Kimbrough@dsg.csc.ti.COM (Kerry Kimbrough) (06/14/88)
Does anyone know exactly this works? Can a client alternately send either X or NeWS protocol over a single connection? Are the basic objects common to both X and NeWS? That is, can I freely convert between an X window and a NeWS window, an X event and a NeWS event, etc.?
Kimbrough@dsg.csc.ti.COM (Kerry Kimbrough) (06/14/88)
[Resent because of network failure. Sorry if you get it twice. But I did correct a typo!] Does anyone know exactly how this works? Can a client alternately send either X or NeWS protocol over a single connection? Are the basic objects common to both X and NeWS? That is, can I freely convert between an X window and a NeWS window, an X event and a NeWS event, etc.?
RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler) (06/15/88)
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 88 12:41:06 CDT
From: Kerry Kimbrough <Kimbrough@dsg.csc.ti.com>
Does anyone know exactly this works?
There was a talk on the subject at the 1988 X Conference, and there
will be a paper on the subject presented at the upcoming Usenix.
Can a client alternately send either X or
NeWS protocol over a single connection?
No. I believe at present the protocols remain "native", on
separate connections.
Are the basic objects common to both X and NeWS?
For the most part, yes.
That is, can I freely convert between an X window and a NeWS window,
Yes.
an X event and a NeWS event, etc.?
This is a little trickier, and I don't remember the details.
As I recall, at the base are NeWS events, and there is an X
input thread that expresses interest in NeWS events and
converts and dispatches them to X clients appropriately.