diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog index 17ba22de3a..31492cde07 100644 --- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog +++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2004-10-11 Matthias Clasen + * gtk/glossary.xml: Add some terms. + * gtk/tmpl/*.sgml: Make the short descriptions a bit more consistent. diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/glossary.xml b/docs/reference/gtk/glossary.xml index 3c2e54099b..0035f94830 100644 --- a/docs/reference/gtk/glossary.xml +++ b/docs/reference/gtk/glossary.xml @@ -83,7 +83,14 @@ display - FIXME + GDK inherited the concept of display from the X window system, + which considers a display to be the combination + of a keyboard, a pointing device and one or more + screens. + Applications open a display to show windows and interact with the user. + In GDK, a display is represented by a + GdkDisplay. @@ -228,8 +235,15 @@ screen - FIXME - + GDK inherited the concept of screen from the X window system, + which considers a screen to be a rectangular area, on which + applications may place their windows. Each screen has a + root window which + defines the area of the screen. Screens under X may have quite + dissimilar visuals. + Each screen can stretch across multiple physical monitors. + In GDK, screens are represented by + GdkScreen objects.