VNC Config protocol needed? (was: Re: An other encoder (to test))

[Jonathan Morton]

>Finally, VNC is somewhat unique even among open source projects in the rich
>diversity of strong implementations and associated development groups - the
>entire VNC community would benefit greatly from enough coordination to ensure
>that various impementations interoperate opmimally with one another moving
>into
>the future.  Anyone up for writing an RFC? :-)

The entire protocol really needs an overhaul.  The problem is, everyone
wants to talk about it, but then they say "oh, it'll break all our existing
applications", conveniently forgetting that it's perfectly viable to make
clients and servers compatible with both versions of the protocol.

An RFC-style document describing any "new" protocol would be an advance, I
think.  There is already a PDF file describing the current v3.3 protocol
(without the various recent enhancements) which I am finding sufficient to
build the new VNC Server for Macintosh with.

Personally speaking, I would *love* to get my hands dirty and upgrade the
whole lot!  However, I have severely limited time due to my university
course, and what time I have is being spent on getting up-to-scratch Mac
VNC tools available.  However, I am sure my input would be valued by
whoever wishes to do the "donkey work" of shuffling paper and wordsmithing.
Also, I would not have much difficulty in implementing any new protocol in
my applications.

(runs off and hides under a huge pile of Electronics assignments with
calculator and soldering-iron)

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from:     Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton
mail:     chromi "at" cyberspace.org  (not for attachments)
uni-mail: j.d.morton "at" lancaster.ac.uk

The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it.

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