Can Yakuake be configured to run a command at startup?

[Snowhog]

This question would also be pertinent to Konsole as well.

I want to automatically run a command when Yakuake is activated. Can that be done? If so, how? I haven't found what I'm looking for via Google.

[claydoh]

Adding the command to the end of your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.bash_profile?) will work - but the command will also run in your TTYs, Dolphin terminal, etc

You can call konsole with a command, and just create a short script that does so, bind a shortcut to that script.

As far as I can determine, I don't believe Yakuake is able to accept a command line option to run, like Konsole does - e.g konsole -e mc

[Bings]

You can use a custom command in Konsole profiles, I think that Yakuake also uses those profiles but I am not sure as I don't use it personally.

[claydoh]

You can use a custom command in Konsole profiles,

Yes, but where? Adding a command to the "Command" option (next to /bin/bash) for example breaks things.

[Bings]

Yes, but where? Adding a command to the "Command" option (next to /bin/bash) for example breaks things.

Don't type it next to /bin/bash in the command field, type it instead of. Example, I use terminal apps like neomutt, toot and newsboat with konsole profiles and I use the colours in konsole profiles to theme them. I can then add the command to open the profiles as entries in the application menu.

[JeffRedd]

This question would also be pertinent to Konsole as well.

I want to automatically run a command when Yakuake is activated. Can that be done? If so, how? I haven't found what I'm looking for via Google.

I’m not sure about Yakuake or Konsole but maybe Krunner will.

Supposedly, KRunner is a handy tool for running terminal commands without having to open a terminal, however I have not tried it myself. Here is an article about it.

[jlittle]

Depending on how you invoke yakuake, you could hijack that to run what you want, then yakuake, or bring it up via qdbus:

qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/window org.kde.yakuake.toggleWindowState

For example, if you get to yakuake with a keyboard shortcut, change that to run a script that does stuff then yakuake.

It's konsole behind the scenes. For the first invocation one can use environment variables to communicate with your .bashrc (or whatever your shell's startup script is), sort of. .bashrc can check /proc/$PPID/cmdline to see what started the shell.

Conceivably, and somewhat deviously, you could have a job that watches the dbus for messages to yakuake with dbus-monitor. Working that out would have a lot of trial and error.

[Snowhog]

Thanks for all the suggestions/observations. It doesn't appear that there is a simple way to do what I want; launch yakuake and have this executable run: /usr/bin/ucaresystem-core

What I want 'ideally', is for that executable to be run when Yakuake is launched, and only when Yakuake is launched; not when Konsole is launched.

Seems my wants exceed what is capable. Not the first time. Wont be the last time.

[JeffRedd]

What I want 'ideally', is for that executable to be run when Yakuake is launched, and only when Yakuake is launched

I'll keep an eye out for that information.

[claydoh]

qdbus org.kde.yakuake /yakuake/sessions runCommandInTerminal 0 "/usr/bin/ucaresystem-core"

But you most likely will have to nuke some notifications in Plasma Workspace, because of this message and sound:

The D-Bus method runCommand was just used. There are security concerns about allowing these methods to be public. If desired, these methods can be changed to internal use only by re-compiling Yakuake. This warning will only show once for this Yakuake instance.

There is no Yakuake notification or setting to turn this off.

Also, it might need to be scripted to run yakuake, wait a moment, then use the qdbus command to run the command - sometimes they don't run in my quick tests.




EDIT : GIMME A SEC, BRB

Edit the edit, sorry, no go. I can't seem to get rid of the message without nuking a potentially useful or important warning popup/sound

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