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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: DCOP question
From:       Martin Konold <konold () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       1999-11-16 7:26:27
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On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 pbrown@redhat.com wrote:

> On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Geert Jansen wrote:
> 
> > 2. Can we introduce a new environment var named DCOPSERVER which contains
> > the address of the DCOP server? Just like DISPLAY. If no -dcopserver
> > argument is given, we first look in the var DCOPSERVER, then in .DCOPserver.
> > This would make it easier for me to implement because then I don't have
> > to parse the command line to add the -dcopserver argument. And it would
> > also prevent the need for another command line argument which would disable
> > adding this argument for non-KDE programs.
> > Besides easier to implement, it's also more symmetric:
> > ICEAUTHORITY/DCOPSERVER versus XAUTHORITY/DISPLAY.
> 
> We will be doing this.

In addition the current implementation does not alow to run KDE on two
workstations simultaneously with nfs shared homes. (The same problem once
existed with kfm)

Regards, 
-- martin

// Martin Konold, Herrenbergerstr. 14, 72070 Tuebingen, Germany  //
KDE:  A stable GUI for a reliable OS.

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