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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Feature request: KRun::run(KDesktopFile)
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-03-29 15:24:48
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Your wish is already fulfilled :)

  /**
   * Starts a service based on the desktop path of the service.
   * E.g. "Applications/konqueror.desktop" or "/home/user/bla/myfile.desktop"
   *
   * @param URL - if not empty this URL is passed to the service
   *
   * @return an error code indicating success (== 0) or failure (> 0).
   * @return On success, 'dcopService' contains the DCOP name under which
   *         this service is available. If empty, the service does
   *         not provide DCOP services.
   * @return On failure, 'error' contains a description of the error
   *         that occured.
   */
  static int startServiceByDesktopPath( const QString& _name,
              const QString &URL, QCString &dcopService, QString &error );

Send thanks to Waldo. :)


Ok, this is not _exactly_ like KRun. It uses kdeinit.
But I guess that makes it better than KRun.

Does that help ?

On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 05:48:22PM +0200, Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel wrote:
> Hi David et. al.,
> 
> I would suggest to add a new static function to KRun that
> simply takes a .desktop file and executes it just like kicker
> does when pressing a button.
> 
> Right now, one has to look into the file to find out if is to
> run in a terminal, add terminal options and all that stuff.
> 
> I have a little method for the simplest cases, but I am sure
> the real solution should take care of %f and stuff like that. 
> 
> Does this sound unreasonable? Does anyone already have some
> code?
> 
> 
> Bye,
> Matthias.

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