implement outWaiting on Posix, doc updates

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/pyserial/code/trunk/pyserial@443 f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
index bafea46..f0a0cb1 100644
--- a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
+++ b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ Native ports
         The parameter *baudrate* can be one of the standard values:
         50, 75, 110, 134, 150, 200, 300, 600, 1200, 1800, 2400, 4800,
         9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200.
-        These are well supported on all platforms. Standard values above 115200
-        such as: 230400, 460800, 500000, 576000, 921600, 1000000, 1152000,
-        1500000, 2000000, 2500000, 3000000, 3500000, 4000000 also work on many
-        platforms.
+        These are well supported on all platforms.
+
+        Standard values above 115200, such as: 230400, 460800, 500000, 576000,
+        921600, 1000000, 1152000, 1500000, 2000000, 2500000, 3000000, 3500000,
+        4000000 also work on many platforms and devices.
 
         Non-standard values are also supported on some platforms (GNU/Linux, MAC
         OSX >= Tiger, Windows). Though, even on these platforms some serial
@@ -360,6 +361,15 @@ Native ports
 
     .. warning:: Programs using the following methods are not portable to other platforms!
 
+    .. method:: outWaiting()
+
+        :platform: Unix
+        :platform: Windows
+
+        Return the number of bytes in the output buffer.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 2.7 (Posix support added)
+
     .. method:: nonblocking()
 
         :platform: Unix