From 701c8add0d75f94ca2c34cafa686a54aee5854c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Smeding <tom.smeding@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 16:02:21 +0200
Subject: Fix docs: 'history' gives messages in chronological order

---
 db.h        | 2 +-
 protocol.md | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/db.h b/db.h
index 8d618b4..d1c105b 100644
--- a/db.h
+++ b/db.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ bool db_add_token(i64 userid,const char *token);
 bool db_delete_token(i64 userid,const char *token);
 
 i64 db_create_message(i64 roomid,i64 userid,i64 timestamp,const char *message);  // returns msgid
-struct db_message_list db_get_messages(i64 roomid,i64 count);  // gets latest `count` messages
+struct db_message_list db_get_messages(i64 roomid,i64 count);  // gets latest `count` messages in rev. chron. order
 // if beforeid<0, same as db_get_messages
 struct db_message_list db_get_messages_before(i64 roomid,i64 count,i64 beforeid);
 
diff --git a/protocol.md b/protocol.md
index 346bfe4..ac8d86a 100644
--- a/protocol.md
+++ b/protocol.md
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ A _response_ from the server will be in one of the following forms:
 - `<tag> history <count:i64>`
   - Response to the client's `history` command; is followed by exactly `<count>`
     messages of type `history_message` with the same tag. The messages are
-    returned in reverse chronological order (newest first).
+    returned in chronological order (oldest first).
 - `<tag> history_message <index:i64> <roomname:word> <user:word> <timestamp:i64> <msgid:i64> <message:string...>`
   - Part of the response to the client's `history` command. Index 0 is the
-    newest message; index (`<count>` - 1) (from the `history` response) is the
-    oldest message in the fragment requested. Timestamps are microseconds since
+    oldest message; index (`<count>` - 1) (from the `history` response) is the
+    newest message in the fragment requested. Timestamps are microseconds since
     the UNIX epoch. The message id for each message is globally unique for the
     entire server.
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ ranges until the end of the line).
     member of the room. In the `history` response, `<count>` will be at most
     `<number>`, and may be less if the room does not yet have `<number>`
     messages. Each message will be returned in a `history_message` response
-    after the `history` response, in reverse chronological order.
+    after the `history` response, in chronological order.
   - Returns `history`, followed by zero or more `history_message`.
 - `<tag> history_before <roomname:word> <number:i64> <msgid:i64>`
   - Same as `history`, except the returned messages are the last `<number>`
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