[PATCH v1] rephrasing the index.html to match the current shape of the project

Silvan Jegen s.jegen at gmail.com
Fri Nov 27 08:02:08 PST 2015


Hi

Found a few typos that I point out below.

On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 03:35:11PM +0100, Benoit Gschwind wrote:
> I added bryce comments, my comments and my favorite capitalization.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> ---
>  index.html | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
> index a9ebcaa..0788cef 100644
> --- a/index.html
> +++ b/index.html
> @@ -12,21 +12,30 @@
>  
>  <h2>Wayland</h2>
>  
> -<p>Wayland is intended as a simpler replacement for X, easier to develop
> -and maintain.  GNOME and KDE are expected to be ported to it.</p>
> -
> -<p>Wayland is a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as
> -well as a C library implementation of that protocol.  The compositor
> -can be a standalone display server running on Linux kernel modesetting
> -and evdev input devices, an X application, or a wayland client itself.
> -The clients can be traditional applications, X servers (rootless or
> -fullscreen) or other display servers.</p>
> -
> -<p>Part of the Wayland project is also the Weston reference
> -implementation of a Wayland compositor.  Weston can run as an X client
> -or under Linux KMS and ships with a few demo clients.  The Weston
> -compositor is a minimal and fast compositor and is suitable for many
> -embedded and mobile use cases.  </p>
> +<p>Wayland intends to replace the X11 protocol. The aim is to be easier
> +to use, improve on the X11 protocol, and perform better.  GNOME and KDE
> +are expected to implement this protocol in their own servers.  The
> +Wayland project produces 3 components: <i>wayland</i>, <i>libwayland</i> and
> +<i>weston</i>.</p>
> +
> +<p><i>wayland</i> is a protocol for sharing screens and input devices between
> +concurent clients.  It defines the way servers and clients talks to each

s/talks/talk/

> +other.  The server is reponsible for setting up screens and input
> +devices, and for displaying the final images that the user sees on the
> +screen.  We term this server a 'compositor'.
> +
> +<p><i>libwayland</i> is a reference library that implements the Wayland
> +protocol.  This library is intended to help developers implement
> +compositors and clients.  This library is split into a client-side part
> +and a server-side part.
> +
> +<p><i>weston</i> is a reference compositor that use <i>libwayland</i> to talk

s/use/uses/

> +with its clients.  It can run under Linux's Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) as a
> +stand-alone compositor, or it can run as X client.  In the later case,

More common is "In the latter case",


Cheers,

Silvan

> +<i>weston</i> creates a virtual screen that is drawn in an X window and creates
> +virtual input devices taken from the X server; this works similarly to
> +Xnest or Xephyr.  <i>weston</i> also includes a few proof-of-concept clients
> +such as weston-flower, weston-gears, and weston-terminal.</p>
>  
>  <p>Information:</p>
>  <ul>
> -- 
> 2.4.10
> 
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