Launching Lazarus programs from .kde/Autostart
lazarus / 1-Linux

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tech-pro · 2008-07-18 22:21

I wrote a password manager using Lazarus. The old one I used was
started by a symlink in the $home/.kde/Autostart folder. I deleted
that and replaced it with one to my Lazarus program, but it doesn't
start when I log in, although it does if I click on the symlink in
file manager. Any ideas?

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tech-pro · 2008-07-19 17:33

It turns out the program was starting, but it starts minimized and
just displays a task bar icon and the icon was not being displayed. I
think KDE was starting it before the task bar was ready. I don't know
if there is a way to test if the icon is successfully displayed so
that you can wait and then try again. I have just stuck a delay in the
program before it creates the icon, and that seems to solve the
problem.