On 04/12/2013 10:53 AM, Peter Meerwald wrote: > first attempt to document the "server string" > See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62444 > > quite a bit is missing: [hostname], defaults > > Signed-off-by: Peter Meerwald <pmeerw at pmeerw.net> > --- > man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in | 8 +++++++- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in b/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in > index 12f05e8..cf687f4 100644 > --- a/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in > +++ b/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in > @@ -446,7 +446,13 @@ USA. > <p>The PulseAudio client libraries check for the existance of the > following environment variables and change their local configuration accordingly:</p> > > - <p><arg>$PULSE_SERVER</arg>: the server string specifying the server to connect to when a client asks for a sound server connection and doesn't explicitly ask for a specific server.</p> > + <p><arg>$PULSE_SERVER</arg>: the server string specifying the server > + to connect to when a client asks for a sound server connection and doesn't > + explicitly ask for a specific server. The server string is a list of > + server addresses separated by whitespace which are tried in turn. A server > + address consists of an optional address type specifier (unix:, tcp:, tcp4:, > + tcp6:), followed by a path or host address. A host address may include an > + optional port number.</p> > > <p><arg>$PULSE_SINK</arg>: the symbolic name of the sink to connect to when a client creates a playback stream and doesn't explicitly ask for a specific sink.</p> > > Pushed. Thanks! -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. https://launchpad.net/~diwic
