04-26-2010
You're not the only one.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Linus Torvalds
This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.
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torvalds vs. gnome for more on the issue.
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libgpilotd
libgpilotd(3) C Library Functions libgpilotd(3)
NAME
libgpilotd, libgpilotdcm, libgpilotdconduit - C interfaces for gnome-pilot daemon
DESCRIPTION
libgpilotd, libgpilotdcm, libgpilotdconduit are three core gnome-pilot libraries. libgpilotd is for gnome-pilot daemon. libgpilotdcm is for
gnome-pilot conduit management. libgpilotdconduit is for gnome-pilot conduits.
The gnome-pilot daemon monitors for pilot connections on one or more devices. Gnome-pilot has default conduits for backing up files and
installing files. It also includes an API for creating conduits
Other packages exist that provide additional conduits. For example, the Evolution mail/calendar/memo PIM application suite.
FILES
The following files are used by this library:
/usr/lib/libgpilotd.so gpilotd shared library
/usr/lib/libgpilotdcm.so gpilotd conduit management shared library
/usr/lib/libgpilotdconduit.so gpilotd conduit shared library
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-pilot |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
gpilot-install-file(1), gpilotd(1), gpilotd-control-applet(1), pilot-xfer(1), libpisock(3), libpisync(3), attributes(5), gnome-inter-
faces(5)
NOTES
Written by Jerry Yu, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.
SunOS 5.11 30 Jul 2008 libgpilotd(3)