
-#ifdef LOCALCONN
-#include "Xtranslocal.c"
-#endif
-#ifdef TCPCONN
-#include "Xtranssock.c"
-#endif
-#ifdef STREAMSCONN
-#include "Xtranstli.c"
-#endif
-#include "Xtrans.c"
-#include "Xtransutil.c"
+#include "config.h"
+
+#define FONT_t 1
+#define TRANS_REOPEN 1
+#define TRANS_SERVER 1
+
+#include &lt;X11/Xtrans/transport.c&gt;
</programlisting>
<para>
The source files for this interface are listed below.