xfrun and dbus

[Jannis Pohlmann]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:46:02 +0200
Jani Monoses <jani.monoses at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> here's a cleaner xfrun dbus service + client patch.
> 
> When built without dbus it behaves exactly as now.
> When dbus is enabled it does the following
> -  If run with no arguments it tries connecting to a RunDialog service
> and if not found falls back to current behaviour.
> -  If run with --daemon as argument tries to register itself and
> provide a service or exit on failure.
> -  If there's an argument which is not --daemon it behaves like now.
> 
> This way whoever wants to get faster dialog will launch xfrun
> --daemon in xinitrc for example, others are not affected.
> 
> I have tested it in xnest with two screens and it correctly launches
> the dialog on the appropriate screen, although there may be a cleaner
> or more correct way of getting the GdkScreen from a :display.screen
> string
> 
> The verve plugin could take advantage of this too by providing a
> service and simply aquiring focus when it is contacted.

Wow, this is a nice idea. I'll look into that and probably implement
it. Thanks for the hint!

Regards,
Jannis
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