KDE 4.6 PyKDE API Reference

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# KStartupInfo Class Reference

`from PyKDE4.kdeui import *`

Inherits: QObject

## Detailed Description

Class for manipulating the application startup notification.

This class can be used to send information about started application, change the information and receive this information. For detailed description, see kdelibs/kdecore/README.kstartupinfo.

You usually don't need to use this class for sending the notification information, as KDE libraries should do this when an application is started (e.g. KRun class).

For receiving the startup notification info, create an instance and connect to its slots. It will automatically detect started applications and when they are ready.

See also:
  KStartupInfoId

See also:
  KStartupInfoData

Author:
  Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>

## Enumerations

<anonymous> | { CleanOnCantDetect, DisableKWinModule, AnnounceSilenceChanges }
startup_t | { NoMatch, Match, CantDetect }

## Signals

| gotNewStartup (KStartupInfoId id, KStartupInfoData data)
| gotRemoveStartup (KStartupInfoId id, KStartupInfoData data)
| gotStartupChange (KStartupInfoId id, KStartupInfoData data)

## Methods

| __init__ (self, int flags, QObject parent=0)
| __init__ (self, KStartupInfo a0)
KStartupInfo.startup_t | checkStartup (self, int w)
KStartupInfo.startup_t | checkStartup (self, int w, KStartupInfoId id)
KStartupInfo.startup_t | checkStartup (self, int w, KStartupInfoData data)
KStartupInfo.startup_t | checkStartup (self, int w, KStartupInfoId id, KStartupInfoData data)
| customEvent (self, QEvent e_P)
| setTimeout (self, long secs)

## Static Methods

| appStarted ()
| appStarted (QByteArray startup_id)
QByteArray | createNewStartupId ()
KStartupInfoId | currentStartupIdEnv ()
| disableAutoAppStartedSending (bool disable=1)
| handleAutoAppStartedSending ()
| resetStartupEnv ()
bool | sendChange (KStartupInfoId id, KStartupInfoData data)
bool | sendFinish (KStartupInfoId id)
bool | sendFinish (KStartupInfoId id, KStartupInfoData data)
bool | sendStartup (KStartupInfoId id, KStartupInfoData data)
| setNewStartupId (QWidget window, QByteArray startup_id)
| setWindowStartupId (int window, QByteArray id)
| silenceStartup (bool silence)
QByteArray | windowStartupId (int w)

## Signal Documentation

gotNewStartup | ( | KStartupInfoId | id,
|  | KStartupInfoData | data
| ) |  |  |

Emitted when a new startup notification is created (i.e. a new application is being started).

Parameters:

  | id | the notification identification
  | data | the notification data

Signal syntax:
  `QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("gotNewStartup(const KStartupInfoId&, const KStartupInfoData&)"), target_slot)`

gotRemoveStartup | ( | KStartupInfoId | id,
|  | KStartupInfoData | data
| ) |  |  |

Emitted when a startup notification is removed (either because it was detected that the application is ready or because of a timeout).

Parameters:

  | id | the notification identification
  | data | the notification data

Signal syntax:
  `QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("gotRemoveStartup(const KStartupInfoId&, const KStartupInfoData&)"), target_slot)`

gotStartupChange | ( | KStartupInfoId | id,
|  | KStartupInfoData | data
| ) |  |  |

Emitted when a startup notification changes.

Parameters:

  | id | the notification identification
  | data | the notification data

Signal syntax:
  `QObject.connect(source, SIGNAL("gotStartupChange(const KStartupInfoId&, const KStartupInfoData&)"), target_slot)`

## Method Documentation

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | int | flags,
|  | QObject | parent=0
| ) |  |  |

Creates an instance that will receive the startup notifications. The various flags passed may be

- CleanOnCantDetect - when a new unknown window appears, all startup
notifications for applications that are not compliant with the startup protocol are removed
- DisableKWinModule - KWinModule, which is normally used to detect
new windows, is disabled. With this flag, checkStartup() must be called in order to check newly mapped windows.
- AnnounceSilenceChanges - normally, startup notifications are
"removed" when they're silenced, and "recreated" when they're resumed. With this flag, the change is normally announced with gotStartupChange().

Parameters:

  | flags | OR-ed combination of flags
  | parent | the parent of this QObject (can be 0 for no parent)

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | KStartupInfo | a0
| ) |  |  |

KStartupInfo.startup_t checkStartup | ( | self, |
|  | int | w
| ) |  |  |

Checks if the given windows matches any existing startup notification, and if yes, returns the identification in id and notification data in data.

Parameters:

  | w | the window id to check
  | id | if found, the id of the startup notification will be written here
  | data | if found, the data of the startup notification will be written here

Returns:
  the result of the operation

KStartupInfo.startup_t checkStartup | ( | self, |
|  | int | w,
|  | KStartupInfoId | id
| ) |  |  |

Checks if the given windows matches any existing startup notification, and if yes, returns the identification in id and notification data in data.

