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Subject: Re: for when apps fail to start
From: Luke Sandell <sandell () freeshell ! org>
Date: 2003-12-31 14:42:35
Message-ID: 200312310942.35963.sandell () freeshell ! org
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On Wednesday 31 December 2003 05:56 am, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote:
> Dun you hate when you start an application from the K menu or the desktop,
> but the window simply doesn't open? Sometimes apps fail to start, and that
> is a fact of life + =(
I actually wish the "launch feedback" could be a little more intelligent. For
example: when an application terminates, why can't it detect this and stop
the hour glass? I'm guessing this is a UNIX, rather than a KDE, problem.
> But sometimes I need to open the app in a konsole window to actually see
> what happened, in the konsole window, by peeking at the stderr
> output. Wouldn't it be great to have it show discreetly when the app fails
> to start or bombs out?
Here's a possible scheme: first, detect if the application links to Xlib. If
so, assume it will open a window. If it terminates without opening a window,
pop up your error dialog.
Also, it'd be nice to automatically pop up a console window for non-Xlib apps,
unless otherwise specified. This makes them more useful (and able to be run
from the icon when browsing say /bin).
Luke Sandell
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