Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] Gnomemeeting remote control through DBUS

["Damien Sandras" <dsandras seconix com>]

Are you sure DBUS callbacks do not need gdk_threads_* ?
Bonobo ones need them.

PS: I haven't looked at the patch.

Le 14/8/2004, "PUYDT Julien" <jpuydt free fr> a écrit:

>Hi,
>
>I'll answer to that mail to give the following files (I fear the 40k
>wall):
>* gm_remote.c and a little Makefile to help compile it;
>* a patch against gm's cvs.
>
>You'll need to have dbus and it's glib bindings installed to compile
>both gm_remote and the patched gnomemeeting. (version 0.21 is what works
>here)
>
>Once you'll have compiled gm_remote and the patched gnomemeeting,
>running them will require you to do the following:
>* in a terminal, run "dbus-daemon-1 --session --print-address"; you
>should get something like "unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-Wi693PHtxm";
>* run both gnomemeeting and gm_remote with
>DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-Wi693PHtxm" at the
>beginning of the command line, so the dbus server you just launched will
>be used.
>
>You should get a gnomemeeting that looks like usual, and a window with a
>text entry and a row of buttons (window title: "Unknown").
>
>If you press the "Update" button, you should see the title change to
>"Standby". Now enter a nice h323 url in the entry, and click "Connect".
>You should hear gnomemeeting start ringing. Click "Update", and you
>should see the title become "Calling". When the call begins, re-click to
>see "Connected". Click on the "Disconnect" button and gnomemeeting
>should do just that (again, "Update" should give "Standby"), etc. If
>someone tries to call you, and you press "Update", "Called" should
>appear in the title. If your experiments ever make "Bogus" appear,
>gnomemeeting did something very wrong and there's a bug:please report!
>
>Some remarks:
>1) gm_remote sucks ; its goal is just to help me test the dbus
>component, and it serves that purpose well enough;
>2) DBUS' api isn't stable and the implementation is probably buggy. That
>won't change until people begin to use it, so if people don't use it
>because it's not ready, it will never be ready... I think it is
>important to break that vicious circle, and begin to use it now even if
>it's a little painful;
>3) DBUS is kde-friendly and gnome-friendly (probably xfce-friendly too ;
>hopefully gnustep, e17 and others will follow), so it's nice to be
>compatible with it;
>4) look at the post of R.Rozman in the archives (23 Jan 2004), and
>you'll see there is interest for that kind of features (with ideas of
>things that could be interesting);
>5) automatic launching of gnomemeeting when asking to connect should be
>possible, but I don't know how yet;
>6) notification of events (connection begin/end) should be possible too,
>but I don't know how yet;
>7) perhaps DBUS has some easier way to be used than launching the daemon
>by hand and giving its address explicitly? (If it hasn't yet, I'm pretty
>sure it will come.)
>
>Enjoy,
>
>Snark
>
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