Message-Id: <8908161830.AA17431@tekcrl.LABS.TEK.COM>
To: Tim Glauert <thg%cam-orl.uucp@relay.cs.net>
Cc: xvideo@expo.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Protocol 3.4 Comments
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 9 Aug 89 8:50 BST.
	     <89/08/09 08:50.940 thg@mango>
Date: 16 Aug 89 11:30:20 PDT (Wed)
From: Todd Brunhoff <toddb%tekcrl.labs.tek.com@relay.cs.net>

> In that case, can we change the name `device-controls` to `videoid-controls`
> and the name `device-atoms` to `videoid-atoms` ?

The device atoms are stricly for devices (so that you can identify what kind
of deviceit is), but this are unnecessary for video inputs and outputs
because you already know what kind of device it is.  I'll change
device-controls to just controls (two occurences).

> In general, can the protocol document avoid using `device` or `video device`
> when in means `VIDEOID` ? This will help simpletons like me to read the
> protocol properly.

After scanning the document, I only found two occurences of a reference
to a device when I meant a videoid, and in those cases neither word
was necessary for the explanation.  For example, one of them was in
ChangeVideoControls.  It used to be:

    The control named by the atom and associated
    with the named device is set according to the value...

which I changed to:

    The control named by the atom and associated
    with the specified id is set according to the value

Explicit examples would be appreciated if this is not sufficient.

Todd