From 422516a77cbdb0f8849416c2273810edf740351e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: djcb Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:37:27 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] * mu-server.1: update manpage for the mu client/server protocol changes --- man/mu-server.1 | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/mu-server.1 b/man/mu-server.1 index d90412ed..9c3bb555 100644 --- a/man/mu-server.1 +++ b/man/mu-server.1 @@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ command are simply ignored. the form: .nf - \\376\\376 + \\376\\377 .fi -\\367 (that is, the character with ascii value 254, \\376 in octal notation), -followed by the length of the s-expression, followed by another \\376, -followed by the actual s-expression. +\\376 (one byte 0xfe), followed by the length of the s-expression expressed as +an hexadecimal number, followed by another \\377 (one byte 0xff), followed by +the actual s-expression. By prefixing the expression with its length, it can be processed more -efficiently. The \\376 (254) was chosen since it is a value that will never -occur in valid UTF-8 (in which the s-expressions are encoded). +efficiently. The \\376 and \\377 were chosen since they never occur in valid +UTF-8 (in which the s-expressions are encoded). .SH COMMAND AND RESPONSE