diff --git a/docs/manual/gstreamer-manual.sgml b/docs/manual/gstreamer-manual.sgml
index 7c718c155d..43e6c9ad86 100644
--- a/docs/manual/gstreamer-manual.sgml
+++ b/docs/manual/gstreamer-manual.sgml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@
+ &INIT;
+
&ELEMENTS;
&PLUGINS;
diff --git a/docs/manual/init.sgml b/docs/manual/init.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..985dcc2149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/manual/init.sgml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+ Initializing <application>GStreamer</application>
+
+ When writing a GStreamer application, you can
+ simply include gst/gst.h to get access to the library functions.
+
+
+ Before the GStreamer libraries can be used
+ gst_init () has to be performed from the main app. this call will perform
+ first initialisation and will parse the GStreamer specific command line
+ options.
+
+
+ A typical program would start like this:
+
+
+
+#include <gst/gst.h>
+
+...
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ ...
+ gst_init (&argc, &argv);
+ ...
+}
+
+
+ It is also possible to call the gst_init method with two NULL argumants.
+
+
+ Use the GST_VERSION_MAJOR, GST_VERSION_MINOR and GST_VERSION_MICRO macros to
+ get the GStreamer version you are building against.
+
+
+
diff --git a/docs/manual/utility.sgml b/docs/manual/utility.sgml
index ca5a39b1c3..85b304ec6b 100644
--- a/docs/manual/utility.sgml
+++ b/docs/manual/utility.sgml
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@
+
+ One usually sets object properties using g_object_set (). The problem with this
+ method is that you need to know the type of the property. A convenience function,
+ gst_utils_set_object_arg () is therefore provided so that you can always set
+ the property with a string value. for example:
+
+
+ gst_util_set_object_arg (someobject, "int_property", "1000");
+
+
+ Will do The Right Thing(tm), converting the string to the type of the property when
+ needed.
+
+
There is also another utility function that can be used to dump a block
of memory on the console. This function is very usefull for plugin