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@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ messages to other processes on the same machine. \fBbus\fP does not use any daemon. Instead, all communication and synchronisation is managed using System V (XSI) semaphores and System V (XSI) shared memory. .PP -The command \fBbus create\fP can be used to create new buses. By +The command \fBbus create\fP can be used to create new buses. By convention, buses should be stored in \fI$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bus\fP, this is -what \fBbus create\fP does if no pathname is given. The pathname of the +what \fBbus create\fP does if no pathname is given. The pathname of the bus should be tracked using \fIBUS_X\fP, where \fIX\fP is replaced with either: .TP @@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ For the bus used in with the input subsystem is involved. For the bus used in with the storage subsystem is involved. .PP Messages broadcasted on a bus cannot be longer than 2047 bytes, -excluding NUL termination. Message should be encoded in UTF-8, and most -not contain the NUL character. +excluding NULL termination. Message should be encoded in UTF-8, +and most not contain the NULL character. .PP Broadcasted message should start with the process ID whence the message originated, followed by a single regular space. .SH SEE ALSO -bus(1), libbus(7), semop(2), shmop(2) +.BR bus (1), +.BR libbus (7), +.BR semop (2), +.BR shmop (2) .SH AUTHORS Principal author, Mattias Andrée. See the LICENSE file for the full list of authors. |