Re: NSDistributedNotification names

FROM : A.M.
DATE : Mon Mar 24 16:12:27 2008

On Mar 24, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Jens Alfke wrote:

> Distributed notifications aren't the same thing as NSNotifications, 
> even though Foundation tries to give them a similar API. Regular 
> notifications aren't available to other processes; a notification 
> has to be explicitly posted as distributed, and few are. Distributed 
> notifications are mostly used internally by the OS, though a few are 
> documented.
>

>> - another application has been launched
>> - another application is being switched to active (for now, i check 
>> periodically the active application with NSWorkspace)

>
> I remember reading about a distributed notification for apps 
> switching, but I don't remember where. There may well be a 
> notification for an app being launched, but I don't know what it is.


Enter "Notification Watcher":

http://www.tildesoft.com/Programs.html

Cheers,
M