Application launching

Application launching — Startup notification for applications

Includes

#include <gdk/gdk.h>

Description

GdkAppLaunchContext is an implementation of GAppLaunchContext that handles launching an application in a graphical context. It provides startup notification and allows to launch applications on a specific screen or workspace.

Example 6. Launching an application

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GdkAppLaunchContext *context;
context = gdk_app_launch_context_new ();
gdk_app_launch_context_set_screen (my_screen);
gdk_app_launch_context_set_timestamp (event->time);
if (!g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri ("http://www.gtk.org", context, &error))
  g_warning ("Launching failed: %s\n", error->message);
g_object_unref (context);

Functions

Types and Values