[konsole] doc/manual: Update release/date, scripting and command line help
Kurt Hindenburg
null at kde.org
Sat Jan 28 17:45:22 UTC 2017
Git commit 792eda569a4af1bec35864604846445513527101 by Kurt Hindenburg.
Committed on 28/01/2017 at 17:43.
Pushed by hindenburg into branch 'master'.
Update release/date, scripting and command line help
Add more info about using dbus with Konsole's envirnomental variables
and re-add --nofork help
BUG: 373905
M +44 -11 doc/manual/index.docbook
https://commits.kde.org/konsole/792eda569a4af1bec35864604846445513527101
diff --git a/doc/manual/index.docbook b/doc/manual/index.docbook
index 34fec0f0..09cc46d2 100644
--- a/doc/manual/index.docbook
+++ b/doc/manual/index.docbook
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
<holder>&Jonathan.Singer;</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
- <year>2005</year><year>2008</year><year>2009</year><year>2010</year><year>2011</year><year>2014</year><year>2016</year>
+ <year>2005</year><year>2008</year><year>2009</year><year>2010</year><year>2011</year><year>2014</year><year>2016</year><year>2017</year>
<holder>&Kurt.Hindenburg;</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
-<date>2016-07-09</date>
-<releaseinfo>Applications 16.08</releaseinfo>
+<date>2017-01-28</date>
+<releaseinfo>Applications 17.04</releaseinfo>
<abstract><para>&konsole; is &kde;'s terminal emulator.</para></abstract>
@@ -1137,6 +1137,7 @@ Empty lines or lines with <userinput>#</userinput> at the beginning are ignored,
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--separate</option></term>
+<term><option>--nofork</option></term>
<listitem><para><action>Run</action> the new instance of &konsole; in a separate process.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -1254,17 +1255,54 @@ will display methods for controlling window 1.
<listitem><para>
<prompt>%</prompt>
<command>qdbus</command>
+<option>org.kde.konsole $KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW</option>
+will display methods for controlling the current window.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+<prompt>%</prompt>
+<command>qdbus</command>
<option>org.kde.konsole /Sessions/1</option>
will display methods for controlling session 1.
</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+<prompt>%</prompt>
+<command>qdbus</command>
+<option>org.kde.konsole $KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION</option>
+will display methods for controlling the current session.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+<prompt>%</prompt>
+<command>qdbus</command>
+<option>$KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE $KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION</option>
+will display methods for controlling the current &konsole;'s session.
+</para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
-If you start &konsole; from a terminal you may need to change
-<option>org.kde.konsole</option> to
-<option>org.kde.konsole-`pidof -s konsole`</option>.
+If any of the above commands outputs:
+Service 'org.kde.konsole' does not exist, change
+<option>org.kde.konsole</option> to one of the following:
+
+<itemizedlist>
+
+<listitem><para>
+<option>org.kde.konsole-`pidof -s konsole`</option>
+(will select first pid)
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+<option>$KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE</option>
+(this can be used from the current &konsole;)
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+<option>select one from the output of 'qdbus | grep konsole'</option>
+</para></listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
@@ -1415,11 +1453,6 @@ in <userinput><command>qtpaths</command> <option>--paths GenericConfigLocation</
<title>Common Issues</title>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>
-Starting with version 16.08 (August 2016), &konsole; no longer uses KDE4's KUniqueApplication and thus <option>--nofork</option> no longer exists.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
<listitem>
<para>Some fonts might be unavailable for usage in &konsole;, although they are available in other applications. That doesn't mean there is a bug in &konsole;. &konsole; requires monospaced fonts to provide the best visual result, so it asks &Qt; to only list monospaced fonts.</para>
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