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kdeinit4(8)


NAME

   kdeinit4 - KDE process launcher.

SYNOPSIS

   kdeinit4 [--help] [[--no-fork] | [--no-kded] | [--suicide]]
            [[+programs] | [programs]]

DESCRIPTION

   kdeinit4 is a process launcher somewhat similar to the famous init used
   for booting UNIX. It executes KDE programs and kdeinit loadable modules
   (KLMs) starting them more efficiently.

   Using kdeinit4 to launch KDE applications makes starting a typical KDE
   application a couple times faster and reduces memory consumption by a
   substantial amount.

   kdeinit4 is linked against all libraries a standard KDE application
   needs. With this technique, starting an application becomes much faster
   because now only the application itself needs to be linked whereas
   otherwise both the application as well as all the libaries it uses need
   to be linked.

DISADVANTAGES

   The process name of applications started via kdeinit4 is "kdeinit4".
   This problem can be corrected to a degree by changing the application
   name as shown by ps. However, applications like killall will only see
   kdeinit4 as the process name. To workaround this, use kdekillall (from
   kdesdk/scripts) for applications started via kdeinit4.

OPTIONS

   --help
       Show help about options

   --no-fork
       Do not fork, i.e. do not exit until all the executed programs ends

   --no-kded
       Do not start kded

   --suicide
       Terminate when no KDE applications are left running

   +programs
       runs the programs handling requests

   programs
       runs the programs without handling requests

USAGE

   A standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the
   following command at the prompt kdeinit4 program or kdeinit4 +program

FILES

   /tmp/kde-$USER/kdeinit4_$INSTANCE
       ...

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

   $HOME
       Specifies the home directory of the current user

   $KDE_HOME_READONLY
       Specifies if the home directory of the current user is read only

   $KDE_IS_PRELINKED
       If set, tells kdeinit4 that the KDE programs are pre-linked.

       (Prelinking is a process that allows you to speed up the process of
       dynamic linking.)

   $KDE_DISPLAY
       If set, tells kdeinit4 that it is running on a KDE desktop.

SEE ALSO

   kded, kdekillall

BUGS

   There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org[1] to report them.

AUTHORS

   Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
       Author.

   Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com>
       Author.

   Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>
       Author.

NOTES

    1. bugs.kde.org
       http://bugs.kde.org



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