Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpbbn!hpgnd!alex
From: alex@hpgnd.grenoble.hp.com (Alexis MERMET-GRANDFILLES)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: ICCM and Properties
Message-ID: <2190001@hpgnd.grenoble.hp.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 16:33:40 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, GND
Lines: 47

Hello,

1/

I am looking for the latest Inter Client Communication Conventions document.

I have got the O'reily books which say that it should appear in the 
Appendix L of the volume 0 : X protocol Reference Manual.

Unfortunately, my volume 0 book ends at appendix K. too bad...

Does anybody know where to find this text or this document ?


2/

I am trying to find out what is the best way to transfer quite a big
amount of Data ( Several KBytes ) between 2 X clients.

In fact, I am thinking of a X11 client which acts as a server for many
other clients. On the request of those clients, this 'server'
would send somehow some kind of data, from a few bytes to several KBytes
to the requesting client.

I was thinking of writing the complete buffer into a pre-defined root
window property, and then , sending a ClientMessage to the waiting client
to tell him the data is ready and where it is.


Does this sound feasable ?
Any performance concerns ? 
Any better ideas ?

What is the limitted amount of data that a X11-server may store in
a single property ?


Thank very much for any help !



--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alexis MERMET-GRANDFILLES             HEWLETT-PACKARD
Tel: 76 62 12 11                      Grenoble Network Division
Fax: 76 62 52 00                      5 avenue Raymond Chanas - EYBENS
alex@hpgndxo.hp.com                   38053 GRENOBLE CEDEX 9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------