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authorSamuel Mannehed <samuel@cendio.se>2016-11-22 00:37:52 +0100
committerSamuel Mannehed <samuel@cendio.se>2016-11-22 00:37:52 +0100
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@@ -12,34 +12,34 @@ Many companies, projects and products have integrated noVNC including
[OpenStack](http://www.openstack.org),
[OpenNebula](http://opennebula.org/),
[LibVNCServer](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net), and
-[ThinLinc](https://cendio.com/thinlinc).
-See [the Projects and Companies wiki page](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Projects-and-companies-using-noVNC)
+[ThinLinc](https://cendio.com/thinlinc). See
+[the Projects and Companies wiki page](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Projects-and-companies-using-noVNC)
for a more complete list with additional info and links.
### News/help/contact
Notable commits, announcements and news are posted to
-<a href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a>
+<a href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a>.
-If you are a noVNC developer/integrator/user (or want to be) please
-join the <a
-href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/novnc">noVNC
-discussion group</a>
+If you are a noVNC developer/integrator/user (or want to be) please join the
+<a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/novnc">
+noVNC discussion group</a>.
-Bugs and feature requests can be submitted via [github
-issues](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/issues). If you are looking
-for a place to start contributing to noVNC, a good place to start
-would be the issues that are marked as
+Bugs and feature requests can be submitted via
+[github issues](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/issues).
+If you are looking for a place to start contributing to noVNC, a good place to
+start would be the issues that are marked as
["patchwelcome"](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/issues?labels=patchwelcome).
-If you want to show appreciation for noVNC you could donate to a great
-non-profits such as: [Compassion
-International](http://www.compassion.com/), [SIL](http://www.sil.org),
-[Habitat for Humanity](http://www.habitat.org), [Electronic Frontier
-Foundation](https://www.eff.org/), [Against Malaria
-Foundation](http://www.againstmalaria.com/), [Nothing But
-Nets](http://www.nothingbutnets.net/), etc. Please tweet <a
-href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a> if you do.
+If you want to show appreciation for noVNC you could donate to a great non-
+profits such as:
+[Compassion International](http://www.compassion.com/),
+[SIL](http://www.sil.org),
+[Habitat for Humanity](http://www.habitat.org),
+[Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://www.eff.org/),
+[Against Malaria Foundation](http://www.againstmalaria.com/),
+[Nothing But Nets](http://www.nothingbutnets.net/), etc.
+Please tweet <a href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a> if you do.
### Features
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ href="http://www.twitter.com/noVNC">@noVNC</a> if you do.
Running in Chrome before and after connecting:
-<img src="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/img/noVNC-5.png" width=400>&nbsp;<img src="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/img/noVNC-7.jpg" width=400>
+<img src="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/img/noVNC-5.png" width=400>&nbsp;
+<img src="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/img/noVNC-7.jpg" width=400>
-See more screenshots <a href="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/screenshots.html">here</a>.
+See more screenshots
+<a href="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/screenshots.html">here</a>.
### Browser Requirements
@@ -70,45 +72,49 @@ See more screenshots <a href="http://kanaka.github.com/noVNC/screenshots.html">h
* HTML5 Canvas, WebSockets and Typed Arrays
-* Fast Javascript Engine: this is not strictly a requirement, but
- without a fast Javascript engine, noVNC might be painfully slow.
+* Fast Javascript Engine: this is not strictly a requirement, but without a
+ fast Javascript engine, noVNC might be painfully slow.
-* See the more detailed [browser compatibility wiki page](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support).
+* See the more detailed
+[browser compatibility wiki page](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Browser-support).
### Server Requirements
-Unless you are using a VNC server with support for WebSockets
-connections (such as
-[x11vnc/libvncserver](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net/),
+Unless you are using a VNC server with support for WebSockets connections (such
+as [x11vnc/libvncserver](http://libvncserver.sourceforge.net/),
[QEMU](http://www.qemu.org/), or
-[PocketVNC](http://www.pocketvnc.com/blog/?page_id=866)), you need to
-use a WebSockets to TCP socket proxy. There is a python proxy included
+[PocketVNC](http://www.pocketvnc.com/blog/?page_id=866)), you need to use a
+WebSockets to TCP socket proxy. There is a python proxy included
('websockify').
### Quick Start
-* Use the launch script to start a mini-webserver and the WebSockets
- proxy (websockify). The `--vnc` option is used to specify the location of
- a running VNC server:
+* Use the launch script to start a mini-webserver and the WebSockets proxy
+ (websockify). The `--vnc` option is used to specify the location of a running
+ VNC server:
`./utils/launch.sh --vnc localhost:5901`
-* Point your browser to the cut-and-paste URL that is output by the
- launch script. Enter a password if the VNC server has one
- configured. Hit the Connect button and enjoy!
+* Point your browser to the cut-and-paste URL that is output by the launch
+ script. Enter a password if the VNC server has one configured. Hit the
+ Connect button and enjoy!
### Other Pages
-* [Encrypted Connections](https://github.com/kanaka/websockify/wiki/Encrypted-Connections). How to setup websockify so that you can use encrypted connections from noVNC.
+* [Encrypted Connections](https://github.com/kanaka/websockify/wiki/Encrypted-Connections)
+ - How to setup websockify so that you can use encrypted connections from noVNC.
-* [Advanced Usage](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Advanced-usage). Starting a VNC server, advanced websockify usage, etc.
+* [Advanced Usage](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Advanced-usage)
+ - Starting a VNC server, advanced websockify usage, etc.
-* [Integrating noVNC](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Integration) into existing projects.
+* [Integrating noVNC](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Integration) into
+ existing projects.
-* [Troubleshooting noVNC](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Troubleshooting) problems.
+* [Troubleshooting noVNC](https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/wiki/Troubleshooting)
+ problems.
### Authors/Contributors