svn commit: r42885 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11

[Dru Lavigne]

Author: dru
Date: Mon Oct  7 22:43:19 2013
New Revision: 42885
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42885

Log:
  This patch addresses blackend's comment on desktop environments and bjk's comment on client/server confusion.
  
  Approved by:	gjb (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	Mon Oct  7 22:35:07 2013	(r42884)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	Mon Oct  7 22:43:19 2013	(r42885)
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@
 	The server's responsibility includes tasks such as managing
 	the display, handling input from the keyboard and mouse, and
 	handling input or output from other devices such as a tablet
-	  or a video projector.</para>
+	or a video projector.  This confuses some people, because the X terminology is
+	exactly backward to what they expect.  They expect the
+	<quote>X server</quote> to be the big powerful machine down
+	the hall, and the <quote>X client</quote> to be the machine
+	on their desk.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@
 	<term>desktop environment</term>
 
 	<listitem>
-      <para>Some window managers, such as <application>KDE</application> and
+      <para><application>KDE</application> and
 	<application>GNOME</application> are considered to be desktop environments
 	as they include an entire suite of applications for performing
 	common desktop tasks.  These may include office suites, web