.mcoprc
file
The .mcoprc
file (in each user's
home folder) can be used to configure MCOP in some ways. Currently,
the following is possible:
The name of an interface to be used for global communication. Global
communication is used to find other objects and obtain the secret
cookie. Multiple MCOP clients/servers that should be able to talk to
each other need to have a GlobalComm object which is able to share
information between them. Currently, the possible values are
“Arts::TmpGlobalComm” to communicate via /tmp/mcop-
folder (which will only work on the local computer) and
“Arts::X11GlobalComm” to communicate via the root window
properties on the X11 server.
username
Specifies where to look for trader information. You can list more than one folder here, and separate them with commas, like
Specifies from which folders extensions (in the form of shared libraries) are loaded. Multiple values can be specified comma separated.
An example which uses all of the above is:
# $HOME/.mcoprc file GlobalComm=Arts::X11GlobalComm # if you are a developer, it might be handy to add a folder in your home # to the trader/extension path to be able to add components without # installing them TraderPath="/opt/kde2/lib/mcop","/home/joe/mcopdevel/mcop" ExtensionPath="/opt/kde2/lib","/home/joe/mcopdevel/lib"
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