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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] Commands of KDE4?
From:       Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar () freenet ! de>
Date:       2009-09-04 4:53:36
Message-ID: 1252040016.3323.7.camel () nanolx ! org
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ahh, I accidently sent the mail to your address -- I got used to the ReplyTo: beeing \
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Am Donnerstag, den 03.09.2009, 17:40 -0700 schrieb James Richard Tyrer:
> Christopher Roy Bratusek wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm working on a KDE-Integration module for sawfish and need to now some
> > things:
> > 
> > - Is there an environment variable notifying us that KDE is running?
> 
> This is not a simple question. :-|  It depends on what you mean by KDE 
> is running.  That is, KDE is only a collection of programs.
> 
> Perhaps: "KDE_SESSION_UID" being set to the current USER will indicate 
> that a KDE session has been started.
> 
> > - How to get the KSM session-prefix/session-id via command-line/getenv?

> Not sure exactly what you mean here.  There is no process named ksm. 
> There is ksmserver.  However, the process at the root of the process 
> tree for a KDE4 session is: kdeinit4.  However, the command: kdeinit4 
> can also be running when a KDE session does not exist.

Usually sawfish get the sesision-prefix/id via the --sm-client-id and
--sm-prefix. I just wanted to know, if KDE4 behaves the same way.

Both beeing used to connect to the Sessionmanager.

> The command line:
> 
> 	pidof <process name>
> 
> will get the process id of KDM which you should be able to use with the 
> function: getsid() to find the session-id.  Perhaps it would help to 
> look at the source for "pidof".
> 
> > - What command is used as help-browser (khelpcenter?)
> 
> yes, the shell command is khelpcenter
> 
> > - What command is used as control-center (kcontrol?)
> 
> No, name changed to systemsettings.
> 
> > - What command is used to pop-up the "About KDE-Dialog" (if any)?
> 
> AFAIK, you would have to use a KDE library function for that.

nothing self-praising like `gnome-about'?

> > - What command is used to pop-up the KDE Logout-Dialog?

$ qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer \
        org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout 1 -1 -1

something like this?

> The dialog that pops up when you right click the desktop and select: 
> "Leave"?  That is probably hardcoded somewhere in Plasma.  Perhaps a 
> D-Bus message?  If there is documentation for this stuff, I would really 
> like to know where it is.
> 
> > - What options is used to make shutdown/logout pre-selected in the
> > Logout-Dialog?
> > 
> it would be in ../share/config/ksmserverrc
> 
> If this is the system default, there won't be anything anywhere, but if 
> it was changed either in the $KDEDIR or $KDEHOME it will be:
> 
> [General]
> 
> shutdownType=
> 
> This is a digit rather than a string so you will have to try it to see 
> which is which.  IIUC, the default is "0" which is "End current session".
> 
> > All for KDE4, please.
> > 
> I have to say that some these are rather elementary questions, some 
> basic familiarity with KDE would probably be of some help to your project.

I have basic familiarity with KDE ... KDE3. Hadn't had the time testing
v4.x

Thanks,
Chris


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