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Minor clarifications.

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Markus Armbruster 2005-06-25 17:25:50 +00:00
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@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ The server sends lines of output. Each output line starts with a
character identifying the line, followed by a space, then arbitrary
text, then a line feed.
Identification characters encode small integers called ids. Ids less
than 10 are encoded as decimal digits, and larger ids as lower case
letters starting with 'a'. Symbolic names for ids are defined in
proto.h.
Identification characters encode small integers called output ids.
Ids less than 10 are encoded as decimal digits, and larger ids as
lower case letters, starting with 'a'. Symbolic names for ids are
defined in proto.h.
Clients shall be able to safely handle output lines of arbitrary
length. Naturally, a client may not be able to handle a sufficiently
@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ clients. Likewise, overlong or malformed UTF-8 sequences should not
occur and may be ignored.
The server prompts for input. Each prompt `consumes' one line of
input. Input lines are arbitrary text, terminated by line feed,
optionally preceded by carriage return (decimal 13). Lines should not
contain ASCII control characters other than horizontal tab. Clients
should not send overlong or malformed UTF-8 sequences.
input. Input lines are arbitrary text, terminated by line feed, which
is optionally preceded by carriage return (decimal 13). Lines should
not contain ASCII control characters other than horizontal tab.
Clients should not send overlong or malformed UTF-8 sequences.
A client is called synchronous if it waits for a prompt before it
sends another line of input. Else it is called asynchronous.