


Dolphin Service Menus by realalienx 15 comments
2. For that, you must add the script somewhere in KMenu and give it the appropriate icon.
3. Forget what I said. It was my mistake. You must add quotes to the "echo" line so that it looks like:
echo "$newnote" > "$fullname"
4. I agree with the delete button. It would make things easier. As for using a regular editor: No. I use KDialog because I found that an editor was too much to write tiny notes. Besides, the text editor of KDialog supports everthing: copy/cut/paste through the regular shortcuts, drag and drop. What else do you want? A bigger window? Change the script to have it. ;-) And thanks for the tutorial but that won't be needed. LOL
5. Sure! An installer would be nice but I just don't want to rip RealAlienX's idea. That's why everything comes as bits and pieces. - Apr 12 2007

Dolphin Service Menus by realalienx 15 comments
To be able to create filenotes, you download MyFileNote and you edit the "Exec=" line so that it says:
Exec=/path/to/my/script %U
(Just %U, that's intentional.) You save it and you install it as RealAlienX explains. That's it.
Just to make everything look a little better, you can also edit the "Icon=" line so that it says:
Icon=filetypes
(I find this icon really nice... and appropriate.)
If you have more questions, you know where to find me. ;-) - Apr 05 2007
Since I fixed Serenity for KDM, I use it and I've never encountered a problem, not even with the Moodin engine that I'm using now. (A quick search told me that it is included in Feisty. I don't know if it is used though.)
I'd suggest to look closely at the X logs if they tell more. And to send me the Kubuntu splash theme that should be in $KDEDIR/share/apps/ksplash/Themes/. (Whether it's pure KSplash or Moodin, I'll be able to see for myself what's going on.) - Apr 01 2007
I will change the label.
And I will think about an option for the visibility of the arrows. I find them nice on the slider but it could also be nice to be able to make them really disappear. Wait and see... - Mar 26 2007

Wallpaper Other by alioruc 4 comments

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
I don't know why the X11 includes aren't found. Something is wrong. As a fix, you should try to add the option
--with-extra-includes="/usr/include" for ./configure.
As for the "missing" .cpp files, they aren't needed. They are to be found only in the build tree of KDE and it's not a requirement to have KDE sources on your harddisk to build Desktop Text Config. Lucky you! ;-) - Mar 16 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
Check your "config.log". Mine says:
X_INCLUDES='-I/usr/X11R6/include'
X_LDFLAGS='-L/usr/X11R6/lib'
...
all_includes='-I/opt/kde3/include -I/usr/lib/qt3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include '
all_libraries='-L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib/qt3/lib -L/opt/kde3/lib '
What does yours say? - Mar 14 2007

Dolphin Service Menus by realalienx 15 comments
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[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Note about a file
Comment[fr]=Note sur un fichier
Encoding=UTF-8
Hidden=false
Icon=filetypes
MimeType=text/filenote
Patterns=*.filenote
Type=MimeType
X-KDE-AutoEmbed=false
[Property::X-KDE-NativeExtension]
Type=QString
Value=.filenote
[Property::X-KDE-text]
Type=bool
Value=true
------------
This separates the ".filenote" from the simple texts and assign a nice icon to them. This also enables you to assign an app or a script to open them. Don't forget to add a comment in your language... If you want. - Mar 13 2007

Dolphin Service Menus by realalienx 15 comments
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#! /bin/bash
fullname=$1
if [ "${fullname##*.}" != "filenote" ] ; then
fullname="$fullname.filenote"
fi
if [ -e "$fullname" ] ; then
oldnote=`cat "$fullname"`
fi
shortname="${fullname##*/}"
shortname="${shortname%%.filenote}"
newnote=`kdialog --title "MyFileNote" --textinputbox \
"Note about \"$shortname\":" "$oldnote" 300 200`
if [ "$oldnote" != "$newnote" ] ; then
if [ -z "$newnote" ] ; then
rm "$fullname"
else
echo $newnote > "$fullname"
fi
fi
------------
Do what you want with it. It is made as well to create notes as to view/edit them. And it contains a special feature: When you delete entirely the text of a note, the note itself is deleted from your disk. Very useful when you view an old note that you don't need any more. - Mar 13 2007

