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authorSven Herzberg <sven@imendio.com>2011-04-07 18:25:34 +0100
committerSimon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>2011-04-07 18:26:17 +0100
commit136b8b8c86ac3499a5a7385081a9d0b21fc181f9 (patch)
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parent75cecfc374b770578e85be0df74be0ec8c4710b8 (diff)
downloaddbus-136b8b8c86ac3499a5a7385081a9d0b21fc181f9.tar.gz
list which parts of the Desktop Entry spec apply to service files
Reviewed-by: Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk> Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19159
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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
index ee5aac58..54d3c462 100644
--- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml
+++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
</address>
</affiliation>
</author>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Sven</firstname>
+ <surname>Herzberg</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>Imendio AB</orgname>
+ <address>
+ <email>sven@imendio.com</email>
+ </address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
</authorgroup>
<revhistory>
<revision>
@@ -3781,9 +3791,7 @@
<xref linkend="message-bus-types"/>.
</para>
<para>
- [FIXME the file format should be much better specified than "similar to
- .desktop entries" esp. since desktop entries are already
- badly-specified. ;-)] Service description files have the ".service" file
+ Service description files have the ".service" file
extension. The message bus will only load service description files
ending with .service; all other files will be ignored. The file format
is similar to that of <ulink
@@ -3793,6 +3801,17 @@
must be namespaced using the same mechanism as messages and service
names.
+ <para>
+ [FIXME the file format should be much better specified than "similar to
+ .desktop entries" esp. since desktop entries are already
+ badly-specified. ;-)]
+ These sections from the specification apply to service files as well:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>General syntax</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Comment format</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
<figure>
<title>Example service description file</title>
<programlisting>