cygwin-x-doc/ug using.xml,1.6,1.7
Alexander Gottwald <xserver-commit-u7BhqnqprCWvj1b/[email protected]>
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Committed by: ago Update of /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/ug In directory gabe:/tmp/cvs-serv6459/ug Modified Files: using.xml Log Message: 2004-10-02 Alexander Gottwald <[email protected]> * faq/using.xml: General revision. Updated SHM section to describe cygserver support Index: using.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/xserver/cygwin-x-doc/ug/using.xml,v retrieving revision 1.6 retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -d -r1.6 -r1.7 --- using.xml 10 Apr 2004 18:13:51 -0000 1.6 +++ using.xml 2 Oct 2004 22:25:28 -0000 1.7 @@ -196,21 +196,6 @@ for more information on the <parameter>-clipboard</parameter> command-line parameter.</para> -<note> -<para>Clipboard integration between the &x-window-system; and -&windows; is not easy to provide. As of 2003-09-19, the &project; -clipboard integration still suffers from a shortcoming that causes -selected selected in X programs to be immediately unhighlighted. This -issue is very well known and will take somewhere between 40 and 120 -hours of programming to fix; no one has the time to fix it. Please do -not report this to the mailing list as a bug.</para> -</note> - -<para>&project; also has a legacy external clipboard integration -system that consists of a stand-alone executable called -<command>xwinclip</command>. <command>xwinclip</command> can be -installed via &cygwin;'s <command>setup.exe</command>.</para> - </sect1> <!-- END clipboard integration --> @@ -221,20 +206,19 @@ <sect1 id="using-shared-memory"> <title>&title-using-shared-memory;</title> -<para>As of 2003-09-19, shared memory support (i.e. the MIT-SHM -Extension) is enabled in the default distribution of &project;. -However, the shared memory support is only enabled at runtime if the -&cygwin; IPC Daemon (i.e., <command>ipc-daemon2</command>) is running. -The &cygwin; IPC Daemon is available via the -<filename>cygipc</filename> package from &cygwin;'s -<command>setup.exe</command>.</para> - -<para>The &cygwin IPC Daemon can be installed a service on NT-based -platforms and there are some options for starting it automatically on -non-NT-based platforms as well. Please see the -<filename>cygipc</filename> documentation -(e.g. <filename>/usr/share/doc/cygipc-2.01/README</filename>) for more -information.</para> +<para>Shared memory is provided by the <command>cygserver</command> service. +On Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP cygserver can be installed as +a windows service.</para> +<para>To install cygserver run the <command>cygserver-config</command> +script. It will install the service.</para> +<para><filename>XWin.exe</filename> will not use Shared Memory if the +<parameter>CYGWIN</parameter> does not contain the <parameter>server</parameter> +keyword. Starting <command>&file-server-exe;</command> with +<screen> +CYGWIN=server &file-server-exe; +</screen> will enable Shared Memory support if the cygserver service is +running. +</para> </sect1>