Dolphin Service Menus by realalienx 15 comments
I also think it wouldn't be such a bad idea to give a distinctive extension to the notes. ("*.filenote" for example.) This way it would be easy to assign an also distinctive icon to them and --most important-- to assign a program to view these notes. Once again, that would be a little script using KDialog to show/edit a note. It would less disruptive than a big text editor with its big window invading your screen just for one or two lines of note. - Mar 12 2007

Dolphin Service Menus by Topazz 5 comments
"Recursively create M3U playlists"
"Créer récursivemnt des listes M3U"
And:
"Recursively rename items to ASCII"
"Tout renommer récursivement en ASCII"
Wouldn't it be better?
Ne serait-ce pas mieux? - Mar 10 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 5 comments
I seldom use the KMenu but I may think about adding a cut-down version for this purpose, depending on how my collaboration with Anders will turn out. ;-) Wait and see... This is only the very first version of Kassie. - Mar 08 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 5 comments

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
I think it's another problem of normal vs. devel package. "My" libXss.* belong to the xorg-x11-devel RPM. - Feb 25 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
$ make > ./make.log
(Send it to me too.) If you did something wrong, I'll tell directly to you. If it concerns all (K)Ubuntu users, I'll report our findings.
That'll be better because make errors are rather boring when you're not concerned. - Feb 20 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
You should propose it for KDE 4. - Feb 19 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
And thank you for the RPM. I'm going to warn everybody... - Feb 17 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
First, look if the entries "ItemTextBackground" and "NormalTextColor" aren't present elsewhere in your kdesktoprc. If they are present, I'd say that it shouldn't be a bad idea to move them at the beginning of the FMSettings section. If they aren't present, add them.
ItemTextBackground=0,0,255
NormalTextColor=255,0,0
Launch the module. The preview should have red text with a blue shadow. Change the colors and apply.
After that, check that the entries have changed in your kdesktoprc and that the colors you chose have been applied of course.
I think that *should* kill the ghost shadow forever because *I think* that these missing entries "puzzle" kdestop.
Keep me informed. (Reply to one of my previous message in order that I'll be informed. I think we reached the maximum depth.) - Feb 16 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
"NormalTextColor"?
Did you remove them because you thought it was useless to show the colors you use or are they actually missing? - Feb 16 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
As for the ghost shadow, that can't be me. The module does nothing but setting options. It doesn't hack its way into KDE to do strange things. The "worst" is does is to talk to the desktop --through legal channels-- to warn it that the config has changed.
Aren't there problems with the icon labelled "Brow... something"? Have you already tried to move it to see if the ghost moves too?
And could you show me the [FMSEttings] section of your "kdesktoprc"? ($HOME/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc) Once I'll be sure that there are only legal values, I'll guaranty you that I'm not responsible. - Feb 15 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
Please, everybody that can't compile, try it. - Feb 15 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
But I got an idea after I read your post. It is possible to make the settings accessible for the most computer illiterate users if I replace all the numbers with sliders and appropriate labels. For example, instead of decay style/factor, the label will be "Shadow outline" and the slider go from "Solid" to "Blurred". And behind the funny widgets, the module calculates the corresponding options for the shadow engine that will stop to be so "right under your nose".
As for the presets, I already had in mind to extend their list but I don't think it will be useful if I implement the right "fuzzy widgets".
Wait and see... because I found a bug and I have to make another release sooner or later. - Feb 15 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
Something however puzzles me: Where do all those warnings come from? How old is your Qt?
That's the only thing I can see.
As usual, there is no GCC expert when your life depends on it. ;-) - Feb 13 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
Back on topic: I look even closer at your logs. I checked every option used during the make and I found a difference.
Where are located your X libs? The options used during my make are constant: 3 times -I/usr/X11R6/include and once -L/usr/X11R6/lib. Yours seem erratic: 3 times -I. (only a dot) and once -L/usr/lib.
It matches with what your configure says:
checking for X... libraries /usr/lib, headers .
Mine says:
checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
I'm definitely not sure this is the source of the problem but, at least, IMHO, this is incorrect and this is the only visible difference in between your system and mine.
Maybe you should try to inform your configure of where your X includes are with:
--with-extra-includes=/your/X/include
Just my 0.02 Euro... - Feb 12 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
I thought that the kshadow* headers were a bit old but they are practically identical to the ones available in the sources of KDE 3.5.4. Totally irrelevant.
So, I don't know what's wrong.
If there's a GCC expert in the room, please stand up. :-/ - Feb 12 2007

