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Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy
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Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:20:36 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jan Moringen <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
Hi Jan,
> I recently developed dbus-proxy, a framework that makes accessing remote
> D-Bus objects from Emacs Lisp easier and more transparent than the
I would call it "proxy D-Bus objects". The objects you are using reside
on your local host. Accessing D-Bus objects on a remote host is a
different thing.
> current `dbus-call-method' mechanism. Since I was encouraged to propose
> it for inclusion in Emacs, I'm hereby doing so.
It's a nice idea I really appreciate.
> Let me start with a simple example of how a typical usage of dbus-proxy
> looks:
>
> (let ((device-kit (dbus-proxy-make-remote-proxy
> :system
> "org.freedesktop.DeviceKit"
> "/org/freedesktop/DeviceKit")))
>
> ;; Retrieve the daemon-version property.
> (slot-value device-kit :daemon-version)
> (oref device-kit :daemon-version)
For people not familiar with eieio (like me) it would be helpful to
explain what's happening here.
> + dbus-introspection.el
If such a module exists, dbus-introspection-* functions from dbus.el
could be moved here.
> I am aware of the following problems with respect to the inclusion in
> Emacs:
> + Names:
> + Generated class names tend to be long and ugly and do not follow
> usual Lisp conventions
> + `connect' and `disconnect' may need a `dbus-proxy-' prefix?
Yes. In general, every Lisp package should use its own namespace.
> + The generated class hierarchies only work with the :c3 method
> resolution order which was added to EIEIO upstream a few months ago
> but does not seem to have been merged yet
This shall be solved before adding your package.
> + The unit tests use ert which is also not currently included in Emacs
Maybe you cam move the unit tests to another package?
> + The use of the cl library may or may not be acceptable
You load it only during byte-compilation. That's OK I believe.
> ;;; dbus-introspection.el --- Helper functions for D-Bus introspection
>
> ;; malformed-signature
>
> (intern "malformed-signature")
What is this good for? The first use of an uninterned symbol adds it to
the obarray.
> (defconst dbus-proxy-simple-type-codes
> (defun dbus-proxy-parse-simple-type (string)
> (defun dbus-proxy-parse-composite-type (string)
> (defun dbus-proxy-parse-type-list (string)
There are already signature parsing functions in dbusbind.c. Maybe we
could make them available on Lisp level; this could simplify your code.
Furthermore, since we are in dbus-introspection.el, the functions shall
not be prefixed dbus-proxy-*
> ;;; dbus-proxy.el --- Automatic proxies for remote D-Bus objects
> ;;; Commentary:
> ;;
> ;; Here is a basic example of the intended use:
> ;;
> ;; (let ((epiphany (dbus-proxy-make-remote-proxy
> ;; :session
> ;; "org.gnome.Epiphany"
> ;; "/org/gnome/Epiphany")))
> ;; (open-bookmarks-editor epiphany 0))
You could be a little bit more verbose with the example. I suspect, that
the `dbus-proxy-make-remote-proxy' call declares the function
`open-bookmarks-editor', which has been retrieved as method from an
existing interface at "/org/gnome/Epiphany". The following description
of the algorithm tells it somehow, but it is not obvious.
Maybe you could also contribute a section to dus.texi.
Best regards, Michael.
- Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Jan Moringen, 2010/08/21
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, joakim, 2010/08/22
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy,
Michael Albinus <=
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Jan Moringen, 2010/08/22
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Kevin Rodgers, 2010/08/23
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Michael Albinus, 2010/08/23
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Jan Moringen, 2010/08/23
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Michael Albinus, 2010/08/24
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Chong Yidong, 2010/08/24
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Tom Tromey, 2010/08/24
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Michael Albinus, 2010/08/26
- Re: Inclusion of dbus-proxy, Jan Moringen, 2010/08/24