This document describes Kile's DBUS interface and the parts of the Lyx protocol known by Kile. 1. Kile's DBUS interface Open a file either by absolute or relative path: virtual void openDocument(const QString &); Insert text at the cursor position in the current document; this can be used to replace Lyx's pipe mechanism: virtual void insertText(const QString &); Close the current document: virtual void closeDocument(); Open a Kile project file, either by absolute or relative path: virtual void openProject(const QString &); Jump to the given line in the current document; please note that the parameter is not of the type 'int' but of 'QString' instead: virtual void setLine(const QString &); Raise Kile's main window; does not steal the focus: virtual void setActive(); Run the given tool; the return values are { Running = 0, ConfigureFailed, NoLauncherInstalled, NoValidTarget, NoValidSource, TargetHasWrongPermissions, NoValidPrereqs, CouldNotLaunch, SelfCheckFailed}: virtual int run(const QString &); Run the given tool with a specific configuration as second parameter; returns the same values as the function above: virtual int runWith(const QString &, const QString &); 2. Kile's Lyx Pipe emulation The following Lyx commands are understood by Kile. Insert the citations $Name1, Name2, ... at the current cursor postion; the citation command is hard coded to '\cite': :citation-insert:$Name1,$Name2 Insert the command \bibliography with the files named $myBib1, $myBib2, ... at the current cursor position: :bibtex-database-add:$myBib Insert the string $text at the current cursor position: :paste:$text Valid for Kile 2.1, written at 6/9/2009 The Kile Development Team