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KIPC Class Reference

#include <kipc.h>

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Public Types

enum  Message {
  PaletteChanged = 0, FontChanged, StyleChanged, BackgroundChanged,
  SettingsChanged, IconChanged, ToolbarStyleChanged, ClipboardConfigChanged,
  BlockShortcuts, UserMessage = 32
}

Static Public Member Functions

static void sendMessage (Message msg, WId w, int data=0)
static void sendMessageAll (Message msg, int data=0)

Detailed Description

This class implements a very simple IPC mechanism for KDE.

You can send a message of a predefined type to either a specific application, or to all KDE application on the current display. The message can carry one integer of data.

KIPC is mainly used in KDE for sending "Change Messages", i.e. a message to all KDE apps that a certain setting (the font, for example) has changed. For anything more complex it is recommended to use DCOP -- the Desktop Communications Protocol.

Messages with id code < 32 are called "System Messages". These are directly handled by TDEApplication. Examples are: PaletteChanged and StyleChanged. Messages with id code >= 32 are user messages. TDEApplication emits the signal kipcMessage(id,arg) for each user message it receives.

KIPC is implemented using X11 ClientMessage events.

See also:
TDEApplication::kipcMessage()
Author:
Geert Jansen <jansen@kde.org>

Definition at line 49 of file kipc.h.


Member Enumeration Documentation

enum KIPC::Message

A identifier for messages.

Messages below UserMessage are system messages, messages above can be defined by the user.

Enumerator:
BlockShortcuts 
Since:
3.1
UserMessage 
Since:
3.5

Definition at line 56 of file kipc.h.


Member Function Documentation

void KIPC::sendMessage ( Message  msg,
WId  w,
int  data = 0 
) [static]

Send a message to a specific application.

Parameters:
msgThe message to send.
wThe window id of a toplevel window of the target application.
dataAn optional integer of data.

Definition at line 60 of file kipc.cpp.

void KIPC::sendMessageAll ( Message  msg,
int  data = 0 
) [static]

Send a message to all KDE application on the current display.

Parameters:
msgThe message to send.
dataAn optional integer of data.

Definition at line 89 of file kipc.cpp.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:
  • kipc.h
  • kipc.cpp

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