Using the DCOP-Qt bridge (was Re: OT: Is there a way to use dcop to switch tabs in konqueror (KDE3)?...)

[Randy Kramer]

On Monday 12 July 2010 03:03:54 pm Kevin Krammer wrote: 
> Try calling the "activate()" method on the action object you are 
> addressing with the string above.

Kevin,

Thanks--that was just what I needed!  (Seems obvious in retrospect.)

Randy Kramer

> On Monday 12 July 2010 03:03:54 pm Kevin Krammer wrote: 
> On Monday, 2010-07-12, Randy Kramer wrote:
> > On Saturday 10 July 2010 03:32:56 pm Maksim Orlovich wrote:
> > > You can access any slot of any widget in a KDE3 app via the
> > > DCOP-Qt bridge... however, it will likely do you no good, since
> > > if the app is actually hung you'll likely be unable to even place
> > > a call.
> >
> > Thanks very much for the response!  I didn't know about the DCOP-Qt
> > bridge so that might be the hint I need, but, so far, no success.
> >
> > I've been experimenting on a non-hung instance of kde, and so far
> > don't seem to have hit on the magical incantation to make anything
> > happen. IMHO, the closest I've gotten is when I tried the following
> > (at least DCOP seemed to recognize it as a command), but the
> > previous tab was not activated...
> >
> > I did this:
> >
> > rhk at s17:~$ dcop konqueror-26389
> > qt/KXMLGUIClient-KActionCollection/activateprevtab
> >
> > and got this "feedback" at the CLI:
> >
> > QCStringList functions()
> > QCStringList interfaces()
> > QCStringList properties()
> > bool setProperty(QCString,QVariant)
> > QVariant property(QCString)
> > void deleteLater()
> > void activate()
> >
> > Any further hints or links would be appreciated.
>
> Try calling the "activate()" method on the action object you are
> addressing with the string above.
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin