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List: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: autostart
From: Laurent Montel <montel () kde ! org>
Date: 2008-03-21 8:32:15
Message-ID: 200803210932.16103.montel () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 19 March 2008 13:46:06 David Faure wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 March 2008, Laurent Montel wrote:
> > > This way the command-line users can still just
> > > drop a shellscript into a directory without having to create a .desktop
> > > file for it by hand, and the GUI users are happy with the control
> > > module.
> >
> > and when user add new script from kcm_autostart we add it to KDE
> > autostart folder as previously.
>
> Either that, or kcm_autostart can generate a .desktop file (in the XDG
> autostart directory) that calls the script, no? Not sure how the GUI is
> supposed to work, whether the user expects that a copy of the script is
> made or that the .desktop file in the autostart directory calls the script
> at its current location...
We can create directly a symlink in autostart directory.
(in kde autostart directory not xdg directory)
We can create a desktop file directly if we create it in xdg autostart
directory.
> I guess I would expect the second solution, if
> the input is indeed a file on disk (making a copy would suck; duplication
> of information).
>
> > (autostart script not env/shutdown script)
>
> Yes, those are special.
--
Laurent Montel,
KDE/KOffice developer, Qt consultancy projects
Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, Platform-independent software solutions
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