Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!pbinfo!pbinfo-n!swen From: swen@uni-paderborn.de (Swen Thuemmler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Is there an X-Client for the ST? Message-ID: Date: 23 Aug 90 19:52:06 GMT References: <510009@hpbbi4.BBN.HP.COM> Sender: news@uni-paderborn.de (News Uni-Paderborn) Organization: Uni Paderborn FB 17 Informatik GERMANY Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: stefan@hpbbi4.BBN.HP.COM's message of 20 Aug 90 08:19:19 GMT In article <510009@hpbbi4.BBN.HP.COM> stefan@hpbbi4.BBN.HP.COM (#Stefan Bachert) writes: > I can't help, but I think you both mean "server," not "client." An X server > is the program which accepts drawing commands and puts a display up on your > screen. X clients are the programs which send the drawing commands to the > server. Stefan> No, the vice versa is true. Stefan> The SERVER run the program Stefan> The CLIENT is just the DISPLAY. Stefan> Stefan I'm sorry, but you are wrong. The SERVER ist the program which controls the physical display of your machine, i.e. Xsun or Xhp are Servers. The CLIENT is the program which sends protocol messages to the server, requesting drawing and such, i.e. xdbx, xterm, xclock, twm, ... are clients. Regards, Swen ----> Swen Thuemmler * X-Betreuung * <----x-window