Re: [rfbproto] [PATCH 4/5]: Describe the Tight Encoding.

2009-06-16 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2009-06-16 16:35 skrev Pierre Ossman:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:22:27 +0200
> Peter Rosin  wrote:
> 
>> So, again, I think all these deficiencies should be fixed in a followup
>> commit (or commits)...
>>
> 
> Fair enough. Could you prepare those changes though so this isn't one
> of those things that gets overlooked and forgotten?

Ok, I'll make the series 6 patches long instead.

Cheers,
Peter

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Re: [rfbproto] [PATCH 4/5]: Describe the Tight Encoding.

2009-06-16 Thread Pierre Ossman
On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:22:27 +0200
Peter Rosin  wrote:

> 
> So, again, I think all these deficiencies should be fixed in a followup
> commit (or commits)...
> 

Fair enough. Could you prepare those changes though so this isn't one
of those things that gets overlooked and forgotten?

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Re: [rfbproto] [PATCH 4/5]: Describe the Tight Encoding.

2009-06-16 Thread Peter Rosin
Den 2009-06-16 13:58 skrev Pierre Ossman:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:30:41 +0200
> Peter Rosin  wrote:
> 
>> +The least significant four bits of *compression-control* byte inform
>> +the client which zlib compression streams should be reset before
>> +decoding the rectangle. Each bit is independent and corresponds to a
>> +separate zlib stream that should be reset:
>> +
>> +== 
>> +BitDescription
>> +== 
>> +0  if 1: reset stream 0
>> +1  if 1: reset stream 1
>> +2  if 1: reset stream 2
>> +3  if 1: reset stream 3
>> +== 
> 
> I think the "if 1:" part is implied. :)

Me too, but I wanted to first get the spec as written by Const (or
whoever wrote it) into the document using as little modifications
as possible, strange footnotes, missing references and all. We can
improve the text in later commits.

>> +One of three possible compression methods are supported in the Tight
>> +encoding. These are **BasicCompression**, **FillCompression** and
>> +**JpegCompression**. If the bit 7 (the most significant bit) of
>> +*compression-control* byte is 0, then the compression type is
>> +**BasicCompression**. In that case, bits 7-4 (the most significant four
>> +bits) of *compression-control* should be interpreted as follows:
>> +
>> +=== === ===
>> +BitsBinary valueDescription
>> +=== === ===
>> +5-4 00  *UseStream0*
>> +..  01  *UseStream1*
>> +..  10  *UseStream2*
>> +..  11  *UseStream3*
>> +6   0   ---
>> +..  1   *ReadFilterId*
>> +7   0   **BasicCompression**
>> +=== === ===
>> +
> 
> ReadFilterId is never explained.

It is explaned how it works though, first parapraph below
**BasicCompression**. But I agree that this is not enough.

> And the rest of the document uses lower case and dashes for keywords.

Not consistently, but I agree.

>> +Otherwise, if the bit 7 of *compression-control* is set to 1, then the
>> +compression method is either **FillCompression** or
>> +**JpegCompression**, depending on other bits of the same byte:
>> +
>> +=== === ===
>> +BitsBinary valueDescription
>> +=== === ===
>> +7-4 1000**FillCompression**
>> +..  1001**JpegCompression**
>> +..  any other   invalid
>> +=== === ===
>> +
>> +Note: **JpegCompression** may only be used when *bits-per-pixel* is
>> +either 16 or 32.
> 
> Is this really a requirement, or just how the servers are implemented?
> I.e. will the clients cope with that method when bpp is 8?

Don't think so. My implementation will not.

> We should also mention that the server must not use JPEG when no
> quality level has been selected.
> 
> (I know this is mentioned in your next patch, but it should be pointed
> out here as well for clarity)

Right. I agree.