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Maxilys 43 comments
/opt/kde3/lib/kde3/kcm_desktoptext.la
/opt/kde3/lib/kde3/kcm_desktoptext.so
/opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/desktoptext.desktop
Are these files present? If yes, there's a bug somewhere... If not, it means that the installation didn't work. What went wrong? - Feb 12 2007
Then: Control Center --> Look&Feel --> Colors. You choose one of the numerous Serenity::something colorschemes and click "Apply". That's it.
What goes wrong in this simple process? - Feb 06 2007
Don't hold your breath because it's not easy to debug anything during login but I'm working on it. We're gonna have another "dot zero" release. :-( - Feb 04 2007
error: kdecoration.h: No such file or directory
error: kdecorationfactory.h: No such file or directory
Find these files on your system. All the needed KDE headers should be in the same directory. That should be the only include directory that needs to be specified. The ./configure script fails if all needed Qt stuff isn't found AFAIK. - Jan 30 2007
Well, did you read the INSTALL file? It explains that you should do:
./configure --disable-debug --prefix=`kde-config --prefix`
Or, at least, you should do:
./configure --disable-debug --prefix=/path/to/your/kde
In this path, there should be a directory "include/" with a lot of "k-something.h" files. These are the ones we need.
Keep me informed... whether is works or not. - Jan 30 2007

KDE Plasma Screenshots by nu11 2 comments

Kate by montoya 12 comments

Kate by montoya 12 comments
AFAIK, only a few very common widgets like QSpinWidget, QHeader, QPopupMenu, and propably some others, won't get highlighted.
I think that in these times of transition, a syntax highlighting scheme for both Qt's would make everybody happy. - Jan 19 2007

KDE Plasma Screenshots by runlevel6 3 comments
Or right-click on your desktop -> Configure desktop... -> Other wallpapers. Its name is "NIGHT". - Jan 03 2007
And this will sooner than later become KDE's default behavior so I'm just making it Serenity's default until KDE 3.5.6.
I'll think about adding another option to change the char in a future version (especially after I'll have found a new host without the 500 KB limit). Don't expect miracles, the possibilities are limited. No Winnie the Pooh unless it's part of the current font, no pixmap, no random char AFAIK... but there's quite some choices in the Unicode dingbats. (Try KCharSelect and go to page 37 and above.) - Dec 11 2006
In fact, it shouldn't even be possible to produce this result. Either the rubberband leaves traces everywhere or not at all. An intermediate situation makes no sense. Besides, the logics would dictate that problems should arise only when you pull the rubberband in another direction than from top left toward bottom right.
So... Without any certitude, I'd say that your KDE is responsible. What distro do your have? Did you try with and without rubberband highlighting? - Dec 09 2006
Any way, you're right. But that the fault of the developers, they use the window background instead of the standard color (white). Whatever... I already have a solution partially written in my head. That's not very complicate, so expect some improvement for the next version.
Now, I'm wondering: When will I be able to hibernate? Serenity keeps on waking me up... ;-) - Dec 09 2006
As for the .deb package, I wish I were able to make one but my distro is OpenSuSE... And the Debian unstable repository has some hard time to match my update rate. Nobody proposed me to make an up-to-date one, so... Sorry. :'-( - Dec 09 2006