[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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>> 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.
>>
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>
> Hi again,
>
> Thanks for all suggestions, it helped me a lot indeed.
> I just set up a minimal tcl/tk app with the
>
> wm title . "MyApp"
>
> and together with the desktop file it worked. So it is clearly
> not a problem with the desktop file, but with the application itself.
>
> The application does some fiddling with window titles, and my current
> guess is that something goes wrong there. Althoug the window itself
> shows the right title, the windowmanager doesn't seem to want it.
>
>   

Using What do you mean here? If the title of your window changes, it is
changed (and 'wanted') by windowmanager.'wm title' should do the thing.

> I have also been able to get the application showing up correctly by
> leaving out some (huge) parts, so this means I am on the right way.
>
> Just have to figure out where something goes wrong.
>
> Thanks for all suggestions,
>
> Günter
>
>   
>>> Günter
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>>>>> * How can I trigger the keyboard when doing text entry ?
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>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> // Tapani
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>>>>
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>>>>         
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>> // Tapani
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// Tapani