fixed LaTeX markup to suit tex2rtf

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / socket.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/socket.tex b/docs/latex/wx/socket.tex
index 6d91017973cadc28769552874eeedf8021215b92..04a2515b898cbdad49e9f5cefb9590ef180d8f33 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/socket.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/socket.tex
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ Functions that allow applications to customize socket IO as needed.
 
 \helpref{GetFlags}{wxsocketbasegetflags}\\
 \helpref{SetFlags}{wxsocketbasesetflags}\\
-\helpref{SetTimeout}{wxsocketbasesettimeout}
+\helpref{SetTimeout}{wxsocketbasesettimeout}\\
+\helpref{SetLocal}{wxsocketbasesetlocal}\\
 
 \membersection{Handling socket events}\label{socketevents}
 
@@ -560,8 +561,12 @@ The {\bf wxSOCKET\_REUSEADDR} flag controls the use of the SO\_REUSEADDR standar
 setsockopt() flag. This flag allows the socket to bind to a port that is already in use.
 This is mostly used on UNIX-based systems to allow rapid starting and stopping of a server - 
 otherwise you may have to wait several minutes for the port to become available.
-This option can have surprising platform dependent behavior, check the documentation for
-your platform's implementation of setsockopt().
+wxSOCKET\_REUSEADDR can also be used with socket clients to (re)bind to a particular local port
+for an outgoing connection.
+This option can have surprising platform dependent behavior, so check the documentation for
+your platform's implementation of setsockopt(). Note that on BSD-based systems (e.g. Mac OS X),
+use of wxSOCKET\_REUSEADDR implies SO\_REUSEPORT in addition to SO\_REUSEADDR to be consistent
+with Windows.
 
 So:
 
@@ -576,7 +581,20 @@ the data.
 {\bf wxSOCKET\_BLOCK} has nothing to do with the previous flags and
 it controls whether the GUI blocks.
 
-{\bf wxSOCKET\_REUSEADDR} controls special platform-specific behavior for wxServerSocket.
+{\bf wxSOCKET\_REUSEADDR} controls special platform-specific behavior for
+reusing local addresses/ports.
+
+%
+% SetLocal
+%
+\membersection{wxSocketBase::SetLocal}\label{wxsocketbasesetlocal}
+
+\func{bool}{SetLocal}{\param{wxIPV4address\&}{ local}}
+
+This function allows you to set the local address and port,
+useful when an application needs to reuse a particular port. When
+a local port is set for a \helpref{wxSocketClient}{wxsocketclient},
+{\bf bind} will be called before {\bf connect}.
 
 %
 % SetNotify
@@ -1018,6 +1036,9 @@ Destructor. Please see \helpref{wxSocketBase::Destroy}{wxsocketbasedestroy}.
 
 \func{bool}{Connect}{\param{wxSockAddress\&}{ address}, \param{bool}{ wait = true}}
 
+\func{bool}{Connect}{\param{wxSockAddress\&}{ address}, \param{wxSockAddress\&}{ local},
+\param{bool}{ wait = true}}
+
 Connects to a server using the specified address.
 
 If {\it wait} is true, Connect will wait until the connection
@@ -1034,6 +1055,10 @@ and {\bf wxSOCKET\_LOST} events (for connection failure).
 
 \docparam{address}{Address of the server.}
 
+\docparam{local}{Bind to the specified local address and port before connecting.
+The local address and port can also be set using \helpref{SetLocal}{wxsocketbasesetlocal},
+and then using the 2-parameter Connect method.}
+
 \docparam{wait}{If true, waits for the connection to complete.}
 
 \wxheading{Return value}