From 60bb490961ef32ba9f2a65488c3f2d4c25431a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 06:46:47 +0000 Subject: (Display Feature Testing): Explain about "vendor". --- lispref/frames.texi | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'lispref/frames.texi') diff --git a/lispref/frames.texi b/lispref/frames.texi index c2c488873a..736115ef11 100644 --- a/lispref/frames.texi +++ b/lispref/frames.texi @@ -1980,12 +1980,18 @@ about X displays. @defun x-server-version &optional display This function returns the list of version numbers of the X server running the display. The value is a list of three integers: the major -and minor version numbers, and the vendor-specific release number. +and minor version numbers of the X protocol, and the +distributor-specific release number of the X server software itself. @end defun @defun x-server-vendor &optional display -This function returns the ``vendor'' that provided the X server software -(as a string). +This function returns the ``vendor'' that provided the X server +software (as a string). Really this means whoever distributes the X +server. + +When the developers of X labelled software distributors as +``vendors'', they showed their false assumption that no system could +ever be developed and distributed noncommercially. @end defun @ignore -- cgit v1.2.3