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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2009-11-24 18:20:49 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2009-11-24 18:20:49 +0000
commit6fc3430e85c7f09a30637692c11c2b77566cac5c (patch)
tree107bdb70dc4e18fb8089052b7f5be6b1eb878350 /gps.xml
parentd4a2266a20d999bdf690f7a23ef032aa86a82408 (diff)
downloadgpsd-6fc3430e85c7f09a30637692c11c2b77566cac5c.tar.gz
Add and document some client-side instrumentation.
Diffstat (limited to 'gps.xml')
-rw-r--r--gps.xml8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gps.xml b/gps.xml
index 561cf4cf..a5d3e956 100644
--- a/gps.xml
+++ b/gps.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>xgps</command>
<arg choice='opt'><replaceable>X-options</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>-d <replaceable>debug-level</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-h </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-V </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-speedunits <group choice='req'><arg>mph</arg><arg>kph</arg><arg>knots</arg></group></arg>
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>xgpsspeed</command> <arg choice='opt'>-rv</arg>
<arg choice='opt'><replaceable>X-options</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>-d <replaceable>debug-level</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-h </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-V </arg> <arg
choice='opt'>-nc <replaceable>X-color</replaceable></arg> <arg
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>cgps</command>
+ <arg choice='opt'><replaceable>X-options</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>-d <replaceable>debug-level</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-h </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-V </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-speedunits <group choice='req'><arg>mph</arg><arg>kph</arg><arg>knots</arg></group></arg>
@@ -117,6 +121,10 @@ degrees and is the default. The value 'm' produces degrees and
decimal minutes. The value 's' produces degrees, minutes, and decimal
seconds.</para>
+<para> The <option>-d</option> option, when present, sets a debug
+level; it is primarily for usee by GPSD developers. It enables
+various progress messages to standard error.</para>
+
<para>An optional argument to any client may specify a server to get
data from; a colon-separated suffix is taken as a port number. If
there is a second colon-separated suffix, that is taken as a device