>> +**FillCompression**
>> +
>> +If the compression type is "fill", then the only pixel value
>> +follows, in client pixel format (see [NOTE1]_). This value applies
>> +to all pixels of the rectangle.
> 
> These tight specific pixels are used everywhere. Perhaps they should be
> mentioned early, like CPIXEL for ZRLE?
> 
> And when you mention "fill" like that, it seems like you're referring
> to some canonical name. I suggest to just leave those kinds of short
> names out and just the **FillCompression** type of names.
> 
>> +**JpegCompression**
>> +
>> +If the compression type is "jpeg", the following data stream looks
>> +like this:
>> +
>> +=== === ===
>> +No. of bytesTypeDescription
>> +=== === ===
>> +1-3 *length* in compact
>> +representation
>> +*length*``U8`` array*jpegData*
>> +=== === ===
>> +
>> +*length* is compactly represented in one, two or three bytes,
>> +according to the following scheme:
>> +
>> +=== ===
>> +Value   Description
>> +

Re: [rfbproto] [PATCH 4/5]: Describe the Tight Encoding.

2009-06-16 Thread Pierre Ossman
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:30:41 +0200
Peter Rosin  wrote:

> +The least significant four bits of *compression-control* byte inform
> +the client which zlib compression streams should be reset before
> +decoding the rectangle. Each bit is independent and corresponds to a
> +separate zlib stream that should be reset:
> +
> +== 
> +BitDescription
> +== 
> +0  if 1: reset stream 0
> +1  if 1: reset stream 1
> +2  if 1: reset stream 2
> +3  if 1: reset stream 3
> +== 

I think the "if 1:" part is implied. :)

> +One of three possible compression methods are supported in the Tight
> +encoding. These are **BasicCompression**, **FillCompression** and
> +**JpegCompression**. If the bit 7 (the most significant bit) of
> +*compression-control* byte is 0, then the compression type is
> +**BasicCompression**. In that case, bits 7-4 (the most significant four
> +bits) of *compression-control* should be interpreted as follows:
> +
> +=== === ===
> +BitsBinary valueDescription
> +=== === ===
> +5-4 00  *UseStream0*
> +..  01  *UseStream1*
> +..  10  *UseStream2*
> +..  11  *UseStream3*
> +6   0   ---
> +..  1   *ReadFilterId*
> +7   0   **BasicCompression**
> +=== === ===
> +

ReadFilterId is never explained.

And the rest of the document uses lower case and dashes for keywords.

> +Otherwise, if the bit 7 of *compression-control* is set to 1, then the
> +compression method is either **FillCompression** or
> +**JpegCompression**, depending on other bits of the same byte:
> +
> +=== === ===
> +BitsBinary valueDescription
> +=== === ===
> +7-4 1000**FillCompression**
> +..  1001**JpegCompression**
> +..  any other   invalid
> +=== === ===
> +
> +Note: **JpegCompression** may only be used when *bits-per-pixel* is
> +either 16 or 32.

Is this really a requirement, or just how the servers are implemented?
I.e. will the clients cope with that method when bpp is 8?

We should also mention that the server must not use JPEG when no
quality level has been selected.

(I know this is mentioned in your next patch, but it should be pointed
out here as well for clarity)

> +**FillCompression**
> +
> +If the compression type is "fill", then the only pixel value
> +follows, in client pixel format (see [NOTE1]_). This value applies
> +to all pixels of the rectangle.

These tight specific pixels are used everywhere. Perhaps they should be
mentioned early, like CPIXEL for ZRLE?

And when you mention "fill" like that, it seems like you're referring
to some canonical name. I suggest to just leave those kinds of short
names out and just the **FillCompression** type of names.

> +**JpegCompression**
> +
> +If the compression type is "jpeg", the following data stream looks
> +like this:
> +
> +=== === ===
> +No. of bytesTypeDescription
> +=== === ===
> +1-3 *length* in compact
> +representation
> +*length*``U8`` array*jpegData*
> +=== === ===
> +
> +*length* is compactly represented in one, two or three bytes,
> +according to the following scheme:
> +
> +=== ===
> +Value   Description
> +=== ===
> +0xxxfor values 0..127
> +1xxx 0yyy   for values 128..16383
> +1xxx 1yyy   for values 16384..4194303
> +=== ===
> +
> +Here each character denotes one bit, xxx are the least
> +significant 7 bits of the value (bits 0-6), yyy are bits 7-13,
> +and  are the most significant 8 bits (bits 14-21). For
> +example, decimal value 1 should be represented as two bytes:
> +binary 1001 0