4 files changed, 37 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp b/src/extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp
index eb62f4b3a..19b48e10d 100644
--- a/src/extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/dbus/dbus-init.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,14 @@
 #include <sstream>
 
 
-
+namespace
+{
+    // This stores the bus name to use for this app instance. By default, it
+    // will be set to org.inkscape. However, users may provide other names by
+    // setting command-line parameters when starting Inkscape, so that more
+    // than one instance of Inkscape may be used by external scripts.
+    gchar *instance_bus_name = NULL;
+}
 
 namespace Inkscape {
 namespace Extension {
@@ -120,6 +127,11 @@ dbus_register_document(Inkscape::ActionContext const & target)
 void 
 init (void)
 {
+        if (instance_bus_name == NULL) {
+            // Set the bus name to the default
+            instance_bus_name = strdup("org.inkscape");
+        }
+
         guint   result;
         GError *error = NULL;
         DBusGConnection *connection;
@@ -127,7 +139,7 @@ init (void)
         connection = dbus_get_connection();
         proxy = dbus_get_proxy(connection);
         org_freedesktop_DBus_request_name (proxy,
-                "org.inkscape",
+                instance_bus_name,
                 DBUS_NAME_FLAG_DO_NOT_QUEUE, &result, &error);
         //create interface for application
         dbus_register_object (connection, 
@@ -198,6 +210,19 @@ init_desktop (void) {
     return strdup(name.c_str());
 }
 
+void
+dbus_set_bus_name(gchar * bus_name)
+{
+    g_assert(bus_name != NULL);
+    g_assert(instance_bus_name == NULL);
+    instance_bus_name = strdup(bus_name);
+}
 
+gchar *
+dbus_get_bus_name()
+{
+    g_assert(instance_bus_name != NULL);
+    return instance_bus_name;
+}
 
 } } } /* namespace Inkscape::Extension::Dbus */
diff --git a/src/extension/dbus/dbus-init.h b/src/extension/dbus/dbus-init.h
index 486e55b86..7862ad3c3 100644
--- a/src/extension/dbus/dbus-init.h
+++ b/src/extension/dbus/dbus-init.h
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ gchar * init_desktop (void);
 
 gchar * dbus_init_desktop_interface (SPDesktop * dt);
 
+/** Set the bus name to use. Default is "org.inkscape".
+  This function should only be called once, before init(), if a non-default
+  bus name is required. */
+void dbus_set_bus_name(gchar * bus_name);
+
+/** Get the bus name for this instance. Default is "org.inkscape".
+  This function should only be called after init().
+  The returned gchar * is owned by this module and should not be freed. */
+gchar * dbus_get_bus_name();
+
 } } }  /* namespace Dbus, Extension, Inkscape */
 
 #endif /* INKSCAPE_EXTENSION_DBUS_INIT_H__ */
diff --git a/src/extension/dbus/document-interface.h b/src/extension/dbus/document-interface.h
index 00d964f36..27460de52 100644
--- a/src/extension/dbus/document-interface.h
+++ b/src/extension/dbus/document-interface.h
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
 
 class SPDesktop;
 class SPItem;
-
-// TODO: this define doesn't seem to be used... although the path itself is also hardcoded in dbus-init.cpp
-#define DBUS_DOCUMENT_INTERFACE_PATH  "/org/inkscape/document"
         
 #define TYPE_DOCUMENT_INTERFACE            (document_interface_get_type ())
 #define DOCUMENT_INTERFACE(object)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), TYPE_DOCUMENT_INTERFACE, DocumentInterface))
diff --git a/src/extension/dbus/wrapper/inkscape-dbus-wrapper.h b/src/extension/dbus/wrapper/inkscape-dbus-wrapper.h
index 79f8188d4..20830bd65 100644
--- a/src/extension/dbus/wrapper/inkscape-dbus-wrapper.h
+++ b/src/extension/dbus/wrapper/inkscape-dbus-wrapper.h
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 //#include <dbus/dbus-glib-bindings.h>
 //#include <dbus/dbus-glib-lowlevel.h>
-
-#define DBUS_DOCUMENT_INTERFACE_PATH  "/org/inkscape/document"
         
 #define TYPE_DOCUMENT_INTERFACE            (document_interface_get_type ())
 #define DOCUMENT_INTERFACE(object)         (G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE_CAST ((object), TYPE_DOCUMENT_INTERFACE, DocumentInterface))