Desktop automation

To begin with your desktop automation work just call 

dcop

, check the output, and 

go further down the pipeline. In Example C 3 you can see how this works in 

practice. After listing all applications registered with the DCOP server (for 

example, 

konqueror

's process ID 21209), we open a new Konsole session and 

display the first session name afterwards. Next we list our e mail accounts, check 

e mail, compact all e mail folders, and open a new KMail composer window with 

some predefined values.

Example: C 3   DCOP in action

% dcop

konsole 366

kmail

...

% dcop konsole 366 konsole newSession Test

% dcop konsole 366 session 1 sessionName

% dcop kmail KMailIface accounts

% dcop kmail default checkMail

% dcop kmail default compactAllFolders

% dcop kmail default openComposer info@kde.org "" "" "DCOP!" "Thanks  0

In Example C 4 we open our favorite URL in Konqueror and generate another 

browser window with two preloaded tabs. The next line hides the 

kicker

 panel, 

which is useful for presentations or unattended Kiosk mode. The next line brings 

back the panel to make sure you do not panic. Finally we switch to desktop 2 by 

using the published interface of the KDE window manager 

kwin

.

Example: C 4   More DCOP magic

% dcop

konqueror 21209

kicker

kwin

...

% dcop konqueror 21209 konqueror mainwindow#1 openURL http://www.ibm.com/linux

% dcop konqueror 21209 default openBrowserWindow http://www.kde.org

% dcop konqueror 21692 konqueror mainwindow#2 newTab http://www.linux.com

% dcop kicker qt/Panel hide

% dcop  dcop konqueror 21209 konqueror mainwindow#1 action fullscreen  activate

% dcop kicker qt/Panel show

% dcop kwin default setCurrentDesktop 2

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