Autostarting Applications and Run-Once Applications
You can run applications upon every KDE start, or you can run e.g. a script once.
By placing a .desktop file
under share/autostart (either
under $KDEHOME or under $KDEDIR) the
application described by this desktop file will be automatically
started when KDE starts. There are some extra fields that you can
define to control when exactly the application should be
started. There is also a possibility to make the start of the
application conditional.
X-KDE-autostart-phase=1This field describes the phase in which the application should be started. There are currently two phases defined:
1Before applications that are part of the session are restored by the session manager.
2After applications that are part of the session are restored by the session manager.
The default is 1. If an application is auto-started but can also be part of the session, you typically want to have it in phase 2, that way the application that gets auto-started can detect that it has already been restored by the session manager and exit.
X-KDE-autostart-condition=kalarmdrc:General:Autostart:trueThis field makes the auto-start of the application
condtional. In this example the application is only started if the
config file kalarmdrc has the key
Autostart in the General group
set to true. The value true at the end of the line
is used as default value if the key or config file is not
present.
X-KDE-autostart-after=panelThis field can be used to control when an application should be autostarted. It refers to the name of another desktop-file in the autostart directory. In this example the application will be started after the panel (Kicker) has been started. This is usefull for such things as applications that dock into the panel.
See also
kdelibs/kinit/README.autostart
