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NAME

       kdeinit4  -  Start  all other KDE programs and kdeinit loadable modules
       (KLMs).

SYNOPSIS

       kdeinit4 [--help] [--no-fork | --no-kded | --suicide] [+programs |
                programs]

DESCRIPTION

       kdeinit4 is a process launcher somewhat similar to the famous init used
       for booting UNIX. It executes KDE programs and kdeinit loadable modules
       (KLMs) starting them more efficiently.

       Using  kdeinit4 to launch KDE applications makes starting a typical KDE
       application a couple times faster and reduces memory consumption  by  a
       substantial amount.

       kdeinit4  is  linked  against  all libraries a standard KDE application
       needs. With this technique, starting an application becomes much faster
       because  now  only  the  application  itself needs to be linked whereas
       otherwise both the application as well as all the libaries it uses need
       to be linked.

DISADVANTAGES

       The  process  name  of applications started via kdeinit4 is "kdeinit4".
       This problem can be corrected to a degree by changing  the  application
       name  as  shown by ps. However, applications like killall will only see
       kdeinit4 as the process name. To workaround this, use kdekillall  (from
       kdesdk/scripts) for applications started via kdeinit4.

OPTIONS

       --help Show help about options

       --no-fork
              Do  not  fork,  i.e. do not exit until all the executed programs
              ends

       --no-kded
              Do not start kded

       --suicide
              Terminate when no KDE applications are left running

       +programs
              runs the programs handling requests

       programs
              runs the programs without handling requests

USAGE

       A standard way  to  run  this  program  is  by  simply  specifying  the
       following command at the prompt kdeinit4 program or kdeinit4 +program

FILES

       /tmp/kde-$USER/kdeinit4_$INSTANCE
              ...

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       $HOME  Specifies the home directory of the current user

       $KDE_HOME_READONLY
              Specifies if the home directory of the current user is read only

       $KDE_IS_PRELINKED
              If set, tells kdeinit4 that the KDE programs are pre-linked.

              (Prelinking is a process that allows you to speed up the process
              of dynamic linking.)

       $KDE_DISPLAY
              If set, tells kdeinit4 that it is running on a KDE desktop.

SEE ALSO

       kded, kdekillall

BUGS

       There  are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org: http://bugs.kde.org
       to report them.

AUTHORS

       Waldo Bastian <bastian@kde.org>, Mario  Weilguni  <mweilguni@sime.com>,
       Lubos Lunak <l.lunak@kde.org>.

                                  2008-10-03