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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kwin-client development cycle
From:       Andreas Schlapbach <schlpbch () iam ! unibe ! ch>
Date:       2002-07-23 21:37:19
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Thanks to everybody for suggestions, Xnest is really cool.

Andreas

Karol Szwed wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 July 2002 8:23 pm, Andreas Schlapbach wrote:
> 
>>Hi there
>>
>>Programming on a kwin-client, I allways logout do see the new changes
>>I've made in effect. I'm wondering wether there's a way to short cut
>>this, i.e., to start the new kwin-client without login out and in again?
> 
> 
> Ouch, that's extremely time consuming.
> 
> 
>>Is this possible?
> 
> 
> Yes, what I do is use Xnest to develop kwin styles.
> 
> To setup a very basic kwin client development environment, do:
> 
>>Xnest :1 &
>>xterm -display :1 &
> 
> 
> In the new xterm terminal in the Xnest window, you may like to:
> 
>>export KDE_DEBUG=1
> 
> 
> This avoids drKonqi running if your style would cause kwin to crash. It also 
> allows you to do gdb kwin and get proper backtraces.
> 
> Run kwin &, and after making changes simply (within the Xnest terminal):
> 
>>killall kwin && kwin &
> 
> 
> You can do all this while your KDE session is running.
> 
> Cheers,
> Karol.
>  
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Andreas Schlapbach      schlpbch@iam.unibe.ch
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