Hi all, Thanks for the feedback, especially Randall's hints for generalization. Also, I've added already a few lines of code to check if dcop is installed and executable.
Verner Kjærsgaard wrote: > Søndag 02 december 2007 16:38 skrev Randall R Schulz: >> Assuming an invocation of this script is to be placed in >> $HOME/.bash_profile, you might want to gracefully handle the case where >> the shell is running outside of KDE. That includes on virtual consoles, >> when connecting remotely via ssh and possible when using screen. I >> don't know if Gnome uses dcop or something else, so it might fail there >> and under different desktops and window managers as well. >> >> In short, be prepared for dcop to fail and do nothing (probably >> silently) in that case. >> >>> Rgds, >>> Stephan. >> Randall Schulz > > God morning, > > - how would one be able to detect if the script is being started outside of > KDE? Can anyone come up with a short hint ? > - thank you! I've made sure that the script is started via the $HOME/.kde/Autostart folder, not in $HOME/.bash_profile or another shell rc file. This makes sure that it is launched only in KDE and that it is launched only once, not with every new shell. Regards, Stephan. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
