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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Please respect the format of the date (YYYY-MM-DD) and of the version
Do NOT change these in the translation. --> Do NOT change these in the translation. -->
<date>2003-09-17</date> <date>2003-09-17</date>
<releaseinfo>1.0</releaseinfo> <releaseinfo>1.0.1</releaseinfo>
<!-- Abstract about this handbook --> <!-- Abstract about this handbook -->
@@ -117,6 +117,52 @@ url="http://bugs.kde.org">http://www.bugs.kde.org</ulink>.
</para> </para>
</chapter> </chapter>
<chapter id="what-is-RFB">
<title>The Remote Frame Buffer protocol</title>
<para>
This chapter provides a brief description of the Remote Frame Buffer
protocol used by &krfb; and by other compatible systems. If you are
already familiar with Remote Frame Buffer, you can safely skip this
chapter.
</para>
<para>
The high level implementation of a system using the Remote Frame
Buffer protocol is known as Virtual Network Computer, or more often
just as <acronym>VNC</acronym>.
</para>
<para>
Remote Frame Buffer (or <acronym>RFB</acronym> for short) is a simple
protocol for remote access to graphical user interfaces. It works at
the frame-buffer level, which roughly corresponds to the rendered
screen image, which means that it can be applied to all windowing
systems (including X11, &MacOS; and &Microsoft; &Windows;). Remote
Frame Buffer applications exist for many platforms, and can often be
free re-distributed.
</para>
<para>
In the Remote Frame Buffer protocol, the application that runs on the
machine where the user sits (containing the display, keyboard and
pointer) is called the client. The application that runs on the
machine where the framebuffer is located (which is running the
windowing system and applications that the user is remotely
controlling) is called the server. &krfb; is the &kde; server for the
Remote Frame Buffer protocol. &krdc; is the &kde; client for the
Remote Frame Buffer protocol.
</para>
<para>
It takes a reasonable amount of network traffic to send an image of
the framebuffer, so Remote Frame Buffer works best over high
bandwidth links, such as a local area network. It is still possible to
use &krfb; over other links, but performance is unlikely to be as good.
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="using-krfb"> <chapter id="using-krfb">
<title>Using &krfb;</title> <title>Using &krfb;</title>