It's not even close to the simple "dcop" client. Observe: bogd...@mabelode:~$ dcop <TAB> amarok kcookiejar kded klauncher knotify bogd...@mabelode:~$ dcop amarok <TAB> collection KDirNotify-1 contextbrowser KIO::Scheduler devices ksycoca html-widget1 MainApplication-Interface html-widget2 mediabrowser html-widget3 player [snip] bogd...@mabelode:~$ dcop amarok player <TAB> album enableRandomMode next setBpm setScoreByPath trackCurrentTime volumeUp artist enableRepeatPlaylist interfaces nowPlaying queueForTransfer setBpmByPath setVolume rating enableOSD getVolume mute [snip] bogd...@mabelode:~$ dcop amarok player getVolume 75 bogd...@mabelode:~$ dcop amarok player setVolume 80 bogd...@mabelode:~$ dcop amarok player getVolume 80
Now compare: $ dbus-send Usage: dbus-send [--help] [--system | --session | --address=ADDRESS] [--dest=NAME] [--type=TYPE] [--print-reply=(literal)] [--reply-timeout=MSEC] <destination object path> <message name> [contents ...] I've no idea what to do now. The problem is not having access, is having relatively _easy_ access. Theoretically I can write a program that uses the dbus libraries, but that's not easy. I can't figure out which programs accept dbus messages, nor what kind of messages I can send them, nor what to put in them. I can't even figure out if it _is_ possible to find out that (without reading the source code of every program on my computer). I can probably get an answer to that if I spend a few weeks hacking on and learning about dbus. But my point is that I have no idea how dcop works, nor have I ever read even a man page for it. I read a hint that Amarok uses dcop to allow control, I typed "dcop <TAB>" in a terminal, and I instantly became able to use everything Amarok offers. -- dbus doesn't have simple command-line acces like dcop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315178 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
