Re: Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-20 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon 
>> Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 > I wonder if there is a reasonable key combination to type an acute
 > accent (0xb4) on a (us) keyboard. If so, it wouldn't hurt to mention it.

 Multi_key,',' = ´, is the the correct character?

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Re: Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-20 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon 

>> Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 > I wonder if there is a reasonable key combination to type an acute
 > accent (0xb4) on a (us) keyboard. If so, it wouldn't hurt to mention it.

 Multi_key,',' = ´, is the the correct character?

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Re: Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-19 Thread Joey Hess 
Branden Robinson wrote:
> +   First things first: this symbol is an apostrophe, not a single-quote.  The
> +   glyph did indeed change between XFree86 3.x and XFree86 4.x, fixing a
> +   long-standing bug.
> +
> +   The reasoning behind this change is extensive: see
> +   .

I wonder if there is a reasonable key combination to type an acute
accent (0xb4) on a (us) keyboard. If so, it wouldn't hurt to mention it.

I wonder if a bug should be filed on policy to get its exceessive use of
`foo' and even ``bar'' corrected to `foo´ (or 'foo') and "bar", too. 
The page is pretty convincing..

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Re: Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-19 Thread Joey Hess 

Branden Robinson wrote:
> +   First things first: this symbol is an apostrophe, not a single-quote.  The
> +   glyph did indeed change between XFree86 3.x and XFree86 4.x, fixing a
> +   long-standing bug.
> +
> +   The reasoning behind this change is extensive: see
> +   .

I wonder if there is a reasonable key combination to type an acute
accent (0xb4) on a (us) keyboard. If so, it wouldn't hurt to mention it.

I wonder if a bug should be filed on policy to get its exceessive use of
`foo' and even ``bar'' corrected to `foo´ (or 'foo') and "bar", too. 
The page is pretty convincing..

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Re: Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-18 Thread Branden Robinson 
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:34:10PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > +bits-per-pixel; the number of bits per pixel for a given color depth is an
> > +usually an issue for only the author of a hardware driver to worry about.
> 
> You have an extra "an" at the end of that first line above.

Thanks, fixed.

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Re: Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-18 Thread Ben Collins 
> +bits-per-pixel; the number of bits per pixel for a given color depth is an
> +usually an issue for only the author of a hardware driver to worry about.

You have an extra "an" at the end of that first line above.

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Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-18 Thread Branden Robinson 
This will go into the next 4.1.0 prerelease.  Just thought I'd give you
guys a heads-up.

A few questions have been added, and a few have been updated in the wake
XFree86 4.0.

--- FAQ~Mon Jun 18 22:09:08 2001
+++ FAQ Mon Jun 18 22:09:32 2001
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Debian X Window System Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List
 
-Copyright 1998-2000 Branden Robinson.  This document is licensed under the
+Copyright 1998-2001 Branden Robinson.  This document is licensed under the
 GNU General Public License, version 2 (see /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL).
 
-This document isn't complete yet.  If your question is not answered here, try
-/usr/share/doc//README.Debian (and other files in the package's
-doc directory), manual pages, and the debian-user mailing list.  See
-http://www.debian.org/ for more information about the Debian mailing lists.
+By its nature, this document is not complete.  If your question is not
+answered here, try /usr/share/doc//README.Debian (and other files
+in the package's doc directory), manual pages, and the debian-user mailing
+list.  See http://www.debian.org/ for more information about the Debian
+mailing lists.
 
 Two other FAQ's of interest are available:
   *) The XFree86 FAQ, provided in the xfree86-common package; this FAQ focuses
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 future plans, or to find out how you can help improve the quality of
 Debian's XFree86 packages, check out the X Strike Force:
 
-  http://www.debian.org/~branden/
+  http://people.debian.org/~branden/
 
 CONTENTS
 
@@ -39,10 +40,12 @@
 *) What is a session manager?
 *) What is window focus?
 *) What are X resources?
+*) What are app-defaults?
 
