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Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/TODO | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dbus-specification.sgml | 17 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -48,3 +48,14 @@ - Abstract the user database, so you can use something other than the system password database. + + - The convenience functions in dbus-bus.h should perhaps have + the signatures that they would have if they were autogenerated + stubs. e.g. the acquire service function. We should also evaluate + which of these functions to include, in light of the fact that + GLib/Qt native stubs will probably also exist. + + - The message handler interface needs rethinking, perhaps handlers should be able + to return an error that automatically gets turned into a message; most likely + some basic spec'ing out of the GLib/Qt level stubs/skels stuff will be + needed to understand the right approach. diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.sgml b/doc/dbus-specification.sgml index 7e2fcb35..3c41068e 100644 --- a/doc/dbus-specification.sgml +++ b/doc/dbus-specification.sgml @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ <tbody> <row> <entry>0x1</entry> - <entry>This message is an error reply.</entry> + <entry>This message is an error reply. If the first argument exists and is a string, it is an error message.</entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> @@ -978,12 +978,13 @@ number of the message being replied to. </para> <para> - If an error occurs, an error reply may be sent in place of the - standard reply. Error replies can be identified by a special - header flag, see <xref linkend="message-protocol-header-encoding">. - Error replies have a name which reflects the type of - error that occurred. Error replies would generally - be mapped to exceptions in a programming language. + If an error occurs, an error reply may be sent in place of the standard + reply. Error replies can be identified by a special header flag, see + <xref linkend="message-protocol-header-encoding">. Error replies have a + name which reflects the type of error that occurred. Error replies would + generally be mapped to exceptions in a programming language. If an + error reply has a first argument, and that argument has type STRING, + then the argument must be an error message. </para> <para> [FIXME discuss mapping of broadcast messages + matching rules @@ -1220,7 +1221,7 @@ # Sample service description file [D-BUS Service] Name=org.gnome.ConfigurationDatabase - Exec=gconfd-2 + Exec=/usr/libexec/gconfd-2 </programlisting> </figure> </para> |