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README
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kdeinit is a process launcher somewhat similar to the
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famous init used for booting UNIX.
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It launches processes by forking and then loading a
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dynamic library which should contain a 'main(...)'
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function.
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Executive summary
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Using kdeinit to launch KDE applications makes starting
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a typical KDE applications 2.5 times faster (100ms
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instead of 250ms on a P-III 500) It reduces memory
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consumption by approx. 350Kb per application.
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How it works
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kdeinit is linked against all libraries a standard KDE
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application needs. With this technique starting an
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application becomes much faster because now only
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the application itself needs to be linked whereas
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otherwise both the application as well as all the libaries
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it uses need to be linked.
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Startup Speed
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Starting an application linked against libqt, libtdecore and libtdeui
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in the conventional way takes approx. 150ms on a Pentium III - 500Mhz.
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Starting the same application via kdeinit takes less than 10ms.
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(application without KApplication constructor, the KApplication
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constructor requires an extra 100ms in both cases)
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Memory Usage
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An application linked against libqt, libtdecore and libtdeui started
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in the conventional way requires about 498Kb memory.
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(average of 10 instances) If the same application is started via
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kdeinit it requires about 142Kb. A difference of 356Kb (application
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without KApplication constructor)
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If we take the KApplication constructor into account, an application
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started in the conventional way takes about 679Kb memory while the same
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application started via kdeinit requires about 380Kb. Here the difference
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is somewhat less, 299Kb. This seems to be caused by the fact that the
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dynamic linker does "lazy linking". We can force the linker to link
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everything at startup by specifying "LD_BIND_NOW=true". When kdeinit is
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started with this option on, kdeinit is back to its full efficiency, an
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application with a KApplication constructor now uses 338Kb of memory.
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A difference of 341Kb with the normal case.
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Adapting programs to use kdeinit.
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The sourcecode of a program does not require any change to take advantage
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of kdeinit. Only the makefile requires an adaption, if the Makefile.am of
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a normal program looks like this:
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bin_PROGRAMS = kicker
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kicker_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/libkonq/libkonq.la
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kicker_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) $(KDE_RPATH)
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The following lines need to be added to make a library version useable
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by kdeinit:
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lib_LTLIBRARIES = kicker.la
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libkicker_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/libkonq/libkonq.la
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libkicker_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) $(KDE_RPATH) -module
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Disadvantages
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The process name of applications started via kdeinit is "kdeinit". This problem
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can be corrected to a degree by changing the application name as shown
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by 'ps'. However, applications like "killall" will only see "kdeinit" as
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process name. To workaround this, use "kdekillall", from kdesdk/scripts,
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for applications started via kdeinit.
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