Re: What is the best place to start gdnc, gpbs and make_services?

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote:
> while it is obvious that sourcing GNUstep.sh should go into .profile (for sh 
> and bash) or into .cshrc (for csh) I wonder what the best place for starting 
> gdnc, gpbs and make_services is. As I learned today make_services are only 
> needed for GUI apps, not tools, right?

You need to run make services only if you install a new application. 
Ideally, it should be run as an install-action my the package installer, 
for example.
Since on Unix we do not usually "drag and drop" apps around like you do 
on Mac, you don't need to run it periodically.
> So is it a good idea to start those services in .xinitrc ? Or are there other 
> places for this which are more sensible?

gpbs is only needed for GUI, xinitrc is fine. gdnc (and gdomap) can be 
started by your rc.d init.

Actually, the daemon startup is quick on a modern machine, so I don't 
start anything and have the first GS app start them automatically. That 
way, once the last app closes, the daemons quit.

Riccardo