Re: Noto fonts
On Friday, 21 June 2024 03:59:52 BST Duncan wrote: > Peter Humphrey posted on Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:42:38 +0100 as excerpted: > > Is it possible to build KDE/Plasma on my Gentoo boxes, without noto > > fonts? > > Short answer yes! =:^) Much (much!) longer discussion below. [Snip long, detailed and helpful discussion] > ... if I make it to 2069 I'll be rather lucky as I'll be 102, so either way, > I don't imagine I'd be worrying about it by then I'd be 126, which is even less likely. > I guess you can take it from there and do noto-emoji on your own... I'll have a look at it. Thank you for your trouble, Duncan. -- Regards, Peter.
Noto fonts
Hello, Is it possible to build KDE/Plasma on my Gentoo boxes, without noto fonts? Disk space may be cheap, but still, 2100 fonts lying around do get in the way. Provided that DejaVu fonts remain available, I shall never use noto. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Another strange problem after updating to Debian 11
On Tuesday, 17 October 2023 12:35:05 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote: > I might try to build a Plasma4 desktop shell though 8) :) -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Can KWin prevent windows from raising themselves from their v.desktop to the current v.desktop?
On Monday, 20 February 2023 18:27:46 GMT jon danniken wrote: > Personally I would prefer that virtual desktops were essentially > "firewalled" from each other (at least from the user's perspective), > as if they were running on another computer altogether. No > notifications, no automatic switching, nothing unless I specifically > tell the machine to do so. That's a me-too from me. KDE's trying altogether too hard to be clever. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: How to open GKrellM on all virtual desktops?
On Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:28:44 BST Jerome wrote: > So what's the magic incantation to get 4 GKrellM panels opening on all of my > 3 virtual desktops? When you have them on one desktop, right-click the top, select Configuration -> General -> Properties, then Set Sticky State. Do this with each instance of Gkrellm you have on display. HTH. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Lost keyboard shortcut to KDE button
On Monday, 2 May 2022 09:56:00 -00 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Monday, 2 May 2022 09:41:00 -00 Duncan wrote: > > Peter Humphrey posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:11:21 + as excerpted: > > > Hello list, > > > > > > While playing with task bars etc. I've managed to lose the Left Windows > > > key shortcut to open the task manager. > > > > > > How can I get it back? > > > > I think this is what you're after. > > > > https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Tips#open-start-menu-with-windows-meta-key > > Yes, it is. Someone on another list suggested ALT-space last week. Thanks > anyway. I meant Meta-Space of course. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Lost keyboard shortcut to KDE button
On Monday, 2 May 2022 09:41:00 -00 Duncan wrote: > Peter Humphrey posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:11:21 + as excerpted: > > Hello list, > > > > While playing with task bars etc. I've managed to lose the Left Windows > > key shortcut to open the task manager. > > > > How can I get it back? > > I think this is what you're after. > > https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Tips#open-start-menu-with-windows-meta-key Yes, it is. Someone on another list suggested ALT-space last week. Thanks anyway. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: How to submit a feature request to KDE
On Wednesday, 20 April 2022 14:09:34 -00 Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I wish to request a different kind of Task Manager, if that's the right > term: the thing with the time and date at one end and the K button at the > other. > > We have a few options already, but what I'd like is a bar that toggles > between visible and not, whenever the mouse pointer enters its domain. Just > a simple, manually controlled switch. > > My reason is that I still prefer the keyboard in preference to the mouse. > Maybe that's because there weren't any mice in 1972 when I went on my first > computer hardware course. > > How can I go about submitting such a request? Please ignore this - I sent the wrong message. -- Regards, Peter.
Lost keyboard shortcut to KDE button
Hello list, While playing with task bars etc. I've managed to lose the Left Windows key shortcut to open the task manager. How can I get it back? -- Regards, Peter.
How to submit a feature request to KDE
Hello list, I wish to request a different kind of Task Manager, if that's the right term: the thing with the time and date at one end and the K button at the other. We have a few options already, but what I'd like is a bar that toggles between visible and not, whenever the mouse pointer enters its domain. Just a simple, manually controlled switch. My reason is that I still prefer the keyboard in preference to the mouse. Maybe that's because there weren't any mice in 1972 when I went on my first computer hardware course. How can I go about submitting such a request? -- Regards, Peter.
