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Tiny change in the X11 client/server section.

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It's slightly better to talk about input/output devices (and add
an example of pointer devices other than a mouse), than a simple
'and so on' here.
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Giorgos Keramidas 2008-01-20 23:10:40 +00:00
parent 2b48258742
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=31333
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
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<para>In the X model, the
<quote>X server</quote> runs on the computer that has the keyboard,
monitor, and mouse attached. The server's responsibility includes tasks such as managing
the display, handling input from the keyboard and mouse, and so on.
the display, handling input from the keyboard and mouse, and other
input or output devices (i.e. a <quote>tablet</quote> can be used as
an input device, and a video projector may be an alternative output
device).
Each X application (such as <application>XTerm</application>, or
<application>&netscape;</application>) is a <quote>client</quote>. A
client sends messages to the server such as <quote>Please draw a