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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!frankensun.altair.com!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!bcm.tmc.edu!newshost.convex.com!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!eua.ericsson.se!erinews.ericsson.se!news.seinf.abb.se!news.mdh.se!columba.udac.uu.se!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.uni-c.dk!kroete2!not-for-mail From: erik@kroete2.freinet.de (Erik Corry) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Sometimes you need X server source (Was: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium) Followup-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 23:06:50 GMT Organization: Home Lines: 20 Sender: news@kroete2.freinet.de (news) Message-ID: <Dq6o7E.5sp@kroete2.freinet.de> References: <4j21ph$crr@slappy.cs.utexas.edu> <4j36ev$prl@news.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de> <4ja099$r8k@ceylon.gte.com> <ragnaroek1996Mar28.063723.8733@news2.compulink.com> <4jkg1l$dl@titan.saturn.net> <ragnaroek1996Apr18.090109.14374@news2.compulink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: arh169.ppp.uni-c.dk X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950515BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14635 comp.os.linux.development.system:21782 comp.os.linux.hardware:36744 comp.os.linux.setup:51210 comp.os.linux.x:29738 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:693 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3325 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17683 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3169 jw (rockson@idirect.com) wrote: : Try reading the X consortium documentation on LBX. As far as I can : tell, all LBX is doing is stream compression using the LZW algorithm. : If you have any documentation that says the opposite, please point it : out to me so that I may stand corrected. How hard did you look? From the X FAQ: > LBX will go beyond XRemote by adding proxy caching of commonly-used > information (e.g. connection setup data, large window properties, > font metrics, keymaps, etc.) and a more efficient encoding of the X > protocol. The hope is to have a Standard ready for public review in the > first half of next year and a sample implementation available in R6. -- You couldn't deny that, even if you tried with both hands. -- The Red Queen -- Erik Corry ehcorry@inet.uni-c.dk http://inet.uni-c.dk/~ehcorry/