Re: How to make Dolpin remember window positions for the next session
On Saturday, 2 April 2022 14:20:03 -00 Andreas Gungl wrote: > Hi, > > Until end of last year I could keep several Dolphin windows open when > logging out of the KDE session, and size and position had been remembered > when staring a new session. > > Since around January, the size is somehow remembered, but all open windows > are reopened at the same position on the display (though at the correct > virtual display). > I thought of this as a temporary bug, but it hasn't resolved until now for > me (using version 21.12.3 at the moment). > > So the situation is: I have for example a Dolpin window for my home folder > and another Dolpin window for let's say /tmp opened side by side. When > logging out and in again, they are opened with the same size one behind > another. I have to move one window to be able to see the other. > This persits across any logout / login sequence and is annoying compared to > what could be done before. > > Is there any setting I'm missing, or can't I go back to my preferred > behavior? I wonder whether this is related to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi? id=445862 -- Regards, Peter.
Re: how to autohide the panel?
On Wednesday, 2 March 2022 10:50:57 GMT René J.V. Bertin wrote: > On Wednesday March 02 2022 10:25:45 Peter Humphrey wrote: > >Wouldn't it be easier, and save all this difficulty, if the logic were > >changed so that the panel, once hidden, stays that way until ... > > Simpler maybe, but that would a) require all the devs who ever worked on > this to eat their pride and b) assume that everyone appreciates the simpler > behaviour. > > This list isn't very active and already there were a few people who stated > that "it works for them"; impossible to tell if they represent the > consensus out there, or we. > > The safe approach would be to add the simpler logic as an option, just like > "focus follows mouse" has complexity options in KWin. That's a better idea, René. I like it. -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo amd64 system, Kernel 5.15.11, GCC 11.2.0, SDDM 0.18.1-r5 kde-apps 21.08.3, kde-frameworks 5.90.0, kde-plasma 5.23.5
Re: how to autohide the panel?
Wouldn't it be easier, and save all this difficulty, if the logic were changed so that the panel, once hidden, stays that way until the mouse pointer moves into its area of the display? -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo amd64 system, Kernel 5.15.11, GCC 11.2.0, SDDM 0.18.1-r5 kde-apps 21.08.3, kde-frameworks 5.90.0, kde-plasma 5.23.5
Re: Problems with recent plasma versions
On Friday, 22 October 2021 10:45:55 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote: > [...] you could report it on the Gentoo bug tracker. Bug 819459 @ bugs.gentoo.org -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Problems with recent plasma versions
On Friday, 22 October 2021 10:45:55 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote: > A thought, do you use a custom widget style? Nope. > Do you have any other terminal emulators that have session support, a > Gnome terminal, xfce4-terminal or maybe some more advanced X11 terminal? Not at the moment. > If those do NOT display the same issue then it's probably some regression in > Konsole. But you could just file a ticket for this under Konsole on BKO. > The Konsole devs know what they're doing, so they'll tell you to what other > application or library to change the report if necessary. > > Alternatively you could report it on the Gentoo bug tracker. That could be > more appropriate unless they track all the latest KDE releases without any > patching of their own. I think I'll do that. > >This started happening just after a plasma update. I've nothing fancy in X > >or Wayland. > > And it was just a Plasma update, you didn't miss something else among the > presumably huge number of packages? I can't say now. Gentoo updates kde-apps, kde-frameworks and kde-plasma separately, but often soon one after another, and at least two of them have been updated recently. Thanks for your help, René -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Problems with recent plasma versions
On Thursday, 21 October 2021 15:38:08 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote: > On Thursday October 21 2021 14:21:06 Peter Humphrey wrote: > >Recent versions of plasma have been accompanied by KOrganiser losing its > >imported calendar. > > That's not a Plasma DE problem, but something related to KDE PIM (akonadi). > Best ask on kdepim-users (the ML). Yes, but it seemed to appear at about the same time. > >There's another problem too, with Konsole. I have three windows open > >permanently on one desktop, and they used to reopen any time I logged in. > >Now, they don't and I have to open them and reposition them every time. In fact, they used to open with the prompt showing the directory it was in last time. > How about windows of other applications? Nothing else is affected. > As you know, the Plasma DE has several options for restoring the session > that was active on logout. By default (IIRC), it will restore the last used > session, but you can also set it to define a fixed session upon the next > logout, and then have that session restored every time. If you use that > option and the information somehow got lost that would explain your current > issue. If you're not using it, you could check it out and see if it gives > you the behaviour you want. I haven't used anything like that, just log out of one session and log in again, expecting everything to be as I left it. That's how I set the startup options in System Settings, and it hasn't changed. > BTW, which applications are started is indeed a Plasma responsibility, but > window geometry is under control of both the window manager and the > application itself. THat is, the application is responsible (AFAIK!) for > saving its last window geometry via a function in the KWindowSystem > framework (or defining its desired initial size, as in the case of > Konsole), and the window manager is responsible for respecting that > information (or not; there's a setting for that in the KWin preferences). My impression, from watching the logout process, is that Konsole is not shutting itself down neatly, or at all, and eventually it just has the ground wrenched out from under it. > >Also, whenlogging out, there's a pause before anything happens, then the > >contents of those windows appear briefly on a black screen (not the windows > >themselves, just whatever they were displaying). > > Again, only Konsole windows, or any and all windows? Just Konsole. > This sounds more like a Plasma issue, but it could also be a result of an > update to your drivers or your X11 server. Or maybe you migrated to using > Wayland? This started happening just after a plasma update. I've nothing fancy in X or Wayland. This is an ~amd64 Gentoo system (in which everything is built from source, as you know): kde-apps/konsole 21.08.2, kde-plasma/plasma-meta 5.23.1, kde-frameworks/frameworkintegration 5.87.0. I update the system daily. I've even rebuilt the whole system from bare metal, for another reason, and it hasn't helped. -- Regards, Peter.
