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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2011-03-26 08:02:51 -0400
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2011-03-26 08:02:51 -0400
commit2c726892bb3c0f4c5c648f6bdb0c7c984d578915 (patch)
tree4657c21a9992c814e7cb2730620ae6c05ff66a1c /gps.xml
parentde697118c1ee31edb5a779534368e81ae0d0d7fe (diff)
downloadgpsd-2c726892bb3c0f4c5c648f6bdb0c7c984d578915.tar.gz
Experimental export via shared memory is almost working.
Fix fields look correct but time is garbled. All regression tests pass. Code splints clean.
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gps.xml b/gps.xml
index 0ba93d12..d3efb855 100644
--- a/gps.xml
+++ b/gps.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ BSD terms apply: see the file COPYING in the distribution root for details.
<command>gpxlogger</command>
<arg choice='opt'>-D <replaceable>debug-level</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-d </arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>-e <replaceable>export-method</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-f <replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>-l </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-m <replaceable>minmove</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-h </arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-V </arg>
@@ -280,14 +282,21 @@ specified logfile.</para>
meters (it may include a fractional decimal part). Motions shorter
than this will not be logged.</para>
-<para>If D-Bus support is available on the host and GPSD is
-configured to use it, this program listens to DBUS broadcasts
-from <application>gpsd</application>. (org.gpsd.fix). Otherwise,
-it uses a conventional socket connection. </para>
-
-<para>Presence of a server-port-device specification forces use of
-sockets even on a D-Bus capable system, though this is unlikely to be
-of interest to anyone except GPSD developers.</para>
+<para><application>gpxlogger</application> can use any of the
+export methods that <application>gpsd</application> supports.
+For a list of these methods, use the <option>-l</option>.
+To force the method, give the <option>-e</option> one of
+the colon-teminated method names from the <option>-l</option>
+table.</para>
+
+<para>If D-Bus support is available on the host, GPSD is configured to
+use it, and <command>-e dbus</command> is specified, this program
+listens to DBUS broadcasts from
+<application>gpsd</application> via org.gpsd.fix.</para>
+
+<para>With <command>-e sockets</command>, or if sockets is the method
+defaulted to, you may give a server-port-device specification as
+arguments.</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>