Parameters:

  | w | the window id to check
  | id | if found, the id of the startup notification will be written here
  | data | if found, the data of the startup notification will be written here

Returns:
  the result of the operation

KStartupInfo.startup_t checkStartup | ( | self, |
|  | int | w,
|  | KStartupInfoData | data
| ) |  |  |

Checks if the given windows matches any existing startup notification, and if yes, returns the identification in id and notification data in data.

Parameters:

  | w | the window id to check
  | id | if found, the id of the startup notification will be written here
  | data | if found, the data of the startup notification will be written here

Returns:
  the result of the operation

KStartupInfo.startup_t checkStartup | ( | self, |
|  | int | w,
|  | KStartupInfoId | id,
|  | KStartupInfoData | data
| ) |  |  |

Checks if the given windows matches any existing startup notification, and if yes, returns the identification in id and notification data in data.

Parameters:

  | w | the window id to check
  | id | if found, the id of the startup notification will be written here
  | data | if found, the data of the startup notification will be written here

Returns:
  the result of the operation

customEvent | ( | self, |
|  | QEvent | e_P
| ) |  |  |

setTimeout | ( | self, |
|  | long | secs
| ) |  |  |

Sets the timeout for notifications, after this timeout a notification is removed.

Parameters:

  | secs | the new timeout in seconds

## Static Method Documentation

appStarted | ( |  | ) |

Sends explicit notification that the startup notification with id startup_id should end.

appStarted | ( | QByteArray | startup_id
| ) |  |  |

Sends explicit notification that the startup notification with id startup_id should end.

QByteArray createNewStartupId | ( |  | ) |

Creates and returns new startup id. The id includes properly setup user timestamp.

KStartupInfoId currentStartupIdEnv | ( |  | ) |

Returns the current startup notification identification for the current startup notification environment variable. Note that KApplication constructor unsets the variable and you have to use KApplication.startupId .

Returns:
  the current startup notification identification

disableAutoAppStartedSending | ( | bool | disable=1
| ) |  |  |

By default, the startup notification is ended for the application after it shows its first toplevel window. If you app e.g. has several toplevel windows after its startup, you can disable the automatic handling, and call appStarted() manually after all toplevel windows have been shown.

handleAutoAppStartedSending | ( |  | ) |

Internal:

resetStartupEnv | ( |  | ) |

Unsets the startup notification environment variable.

bool sendChange | ( | KStartupInfoId | id,
|  | KStartupInfoData | data
| ) |  |  |

Sends given notification data about started application with the given startup identification. This is used for updating the notification info, if no notification for this identification exists, it's ignored.

Parameters:

  | id | the id of the application
  | data | the application's data

Returns:
  true if successful, false otherwise

See also:
  KStartupInfoId

See also:
  KStartupInfoData

bool sendFinish | ( | KStartupInfoId | id
| ) |  |  |

Ends startup notification with the given identification and the given data ( e.g. PIDs of processes for this startup notification that exited ).

Parameters:

  | id | the id of the application
  | data | the application's data

Returns:
  true if successful, false otherwise

bool sendFinish | ( | KStartupInfoId | id,
|  | KStartupInfoData | data
| ) |  |  |

Ends startup notification with the given identification and the given data ( e.g. PIDs of processes for this startup notification that exited ).

Parameters:

  | id | the id of the application
  | data | the application's data

Returns:
  true if successful, false otherwise

bool sendStartup | ( | KStartupInfoId | id,
|  | KStartupInfoData | data
| ) |  |  |

Sends given notification data about started application with the given startup identification. If no notification for this identification exists yet, it is created, otherwise it's updated. Note that the name field in data is required.

Parameters:

  | id | the id of the application
  | data | the application's data

Returns:
  true if successful, false otherwise

See also:
  KStartupInfoId

See also:
  KStartupInfoData

setNewStartupId | ( | QWidget | window,
|  | QByteArray | startup_id
| ) |  |  |

Use this function if the application got a request with startup notification from outside (for example, when KUniqueApplication.newInstance() is called, or e.g. when khelpcenter opens new URL in its window). The window can be either an already existing and visible window, or a new one, before being shown. Note that this function is usually needed only when a window is reused.

setWindowStartupId | ( | int | window,
|  | QByteArray | id
| ) |  |  |

Sets the startup notification window property on the given window.

Parameters:

  | window | the id of the window
  | id | the startup notification id

silenceStartup | ( | bool | silence
| ) |  |  |

If your application shows temporarily some window during its startup, for example a dialog, and only after closing it shows the main window, startup notification would normally be shown while the dialog is visible. To temporarily suspend and resume the notification, use this function. Note that this is cumulative, i.e. after suspending twice, you have to resume twice.

QByteArray windowStartupId | ( | int | w
| ) |  |  |

Returns startup notification identification of the given window.

Parameters:

  | w | the id of the window

Returns:
  the startup notification id. Can be null if not found.

## Enumeration Documentation

anonymous

Enumerator:

  CleanOnCantDetect |
  DisableKWinModule |
  AnnounceSilenceChanges |

startup_t

- NoMatch - the window doesn't match any existing startup notification
- Match - the window matches an existing startup notification
- CantDetect - unable to detect if the window matches any existing
startup notification

Enumerator:

  NoMatch |
  Match |
  CantDetect |