[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Non-gtk application integration

[From: Tapani Pälli]

ext geiger at xdv.org wrote:
> Quoting Tapani Pälli <tapani.palli at nokia.com>:
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>>> * How can I create an entry in the task manager for the running
>>> application ?
>>>
>>>       
>> You have to install a .desktop file, see
>> http://maemo.org/platform/docs/tutorials/Maemo_tutorial.html#Maemo-desktopfile
>>
>>     
>>> * How can I bring the application back on top, once minimized ?
>>>
>>>       
>> TN and window manager take care of this part.
>>     
>
> Thanks for the answer. I just realized that my question was missing some
> information. I have a .desktop file, so I can launch the application from
> the menu. But it doesn't show up in the list of windows, and if I minimize
> it, its gone.
> So this might be a problem of my application under X. I have to investigate
> further, any ideas that might cause these problems are welcome.
>
>   

Could you post your .desktop file? There's been previously problems with
the correct format of it. Also it *might* be that you have to set
application window's WM_CLASS property to match the name in .desktop file.

> Günter
>
>   
>>> * How can I trigger the keyboard when doing text entry ?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> This will be the hard part for you, but should be possible to accomplish
>> to some extent with tcl/tk. Maybe IM guys can give you hints about this ...
>>
>>     
>>> Would be greatful for any pointers to documents, source code, or
>>> whatever which could help me solving these problems.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Günter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> // Tapani
>>
>>
>>     
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// Tapani