Problems with recent plasma versions
Hello list, Recent versions of plasma have been accompanied by KOrganiser losing its imported calendar. I go through the standard process to add my gmail account, and that works fine, but after an apparently random interval it raises a load of not-found errors. When I check, either the calendar has disappeared, or its tick-boxes have been cleared. This is regardless of whether the program is still running. There's another problem too, with Konsole. I have three windows open permanently on one desktop, and they used to reopen any time I logged in. Now, they don't and I have to open them and reposition them every time. Also, when logging out, there's a pause before anything happens, then the contents of those windows appear briefly on a black screen (not the windows themselves, just whatever they were displaying). Are these problems known and being investigated? -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Konsole toolbar
On Sunday, 25 April 2021 17:59:47 BST Richard Ullger wrote: > On 25/04/2021 12:47, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > Today's update brought in 100 or so KDE apps. The first thing I noticed - > > well, it smacked me in the eye - is that Konsole now has a toolbar. Has > > anyone worked out how to disable it? I've removed everything from it, > > which has helped, but I still have a stripe across the top. > > Menu -> Settings -> Toolbars Shown. Uncheck Main Toolbar and Session > Toolbar. Ah! Thank you. Then I just need to restart Konsole and it's back to normal. -- Regards, Peter.
Konsole toolbar
Hello list, Today's update brought in 100 or so KDE apps. The first thing I noticed - well, it smacked me in the eye - is that Konsole now has a toolbar. Has anyone worked out how to disable it? I've removed everything from it, which has helped, but I still have a stripe across the top. It's a shell, and I want it to behave like one. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Years later, kmail still is not a viable email client? OT
On Wednesday, 21 October 2020 08:30:15 -00 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 18 October 2020 12:25:52 -00 Stakanov wrote: > > In data domenica 18 ottobre 2020 11:36:41 CEST, Peter Humphrey ha scritto: > > > On Wednesday, 14 October 2020 07:35:54 -00 Stakanov wrote: > > > > In data mercoledì 14 ottobre 2020 01:00:23 CEST, Peter Humphrey ha > > > > scritto: > > > > > On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:37:44 BST Stakanov wrote: > > > > > > YMMV > > > > > > > > > > It does, if you mean differ. As you see, I run Gentoo, in which > > > > > everything > > > > > is compiled from source (yes, even the compiler). We have no > > > > > distributors > > > > > deciding for us what we should have. You might give it a try. > > > > > > > > Will try with a kvm virtual machine to see if I get it right. > > > > And yes: YMMV (your mileage may vary). > > > > > > Vary <> Differ. > > > > > > 'Vary' implies change, not difference. > > > > It is OT but funny: with YMMD (differ), which exists alongside the use of > > YMMV, you are running into confusion with You made my day (YMMD). > > But thank you for the heads up, I appreciate. > > > > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/your_mileage_may_vary > > I hadn't come across 'you made my day.' I suppose that would be a problem. Sorry - that was meant to be private. -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 10.2.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.4.72 QT 5.15.1, KDE frameworks 5.74.0, KDE plasma 5.20.1 KDE apps 20.08.2 incl KMail 5.15.2 (20.08.2), akonadi 20.08.2 dev-db/mariadb-10.5.5, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.4 x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.20-r2
Re: Years later, kmail still is not a viable email client? OT
On Sunday, 18 October 2020 12:25:52 -00 Stakanov wrote: > In data domenica 18 ottobre 2020 11:36:41 CEST, Peter Humphrey ha scritto: > > On Wednesday, 14 October 2020 07:35:54 -00 Stakanov wrote: > > > In data mercoledì 14 ottobre 2020 01:00:23 CEST, Peter Humphrey ha > > scritto: > > > > On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:37:44 BST Stakanov wrote: > > > > > YMMV > > > > > > > > It does, if you mean differ. As you see, I run Gentoo, in which > > > > everything > > > > is compiled from source (yes, even the compiler). We have no > > > > distributors > > > > deciding for us what we should have. You might give it a try. > > > > > > Will try with a kvm virtual machine to see if I get it right. > > > And yes: YMMV (your mileage may vary). > > > > Vary <> Differ. > > > > 'Vary' implies change, not difference. > > It is OT but funny: with YMMD (differ), which exists alongside the use of > YMMV, you are running into confusion with You made my day (YMMD). > But thank you for the heads up, I appreciate. > > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/your_mileage_may_vary I hadn't come across 'you made my day.' I suppose that would be a problem. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Years later, kmail still is not a viable email client?
