[svn] r6259 - trunk/tools/unoconv

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Author: dag
Date: 2008-04-10 11:09:20 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 6259

Modified:
   trunk/tools/unoconv/README
   trunk/tools/unoconv/unoconv
Log:
Updates

Modified: trunk/tools/unoconv/README
===================================================================
--- trunk/tools/unoconv/README	2008-04-10 10:01:15 UTC (rev 6258)
+++ trunk/tools/unoconv/README	2008-04-10 10:09:20 UTC (rev 6259)
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@
 unoconv uses the OpenOffice's UNO bindings for non-interactive conversion
 of documents.
 
-unoconv tries to start an oofice instance that it then uses and
-destroys. However the success rate of starting and stopping this
-ooffice instance depends on some outside factors.
+unoconv tries to start an ooffice instance (if it cannot find a running one)
+that it then uses and destroys. However the success rate of starting and
+stopping this ooffice instance depends on some outside factors.
 
-You can always start an instance yourself at the default port 2002 and
-then use unoconv until you're finished using it and then stop it.
+Since there is no feedback mechanism to see if the newly started ooffice is
+in fact ready to communicate, we don't know exactly when we can use the UNO
+api. If ooffice is not ready, you may get a random error.
 
+However, you can always start an instance yourself at the default port 2002
+and then use unoconv until you're finished using it and then stop it.
+
     unoconv --listener &
+    sleep 20
     unoconv -b pdf *.odt
     unoconv -b doc *.odt
     unoconv -b html *.odt
@@ -22,6 +27,8 @@
 way the conversion tasks are performed on a dedicated system instead
 of on the client system.
 
+Remember that ooffice requires an X display, even when using it in headless
+mode (not sure what -headless means in this context though).
 
 Other tools that are useful or similar in operation:
 

Modified: trunk/tools/unoconv/unoconv
===================================================================
--- trunk/tools/unoconv/unoconv	2008-04-10 10:01:15 UTC (rev 6258)
+++ trunk/tools/unoconv/unoconv	2008-04-10 10:09:20 UTC (rev 6259)
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
             for bin in ('soffice.bin', 'soffice', ):
                 error(2, "Trying to launch our own listener using %s." % bin)
                 try:
-                    oopid = os.spawnvp(os.P_NOWAIT, bin, [bin, "-nologo", "-nodefault", "-accept=%s" % op.connection]);
+                    oopid = os.spawnvp(os.P_NOWAIT, bin, [bin, "-nologo", "-nodefault", "-headless", "-accept=%s" % op.connection]);
                     time.sleep(1)
                     unocontext = resolver.resolve("uno:%s" % op.connection)
                     break