From kde-core-devel  Tue May 30 14:18:34 2000
From: Rik Hemsley <rik () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 14:18:34 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Cool Helix startup [Fwd: K-ARTIST:Startup?]
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#if Matthias Ettrich
> Sure, but why do you need/want dcop for the splashscreen than? A dcop
> attach requires a running dcopserver which requires libQt to be loaded and
> relocated.

That happens after the splash screen is visible.

> I don't get your point, I'm afraid. Please explain.

Ok, the splash screen appears. Then the rest of KDE is loaded. As components
are loaded, they send a DCOP signal to the splash screen, so it can show
that they have loaded. This could be done with a progress bar, or with
icons that are shown/highlighted.

Look at http://www.geoid.clara.co.uk/ksplash_test.png for an example.
You can see icons at the top left, which are highlighted as kdesktop,
kcminit and kicker are loaded. The screen goes away when ksmserver
is running.

Rik