From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Network Manager Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:11:24 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87mwxhbpk0.fsf@gnu.org> <87d2ydujqb.fsf@gmx.de> <87txrokarg.fsf@rpi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1355668665 12485 80.91.229.3 (16 Dec 2012 14:37:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:37:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Ian D Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 16 15:37:59 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 1TkFLk-00045N-K5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:37:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41350 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TkFLX-0005dU-FK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40736) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TkFLU-0005d8-SX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:37:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TkFLT-000189-Ds for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:37:36 -0500 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:50549) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TkFLT-000184-AO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:37:35 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id qBGEbflE019072; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:37:42 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id C1C975918C; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:11:24 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87txrokarg.fsf@rpi.edu> (Ian D.'s message of "Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:45:39 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4434=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4434> : streams <875323> : uri <1295647> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.20 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:155601 Archived-At: If you want, you can host your package in GNU ELPA (i.e. the source code would be in the `elpa' branch). Stefan >>>>> "Ian" == Ian D writes: > A few things: > 1. I primarily use Wicd, so I haven't tested NetworkManager > yet. > 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. > 3. To anyone who hasn't ready any of the previous > emails, you do need to add "(require 'enwc-setup)" and > "(enwc-setup)" to your .emacs file. I apologize for not > mentioning this before, and have added it to the enwc.el > file. > 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. > Ian D