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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +[](https://travis-ci.org/LibVNC/libvncserver) + LibVNCServer: A library for easy implementation of a VNC server. Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Johannes E. Schindelin @@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ Try example: it outputs on which port it listens (default: 5900), so it is display 0. To view, call vncviewer :0 You should see a sheet with a gradient and "Hello World!" written on it. Try -to paint something. Note that everytime you click, there is some bigger blot, +to paint something. Note that every time you click, there is some bigger blot, whereas when you drag the mouse while clicked you draw a line. The size of the blot depends on the mouse button you click. Open a second vncviewer with the same parameters and watch it as you paint in the other window. This also @@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ works over internet. You just have to know either the name or the IP of your machine. Then it is vncviewer machine.where.example.runs.com:0 or similar for the remote client. Now you are ready to type something. Be sure -that your mouse sits still, because everytime the mouse moves, the cursor is +that your mouse sits still, because every time the mouse moves, the cursor is reset to the position of the pointer! If you are done with that demo, press the down or up arrows. If your viewer supports it, then the dimensions of the sheet change. Just press Escape in the viewer. Note that the server still @@ -112,11 +114,11 @@ Before you draw something, be sure to call This tells LibVNCServer to hide the cursor. Remark: There are vncviewers out there, which know a cursor encoding, so that network traffic is low, and also the cursor doesn't need to be -drawn the cursor everytime an update is sent. LibVNCServer handles +drawn the cursor every time an update is sent. LibVNCServer handles all the details. Just set the cursor and don't bother any more. To set the mouse coordinates (or emulate mouse clicks), call - defaultPtrAddEvent(buttonMask,x,y,cl); + rfbDefaultPtrAddEvent(buttonMask,x,y,cl); IMPORTANT: do this at the end of your function, because this actually draws the cursor if no cursor encoding is active. @@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ kbdReleaseAllKeys(rfbClientPtr cl) ptrAddEvent(int buttonMask,int x,int y,rfbClientPtr cl) is called when the mouse moves or a button is pressed. WARNING: if you want to have proper cursor handling, call - defaultPtrAddEvent(buttonMask,x,y,cl) + rfbDefaultPtrAddEvent(buttonMask,x,y,cl) in your own function. This sets the coordinates of the cursor. setXCutText(char* str,int len,rfbClientPtr cl) is called when the selection changes. @@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ the original code from ORL/AT&T. When I began hacking with computers, my first interest was speed. So, when I got around assembler, I programmed the floppy to do much of the work, because -it's clock rate was higher than that of my C64. This was my first experience +its clock rate was higher than that of my C64. This was my first experience with client/server techniques. When I came around Xwindows (much later), I was at once intrigued by the @@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ modem from home, it was no longer that much fun. When I started working with ASP (Application Service Provider) programs, I tumbled across Tarantella and Citrix. Being a security fanatic, the idea of running a server on windows didn't appeal to me, so Citrix went down the -basket. However, Tarantella has it's own problems (security as well as the +basket. However, Tarantella has its own problems (security as well as the high price). But at the same time somebody told me about this "great little administrator's tool" named VNC. Being used to windows programs' sizes, the surprise was reciprocal inverse to the size of VNC! @@ -323,8 +325,8 @@ If you love products from Redmod, you better skip this paragraph. I am always amazed how people react whenever Microsoft(tm) puts in some features into their products which were around for a long time. Especially reporters seem to not know dick about what they are reporting about! But -what is everytime annoying again, is that they don't do it right. Every -concept has it's new name (remember what enumerators used to be until +what is every time annoying again, is that they don't do it right. Every +concept has its new name (remember what enumerators used to be until Mickeysoft(tm) claimed that enumerators are what we thought were iterators. Yeah right, enumerators are also containers. They are not separated. Muddy.) @@ -332,11 +334,13 @@ There are three packages you want to get hold of: zlib, jpeg and pthreads. The latter is not strictly necessary, but when you put something like this into your source: +``` #define MUTEX(s) struct { int something; MUTEX(latex); } +``` Microsoft's C++ compiler doesn't do it. It complains that this is an error. This, however, is how I implemented mutexes in case you don't need pthreads, @@ -391,7 +395,7 @@ The people at AT&T worked really well to produce something as clean and lean as VNC. The managers decided that for their fame, they would release the program for free. But not only that! They realized that by releasing also the code for free, VNC would become an evolving little child, conquering -new worlds, making it's parents very proud. As well they can be! To protect +new worlds, making its parents very proud. As well they can be! To protect this innovation, they decided to make it GPL, not BSD. The principal difference is: You can make closed source programs deriving from BSD, not from GPL. You have to give proper credit with both. |