From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Network Manager Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:29:44 +0100 Message-ID: <87txrohfl3.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87y5h0enrf.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355495399 18699 80.91.229.3 (14 Dec 2012 14:29:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ian D Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 14 15:30:14 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TjWHE-0004nH-5a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:30:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54091 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjWH1-0001Vt-5w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:29:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:32840) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjWGy-0001Vc-Jz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:29:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjWGs-0002tK-Iw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:29:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:62603) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TjWGs-0002t5-AR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:29:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([10.1.76.35]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx001) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LtC7R-1Syfqw19aN-012tTD for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:29:49 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 Dec 2012 14:29:48 -0000 Original-Received: from p57BB984E.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO detlef.gmx.de) [87.187.152.78] by mail.gmx.net (mp035) with SMTP; 14 Dec 2012 15:29:48 +0100 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18kIkAbazYkSrVN29hcRsHOc+wv+u4SVh1TUKJGQP cx1lQcGh/q8fsB In-Reply-To: <87y5h0enrf.fsf@gnu.org> (Ian D.'s message of "Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:01:24 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.21 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:155548 Archived-At: Ian D writes: Hi Ian, > 2. The documentation I've been using for NetworkManager is > for version 0.9.6.4, and in the NEWS file (and before anyone > asks, I already checked the ChangeLog in the source I have) > in the source code, I found that they indeed added > RequestScan to NetworkManager in version 0.9.6. The specific > entry is "* Add on-demand WiFi scan support". I will see > what if there is anything I can do about this, although it > seems like there isn't much. However, 0.9.6 is the next > version after 0.9.4, so I assume that the update will find > its way to other distros soon. Maybe your code could protect the respective D-Bus call with `dbus-ignore-errors'. With this, wired connections might be visible at least. > 4. When using Wicd, scanning does take a little while, since > I needed it to block, otherwise the scan would complete in > the background after ENWC finished it, so the displayed > results would be invalid. For me, it only takes a few > seconds to complete the scan. What about `dbus-call-method-asynchronously'? The handler could update the enwc buffer, and you aren't blocked during scan. > Ian D Best regards, Michael.