[Digikam-devel] Hotplug and DCOP interface

[Oliver Dörr]

Hi Gilles,

i don't have the time to check that week. But next Saturday i have x-mas 
holiday and so i will look at the script next weekend.

Oliver

Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Le Samedi 10 Décembre 2005 17:08, Leonid Zeitlin a écrit :
>   
>> Hello DigiKam developers,
>> First of all, thank you for the great application. I've been looking into
>> using DigiKam with hotplug, to automatically start DigiKam when my camera
>> is connected. The instructions on the web site were quite useful, and I
>> quickly had it working. One thing that I've found somewhat inconvenient is
>> that if I connect my camera when DigiKam is already running, a second
>> instance of the application is started. It would be nice if the hotplug
>> script could send a DCOP call to a running instance of DigiKam to show the
>> camera dialog. Unfortunately, I've found out that DigiKam exports no such
>> interface.
>>
>> So I created a quick patch that adds a DCOP interface to DigiKam. Right now
>> it has only one method, cameraAutoDetect to show the camera dialog. I also
>> created a modified digikam-hotplug script to take advantage of the new DCOP
>> call. I'd like to share the patch and the script with the developer
>> community in hopes that you could find it useful. I don't claim that what I
>> implemented is the best and optimal solution to the hotplug issue, but I
>> think a DCOP interface might come handy in many situations. Any feedback is
>> welcome.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>     
>
> In first, thanks Leonid to your digiKam interrest. your DCOP interface is 
> interressing and i will take a look about your implementation.
>
> I need any feedback about other developpers/users to use it with any cameras. 
> Please let's me hear your viewpoints...
>
> Oliver, can you take a look about the hotplug script modifications ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>   
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