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3.7 KiB
125 lines
3.7 KiB
Introduction
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KGtk is a quick-n-dirty hack to allow some Gtk2, Qt3, and Qt4
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applications to use KDE3 or KDE4 file dialogs.
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KGtk is composed of the following pieces:
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1. An application called kdialogd. In this archive there are
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two varieties of this - a KDE3 version, and a KDE4 version.
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2. LD_PRELOAD libraries that are used to override the Gtk2, Qt3,
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and Qt4 file dialogs.
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If you start an application using the following command:
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kgtk-wrapper gimp
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...the the following occurs:
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1. kgtk-wrapper determines whether the application is a Gtk2, Qt3,
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or Qt4 application. It then sets the LD_PRELOAD environment
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variable to point to the approriate KGtk library.
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2. When the application now starts, it checks for the
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KDE_SESSION_VERSION environment variable. If this is not set,
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or is less than 4, then the KDE3 version of kdialogd is started,
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else the KDE4 version is started.
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3. When 'gimp' now tries to open a file dialog, the KGtk library
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intercepts this, and asks kdialogd to open a file dialog instead.
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There will only ever be one instance of kdialogd, and all apps communicate with the same
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instance - and it termiantes itself 30 seconds after the last Gtk/Qt app has
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disconnected. This timeout can be changed by editing kdialogdrc and setting/changing
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[General]
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Timeout=10
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Installation
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As of v0.9.1, kgtk uses CMake in place of autotools.
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Because KGtk includes code for Qt3/KDE3 and Qt4/KDE4, you need
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to specify when building which variants you would like to build.
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This is accomplished as follows:
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1. mkdir build
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2. cd build
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3. cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
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4. make
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5. sudo make install
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* -DKGTK_KDE3=true instructs CMake to create makefiles for the KDE3
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version of KDialogD. Defaults to "true", use -DKGTK_KDE3=false
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to turn off. Turning this on, sets -DKGTK_KDE4=false and
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-DKGTK_QT4=false
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* -DKGTK_KDE4=true would instruct CMake to create makefiles for
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the KDE4 version of KDialogD. Defaults to "false".
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* -DKGTK_GTK2=true instructs CMake to create makefiles for the Gtk2
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version of the LD_PRELOAD library. Defaults to "true", use
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-DKGTK_GTK2=false to turn off.
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* -DKGTK_QT3=true instructs CMake to create makefiles for the Qt3
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version of the LD_PRELOAD library. Defaults to "true", use
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-DKGTK_QT3=false to turn off. Turning this on, sets
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-DKGTK_KDE4=false and -DKGTK_QT4=false
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* -DKGTK_QT4=true instructs CMake to create makefiles for the Qt4
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version of the LD_PRELOAD library. Defaults to "false".
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* For 64 bit systems, also append -DLIB_SUFFIX=64
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Mixing '-DKGTK_KDE3=true' and '-DKGTK_KDE4=true' wont work, so compile the Qt3/KDE3,
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and Qt4/KDE4 variants separately. Also, the 'build' folder *must* be cleaned before
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switching to/from Qt3/KDE3 from/to Qt4/KDE4
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So, to compile everything I suggest the following:
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1. mkdir build3
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2. cd build3
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3. cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
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[ This will build KDialogD for KDE3, and create the LD_PRELOAD libraries for
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Qt3 and Gtk2 ]
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4. make
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5. sudo make install
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6. set up Qt4/KDE4 env variables
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7. clean build folder
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8. mkdir build4
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9. cd build4
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10. cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DKGTK_KDE4=true -DKGTK_QT4=true -DKGTK_GTK2=false
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11. make
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12. sudo make install
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NOTE: If you have both KDE3 and KDE4 installed, when calling cmake for KDE3, set KDEDIR to be empty.
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e.g.
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KDEDIR= cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DKGTK_KDE4=false -DKGTK_QT4=false
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Notes
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The library has been tested with the following applications:
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Reported to work:
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1. Firefox (1.5.x only, not 1.0.x)
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2. Inkscape
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3. GIMP
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4. Kino
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5. Eclipse
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6. Azureus
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7. Galde-2
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8. Streamtuner
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9. Avidemux2
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10. Scribus
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11. QComcBook
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12. Planner 0.14: works, but asks twice for open file
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Reported *not* working:
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1. AbiWord
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