Libxfce4ui Reference Manual: Xfce Spawn

Xfce Spawn

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

Functions

gboolean	xfce_spawn_on_screen_with_child_watch ()
gboolean	xfce_spawn_on_screen ()
gboolean	xfce_spawn_command_line_on_screen ()

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.

Xfce Spawn

Functions

Includes

Description

Functions

xfce_spawn_on_screen_with_child_watch ()

Returns

xfce_spawn_on_screen ()

Parameters

Returns

xfce_spawn_command_line_on_screen ()

Parameters

Returns

Types and Values