Re: galf once more: application launch feedback

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Thu, 3 May 2001, Seth Nickell wrote:

> Elliot Lee wrote:
> >
> > > > There are three components in this system:
> > > >
> > > > * The central feedback server
> > > > * The binary wrapper
> > > > * The launched application
> > > >
> > > > As far as I know, most people have agreed on an arcitecture like this. An
> > > > central feedback server is more elegant and gives more possibilities than
> > > > having to run a "tracking process" for every launched application (like
> > > > with Xalf).
> >
> > Even given the constraint of detecting non-compliant apps, you can still
> > get rid of CORBA by having central-feedback-server as a library that the
> > launching-application makes use of. No need for extra processes or use of
> > CORBA.
>
> It would be nice if remotely launched apps also managed to use the
> application launch feedback mechanism.

They can do this just fine without using CORBA. All the actual detection
has to be done via X, which works just fine for remote apps. I believe
that CORBA communication is only done via this central feedback server and
the launching application.

-- Elliot
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