Bug 119146

Summary:	KDEInit could not launch 'kate'
Product:	[Applications] kate	Reporter:	Stolz <stolz>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Stolz 2005-12-28 23:23:50 UTC

Version:           2.5.0 (using KDE 3.5.0, Gentoo)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.4.4 (Gentoo 3.4.4-r1, ssp-3.4.4-1.0, pie-8.7.8)
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.14-gentoo-r2-Stolz

Situation:
==========
The new Kate 2.5.0 (KDE 3.5.0) has introduced the named session feature which has changed the old behavior when opening new files with Kate.

I want to simulate the old behavior, that is:
-- Whenever I open Kate I want it always starts with my own session (with my custom toolbar, layout, etc..).
-- Whenever I open a document from Konqueror or command line, and there is yet another Kate session opened, I want the document gets opened in that session, not in a new one.

Actions:
========
In order to reach my objectives:
-- I've created my own session and named it "MySession". I've konfigured Kate to include window decoration in sessions, to load last used session and to do not save session on exit.
-- I've created the alias kate="kate -s MySession -u" to simulate the old behavior in command line.
-- I've edited kate.desktop in order it executes "Exec=kate -s MySession -u %U" (w/o quotes) to simulate the old behavior in KDE.


The problem:
============
When I open several files from Konqueror they open in the same Kate and in MySession (nice!, those were my objectives) but there's an error everytime. A window called "Sorry - Konqueror"  with the message "KDEInit could not launch 'Kate'" si showed.

Comment 1 Anders Lund 2006-01-01 15:14:47 UTC

SVN commit 493097 by alund:

Fix instance reuse with klauncher - registering with dcop makes it happy
Attempt to show the window when a file is opened with --use. This works if the broken focus stealing prevention is off, otherwise it works if the window is minimized (restore of maximize also raises and focuses).
BUG: 119146


 M  +25 -0     katemain.cpp  


--- branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/kate/app/katemain.cpp #493096:493097
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <kglobal.h>
 #include <kconfig.h>
 #include <kinstance.h>
+#include <kstartupinfo.h>
 #include <dcopclient.h>
 #include <dcopref.h>
 #include <kdebug.h>
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@
     if (!kateApp.isEmpty())
     {
       kdDebug () << "kate app: " << kateApp << endl;
+      // make kdeinit happy
+      client.registerAs( "kate" );
 
       DCOPRef kRef (kateApp, "KateApplication");
 
@@ -189,6 +192,24 @@
       if (nav)
          kRef.call( "setCursor", line, column );
 
+      // since the user tried to open a document, let us assume [s]he
+      // wants to see that document.
+      // ### what to do about the infamous focus stealing prevention?
+      uint mwn = kRef.call("activeMainWindowNumber");
+      QCString smwn;
+      DCOPRef wRef( kateApp, QCString( "__KateMainWindow#") + smwn.setNum(mwn) );
+      if ( wRef.call("minimized") )
+      {
+        if ( wRef.call( "maximized" ) )
+          wRef.call( "maximize" );
+        else
+          wRef.call("restore");
+      }
+      wRef.call( "raise" );
+
+      // stop startup notification
+      KStartupInfo::appStarted(  );
+
       return 0;
     }
   }
@@ -198,8 +219,12 @@
 
   // app execution should already end :)
   if (app.shouldExit())
+  {
     return 0;
+  }
 
   // execute ourself ;)
   return app.exec();
 }
+
+// kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; replace-tabs on; mixed-indent off;

Comment 2 Dominik Haumann 2006-04-29 19:05:07 UTC

JFI: This is not ported from 3.5-branch to trunk, yet. Maybe we should wait for D-Bus first + we don't know whether the problem in trunk exists at all.