Much needed KDE application

[Dik Takken]

Brad:

KLogTool looks really good, and I think it's very useful for comfortable 
log viewing. Indeed, it isn't everything I asked for. I am not asking for 
a system log parser/viewer, there are already enough of those. I am asking 
for KDE to provide a simple service for these parsers to send 
notifications to the user. KLogTool could be one of the applications that 
can make use of this service, but it would be only one of many (non-kde) 
applications and scripts that would use this service, and that includes 
more than just log parsers. Think of the audiocd KIO slave for instance, 
it needs a way to warn users about scratches on the disk without being 
annoying.

David:

I don't know much about DBUS. It would satisfy my wishes if it would:

* Provide a way to send arbitraty messages to arbitrary users from the 
command-line

* Include a systray app that would show messages sent via DBUS to the user

Will KDE 4 have DBUS integrated?

Kévin:

Eventwatcher looks promising. However, I would prefer the log 
parsing and everything to be done outside of KDE. This application 
is sheer overkill, it tries to do everything. The reason why I 
want the message generation to be done outside of KDE is because 
few system administrators are KDE developers while many can write 
Bash scripts. System administrators should be able to quickly 
write their own message generators and log parsers (or adapt an 
existing script). Writing (or adapting) a plugin for 
all-in-one applications like EventWatcher is not wat administrators like 
to do. That's why I would like to include a *very* simple DCOP enabled 
message handler in KDE that can be called from scripts, has the 
simplest possible user interface and minimal memory footprint. Just 
connect KNotify, KSysTray, a listview widget and DCOP, done.

Of course, home users can always use all-in-one KDE applications in stead.

Stephan:

dcop knotify default notify "" "Your CPU is overheating" '' '' '' 16 0

does nothing on my KDE 3.2.3 install. I have looked at this dcop call 
before but it looked like it was meant to be used by apps only. Anyway, it 
would be really nice to have a history for these messages, and a way to 
indicate the urgency of it. KNotify does not offer that AFAIK.

KDialog has the same problem. I guess the command you gave

kdialog --passivepopup "Your CPU is overheating" 10

works only on KDE 3.3?



Cheers!

Dik