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

[From: Tapani Pälli]

ext Tapani Pälli wrote:
> 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 ?
>>>>
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>>> You have to install a .desktop file, see
>>> http://maemo.org/platform/docs/tutorials/Maemo_tutorial.html#Maemo-desktopfile
>>>
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>>>> * How can I bring the application back on top, once minimized ?
>>>>
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>>> TN and window manager take care of this part.
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>>>       
>> 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.
>>
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> 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.
>
>   

Actually from tcl/tk, this should set it right :

wm title . "name"

>> Günter
>>
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>>>> * 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 ...
>>>
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>>>       
>>>> Would be greatful for any pointers to documents, source code, or
>>>> whatever which could help me solving these problems.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Günter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>         
>>> // Tapani
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// Tapani