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diff --git a/doc/ivy-perl.1 b/doc/ivy-perl.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..265354c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ivy-perl.1 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +'\" +'\" Ivy, Perl interface \- library managing connexions to a software bus +'\" +'\" Copyright (C) 1997-1999 +'\" Centre d'Études de la Navigation Aérienne +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +'\" +'\" # Start an argument description +.de AP +.ie !"\\$4"" .TP \\$4 +.el \{\ +. ie !"\\$2"" .TP \\n()Cu +. el .TP 15 +.\} +.ie !"\\$3"" \{\ +.ta \\n()Au \\n()Bu +\&\\$1 \\fI\\$2\\fP (\\$3) +.\".b +.\} +.el \{\ +.br +.ie !"\\$2"" \{\ +\&\\$1 \\fI\\$2\\fP +.\} +.el \{\ +\&\\fI\\$1\\fP +.\} +.\} +.. +'\" # define tabbing values for .AP +.de AS +.nr )A 10n +.if !"\\$1"" .nr )A \\w'\\$1'u+3n +.nr )B \\n()Au+15n +.\" +.if !"\\$2"" .nr )B \\w'\\$2'u+\\n()Au+3n +.nr )C \\n()Bu+\\w'(in/out)'u+2n +.. +'\" # BS - start boxed text +'\" # ^y = starting y location +'\" # ^b = 1 +.TH Ivy-Perl-3.0 1 3.0 "Ivy-Perl-3.0 Interface" +.SH NAME +ivy-perl - a software bus library +.SH SYNOPSIS +Ivy-perl provides a useful set of Perl library functions for communicating between different +processes through a software bus +.SH DESCRIPTION +Ivy is a software bus, ie a system that allows any software component to freely exchange data. +The basic principle of a software bus is to ease the rapid implementation of new agents, and to manage a dynamic collection of agents on the bus: agents connect, send and receive messages, and disconnect without perturbing the overall functionment of the bus. +Each time an application initializes a connection on the bus, a +"ready" message is sent to all other applications already connected, and the +list of the messages subscribed by this application is dispatched. +The format for the messages is free. +.nf +The essential functions of Ivy are: +.nf +.I Connexion +.nf +.I Message sending +.nf +.I Message subscription +.nf +.I Main loop + +.SH FILES +.I /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/Ivy.pm +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.I IVYBUS +.nf +.I IVYDOMAINS +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +error messages displayed +.SH BUGS +none reported yet! +.SH AUTHORS +.nf +Alexandre Bustico <bustico@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr> +.nf +Stephane Chatty <chatty@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr> +.SH SEE ALSO +ivy-c (1) +.sp +For further details, please refer to the Ivy html page at http://www.cenatls.cena.dgac.fr/pii/produits/Ivy.html +.SH NOTES +In case of any comment or bug report on this library, please contact +bustico@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr, chatty@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr, jacomi@cenatoulouse.dgac.fr + |