On Tuesday 23 July 2002 7:33 pm, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Nigel Peck wrote: > > It's just I would have thought I needed a client, not a server, to do > > that. > > In X, the local display is handled by a server, and the applications are > clients. It's confusing, but the bottom line is that anything you see on > your screen is a client, not a server.
Okay, Look at it this way. A server has resources, which it then makes available as services. A client who wishes to use those resources have to use the available services. The X server has hold of you screen, keyboard, and mouse. Gimp, wants to display a window on your screen, so it calls the 'Open Window' service on the 'X' server; Gimp then calls the 'Paint Panel' service on your X server; etc. Gimp is the X client because it is using the services of your 'X' server. HTH -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
