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diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml index bb8ecd27..0205e4b7 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> @@ -3871,9 +3881,7 @@ <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 @@ -3882,6 +3890,18 @@ encoding. To ensure that there will be no name collisions, service files must be namespaced using the same mechanism as messages and service names. + </para> + + <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> |