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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Autostart management in KDE3
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-01-19 22:00:14
Message-ID: 200701192300.14384.faure () kde ! org
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On Friday 19 January 2007 14:43, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Hi David!
> 
> 2007/1/19, David Faure <faure@kde.org>:
> > The .desktop file can have a line like
> > X-KDE-autostart-condition=kmyapprc:General:Autostart:true
> > which means that it will only autostart if kmyapprc doesn't have, in the [General] group,
> > Autostart=false.
> > Then you can have a checkbox or a messagebox in your application to let the user
> > choose whether the app should be autostarted.
> 
> Is there maybe a predefined KStdAction for that already, which I could use?

No, most apps I know do this with a message box when quitting from the systray icon.

> Yet what seems to be missing is a kcm module, which lists all
> installed autostart entries and allows to modify the autostart
> settings from a central place.
> Does something like that already exist?

Not that I know. I see one for kded modules, but not one for autostarted apps.
This is definitely missing. Anyone up for writing one? ;) (for kde4, at least)

-- 
David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE,
Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org).
 
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