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]]
11                [[+programs] | [programs]]
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DESCRIPTION

14       kdeinit4 is a process launcher somewhat similar to the famous init used
15       for booting UNIX. It executes KDE programs and kdeinit loadable modules
16       (KLMs) starting them more efficiently.
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18       Using kdeinit4 to launch KDE applications makes starting a typical KDE
19       application a couple times faster and reduces memory consumption by a
20       substantial amount.
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22       kdeinit4 is linked against all libraries a standard KDE application
23       needs. With this technique, starting an application becomes much faster
24       because now only the application itself needs to be linked whereas
25       otherwise both the application as well as all the libaries it uses need
26       to be linked.
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DISADVANTAGES

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

36       --help
37           Show help about options
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39       --no-fork
40           Do not fork, i.e. do not exit until all the executed programs ends
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42       --no-kded
43           Do not start kded
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45       --suicide
46           Terminate when no KDE applications are left running
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48       +programs
49           runs the programs handling requests
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51       programs
52           runs the programs without handling requests
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USAGE

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

59       /tmp/kde-$USER/kdeinit4_$INSTANCE
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

63       $HOME
64           Specifies the home directory of the current user
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66       $KDE_HOME_READONLY
67           Specifies if the home directory of the current user is read only
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69       $KDE_IS_PRELINKED
70           If set, tells kdeinit4 that the KDE programs are pre-linked.
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72           (Prelinking is a process that allows you to speed up the process of
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75       $KDE_DISPLAY
76           If set, tells kdeinit4 that it is running on a KDE desktop.
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SEE ALSO

79       kded, kdekillall
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BUGS

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

85       Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
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88       Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com>
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91       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>
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NOTES

95        1. bugs.kde.org
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