rdesktop/doc/patches.txt

This file documents some of all patches for rdesktop, floating around
the net, and how they are related to the current (CVS) version of
rdesktop. Things left to do are marked with TDB (To Be Done). 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/Makefile.diff
Description:
Makefile changes which makes it possible to compile rdesktop on SunOS
and OSF1.
Status:
Applied (slightly modified)


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/assar_19-7-2.hostlen.patch
Description:
Fix for hostnames longer than 30 chars. 
Status:
Applied (revision 1.11 of secure.c) 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/backingstore+privatecolormap-for-19-3-9.patch
Description:
This adds support for 1) Private color maps (useful for 8 bpp mode)
and 2) backingstore selection. 
Status:
1) is not needed anymore; rdesktop automatically uses Private color
map in 8 bpp mode. 2) is, as far as I understand, also not
need. rdesktop automatically uses a software backing store if the
Xserver does not provide one. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/ben_xwin.c.diff
Description:
Fixes for CapsLock and NumLock. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/ctrl1nohang.diff
Description:
Fixes problem with ctrl1 hangs. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/downkeypatch.diff
Description:
Seems to keep track of the remote modifier status. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/fasttext2+nobackpixmap.patch
Description:
(From http://mail.rdesktop.org/archive/2001/msg00218.html):

1) Added --no-backpixmap option to disable the ugly double drawing in
xwin.c (I have a very robust backing storage in my X, so I don't need
it ;)

2) More optimizations to text draw (previous fast-text patch was
included in 192-3-6-2). In text drawing with solid background the
glyphs are drawn with stippled fill instead of XCopyPlane (runs faster
on my S3Trio64 with XFree 3.3.6, please test it on other
configurations to validate this). The WinTach not show any improvement
with this change, it seems to use all transparent background text
draws, but with a old PC Magazine Winbench (3.1) doing the scroll text
test the speed gain is significative.

3) My Previous patch to disable backing storage in fullscreen

Status:
1) is not relevant any more, since rdesktop only uses backing store if
the Xserver does not provide backing store. 
Need to examine if 2) and 3) are still useful. TDB. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/francisco_fix_patblt.html
Description:
The colors in patterns drawn with "pattern blt" order was inverted (fg
& bg). (See the background of the yellow help banners)
Status:
Applied (in revision 1.29, 2002/07/14)


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/frank_1linerfix.html
Description:
ui_create_glyph was not called with ipattern. 
Status:
Applied (in revision 1.29, 2002/07/14). 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/frank_fasttext.patch.txt
Description:
Some kind of performence improvements. 
Status:
From what I can tell, this patch is no longer necessary. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/hostname-patch
Description:
(From http://mail.rdesktop.org/archive/2001/msg00163.html):

rdesktop uses gethostname to figure out the hostname, but gethostname
under linux returns an error when the hostname is longer than the
buffer.  This hack gives gethostname a 64 char buffer and then strips
the first 16 chars or upto the first '.' and puts the result in
hostname[16].

Status:
Applied in version 1.10 of rdesktop.c. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/hove-19-7-2endian.diff
Description:
Includes a program for testing endianness. 
Status:
rdesktop determines endianness at runtime. This patch is not needed
anymore. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/mmihalik_19-7-3-keyfix-4.patch
Description:
Some kind of new alternative keyboard mapping imlementation. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/norbert_fullscreen.patch
Description:
Fullscreen mode. 
Status:
Applied. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/norbert_percent.txt
Description:
Makes is possible to specify RDP geometry based a percent value of the
current desktop size. 
Status:
Not applied. I don't think many people will need this. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/norbert_rdp_tcp_port.diff
Description:
Command line tcp port argument. 
Status:
Applied. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/patch19-7-2.xyPos.emptyPassword.patch
Description:
This patch adds:
1) Support for empty passwords
2) Support for asking for password interactively
3) Support for +<xoff>+<yoff> geometry. 

