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changeset 100008:caa9c8dbbeb0
(Receiving Method Calls): Clean up previous change.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:47:54 +0000 |
parents | e99a24e60b05 |
children | 27e73e747393 |
files | doc/misc/dbus.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/doc/misc/dbus.texi Fri Nov 28 13:26:43 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/misc/dbus.texi Fri Nov 28 14:47:54 2008 +0000 @@ -1254,14 +1254,16 @@ @var{interface} is the interface offered by @var{service}. It must provide @var{method}. -@var{handler} is a Lisp function to be called when when a @var{method} -call is is received. It must accept as arguments the input arguments -of @var{method}. @var{handler} must return a list, which elements are -used as arguments for the reply message of @var{method}. This list -can be composed like the input parameters in @ref{Type Conversion}. -If only one Lisp object is returned, and this object is not a consp, -then @var{handler} can return this object directly, instead of of list -of this object. +@var{handler} is a Lisp function to be called when a @var{method} call +is received. It must accept as arguments the input arguments of +@var{method}. @var{handler} should return a list, whose elements are +to be used as arguments for the reply message of @var{method}. This +list can be composed like the input parameters in @ref{Type +Conversion}. + +If @var{handler} wants to return just one Lisp object and it is not a +cons cell, @var{handler} can return this object directly, instead of +returning a list containing the object. The default D-Bus timeout when waiting for a message reply is 25 seconds. This value could be even smaller, depending on the calling