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[Gnash-commit] gnash/doc/C/usermanual glossary.xml
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Melissa Goldin |
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[Gnash-commit] gnash/doc/C/usermanual glossary.xml |
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Date: |
Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:18:18 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/gnash
Module name: gnash
Changes by: Melissa Goldin <mushi> 07/08/16 14:18:18
Modified files:
doc/C/usermanual: glossary.xml
Log message:
This is now properly formatted as a true DocBook glossary. Also,
expanded the glossary to include most terms from the wiki.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnash/doc/C/usermanual/glossary.xml?cvsroot=gnash&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
Patches:
Index: glossary.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnash/gnash/doc/C/usermanual/glossary.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- glossary.xml 1 Aug 2007 04:56:26 -0000 1.3
+++ glossary.xml 16 Aug 2007 14:18:17 -0000 1.4
@@ -1,66 +1,136 @@
-<chapter id="glossary">
- <title>Glossary</title>
+<glossary id="glossary">
+<title>Glossary</title>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+
+<glossdiv><title>A</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
ActionScript
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
<emphasis>ActionScript</emphasis>, or "AS", is the scripting
language for <emphasis>Flash</emphasis>
applications. It is compiled to bytecode, which is a subset of
the <emphasis>SWF</emphasis> format.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+<glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ AGG
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ AGG is the AntiGrain 2D graphics library, which can be used as a
renderer in Gnash. It is faster than OpenGL on systems without hardware
graphics acceleration. As of Gnash version 0.7.2 it is the more feature
complete renderer.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
AMF
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
<emphasis>AMF</emphasis>
is the object format used by <emphasis>Flash</emphasis>
for shared objects and streaming video.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ as_environment
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ In Gnash terms, the as_environment, or ActionScript execution
environment, contains a stack of objects, characters and values which are in
the immediate environment of the current fn_call. Please refer to the Gnash
ActionScript manual for more information.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>C</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Cairo
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output
devices. Can be used as a renderer in Gnash. A useful feature of Cairo is that
it will automatically use graphic card acceleration when available. Cairo has
an experimental OpenGL backend.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>D</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ DejaGNU
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ DejaGNU is a framework for testing software.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
DocBook
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
<emphasis>DocBook</emphasis>
is a markup language for presentation-neutral
documentation, such as manuals.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
Doxygen
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
<emphasis>Doxygen</emphasis>
is a documentation generator for for multiple languages
which uses comments in the source code to create stand-alone
documentation.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Drupal
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Drupal is a CMS/blog system used for the main Gnash website.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>E</title>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+<glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
extensions
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
A &app; <emphasis>extension</emphasis> is a plugin (not
a browser plugin) which
@@ -69,28 +139,114 @@
<emphasis>Flash</emphasis> specification.
These are shared libraries which are loaded at runtime.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>F</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ ffmpeg
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ ffmpeg is an audio and video decoding library which can be used by
Gnash to decode mp3, FLV and other media types.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
Flash
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
- The term <emphasis>Flash</emphasis> is used to describe both the
+ The glossterm <emphasis>Flash</emphasis> is used to describe both
the
Adobe IDE for creating <emphasis>SWF</emphasis>
files, and the technology itself.
&app; documentation uses the latter definition.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ FLV
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ FLV is a proprietary file format used to deliver Flash video. It is
used by YouTube, among others.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ FLTK
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ FLTK, or the 'Fast Light ToolKit', is a portable GUI library which
is intended to replace the SDL GUI. Currently in Gnash, FLTK may be used with
the Cairo and AGG renderers. FLTK has an experimental Cairo backend.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ FrameBuffer
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ In Gnash, this is a GUI library that outputs directly to the Linux
Frame Buffer and so does not need a window system to run. This makes it
particularly suitable for use on small devices.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>G</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Gnash
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Gnash is the GNU Flash movie player.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Gstreamer
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Gstreamer is a multimedia framework which Gnash can use for decoding
audio and video. Gstreamer itself cannot decode anything, so it needs some
appropriate decoding-plugins to do the work for it. Remember to install them if
you use Gnash with Gstreamer enabled. To get the best out of Gnashs
gstreamer-parts, it is recommended to install the gst-plugins-good,
gst-plugins-good and gst-ffmpeg plugins packages.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ GTK
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ GTK is the GIMP Toolkit GUI library. It is one of the GUI options
for Gnash. As of Gnash 0.7.2, this is the more performant and feature-rich
choice. GTK uses Cairo internally.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
GUI
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
A <emphasis>GUI</emphasis> is a
"graphical user interface". In &app;, the GUI
@@ -99,14 +255,18 @@
You must choose a GUI library during the
<link linkend="pre-configuration">configuration</link> stage.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+<glossdiv><title>K</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
Klash
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
<emphasis>Klash</emphasis> was the name given to the stand-alone
instance of &app; which used the KDE GUI. It has been replaced with
@@ -114,56 +274,152 @@
refer to the Konqueror plugin as <emphasis>Klash</emphasis>.
