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+ <H1>[Mageia-discuss] KDE compatibility issue</H1>
+ <B>Juergen Harms</B>
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+ TITLE="[Mageia-discuss] KDE compatibility issue">Juergen.Harms at unige.ch
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+ <I>Wed Nov 16 19:12:17 CET 2011</I>
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+<PRE>On 11/16/2011 05:41 PM, Barry Jackson wrote:
+&gt;<i> sharing your thoughts and confirming that I am working along the right
+</I>&gt;<i> lines.
+</I>
+Do &quot;right lines&quot; exist in linux? there are so many ways of making things
+work and having fun - but, I, agree are there lots of &quot;wrong lines&quot; that
+dont work. (-
+
+ &gt; it is only ~/.kde4 that is causing issues currently .... any ideas?
+
+I am with you: that is where I spend most of my time after an install. I
+had scripts that worked on kde configuration files, but they have a
+tendency to get complex, and kde changes its internal specifications
+nearly as rapidly as it takes to make these scripts run smoothly.
+
+I ended up with a hybrid solution: after an install, I copy some
+template files and directories into my home directory - copying is
+better than linking: independance and co-existance of varying kde
+versions. I do the copying from a console, or another users desktop to
+avoid potential conflicts that might arise while kde is running on my
+home directory - that was an issue in the past, dont know if it still
+is. This way of doing is not only a substantial gain of the time needed
+for customisation, but also avoids making errors due to handling
+mistakes. These are the files and directories I copy:
+
+1. .local/share/applications and &lt;dito&gt;/desktop-directories: that
+creates desktop items and their hierarchy
+2. .config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu from a template: that
+defines the desktop menu and ties desktop items into the menus
+3. .kde4/share/apps/konsole: I have profiles for several - differently
+coloured konsoles (distinguish root, applications, info konsole windows)
+4. .kde4/share/apps/konqueror (I do not use this any more, but it allows
+to have customized fancy konqueror profiles).
+
+I found that these four are very stable, I do not remember ever having
+had problems with this approach (I have become sloppy and sometimes copy
+the entire .config and .local directory, works well also). May sound
+fancy, but I like to have a very customized desktop menu.
+
+But in the end, I continue to manually configure all the remaining
+features of my desktop, painfully and step by step.
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