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On Tuesday, 27 December 2016 19:54:57 GMT J. Roeleveld wrote: > On December 27, 2016 5:39:09 PM GMT+01:00, Peter Humphrey --->8 > > >You see how spaced out the folder list is? There's no setting for that > >in KMail as far as I can see. The Qt Configuration tool has an Interface > >tab. Under Global Strut you can set minimum width and height. The default > >is zero, giving Qt free rein to do what it likes, but I could set those > >to 1 and kmail:4 would tuck all those folder entries up so that they > >fitted without scrolling. It has no effect on kmail:5 though. > > Is the qt config for qt4 or qt5? It's version 4.8.7, so maybe it's for qt:4, which would explain its not affecting kmail:5 :) > You might need to find the settings/tool to apply to qt5. Kmail:4 is qt4 > based. (I never played with that tool, which package is it? And which > command do I run?) It's in the KDE system applications menu. --->8 [OT] > Speaking of English. I always wonder which would be a better match for > someone who uses English mostly to deal with international friends and > computers. I am Dutch myself, which means it's officially a second > language for me. (Always wondered about that, as I speak several > languages and fluency is simply a matter of which I speak regularly). I > usually throw a dice to decide between US and UK whenever I get asked. (Do you mean regularly, or frequently? :P ) Personally, I'd be deeply embarrassed if anyone thought I might be American. I have even been known to rebuke youngsters (gently) for saying "you're welcome" as being an Americanism. On the other hand, while I was working in Minneapolis 25 years ago, some people though I was Australian! Not sure which is worse... [/OT] > > >Nothing to do with KMail, but the display of gkrellm has changed > > >dramatically. I use its Invisible theme, which hasn't actually been > > >invisible since the switch from KDE-3 to 4, but it had a plain, > > >unobtrusive grey scheme and showed what I wanted to see, clearly and > > >with no drama. Looks like a bug report is needed against gkrellm. -->8 > >I've found a lot more KDE-5 meta-packages and installed those, but they > >haven't helped with this. > > What about plasma-meta? > I think that pulls in the whole shebang? I thought so too, but it doesn't. It seems to pull in just the bits you need to run a plasma desktop; applications are another matter. -->8 > Again, could be related to killing akonadi while indexing. > Or corruption in the database caused by the segfaults. > You could try: > # akonadictl fsck Good idea. I will if this new incarnation starts acting up again. > I usually restart akonadi first to ensure I can follow the messages in a > konsole: > in konsole 1: > # akonadictl stop > # akonadictl status (repeat this till it says stopped) > # akonadictl start > > > in konsole 2: > # akonadictl fsck > > Then monitor in konsole 1 to see what it does. It actually reports on it's > fsck status there with what it finds and fixes. Yes, I've operated that way a few times, but just using the one Konsole. > Personally, I think akonadi is a nice idea for when people store all their > email locally. As I use IMAP to store my email, it does a lot of > duplicate efforts. But with that, I have luckily been spared from the > duplicate email or dissapearing email issues others have encountered. My ISP doesn't offer IMAP so I have to use POP. It suits me anyway, having all my e-mails under my own control. > >> >I dare say version 16.12.0 of KMail-2 will make a decent platform > >> >for development, now that it's finally here, but a very great deal of > >> >work lies ahead. I can see that I'll be doing my fair share of > >> >shouting too, at it and at the devs. > >> > >> I'll try to get my desktop converted this week. And will join in the > >> bugreporting party. > > > >It would be good to have someone to compare notes with. > > > >--->8 > > Give me some time to do the installation. Will need to first kill kde4 > parts on the desktop before doing the upgrade. I run mostly stable. Will > see how that goes. OK. In my case I must have had some stray USE flags in the kde:4 system which were impossible to sort out with kde:5. I ended up ditching the whole lot and installing a new system, setting make.profile to plasma right at the outset and only setting USE flags that portage demanded. Took a while. > >> >I think I'll have to go down the pub to drown my sorrows. > >> > >> Just don't climb behind the wheel of a car afterwards.... > > > >No, it's just a wee stroll. Takes longer to get my shoes on. :-) > > Slippers and warm socks not an option? Saves a lot of time, I would think. > And the alcohol will make you feel warm enough, including your toes.... I'm not going walking round the village in my slippers, thanks all the same. We might have a maritime climate here, but even so... -- Regards, Peter
