[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc dbus.texi

[Michael Albinus]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Michael Albinus <albinus>       09/08/25 08:42:13

Modified files:
        doc/misc       : dbus.texi 

Log message:
        * dbus.texi (Bus names): Add optional parameter TIMEOUT to dbus-ping.
        Describe autostart behaviour of dbus-ping.
        (Synchronous Methods, Asynchronous Methods): Use English numeric format
        for timeout values.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/dbus.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.35&r2=1.36

Patches:
Index: dbus.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/dbus.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -b -r1.35 -r1.36
--- dbus.texi   16 Aug 2009 17:48:45 -0000      1.35
+++ dbus.texi   25 Aug 2009 08:42:13 -0000      1.36
@@ -180,22 +180,31 @@
 string.
 @end defun
 
address@hidden dbus-ping bus service
address@hidden dbus-ping bus service &optional timeout
 Check whether the service name @var{service} is registered at D-Bus
address@hidden  @var{service} might not have been started yet.  The result
-is either @code{t} or @code{nil}.
address@hidden  @var{service} might not have been started yet, it is
+autostarted if possible.  The result is either @code{t} or @code{nil}.
 
 @var{bus} must be either the symbol @code{:system} or the symbol
address@hidden:session}.  @var{service} must be a string.  Example:
address@hidden:session}.  @var{service} must be a string.  @var{timeout}, a
+nonnegative integer, specifies the maximum number of milliseconds
address@hidden must return.  The default value is 25,000.  Example:
 
 @lisp
 (message
    "%s screensaver on board."
    (cond
-     ((dbus-ping :session "org.gnome.ScreenSaver") "Gnome")
-     ((dbus-ping :session "org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver") "KDE")
+     ((dbus-ping :session "org.gnome.ScreenSaver" 100) "Gnome")
+     ((dbus-ping :session "org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver" 100) "KDE")
      (t "No")))
 @end lisp
+
+If it shall be checked whether @var{service} is already running
+without autostarting it, one shall apply
+
address@hidden
+(member service (dbus-list-known-names bus))
address@hidden lisp
 @end defun
 
 @defun dbus-get-unique-name bus
@@ -1078,7 +1087,7 @@
 
 If the parameter @code{:timeout} is given, the following integer
 @var{timeout} specifies the maximum number of milliseconds the method
-call must return.  The default value is 25.000.  If the method call
+call must return.  The default value is 25,000.  If the method call
 doesn't return in time, a D-Bus error is raised (@pxref{Errors and
 Events}).
 
@@ -1194,7 +1203,7 @@
 
 If the parameter @code{:timeout} is given, the following integer
 @var{timeout} specifies the maximum number of milliseconds a reply
-message must arrive.  The default value is 25.000.  If there is no
+message must arrive.  The default value is 25,000.  If there is no
 reply message in time, a D-Bus error is raised (@pxref{Errors and
 Events}).