The "dcop" command tool can now also handle lists. Lists need to be delimited with either "[" and "]" or "(" and ")", or a delimiter of your choice. Examples (lines are wrapped): dcop klauncher klauncher 'start_service_by_desktop_name(QString,QStringList)' kate [ file1.txt file2.txt ] dcop klauncher klauncher 'start_service_by_desktop_name(QString,QStringList)' kate '(' file1.txt file2.txt ')' dcop klauncher klauncher 'start_service_by_desktop_name(QString,QStringList)' kate $ file1.txt file2.txt $ Cheers, Waldo -- bastian@kde.org | SuSE Labs KDE Developer | bastian@suse.com