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| author | Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org> | 2018-05-19 21:42:07 -0700 |
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| committer | Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org> | 2018-05-19 21:42:07 -0700 |
| commit | 2c123e082a4fea6fa82132f6ab0f7257daac3f59 (patch) | |
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| parent | 0c3178860cb14b095e809676d5c4401cf65f5f58 (diff) | |
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fixes #458 Improve man page section descriptions.
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diff --git a/docs/man/man7.desc b/docs/man/man7.desc index 0596209b..46977870 100644 --- a/docs/man/man7.desc +++ b/docs/man/man7.desc @@ -1,2 +1,14 @@ This sections documents various protocols and transports that are available in the distribution. + +(((protocol))) +Protocols represent "`patterns`" of communication, such as +request/reply, publish/subscribe, and so forth. +A given <<nng_socket.5#,socket>> is created with exactly one protocol, and that +protocol defines the key behavior of the socket. + +(((transport))) +Conversely, transports are the underlying mechansims by which messages +are moved between participants, such as TCP/IP or UNIX domain IPC. +A given <<nng_socket.5#,socket>> may be using several transports at the same +time. |