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diff --git a/kinit/README.wrapper b/kinit/README.wrapper deleted file mode 100644 index 11483d2bc..000000000 --- a/kinit/README.wrapper +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ -README - -tdeinit_wrapper, kshell and kwrapper are a programs that -start programs via tdeinit. - -E.g. You can make a symbolic link from $TDEDIR/bin/konsole to -$TDEDIR/bin/tdeinit_wrapper. Typing 'konsole' on the command line -will then start 'konsole.la' through tdeinit instead. - -tdeinit_wrapper is the simplest for, it only passes the program -and arguments to tdeinit, nothing else - -kshell is usually the best choice, it passes the program, -arguments, complete environment ( $PATH, etc. ) and current -working directory to tdeinit - -kwrapper tries to make the program look like it was actually -really started directly and not via tdeinit. In addition to -what kshell does, it also tries to redirect the program -output to the console from which kwrapper was started, it waits -for the program started via tdeinit to finish and only after then -it exits ( it doesn't return its return value though ), and -it also passes most signals it gets to the process of the started -program ( thus allowing you to break it using Ctrl+C or stopping -it using Ctrl+Z ). The drawbacks of this are that you'll have one -more process running, and also the signal passing and output -redirection may not work 100% reliably - - -TODO -==== - -* There is no portable way to read out the complete environment and - pass it to tdeinit. - tdeinit should probably unset every - variable that's not set in the environment it gets from kshell or - kwrapper -* stdout/stderr of the started application goes to the console where - tdeinit was started. - done, I hope it's ok |