[kde-linux] Programmed (bash, cron) desktop switch

[Andrew Walbran]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 9:27:25 am jim at okgeosurvey1.gov wrote:
> display desktop 1 xx05 xx60 minutes
> after every hour, and display
> desktop 2 from xx00 to xx55,
> or more complicated pattern.
>
> I know how to use cron.
>
> What I do not know is the
> bash command which will change
> desktops.
>
> If it exists, I am looking for
> a generic bash(?) command which
> will switch desktop xx to desktop
> yy.
You should be able to do this with DCOP. e.g. from the shell:
$ dcop kdesktop KDesktopIface switchDesktops 1
You can also call this from any programming language with DCOP bindings (e.g. 
C++, Ruby, Python, ...).

Most KDE programs have extensive DCOP interfaces, which you can browse with 
kdcop.


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Andrew Walbran
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