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

6       kdeinit4 - KDE process launcher.
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SYNOPSIS

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

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

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

35       --help
36           Show help about options
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38       --no-fork
39           Do not fork, i.e. do not exit until all the executed programs ends
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41       --no-kded
42           Do not start kded
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44       --suicide
45           Terminate when no KDE applications are left running
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47       +programs
48           runs the programs handling requests
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50       programs
51           runs the programs without handling requests
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USAGE

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

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

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

78       kded, kdekillall
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BUGS

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

84       Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>
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87       Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com>
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90       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>
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NOTES

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