The plugin was renamed <emphasis>Kpart</emphasis>.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
Kpart
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
<emphasis>Kpart</emphasis> is a plugin for Konqueror which is
enabled with the <link linkend="features">configuration option</link>
<emphasis>--enable-klash</emphasis>.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>L</title>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ libmad
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ libmad is a mp3-decoding library, which can be used by Gnash's sound
handler to decode mp3-audio.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+
+<glossdiv><title>M</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
Mesa
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
<emphasis>Mesa</emphasis> is the free software OpenGL
implementation. &app; documentation will sometimes use the
- terms 'OpenGL' and 'Mesa' interchangeably.
+ glossterms 'OpenGL' and 'Mesa' interchangeably.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Ming
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Ming is a C library for generating SWF ("Flash") format movies, plus
a set of wrappers for using the library. It is used by the Gnash project for
generating testcases.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>N</title>
+
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Nellymoser
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Nellymoser is a proprietary audio codec introduced in the Flash
Player in version 6. For more information, please see Wikipedia.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>O</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ OpenGL
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a standard specification defining
a cross-language cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 3D
and 2D computer graphics. Accelerated graphic cards usually provide OpenGL at
the hardware level. Please refer to Wikipedia for availability of free software
OpenGL hardware drivers. A free software implementation of the API is available
(Mesa). OpenGL can be used as a renderer in Gnash.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ ORM
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ ORM is a system for ensuring the rights of the creator over a piece
of digital content. It is more passive than DRM.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>P</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
plugin
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
- The term <emphasis>plugin</emphasis> is used in &app; to
+ The glossterm <emphasis>plugin</emphasis> is used in &app; to
refer to both any &app; browser plugin, as well as the Firefox
plugin specifically. The Konqueror plugin is called
<emphasis>Kpart</emphasis>. Sometimes, the term is used in
an even more generic sense to refer to
<emphasis>extensions</emphasis>.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>Q</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Qt
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Qt is a GUI library which is used by KDE. The plugin version of
Gnash using this GUI library is Kpart. The standalone version is enabled with
--enable-gui=kde.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>R</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
renderer
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
The <emphasis>renderer</emphasis> is the subsystem of &app;
which renders content. Only one renderer may be used; it is
@@ -177,14 +433,64 @@
rendering (for example, when you have a very slow CPU but a very
fast graphics card). In this case OpenGL should be used.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ RTMP
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ RTMP is the Real Time Messaging Protocol primarily used with to
stream audio and video over the internet to the Flash Player client.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ RTMPT
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ RTMPT is basically a HTTP wrapper around the RTMP protocol that is
sent using POST requests from the client to the server. Because of the
non-persistent nature of HTTP connections, RTMPT requires the clients to poll
for updates periodically in order to get notified about events that are
generated by the server or other clients.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ RTMPTS
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ RTMPTS is the same as RTMPT, but instead of being a HTTP wrapper, it
is a HTTPSSL wrapper (HTTP secure connection).
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>S</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ SDL
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia free
software library that creates an abstraction over various platforms' graphics,
sound, and input APIs. Gnash can use it as a GUI and/or as a sound handler.
Note that the two usages are independent of each other: you can use it for a
task and not for the other if you wish. At time or writing (2007-01-11) the SDL
GUI lacks menus and a performant input event architecture; the SDL sound
handler is the most feature rich, supporting Video through ffmpeg.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
sound handler
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
The <emphasis>sound handler</emphasis> is the part of &app;
which handles both event sounds and streaming sound. Audio
@@ -201,21 +507,84 @@
important plugins are missing. The SDL sound handler is
recommended.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ sprite
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ A sprite is an element of an Flash Movie. It's basically a Movie
inside another, having its own timeline.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Stage
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The visible area of a Flash movie. The name derives from a theater
analogy. Graphical elements are referred to as characters.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
SWF
- </term>
- <listitem>
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
<para>
<emphasis>SWF</emphasis> is the file format for
<emphasis>Flash</emphasis> movies.
</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>T</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ Tamarin
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ The Tamarin project seeks to create an open source implementation of
the ECMAScript 4th edition language specification. The code is used by Adobe as
part of the ActionScript Virtual Machine within the Adobe Flash Player. Gnash
does not use Tamarin; it already has a working virtual server and most
ActionScript classes are implemented.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ timeline
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ In Flash technology, a timeline is a sequence of "frames". A single
Flash movie can contain multiple timelines, each independently controlled (STOP
or PLAY). At regular intervals (FPS) the player advances all timelines in PLAY
mode to the next frame, looping back when last frame is reached.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
+</glossdiv>
+
+<glossdiv><title>X</title>
+
+ <glossentry>
+ <glossterm>
+ X.org
+ </glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ X.org is the most commonly used X server; it was forked from XFree86.
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
- </variablelist>
-</chapter>
+</glossdiv>
+</glossary>
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