[Kde-pim] kmail dbus method to hide in systray doesn't work

[Thomas McGuire]

Hi,

On Saturday 08 November 2008 15:40:28 vatbier wrote:
> KMail Version 1.10.1
> Using KDE 4.1.2
>
> In KDE 3.5.9 I could use this command when logging into KDE to start kmail
> hidden in systray:
> dcop $(dcopstart kmail) kmail-mainwindow#1 setHidden on
>
> In KDE 4.1.2 I'm trying to use dbus-send command:
> dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.kde.kmail
>  /kmail/kmail_manwindow_1 com.trolltech.Qt.QWidget.setHidden boolean:true
> dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.kde.kmail
>  /kmail/kmail_manwindow_1 com.trolltech.Qt.QWidget.setHidden boolean:false
> dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.kde.kmail
>  /kmail/kmail_manwindow_1 com.trolltech.Qt.QWidget.setHidden :1
> dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.kde.kmail
>  /kmail/kmail_manwindow_1 com.trolltech.Qt.QWidget.setHidden :0
> dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.kde.kmail
>  /kmail/kmail_manwindow_1 com.trolltech.Qt.QWidget.hide
> None of these work, the kmail window just doesn't get hidden in systray.
>
> I suspect the dbus interface of kmail is not correctly/fully implemented.
> I'll file a bug report at bugs.kde.org.
> Or does any one of you know a dbus-send command that works?

qdbus works for me:
qdbus org.kde.kmail /kmail/kmail_mainwindow_1 setHidden true

However, it is not guarnteed that the user has a systemtray icon for KMail, he 
might not have enabled that in the config. In this case, the window will 
completely disappear.

Regards,
Thomas
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