ksmserver
is KDE's session manager. On startup
the session manager launches auto-start applications and restores
applications from the previous session. The applications to auto-start are
indicated by .desktop files in the
$
KDEDIR
/share/autostart
directory. Whether or not to auto-start an application can be made
conditional upon some configuration entry determined by the
X-KDE-autostart-condition entry in the .desktop file.
Some of the applications auto-started by
ksmserver
are:
-
kdesktop
-
The KDE desktop
-
Kicker
-
The KDE panel
-
ktip
-
A tip of the day program
-
kwrited
-
A utility to receive system messages sent to the user
-
Klipper
-
A clipboard utility that docks in the panel
-
kalarm
-
A utility that warns about upcoming events and appointments
kdesktop
in its turn automatically starts
applications stored in $
KDEHOME
/Autostart.
kdesktop
will automatically open any files stored in this directory including
documents, binary files or applications in the form of .desktop files.
The KDE session manager also restores one of the previous
sessions. A session contains a collection of applications as well as
application-specific information that reflects the state of the applications
at the time the session was saved. Sessions are stored in the
ksmserverrc configuration file which contains
references to application-specific state information. The
application-specific state information is saved in $
KDEHOME
/share/config/session.
The state information of KWin contains the location of the application
windows of all the other applications in the session.
