GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

[MoonRise]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

I can open the Konsole and do

kwin --replace

which will change out the window borders, but it also disables the rest of compiz, apparently. In 3.5 I could run compiz with either kwin or emerald decorations. Not sure what this is all about.

Isn't that suppose to be:

kde-window-decorator --replace

[integr8e]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

I dunno', it might be

kwin-kde4 --replace

Edit: Actually, I just checked my running processes, and the only "win" running is "kwin", so I'm assuming you can just use

kwin --replace

Or, maybe even just

kwin

as you can with Compiz (it's so much fun to make assumptions on things I do not know)

[MoonRise]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

Or, maybe even just

kwin

True if you don't want Compiz running, but I though Dibl was talking about changing Windows Decorations engines.

Either way it doesn't matter, I still have intermittent problems with Compiz's "kde-window-decorator", so I've learned to live with Emerald when I'm using Compiz. I use Compiz only to WOW anyway.

[Rog131]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

How to add more panels in the KDE4 desktop:

Ktip message regarding panels
http://dot.kde.org/1199623673/1199783423/

=>

Open ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc

Put there :

[Containments][3]
formfactor=2
geometry=0,0,1680,56
location=3
locked=false
plugin=panel
screen=0
transform=1,0,0,0,1,0,0,-1056,1

- location=3 is the top edge
- my screen resolution is 1680x1050 => geometry=0,0,1680,56 (square from 0,0 to 1680,56)


Log out, restart X, log in, add widgets and:




Links:
How to move/configure panel?
http://www.kde-forum.org/drucken/180...ure-panel.html

KDE 4.0.0 emergency FAQ
http://software-libre.rudd-o.com/KDE..._emergency_FAQ

[Rog131]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

#2 Tinkering with KDE4 panels

Panel background picture is at:
/usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/apps/desktoptheme/default/widgets/panel-background.svg


More color :

[dibl]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

Wow -- I want one of those!

Thanks Rog!

[MoonRise]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

I guess Rog131 will be our go to guy for KDE4?

[Jags_FL]

KDE 4 on Kubuntu 8.04 Alpha 3 / Hardy Heron

hi claydoh

I know the title of the thread is "GUTSY KDE4 Tips and Tricks" but as another user on this forum mentioned this thread while replying to my problems with KDE 4 on Hardy, I'm posting on this thread.

Here are few problems I'm having with KDE 4 on Kubuntu 8.04 Alpha 3:

1, KDE 4 runs very slow (compare to 3.5.8, which by the way feels lightning fast); froze three times in 10 minutes (while applying "Plastik" theme)
2, Not able to change Black color Task Manager bar
3, Not able to bring Konqueror, Home etc icons next to big "K" button (start button ?) on the Task Manager bar (though in a Theme Manager screenshot, Plastik is shown exactly the way it looks in KDE 3.5.8 )

Anyway, I'll keep using KDE 3.5.8.

Being a Kubuntu and Linux newbie I was just trying to figure out if I was doing something wrong or KDE 4 does not support Plastik, even though its there by default in Theme Manager.

Thanks guys.

- Jags

[Fintan]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

3, Not able to bring Konqueror, Home etc icons next to big "K" button (start button ?) on the Task Manager bar (though in a Theme Manager screenshot, Plastik is shown exactly the way it looks in KDE 3.5.8 )

You can rightclick on any app. / folder (home) icon in kmenu and add it to the panel.

Bythw. The task manger is part of the "plasma panel" and can be removed and replaced.
In the widgets dialog you can drag and drop widgets (such as windows changer) to your panel.

The panel is in the early days and options will be added as kde4 evolves

[claydoh]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

and I haven't been at my keyboard often enough the past few days and haven't used KDE4 much, so thanks for the investigative help guys

[Fintan]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

[Containments][3]
formfactor=2
geometry=0,0,1680,56
location=3
locked=false
plugin=panel
screen=0
transform=1,0,0,0,1,0,0,-1056,1

I tried setting the panel size with kde4 off to 40 but on log in it automaticly goes back to 56. Oh, well patience is a virtue

Bthw. has anybody got rog's bpanel ackround to work?

Panel background picture is at:
/usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/apps/desktoptheme/default/widgets/panel-background.svg

[Rog131]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

Bthw. has anybody got rog's bpanel ackround to work?

Problems ?

Transparent (semi) panel:



panel-background.svg at http://www.badongo.com/file/7418491

[Fintan]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

Problems?
Well sort of.
How did you implement it on the panel?

[Rog131]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

How did you implement it on the panel?

Replacing the original panel-background.svg with another.


That is:

Grabbing panel-background.svg from /usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/apps/desktoptheme/default/widgets/

Editing it with inkscape.

Backuping orginal and inserting new panel-background.svg to the /usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/apps/desktoptheme/default/widgets/.

[MoonRise]

Re: GUTSY KDE4 Tips and tricks

OK. So this is only a mock up basically, no real settings. Bummer. I thought you found the configuration settings and setting them to what ever effect it created.