I want to have an application post a notification that it's doing something using kdialog's passivepopup, then remove that notification when it's finished.

So the obvious way to do this is

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kdialog --passivepopup "my message"&
PID=$!
# do some stuff
kill $PID

But unfortunately for this scenario, it appears that unlike other kdialog options, this isn't viable. Because the process that's spawned evidently initiates the dialogue somewhere else then exits -

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ps -ef | grep $PID

shows that the process no longer exists.

So the question is, how can I remove the dialogue when I no longer need it? Preferably without having to delve into DBUS, which makes learning German grammar appear simple...

I believe Passive Popups are now sent through Plasma, at least in KDE 4.2. It appears that some D-Bus magic will be required.

bcooksley wrote:I believe Passive Popups are now sent through Plasma, at least in KDE 4.2. It appears that some D-Bus magic will be required.

I feared as much. Thanks for the confirmation.

Think I'll give up even thinking about the idea until DBUS actually gets documented.