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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Hi - Why we don't use kdeinit_wrapper normal ?
From:       Cullmann Christoph <crossfire () babylon2k ! de>
Date:       2001-04-26 18:54:27
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Am Donnerstag, 26. April 2001 20:03 schrieb Simon Hausmann:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:27:46PM +0200, Cullmann Christoph wrote:
> > Hi,
> > why we don't install the progs as for example instead of konqueror
> > executable a konqueror.la and ln -s konqueror kdeinit_wrapper, that gives
> > kde much more speed.
>
> Most users start their applications from other applications which are
> already kdeinit-enabled, that is they call kdeinit to actually launch the
> application. kicker or kdesktop for example. In this case the usage of
> kdeinit_wrapper does not change anything, as it would not be called at all.
>
> But for developers it is handy to be able to do 'gdb application' and start
> debugging. For them it it doesn't matter in this case that the startup
> takes a bit longer, I would say.
>
> The people launching their applications from the terminal are used to the
> application being attached to the terminal they type 'konqueror' or the
> like in, as that's how it works for all unix applications. This means the
> terminal ownership is transferred (also in terms of application text
> output) to this application and the user has the possibility to utilize the
> shell's job control features to handle multiple. Using kdeinit_wrapper
> completely breaks this pattern and I believe it would just confuse the
> users (at least it confuses me :-)
2 good things: dont block terminal (if I forgot &), don't kill app because 
kill terminal

hmm, why don't install the executables like Konqueror and the symlinks like 
konqueror.

cu
Christoph


>
> IMHO
>
> Bye,
>  Simon

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