kdeinit4(8)

1KDEINIT4(8)                    KDE User's Manual                   KDEINIT4(8)
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NAME

6       kdeinit4  -  Start  all other KDE programs and kdeinit loadable modules
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SYNOPSIS

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

15       kdeinit4 is a process launcher somewhat similar to the famous init used
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20       Using  kdeinit4 to launch KDE applications makes starting a typical KDE
21       application a couple times faster and reduces memory consumption  by  a
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25       kdeinit4  is  linked  against  all libraries a standard KDE application
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DISADVANTAGES

33       The  process  name  of applications started via kdeinit4 is "kdeinit4".
34       This problem can be corrected to a degree by changing  the  application
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OPTIONS

41       --help Show help about options
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45              Do  not  fork,  i.e. do not exit until all the executed programs
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58              runs the programs handling requests
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USAGE

66       A standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the  follow‐
67       ing command at the prompt kdeinit4 program or kdeinit4 +program
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71       /tmp/kde-$USER/kdeinit4_$INSTANCE
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

76       $HOME  Specifies the home directory of the current user
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84              If set, tells kdeinit4 that the KDE programs are pre-linked.
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91              If set, tells kdeinit4 that it is running on a KDE desktop.
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BUGS

99       There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org:  http://bugs.kde.org
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AUTHORS

104       Waldo  Bastian  <bastian@kde.org>, Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com>,
105       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>.
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