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Re: IGS client server protocol.



On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 rbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> There are no specs.  As far as I understand it, all the client writers had to
> use trial-and-error to discover for themselves the behavior of the server.

I agree to some extend, but i think there are some documentation and hints
available:
- nngs source code is available.  there have been flames on rgg which
  contained so much information that i could derive that some people
  believe that the nngs and the igs source codes have some common
  ancestor (and others dont believe this). For persons who think there is 
  some chance that the first people are correct, this information could
  reduce the amount of error (and trial).
- some time ago there was a system broadcast message one igs "client
  writers, contact Tim Somename" (but i dont remember the name).  Perhaps
  finding and contacting this person would help or at least give some
  better guarantee that help can't be expected.
- for a client which makes use of some "client" features of igs, 
  see http://w3c.teaser.fr/~jlgailly/go.html

jan