Changeset 34693 in vbox for trunk/doc

Timestamp:

Dec 3, 2010 1:00:29 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Manual: fixes

Location:

trunk/doc/manual/en_US

Files:

• user_BasicConcepts.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• user_Frontends.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_BasicConcepts.xml

@@ -1078 +1078 @@
           <para>The EHCI controller is shipped as a VirtualBox extension
           package, which must be installed separately. See <xref
-          linkend="intro-installing" /> for more installation.</para>
+          linkend="intro-installing" /> for more information.</para>
         </note></para>
 

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Frontends.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
     <title id="vrdp">Remote display (VRDP support)</title>
 
-    <para>VirtualBox has a built-in server for the VirtualBox Remote Desktop
-    Protocol (VRDP). This allows you to see the output of a virtual machine's
-    window remotely on any other computer and control the virtual machine from
-    there, as if the virtual machine was running locally.</para>
+    <para>VirtualBox can display virtual machines remotely. This allows you to
+    see the output of a virtual machine's window remotely on another computer
+    and control the virtual machine from there, as if the virtual machine was
+    running on that computer.</para>
+
+    <para>For maximum flexibility, starting with VirtualBox 4.0, VirtualBox
+    implements remote machine display through a generic extension interface,
+    the VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE). The base open-source
+    VirtualBox package only provides this interface, while implementations can
+    be supplied by third parties with VirtualBox extension packages, which
+    must be installed separately from the base package. See <xref
+    linkend="intro-installing" /> for more information. </para>
+
+    <para>Oracle provides support for the VirtualBox Remote Display Protocol
+    (VRDP) in such a VirtualBox extension package. When this package is
+    installed, VirtualBox versions 4.0 and later support VRDP the same way as
+    earlier versions.</para>
 
     <para>VRDP is a backwards-compatible extension to Microsoft's Remote
@@ -17 +30 @@
     the remote machine to the client, while keyboard and mouse events are sent
     back. As a result, you can use any standard RDP client to control the
-    remote VM.<note>
-        <para>VRDP support is shipped as as a VirtualBox extension package,
-        the VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE), which must be
-        installed separately. See <xref linkend="intro-installing" /> for more
-        installation.</para>
-      </note></para>
-
-    <para>The VRDP server is disabled by default. If the extension pack is
-    installed, it can easily be enabled on a per-VM basis either in the
+    remote VM.</para>
+
+    <para>Even when the extension is installed, the VRDP server is disabled by
+    default. It can easily be enabled on a per-VM basis either in the
     VirtualBox Manager in the "Display" settings (see <xref
     linkend="settings-display" />) or with