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Hey gang - thought I'd ask for a hint on this one:

I'm trying to do the standard "use dcop to open tabs for all of my sessions" trick, like so:

#!/bin/sh
konsole=$(dcopstart konsole-script)

echo "Started konsole $konsole..."
session=$(dcop $konsole konsole newSession)
echo "Created session $session..."
dcop $konsole $session renameSession Music
echo "renamed $session to Music..."
dcop $konsole $session sendSession "cd /dang/Music"

So, open a konsole, create an additional tab called Music. Send a command "cd /dang/Music" command to that tab, then enter.

Simple, no?

Unfortunately, when I run the script, the window pops, the new tab is created .... and it just sits at the prompt. If I click on the window and hit a key - return, or whatever else you like, any key really - then the command is sent and everything works.

This doesn't seem like a big problem, except I want this to be automated. I'm using FC4 x86_64, and kde 3.4.2.

Any hints?

Thanks!

Dan

Well, yes, you'd think that works, but no - it doesn't. I've added various forms of return ( ctrl-v return, \r , \n , etc ) to no avail. Thanks for the suggestion, but no fix.

Another interesting tidbit: If I use kdcop, find an existing konsole, and use sendSession to set a command - it works as advertised. Similarly, if I modify the script pasted here to use an existing konsole, everything works.

Unfortunately, this isn't quite what I'm looking for.

Any one have any other suggestions? Is this a problem with some semi-obscure KDE setting, or window focus behavior, sunspots, gamma radiation, ... ?

Dan