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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kuiserver future (to gui or not to gui)
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-02-22 18:11:29
Message-ID: 200702221911.36899.thiago () kde ! org
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Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>in the latter case, kuiserver should be available and registered on the
> dbus. when another application (e.g. plasma) appears it can take over
> the dbus service. dbus allows such take-overs, so it should be a
> problem.
>
>kuiserver can even give up the service and put itself back in the queue
> so if/when the app (e.g. plasma) disappears later kuiserver will be
> reinstated as the fallback again until something once again comes along
> to take over for it. it could even be made a dbus autostart service so
> simply making a call to ord.kde.kuiserver would cause it to be started
> if it wasn't already.

All of the above is doable and actually easy to do with D-Bus.

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