docs: tell more about what happens in gst_init.

Add links to gst_update_registry and the env-vars.
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Stefan Kost 2009-10-28 09:58:52 +02:00
parent 369a63b11c
commit b66a4dbd42

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@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ gst_init_check (int *argc, char **argv[], GError ** err)
* Initializes the GStreamer library, setting up internal path lists,
* registering built-in elements, and loading standard plugins.
*
* Unless the plugin registry is disabled at compile time, the registry will be
* loaded. By default this will also check if the registry cache needs to be
* updated and rescan all plugins if needed. See gst_update_registry() for
* details and section
* <link linkend="gst-running">Running GStreamer Applications</link>
* for how to disable automatic registry updates.
*
* This function should be called before calling any other GLib functions. If
* this is not an option, your program must initialise the GLib thread system
* using g_thread_init() before any other GLib functions are called.