Why not making XFrun a daemon?

[Benedikt Meurer]

Shahar Weiss wrote:
> Hello. I've been using XFCE for a while, and I make a very extensive use 
> of XFrun to launch applications. However, whenever I type Alt+F2 it 
> takes an annoying 2 seconds for the prompt to show up, and I'm guessing 
> the reason is due to the fact XFrun is a single application which is ran 
> whenever you use Alt+F2.
> 
> Turning it into a daemon would make it faster I think, and since it's 
> pretty small I couldn't find a reason for not turning it into a daemon.
> 
> So... why not? :)

Having xfrun being a daemon brings up the question how to talk to that daemon 
(IPC) ? xfrun will most probably become a daemon when we port Xfce to D-BUS, 
but until then, it will be a simple app.

Benedikt

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