Re: [Qemu-devel] Ongoing changes to the displaying code

[Anthony Liguori]

Jamie Lokier wrote:
> The other concern with VNC might be its complexity means you really
> always want to use the existing VNC client library, which may not be a
> desirable dependency for some applications.  For this, localhost-VNC
> being both an extension to VNC and a subset of it would be helpful, as
> you wouldn't have to use a full-fledged VNC client library for local
> GUI apps if that isn't wanted.
>   

As a protocol, VNC features are almost exclusively client driven. You 
can write an extremely simple client with very little code if you just 
avoid using advanced features. If all you care about is localhost using 
shared memory, this is entirely reasonable.

Admittedly, there's a learning curve simply because there is a lot in 
VNC but the vast majority of it is optional.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

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