[Gambas-user] gb.desktop: Trinity desktop (3.5.13)

[Tobias Boege]

On Wed, 01 May 2013, Beno?t Minisini wrote:
> Le 01/05/2013 14:36, Tobias Boege a ?crit :
> > On Wed, 01 May 2013, Beno?t Minisini wrote:
> >> Le 30/04/2013 21:59, Tobias Boege a ?crit :
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have a local patch to gb.desktop which makes it detect and use the default
> >>> installation of TDE 3.5.13, i.e.
> >>>
> >>> Desktop.Type = "TDE"
> >>> Desktop.OpenTerminal() runs "konsole"
> >>>
> >>> Is there anything else required to support a DE? Should TDE be recognised as
> >>> KDE?
> >>
> >> Just search for `Case "KDE"` in the entire project, you will see all the
> >> places where something desktop-specific must be done.
> >>
> >> Moreover, you must ensure that the XDG scripts used by gb.desktop
> >> correctly handle the Trinity desktop.
> >>
> >
> > Uff. OK, one thing at a time...
> >
> >>> Otherwise, I'll commit it up.
> >>>
> >>> Note particularly that my TDE default "konsole" does *not* understand the
> >>> --nofork and --hold parameters which the IDE assumes when running a
> >>> project in a terminal emulator (see "Project properties") and "konsole" is
> >>> detected as corresponding to the current Desktop.Type). That's the only
> >>> problem I found using my everyday use of Gambas.
> >>
> >> Are you sure? I thought these options existed in KDE3...
> >>
> >
> > I had to remove both options from the Exec array to make konsole not
> > complain.
> >
> > Qt: 3.3.8d
> > KDE: 3.5.13
> > Konsole: 1.6.6
> >
> >> Anyway, I must find a way, whatever the terminal emulator, to do the
> >> following:
> >> - Executing a program.
> >
> > -e as the IDE does
> >
> >> - Not closing the window when the program quits.
> >
> > --noclose seems to be the name here.
> >
> >> - Not forking, so that the IDE can waits for the ends of the terminal
> >> emulator.
> >
> > Nothing obvious among the help text, sadly.
> 
> Are you *really* sure? This is an option global to all KDE programs.
> 

Seems to be the truth:

$ konsole --nofork
konsole: Unknown option '--nofork'.
konsole: Use --help to get a list of available command line options.

At least the Arch Linux binary package does not support this option.