-How-To Questions
+Specific Questions
 *) How do I customize my X session?
 *) How do I change what appears in the root window?
+*) What is the difference between "bits-per-pixel" and "color depth"?
 *) How do I change the color depth of my X server?
 *) How do I run more than one local X server simultaneously?
 *) How do I set up the mouse buttons for left-handed use?
@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@
 *) How do I keep my mouse from going crazy (or going away) when switching
between X and the Linux virtual console?
 *) How do I get the X server to find the "fixed" font?
+*) Why do the "backtick" (`) and apostrophe (') symbols in the fonts not look
+   the way they used to?
 
 GENERAL QUESTIONS
 
@@ -93,7 +98,8 @@
 
 In May 1999, stewardship of the X Window System passed from the Open Group
 to X.Org, a non-profit organization focused exclusively on maintenance and
-further development of the X Window System.
+further development of the X Window System.  X.Org has supervised the release
+of X11R6.5.1.
 
 *) What is XFree86?
 
@@ -269,7 +275,45 @@
 
 [much more remains to be written about this question]
 
-HOW-TO QUESTIONS
+*) What are app-defaults?
+
+Application defaults files ("app-defaults") are essentially a way of
+externalizing an X client's configurable parameter defaults outside the client
+binary, so that they can be changed without recompiling the client.
+
+App-defaults files are mostly, but not exclusively, used only by X clients
+written using the Xt (X Toolkit Intrinsics) library.  On Debian systems they
+can be found in /etc/X11/app-defaults (or a localized subdirectory of
+/etc/X11).
+
+App-defaults are specified using a class/instance syntax and look very similar
+to X resource files (see next question), but there are three very important
+differences between app-defaults and X resources:
+
+  1) A client's app-defaults are generally essential for its useful operation,
+ whereas X resources are always optional.  In other words, you should be
+ able to use an X client without specifying any X resources for it, but if
+ you delete a client's app-defaults file, it may not be usable.
+
+  2) App-defaults implicitly bind to the class name specified in the file name
+ of the app-defaults file.  In other words: if I have an app-defaults file
+ called "Foo", which contains the line:
+
+ *Menu*background: red
+
+ then this is interpreted as "Foo*Menu*background: red".  This is unlike X
+ resources, where a leading asterisk will cause a resource to bind
+ globally to all clients that can resolve the resource name.
+
+  3) App-defaults are resolved only the by client, on the machine from which 
the
+ client is running.  X resources, on the other hand, are stored in the X
+ server and can affect all clients that connect to that server.
+
+Again, the best way to think of app-defaults is as a set of externalized
+default settings for a client.  They work as if they were part of the client
+binary itself.
+
+SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
 
 *) How do I customize my X session?
 
@@ -290,40 +334,123 @@
 xbase-clients package, and can be used to set the root window to a solid
 color, a plaid pattern in two colors, or tile it with a monochrome bitmap.
 
+*) What is the difference between "bits-per-pixel" and "color depth"?
+
+Color depth refers to the number of bits a

Re: Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-18 Thread Branden Robinson 

On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 11:34:10PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> > +bits-per-pixel; the number of bits per pixel for a given color depth is an
> > +usually an issue for only the author of a hardware driver to worry about.
> 
> You have an extra "an" at the end of that first line above.

Thanks, fixed.

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Re: Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-18 Thread Ben Collins 

> +bits-per-pixel; the number of bits per pixel for a given color depth is an
> +usually an issue for only the author of a hardware driver to worry about.

You have an extra "an" at the end of that first line above.

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Debian X FAQ updated

2001-06-18 Thread Branden Robinson 

This will go into the next 4.1.0 prerelease.  Just thought I'd give you
guys a heads-up.

A few questions have been added, and a few have been updated in the wake
XFree86 4.0.

--- FAQ~Mon Jun 18 22:09:08 2001
+++ FAQ Mon Jun 18 22:09:32 2001
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Debian X Window System Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) List
 
-Copyright 1998-2000 Branden Robinson.  This document is licensed under the
+Copyright 1998-2001 Branden Robinson.  This document is licensed under the
 GNU General Public License, version 2 (see /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL).
 
