On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Phil Kerr wrote: > Or use something like SOAP? > > As long as theres a mechanism for naming the source application and if > needed it's instance, then there shouldn't be a problem. Something like:
It seems to me that first you need to list what you want to communicate and then decide on the mechanism. If you just want to restore a group of applications to their previous state, maybe this is what you want: # The X Session Management Client Side API can be downloaded from: ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/R6.4/xc/doc/hardc\opy/SM/SMlib.PS.gz # A document describing details of the protocol can be downloaded from: ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/R6.4/xc/doc/hardcopy/SM/xsmp.PS.gz It's an API for starting, stopping, and restarting groups of applications so that they return to their previous state. I'm not sure how useful it would be to non-X11 programs, but lets not reinvent the wheel. Taybin
