change process name in gtkdialog

[hannysabbagh]

Hello.

I wonder if there is a way to change process name for my gtkdialog apps?
i mean when i write an app using gtkdialog, and when i run this app, the process name is always "gtkdialog", can i change this??

thanks.

[akash_rawal]

Use 'title' tag attribute to <window> tag. e.g.

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<window title="some other title">
...
</window>

For other uses http://code.google.com/p/gtkdialog/ can be helpful.

[hannysabbagh]

Thank you.

but this only changes the window title, i want to change the process name so i can run 'killall' on the window i want, not all gtkdialog windows.

thanks.

[akash_rawal]

There are two ways of doing it.
1. Start gtkdialog asynchronously and record its process id. Later kill it with its process id like:

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gtkdialog -p EXAMPLE & #<< Note the '&' at the end
pidof_dialog="$!" #To record process ID into pidof_dialog
wait "$pidof_dialog" #To suspend execution till gtkdialog ends, optional
...
#later
kill "$pidof_dialog"

2. Symlink the gtkdialog executable and give it another name.

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ln -sT "`which gtkdialog`" /tmp/my_gtkdialog
/tmp/my_gtkdialog -p EXAMPLE
...
#later
killall my_gtkdialog