Status:
1) and 2) can be solved by the -P parameter; patch not needed. 
Functionality for 3) is currently missing. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-1.0.0-19-7-1-mmihalik-3.diff
Description:
Defines DO_GLYPH() etc. 
Status:
As far as I understand, this patch is applied. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-1.0.0-mmihalik-1.diff
Description:
Misc drawing changes. 
Status:
As far as I understand, this patch is applied. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-1.0.0-pl19-7-2-mmihalik-1.diff
Description:
Some kind of new alternative keyboard mapping implementation. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-gmp.patch
Description:
Seems to make the crypto stuff link with GNU MP. 
Status:
Not applied. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-new_kb.patch
Description:
Modifies one of the old keyboard mapping implementations in some way. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-openssl.patch
Description:
Support for linking rdesktop with OpenSSL. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, rdesktop can optionally use system 
OpenSSL. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop.vncviewer_patch
Description:
Hack for making the old (broken) keyboard mapping implementation work
with the VNC Xserver. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop_keymap.patch
Description:
Some kind of new alternative keyboard mapping implementation. 
Status:
Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdp-srvr-19-6-6.diff
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/scroll-to-death-patch.txt
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/spark-manpage-patch-19.4
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/spark-manpage-patch-19.4-1
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/spark_xinerama-patch2
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/svenni_dis_wmkeybnds.patch
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/svenni_disable_bs_in_x-tiny-patch
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vincent_19-7-2.license.patch
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vincent_19-7-2.secure.patch
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vincent_19-7-3_excel.patch
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vincent_8bpp.patch
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 


