docs/rfb_notes

   1 5.1.1 ProtocolVersion: 12, 12 bytes
   2
   3     - Sent by server, max supported
   4         12 ascii - "RFB 003.008\n"
   5     - Response by client, version to use
   6         12 ascii - "RFB 003.003\n"
   7
   8 5.1.2 Authentication: >=4, [16, 4] bytes
   9
  10     - Sent by server
  11         CARD32 - authentication-scheme
  12                 0 - connection failed
  13                     CARD32 - length
  14                     length - reason
  15                 1 - no authentication
  16
  17                 2 - VNC authentication
  18                     16 CARD8 - challenge (random bytes)
  19
  20     - Response by client (if VNC authentication)
  21         16 CARD8 - client encrypts the challenge with DES, using user
  22                    password as key, sends resulting 16 byte response
  23
  24     - Response by server (if VNC authentication)
  25         CARD32 - 0 - OK
  26                  1 - failed
  27                  2 - too-many
  28
  29 5.1.3 ClientInitialisation: 1 byte
  30     - Sent by client
  31         CARD8 - shared-flag, 0 exclusive, non-zero shared
  32
  33 5.1.4 ServerInitialisation: >=24 bytes
  34     - Sent by server
  35         CARD16 - framebuffer-width
  36         CARD16 - framebuffer-height
  37         16 byte PIXEL_FORMAT - server-pixel-format
  38             CARD8 - bits-per-pixel
  39             CARD8 - depth
  40             CARD8 - big-endian-flag, non-zero is big endian
  41             CARD8 - true-color-flag, non-zero then next 6 apply
  42             CARD16 - red-max
  43             CARD16 - green-max
  44             CARD16 - blue-max
  45             CARD8 - red-shift
  46             CARD8 - green-shift
  47             CARD8 - blue-shift
  48             3 bytes - padding
  49         CARD32 - name-length
  50
  51         CARD8[length] - name-string
  52
  53
  54
  55 Client to Server Messages:
  56
  57 5.2.1 SetPixelFormat: 20 bytes
  58     CARD8: 0 - message-type
  59     ...
  60
  61 5.2.2 FixColourMapEntries: >=6 bytes
  62     CARD8: 1 - message-type
  63     ...
  64
  65 5.2.3 SetEncodings: >=8 bytes
  66     CARD8: 2 - message-type
  67     CARD8    - padding
  68     CARD16   - numer-of-encodings
  69
  70     CARD32   - encoding-type in preference order
  71         0 - raw
  72         1 - copy-rectangle
  73         2 - RRE
  74         4 - CoRRE
  75         5 - hextile
  76
  77 5.2.4 FramebufferUpdateRequest (10 bytes)
  78     CARD8: 3 - message-type
  79     CARD8    - incremental (0 for full-update, non-zero for incremental)
  80     CARD16   - x-position
  81     CARD16   - y-position
  82     CARD16   - width
  83     CARD16   - height
  84
  85
  86 5.2.5 KeyEvent: 8 bytes
  87     CARD8: 4 - message-type
  88     CARD8    - down-flag
  89     2 bytes  - padding
  90     CARD32   - key (X-Windows keysym values)
  91
  92 5.2.6 PointerEvent: 6 bytes
  93     CARD8: 5 - message-type
  94     CARD8    - button-mask
  95     CARD16   - x-position
  96     CARD16   - y-position
  97
  98 5.2.7 ClientCutText: >=9 bytes
  99     CARD8: 6 - message-type
 100     ...
 101
 102
 103 Server to Client Messages:
 104
 105 5.3.1 FramebufferUpdate
 106     CARD8: 0 - message-type
 107     1 byte   - padding
 108     CARD16   - number-of-rectangles
 109
 110     CARD16   - x-position
 111     CARD16   - y-position
 112     CARD16   - width
 113     CARD16   - height
 114     CARD16   - encoding-type:
 115         0 - raw
 116         1 - copy rectangle
 117         2 - RRE
 118         4 - CoRRE
 119         5 - hextile
 120
 121         raw:
 122             - width x height pixel values
 123
 124         copy rectangle:
 125             CARD16 - src-x-position
 126             CARD16 - src-y-position
 127
 128         RRE:
 129             CARD32  - N number-of-subrectangles
 130             Nxd bytes - background-pixel-value (d bits-per-pixel)
 131
 132         ...
 133
 134 5.3.2 SetColourMapEntries (no support)
 135     CARD8: 1 - message-type
 136     ...
 137
 138 5.3.3 Bell
 139     CARD8: 2 - message-type
 140
 141 5.3.4 ServerCutText
 142     CARD8: 3 - message-type
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