Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of NetworkProtocol

Timestamp:

03/24/14 05:33:18 (7 years ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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NetworkProtocol

@@ -6 +6 @@
 * General packets that flow in both direction:
 ||= Packet Type =||= Arguments =||= Purpose =||= Actions Required =||
-||hello||a dictionary containing connection options||authentication (if required), setup of keyboard, configuration options, etc||either accept the connection and send a hello back as acknowledgement, send a challenge request or disconnect||
+||hello||a dictionary containing connection options and capabilities||authentication (if required), setup of keyboard, configuration options, etc||either accept the connection and send a hello back as acknowledgement, send a challenge request or disconnect||
 ||ping||time to be echoed back||monitor connection state, collect latency statistics||The receiver ''must'' send a {{{ping-echo}}} back||
 ||ping-echo||echoed time, load average, measured latency||response to ping||none, it ''should'' be used to collect latency statistics||
@@ -12 +12 @@
 ||connection-lost||none||sent by the network layer when the network connection has dropped||free any resources||
 ||gibberish||none||sent by the network layer when the network received unparseable data, data decompression failed or decryption failed||disconnect the connection and free any resources||
-}}}
+
+* Packets sent by the server
+||= Packet Type =||= Arguments =||= Purpose =||= Actions Required =||= Client Capability Required =||
+||startup-complete||none||notifies the client that all the windows have been sent||none||notify-startup-complete||
+||new-window||many!||tells the client to create a new window||the client ''should'' show the new window, it should eventually send a {{{map-window}}} packet with the location of the window||none||