URL:
http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vpypatch.txt
Description:
TDB
Status:
Not yet examined. 
1	astrand	124	This file documents some of all patches for rdesktop, floating around
2			the net, and how they are related to the current (CVS) version of
3	astrand	134	rdesktop. Things left to do are marked with TDB (To Be Done).
4	astrand	124
5	astrand	133
6	astrand	124	URL:
7			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/Makefile.diff
8			Description:
9	astrand	127	Makefile changes which makes it possible to compile rdesktop on SunOS
10			and OSF1.
11	astrand	124	Status:
12	astrand	128	Applied (slightly modified)
13	astrand	124
14	astrand	133
15	astrand	124	URL:
16			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/assar_19-7-2.hostlen.patch
17			Description:
18	astrand	128	Fix for hostnames longer than 30 chars.
19	astrand	124	Status:
20	astrand	128	Applied (revision 1.11 of secure.c)
21	astrand	124
22	astrand	133
23	astrand	124	URL:
24			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/backingstore+privatecolormap-for-19-3-9.patch
25			Description:
26	astrand	129	This adds support for 1) Private color maps (useful for 8 bpp mode)
27			and 2) backingstore selection.
28	astrand	124	Status:
29	astrand	129	1) is not needed anymore; rdesktop automatically uses Private color
30			map in 8 bpp mode. 2) is, as far as I understand, also not
31			need. rdesktop automatically uses a software backing store if the
32			Xserver does not provide one.
33	astrand	124
34	astrand	133
35	astrand	124	URL:
36			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/ben_xwin.c.diff
37			Description:
38	astrand	130	Fixes for CapsLock and NumLock.
39	astrand	124	Status:
40	astrand	130	Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation.
41	astrand	124
42	astrand	133
43	astrand	124	URL:
44			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/ctrl1nohang.diff
45			Description:
46	astrand	131	Fixes problem with ctrl1 hangs.
47	astrand	124	Status:
48	astrand	131	Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation.
49	astrand	124
50	astrand	133
51	astrand	124	URL:
52			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/downkeypatch.diff
53			Description:
54	astrand	132	Seems to keep track of the remote modifier status.
55	astrand	124	Status:
56	astrand	132	Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation.
57	astrand	124
58	astrand	133
59	astrand	124	URL:
60			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/fasttext2+nobackpixmap.patch
61			Description:
62	astrand	133	(From http://mail.rdesktop.org/archive/2001/msg00218.html):
63
64	astrand	134	1) Added --no-backpixmap option to disable the ugly double drawing in
65	astrand	133	xwin.c (I have a very robust backing storage in my X, so I don't need
66			it ;)
67
68	astrand	134	2) More optimizations to text draw (previous fast-text patch was
69	astrand	133	included in 192-3-6-2). In text drawing with solid background the
70			glyphs are drawn with stippled fill instead of XCopyPlane (runs faster
71			on my S3Trio64 with XFree 3.3.6, please test it on other
72			configurations to validate this). The WinTach not show any improvement
73			with this change, it seems to use all transparent background text
74			draws, but with a old PC Magazine Winbench (3.1) doing the scroll text
75			test the speed gain is significative.
76
77	astrand	134	3) My Previous patch to disable backing storage in fullscreen
78	astrand	133
79	astrand	124	Status:
80	astrand	134	1) is not relevant any more, since rdesktop only uses backing store if
81			the Xserver does not provide backing store.
82			Need to examine if 2) and 3) are still useful. TDB.
83	astrand	124
84	astrand	133
85	astrand	124	URL:
86			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/francisco_fix_patblt.html
87			Description:
88	astrand	135	The colors in patterns drawn with "pattern blt" order was inverted (fg
89			& bg). (See the background of the yellow help banners)
90	astrand	124	Status:
91	astrand	135	Applied (in revision 1.29, 2002/07/14)
92	astrand	124
93	astrand	133
94	astrand	124	URL:
95			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/frank_1linerfix.html
96			Description:
97	astrand	136	ui_create_glyph was not called with ipattern.
98	astrand	124	Status:
99	astrand	136	Applied (in revision 1.29, 2002/07/14).
100	astrand	124
101	astrand	133
102	astrand	124	URL:
103			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/frank_fasttext.patch.txt
104			Description:
105	astrand	137	Some kind of performence improvements.
106	astrand	124	Status:
107	astrand	137	From what I can tell, this patch is no longer necessary.
108	astrand	124
109	astrand	133
110	astrand	124	URL:
111			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/hostname-patch
112			Description:
113	astrand	138	(From http://mail.rdesktop.org/archive/2001/msg00163.html):
114
115			rdesktop uses gethostname to figure out the hostname, but gethostname
116			under linux returns an error when the hostname is longer than the
117			buffer. This hack gives gethostname a 64 char buffer and then strips
118			the first 16 chars or upto the first '.' and puts the result in
119			hostname[16].
120
121	astrand	124	Status:
122	astrand	138	Applied in version 1.10 of rdesktop.c.
123	astrand	124
124	astrand	133
125	astrand	124	URL:
126			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/hove-19-7-2endian.diff
127			Description:
128	astrand	139	Includes a program for testing endianness.
129	astrand	124	Status:
130	astrand	139	rdesktop determines endianness at runtime. This patch is not needed
131			anymore.
132	astrand	124
133	astrand	133
134	astrand	124	URL:
135			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/mmihalik_19-7-3-keyfix-4.patch
136			Description:
137	astrand	140	Some kind of new alternative keyboard mapping imlementation.
138	astrand	124	Status:
139	astrand	140	Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation.
140	astrand	124
141	astrand	133
142	astrand	124	URL:
143			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/norbert_fullscreen.patch