On Wednesday, 14 October 2020 07:35:54 -00 Stakanov wrote: > In data mercoledì 14 ottobre 2020 01:00:23 CEST, Peter Humphrey ha scritto: > > On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:37:44 BST Stakanov wrote: > > > YMMV > > > > It does, if you mean differ. As you see, I run Gentoo, in which everything > > is compiled from source (yes, even the compiler). We have no distributors > > deciding for us what we should have. You might give it a try. > > Will try with a kvm virtual machine to see if I get it right. > And yes: YMMV (your mileage may vary). Vary <> Differ. 'Vary' implies change, not difference. -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 10.2.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.8.14 QT 5.15.1, KDE frameworks 5.74.0, KDE plasma 5.19.5 KDE apps 20.08.2 incl KMail 5.15.2 (20.08.2), akonadi 20.08.2 dev-db/mariadb-10.5.5, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.4 x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.20-r2
Re: Years later, kmail still is not a viable email client?
On Tuesday, 13 October 2020 19:37:44 BST Stakanov wrote: > YMMV It does, if you mean differ. As you see, I run Gentoo, in which everything is compiled from source (yes, even the compiler). We have no distributors deciding for us what we should have. You might give it a try. -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 10.2.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.8.14 QT 5.15.1-r1, KDE frameworks 5.74.0, KDE plasma 5.19.5 KDE apps 20.08.2 incl KMail 5.15.2 (20.08.2), akonadi 20.08.2 dev-db/mariadb-10.5.5, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.4 x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.20-r2
Re: Years later, kmail still is not a viable email client?
On Monday, 12 October 2020 13:19:17 BST hw wrote: > So no, kmail is still not a viable email client. I can't let that pass. Perhaps something in the way you use it is causing it problems, but although I've said some harsh things about KMail2 in the past, it's been exemplary here for a few years. -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 10.2.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.8.14 QT 5.15.1, KDE frameworks 5.74.0, KDE plasma 5.19.5 KDE apps 20.08.2 incl KMail 5.15.2 (20.08.2), akonadi 20.08.2 dev-db/mariadb-10.5.5, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.4 x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.20-r2
Re: List archive wanted
On Sunday, 13 September 2020 11:24:00 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday, 13 September 2020 09:37:35 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote: > > Akonadi also has an archive agent, no idea what you could do with that > > (other than creating some kind of archive 8-) ) > > I run it daily to keep a sort of backup of my mails; this dates from when I > kept having to restore from archive. > > It isn't what I'd call a proper archive though; as far as I can see, all it > does is to call all the messages from the database (mySQL or whatever) and > tar them up. It ignores all other attributes than the content of each > message: no Important mark, for example, and certainly nothing about the > folders. Sorry - that's not what I meant. The messages are indeed arranged in the archive with the proper folder structure. I meant to say there's no data on folder properties. -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 10.2.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.8.8 QT 5.15.1, KDE frameworks 5.74.0, KDE plasma 5.19.5 KDE apps 20.08.1 incl KMail 5.15.0 (20.08.0), akonadi 20.08.1 dev-db/mariadb-10.5.5, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.4 x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.20-r2
Re: List archive wanted
On Sunday, 13 September 2020 09:37:35 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote: > Akonadi also has an archive agent, no idea what you could do with that > (other than creating some kind of archive 8-) ) I run it daily to keep a sort of backup of my mails; this dates from when I kept having to restore from archive. It isn't what I'd call a proper archive though; as far as I can see, all it does is to call all the messages from the database (mySQL or whatever) and tar them up. It ignores all other attributes than the content of each message: no Important mark, for example, and certainly nothing about the folders. -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 10.2.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.8.8 QT 5.15.1, KDE frameworks 5.74.0, KDE plasma 5.19.5 KDE apps 20.08.1 incl KMail 5.15.0 (20.08.0), akonadi 20.08.1 dev-db/mariadb-10.5.5, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.4 x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.20-r2
Re: Plastik window decorations
On Sunday, 31 May 2020 11:32:22 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > Morning all, > > System Settings | Application Style | Window Decorations | Plastik ? It's > gone. Searching for it via Get New Window Decorations and installing it > brings it back, or something like it. But after logging out and in it's > gone again. > > Something is broken here. Can I install the window decorations I like, or > not? And why has Plastik gone? What other set is available that does not > waste great slabs of screen space the way Breeze and Oxygen do? For the record, it was kwin that was broken. Today's update installed kwin-5.18.5-r3 and the problem has been fixed. I don't know whether this was a Gentoo problem or further upstream. -- Regards, Peter.
