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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: kdesktop - naming service
From:       weis () stud ! uni-frankfurt ! de
Date:       1999-06-03 23:44:22
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Hi,

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, David Faure wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 06:26:23PM +0200, David Faure wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 02, 1999 at 01:45:58PM +0200, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I just had a kind of random thought while browsing kdesktop code:
> > > Perhaps kdesktop wants to have a small(!) CORBA interface, to allow
> > > kfmclient (konqclient) calls like sortDesktop of refreshDesktop?
> > > And it could then register it's implementation at the naming service, so
> > > that others can find it.
> > 
> > This is RIGHT !
> > 
> > Yes, we absolutely need that.
> > 
> Second thought :
> ok, it might be useful (for scripts using kfmclient)
> but it's not _necessary_ per se since krootwm is [will be] merged into kdesktop.
> The sortDesktop and refreshDesktop things will be direct calls inside
> the kdesktop process.

Hmmm, but we want to allows scripts to modify the desktop via
CORBA: MS Scripting Host can do that. Nice feature.

Bye
Torben

> 
> PS : no for "konqclient". Lots of scripts exist that use kfmclient.
> [even had a good surprise with it : run kdesktop with kde-1.1 in your path,
> (before kde 2), then click a folder : kfm opens it !]
> 
> -- 
> David FAURE
> david.faure@insa-lyon.fr, faure@kde.org
> http://www.insa-lyon.fr/People/AEDI/dfaure/index.html 
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