144			Description:
145	astrand	141	Fullscreen mode.
146	astrand	124	Status:
147	astrand	141	Applied.
148	astrand	124
149	astrand	133
150	astrand	124	URL:
151			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/norbert_percent.txt
152			Description:
153	astrand	142	Makes is possible to specify RDP geometry based a percent value of the
154			current desktop size.
155	astrand	124	Status:
156	astrand	142	Not applied. I don't think many people will need this.
157	astrand	124
158	astrand	133
159	astrand	124	URL:
160			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/norbert_rdp_tcp_port.diff
161			Description:
162	astrand	143	Command line tcp port argument.
163	astrand	124	Status:
164	astrand	143	Applied.
165	astrand	124
166	astrand	133
167	astrand	124	URL:
168			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/patch19-7-2.xyPos.emptyPassword.patch
169			Description:
170	astrand	144	This patch adds:
171			1) Support for empty passwords
172			2) Support for asking for password interactively
173			3) Support for +<xoff>+<yoff> geometry.
174
175	astrand	124	Status:
176	astrand	144	1) and 2) can be solved by the -P parameter; patch not needed.
177			Functionality for 3) is currently missing.
178	astrand	124
179	astrand	133
180	astrand	124	URL:
181			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-1.0.0-19-7-1-mmihalik-3.diff
182			Description:
183	astrand	145	Defines DO_GLYPH() etc.
184	astrand	124	Status:
185	astrand	145	As far as I understand, this patch is applied.
186	astrand	124
187	astrand	133
188	astrand	124	URL:
189			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-1.0.0-mmihalik-1.diff
190			Description:
191	astrand	145	Misc drawing changes.
192	astrand	124	Status:
193	astrand	145	As far as I understand, this patch is applied.
194	astrand	124
195	astrand	133
196	astrand	124	URL:
197			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-1.0.0-pl19-7-2-mmihalik-1.diff
198			Description:
199	astrand	146	Some kind of new alternative keyboard mapping implementation.
200	astrand	124	Status:
201	astrand	146	Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation.
202	astrand	124
203	astrand	133
204	astrand	124	URL:
205			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-gmp.patch
206			Description:
207	astrand	146	Seems to make the crypto stuff link with GNU MP.
208	astrand	124	Status:
209	astrand	146	Not applied.
210	astrand	124
211	astrand	133
212	astrand	124	URL:
213			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-new_kb.patch
214			Description:
215	astrand	147	Modifies one of the old keyboard mapping implementations in some way.
216	astrand	124	Status:
217	astrand	147	Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation.
218	astrand	124
219	astrand	133
220	astrand	124	URL:
221			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop-openssl.patch
222			Description:
223	astrand	148	Support for linking rdesktop with OpenSSL.
224	astrand	124	Status:
225	astrand	148	Not needed anymore, rdesktop can optionally use system
226			OpenSSL.
227	astrand	124
228	astrand	133
229	astrand	124	URL:
230			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop.vncviewer_patch
231			Description:
232	astrand	149	Hack for making the old (broken) keyboard mapping implementation work
233			with the VNC Xserver.
234	astrand	124	Status:
235	astrand	149	Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation.
236	astrand	124
237	astrand	133
238	astrand	124	URL:
239			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdesktop_keymap.patch
240			Description:
241	astrand	150	Some kind of new alternative keyboard mapping implementation.
242	astrand	124	Status:
243	astrand	150	Not needed anymore, with the new keyboard mapping implementation.
244	astrand	124
245	astrand	133
246	astrand	124	URL:
247			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/rdp-srvr-19-6-6.diff
248			Description:
249			TDB
250			Status:
251			Not yet examined.
252
253	astrand	133
254	astrand	124	URL:
255			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/scroll-to-death-patch.txt
256			Description:
257			TDB
258			Status:
259			Not yet examined.
260
261	astrand	133
262	astrand	124	URL:
263			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/spark-manpage-patch-19.4
264			Description:
265			TDB
266			Status:
267			Not yet examined.
268
269	astrand	133
270	astrand	124	URL:
271			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/spark-manpage-patch-19.4-1
272			Description:
273			TDB
274			Status:
275			Not yet examined.
276
277	astrand	133
278	astrand	124	URL:
279			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/spark_xinerama-patch2
280			Description:
281			TDB
282			Status:
283			Not yet examined.
284
285	astrand	133
286	astrand	124	URL:
287			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/svenni_dis_wmkeybnds.patch
288			Description:
289			TDB
290			Status:
291			Not yet examined.
292
293	astrand	133
294	astrand	124	URL:
295			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/svenni_disable_bs_in_x-tiny-patch
296			Description:
297			TDB
298			Status:
299			Not yet examined.
300
301	astrand	133
302	astrand	124	URL:
303			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vincent_19-7-2.license.patch
304			Description:
305			TDB
306			Status:
307			Not yet examined.
308
309	astrand	133
310	astrand	124	URL:
311			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vincent_19-7-2.secure.patch
312			Description:
313			TDB
314			Status:
315			Not yet examined.
316
317	astrand	133
318	astrand	124	URL:
319			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vincent_19-7-3_excel.patch
320			Description:
321			TDB
322			Status:
323			Not yet examined.
324
325	astrand	133
326	astrand	124	URL:
327			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vincent_8bpp.patch
328			Description:
329			TDB
330			Status:
331			Not yet examined.
332
333	astrand	133
334	astrand	124	URL:
335			http://bibl4.oru.se/projects/rdesktop/patch19/patches/vpypatch.txt
336			Description:
337			TDB
338			Status:
339			Not yet examined.