Xfce Spawn

Xfce Spawn — Functions to spawn a command with startup notification support.

Functions

Includes

#include <libxfce4ui/libxfce4ui.h>

Description

On a desktop it is important that applications are execute with startup notification and they show up on the correct screen and workspace.

Functions

xfce_spawn_on_screen_with_child_watch ()

gboolean
xfce_spawn_on_screen_with_child_watch (GdkScreen *screen,
                                       const gchar *working_directory,
                                       gchar **argv,
                                       gchar **envp,
                                       GSpawnFlags flags,
                                       gboolean startup_notify,
                                       guint32 startup_timestamp,
                                       const gchar *startup_icon_name,
                                       GClosure *child_watch_closure,
                                       GError **error);

Returns


xfce_spawn_on_screen ()

gboolean
xfce_spawn_on_screen (GdkScreen *screen,
                      const gchar *working_directory,
                      gchar **argv,
                      gchar **envp,
                      GSpawnFlags flags,
                      gboolean startup_notify,
                      guint32 startup_timestamp,
                      const gchar *startup_icon_name,
                      GError **error);

Like gdk_spawn_on_screen(), but also supports startup notification (if Libxfce4ui was built with startup notification support).

Parameters

screen

a GdkScreen or NULL to use the active screen, see xfce_gdk_screen_get_active().

 

working_directory

child's current working directory or NULL to inherit parent's.

 

argv

child's argument vector.

 

envp

child's environment vector or NULL to inherit parent's.

 

flags

flags from GSpawnFlags. G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD is not allowed, use xfce_spawn_on_screen_with_child_watch() if you want a child watch.

 

startup_notify

whether to use startup notification.

 

startup_timestamp

the timestamp to pass to startup notification, use the event time here if possible to make focus stealing prevention work property. If you don't have direct access to the event time you could use gtk_get_current_event_time() or if nothing is available 0 is valid too.

 

startup_icon_name

application icon or NULL.

 

error

return location for errors or NULL.

 

Returns

TRUE on success, FALSE if error is set.


xfce_spawn_command_line_on_screen ()

gboolean
xfce_spawn_command_line_on_screen (GdkScreen *screen,
                                   const gchar *command_line,
                                   gboolean in_terminal,
                                   gboolean startup_notify,
                                   GError **error);

Executes the given command_line and returns TRUE if the command terminated successfully. Else, the error is set to the standard error output.

Parameters

screen

a GdkScreen or NULL to use the active screen, see xfce_gdk_screen_get_active().

 

command_line

command line to run.

 

in_terminal

whether to run command_line in a terminal.

 

startup_notify

whether to use startup notification.

 

error

location for a GError or NULL.

 

Returns

TRUE if the command_line was executed successfully, FALSE if error is set.

Types and Values