Changeset 7b7c2e8

Timestamp:

May 19, 2011, 6:25:25 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

Jonathan Norman <jonathan at bluesquarelinux.co.uk>

Branches:

clfs-1.2, clfs-2.1, clfs-3.0.0-systemd, clfs-3.0.0-sysvinit, master, systemd, sysvinit

Children:

2864455

Parents:

db065d5

Message:

Added description to Glib binaries

File:

• BOOK/final-system/common/glib.xml (modified) (10 diffs)

BOOK/final-system/common/glib.xml

@@ -70 +70 @@
         <term><command>gdbus</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para>Introspect and call remote objects.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib gdbus">
             <primary sortas="b-gdbus">gdbus</primary>
@@ -80 +80 @@
         <term><command>gio-querymodules</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para><command>gio-querymodules</command> creates a giomodule.cache file
+       in the listed directories. This file lists the implemented extension points
+       for each module that has been found. It is used by GIO at runtime to avoid 
+       opening all modules just to find out which extension points they are
+       implementing.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib gio-querymodules">
             <primary sortas="b-gio-querymodules">gio-querymodules</primary>
@@ -90 +94 @@
         <term><command>glib-compile-schemas</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para>GSettings schema compiler.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib glib-compile-schemas">
             <primary sortas="b-glib-compile-schemas">glib-compile-schemas</primary>
@@ -100 +104 @@
         <term><command>glib-genmarshal</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para>C code marshaller generation utility for GLib closures.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib glib-genmarshal">
             <primary sortas="b-glib-genmarshal">glib-genmarshal</primary>
@@ -110 +114 @@
         <term><command>glib-gettextize</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para><command>glib-gettextize<command> helps to prepare a 
+       source package for being internationalized through gettext. It is a variant of 
+       the <command>gettextize<command> that ships with gettext.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib glib-gettextize">
             <primary sortas="b-glib-gettextize">glib-gettextize</primary>
@@ -120 +126 @@
         <term><command>glib-mkenums</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para>C language enum description generation utility.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib glib-mkenums">
             <primary sortas="b-glib-mkenums">glib-mkenums</primary>
@@ -130 +136 @@
         <term><command>gobject-query</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para><command>gobject-query</command> takes a mandatory argument that specifies
+            whether it should iterate over the fundamental types or print a type tree.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib gobject-query">
             <primary sortas="b-gobject-query">gobject-query</primary>
@@ -140 +147 @@
         <term><command>gsettings</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para><command>gsettings<command> offers a simple commandline interface to 
+           <command>GSettings</command>. It lets you get, set or monitor an individual key 
+           for changes.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib gsettings">
             <primary sortas="b-gsettings">gsettings</primary>
@@ -150 +159 @@
         <term><command>gtester</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para><command>gtester</command> is a utility to run unit tests that have been
+             written using the GLib test framework.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib gtester">
             <primary sortas="b-gtester">gtester</primary>
@@ -160 +170 @@
         <term><command>gtester-report</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>disc.</para>
+          <para><command>gtester-report</command> is a script which converts the XML output
+             generated by gtester into HTML.</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-glib gtester-report">
             <primary sortas="b-gtester-report">gtester-report</primary>