-This document isn't complete yet.  If your question is not answered here, try
-/usr/share/doc//README.Debian (and other files in the package's
-doc directory), manual pages, and the debian-user mailing list.  See
-http://www.debian.org/ for more information about the Debian mailing lists.
+By its nature, this document is not complete.  If your question is not
+answered here, try /usr/share/doc//README.Debian (and other files
+in the package's doc directory), manual pages, and the debian-user mailing
+list.  See http://www.debian.org/ for more information about the Debian
+mailing lists.
 
 Two other FAQ's of interest are available:
   *) The XFree86 FAQ, provided in the xfree86-common package; this FAQ focuses
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 future plans, or to find out how you can help improve the quality of
 Debian's XFree86 packages, check out the X Strike Force:
 
-  http://www.debian.org/~branden/
+  http://people.debian.org/~branden/
 
 CONTENTS
 
@@ -39,10 +40,12 @@
 *) What is a session manager?
 *) What is window focus?
 *) What are X resources?
+*) What are app-defaults?
 
-How-To Questions
+Specific Questions
 *) How do I customize my X session?
 *) How do I change what appears in the root window?
+*) What is the difference between "bits-per-pixel" and "color depth"?
 *) How do I change the color depth of my X server?
 *) How do I run more than one local X server simultaneously?
 *) How do I set up the mouse buttons for left-handed use?
@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@
 *) How do I keep my mouse from going crazy (or going away) when switching
between X and the Linux virtual console?
 *) How do I get the X server to find the "fixed" font?
+*) Why do the "backtick" (`) and apostrophe (') symbols in the fonts not look
+   the way they used to?
 
 GENERAL QUESTIONS
 
@@ -93,7 +98,8 @@
 
 In May 1999, stewardship of the X Window System passed from the Open Group
 to X.Org, a non-profit organization focused exclusively on maintenance and
-further development of the X Window System.
+further development of the X Window System.  X.Org has supervised the release
+of X11R6.5.1.
 
 *) What is XFree86?
 
@@ -269,7 +275,45 @@
 
 [much more remains to be written about this question]
 
-HOW-TO QUESTIONS
+*) What are app-defaults?
+
+Application defaults files ("app-defaults") are essentially a way of
+externalizing an X client's configurable parameter defaults outside the client
+binary, so that they can be changed without recompiling the client.
+
+App-defaults files are mostly, but not exclusively, used only by X clients
+written using the Xt (X Toolkit Intrinsics) library.  On Debian systems they
+can be found in /etc/X11/app-defaults (or a localized subdirectory of
+/etc/X11).
+
+App-defaults are specified using a class/instance syntax and look very similar
+to X resource files (see next question), but there are three very important
+differences between app-defaults and X resources:
+
+  1) A client's app-defaults are generally essential for its useful operation,
+ whereas X resources are always optional.  In other words, you should be
+ able to use an X client without specifying any X resources for it, but if
+ you delete a client's app-defaults file, it may not be usable.
+
+  2) App-defaults implicitly bind to the class name specified in the file name
+ of the app-defaults file.  In other words: if I have an app-defaults file
+ called "Foo", which contains the line:
+
+ *Menu*background: red
+
+ then this is interpreted as "Foo*Menu*background: red".  This is unlike X
+ resources, where a leading asterisk will cause a resource to bind
+ globally to all clients that can resolve the resource name.
+
+  3) App-defaults are resolved only the by client, on the machine from which the
+ client is running.  X resources, on the other hand, are stored in the X
+ server and can affect all clients that connect to that server.
+
+Again, the best way to think of app-defaults is as a set of externalized
+default settings for a client.  They work as if they were part of the client
+binary itself.
+
+SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
 
 *) How do I customize my X session?
 
@@ -290,40 +334,123 @@
 xbase-clients package, and can be used to set the root window to a solid
 color, a plaid pattern in two colors, or tile it with a monochrome bitmap.
 
+*) What is the difference between "bits-per-pixel" and "color depth"?
+
+Color depth refers to the number of bits a