[PATCH] KProcess port of khelpcenter

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 08:52:46PM +0100, Ralf Habacker wrote:
> thanks for this pointer. I think asynchronously handling isn't required: I 
> would add the following code to indicate in the log that there is an error.
>
>    if (!m_meinproc->waitForStarted(1000)) {
>        kDebug() << "could not start process" << m_meinproc->program();
>       delete m_meinproc;
>    }
>
that's a bit slim - the user is left in the dark about the cause.
not sure whether further cleanup (nulling the pointer, etc.) is
required - i don't know that code, obviously.

> BTW: Do you have any suggestion about the required timeout on non win32 
> platforms ?
>
it's in the milliseconds range as well. but i would not override the 30
sec default - under adverse conditions (high cpu load and massive
swapping) one second can be easily exceeded. and after all, there isn't
much point in reducing the timeout.

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