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diff --git a/common/rfb/PixelFormat.h b/common/rfb/PixelFormat.h index 10d39026..e05e6f9f 100644 --- a/common/rfb/PixelFormat.h +++ b/common/rfb/PixelFormat.h @@ -19,7 +19,16 @@ */ // // PixelFormat - structure to represent a pixel format. Also has useful -// methods for reading & writing to streams, etc. +// methods for reading & writing to streams, etc. Conversion to and from +// other formats are also handled by this class. We have three different +// representations that we refer to: +// +// a) Pixels - Unsigned native integers in the format specified by this +// PixelFormat object. +// b) Buffer - Same thing as pixels, but in the appropriate byte stream +// format. This involves endian conversion and padding. +// c) RGB - A byte stream of 8 bit red, green and blue elements, in that +// order. // #ifndef __RFB_PIXELFORMAT_H__ |