svn commit: r42885 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11
Dru Lavigne
dru at FreeBSD.org
Mon Oct 7 22:43:20 UTC 2013
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.</para>
+ or a video projector. This confuses some people, because the X terminology is
+ exactly backward to what they expect. They expect the
+ <quote>X server</quote> to be the big powerful machine down
+ the hall, and the <quote>X client</quote> to be the machine
+ on their desk.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@
<term>desktop environment</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Some window managers, such as <application>KDE</application> and
+ <para><application>KDE</application> and
<application>GNOME</application> 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
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