Plastik window decorations
Morning all, System Settings | Application Style | Window Decorations | Plastik ? It's gone. Searching for it via Get New Window Decorations and installing it brings it back, or something like it. But after logging out and in it's gone again. Something is broken here. Can I install the window decorations I like, or not? And why has Plastik gone? What other set is available that does not waste great slabs of screen space the way Breeze and Oxygen do? -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 9.3.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.4.38 QT 5.15.0, KDE frameworks 5.70.0, KDE plasma 5.18.5 KDE apps 20.04.1 incl KMail 5.14.1 (20.04.0), akonadi 20.04.1 dev-db/mariadb-10.4.12, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.2 x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu 19.1.0 dev-libs/amdgpu-pro-opencl-19.30.838629
Re: slow graphics when laptop display is disabled
On Tuesday, 12 May 2020 17:20:14 BST clarjon1 wrote: > Peter, this utility sets up a few client/daemons on different machines > that talk to each other, typically on the LAN. One machine will be the > main "host", and is the machine with the keyboard and mouse connected. > When the mouse reaches the edge of defined screens, it keeps track of > how far the mouse has moved, and sends this data over the LAN to the > appropriate machine, moving the mouse, and forwarding keyboard inputs > to that machine as well, allowing you to use your network as a KVM of > sorts but without the video input switching. Ah, so it needs the network up and the machines also to be up and talking to it. I think I'll stick with my expensive 4 x DisplayPort KVM, thank you all the same. -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 9.3.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.4.38 QT 5.14.2, KDE frameworks 5.70.0, KDE plasma 5.18.5 KDE apps 20.04.0 incl KMail 5.14.0 (20.04.0), akonadi 20.04.0 dev-db/mariadb-10.4.12, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.1 x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu 19.0.1 dev-libs/amdgpu-pro-opencl-19.30.838629
Re: slow graphics when laptop display is disabled
On Tuesday, 12 May 2020 09:30:10 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote: > On Tuesday May 12 2020 03:11:04 test wrote: > >Anyway, someone suggested a software called "barrier". I tried it > >yesterday, and works great: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier.git > > > >It's one of the softwares everyone should know about ... > > Looks like a very interesting bit of software indeed. Pity they don't > provide a (free) app for my iPhone! :) I must be missing the point. How can one keyboard etc. control two or more machines without hardware connections? -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 10.1.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.4.38 QT 5.14.2, KDE frameworks 5.70.0, KDE plasma 5.18.5 KDE apps 20.04.0 incl KMail 5.14.0 (20.04.0), akonadi 20.04.0 dev-db/mariadb-10.4.12, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.1 x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu 19.0.1 dev-libs/amdgpu-pro-opencl-19.30.838629
Deprecated colour schemes
Morning all, Can anyone tell me why the Norway colour scheme is now deprecated? -- Regards, Peter. Gentoo testing system, openrc-0.42.1 gcc 9.2.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.4.28 QT 5.14.2, KDE frameworks 5.69.0, KDE plasma 5.18.4.1 KDE apps 20.04.0 incl KMail 5.14.0 (20.04.0), akonadi 20.04.0 dev-db/mariadb-10.4.12, net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.28.1 x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu 19.0.1 dev-libs/amdgpu-pro-opencl-19.30.838629
Re: How to operate Calligra?
On Saturday, 20 July 2019 08:30:10 BST stakanov wrote:
> In data venerdì 19 luglio 2019 10:24:00 CEST, Peter Humphrey ha scritto:
> > Morning all,
> >
> > I wanted to try Calligra Words, but I can't see the document I've opened.
> > Most of the space is covered with a panel for adjusting formats, as in the
> > attached screen shot.
> >
> > I used Spectacle to take the shot, but selecting the active window
> > revealed
> > the document; I had to select a rectangular region to capture what I see
> > ordinarily. Closing Spectacle caused the document to be hidden again. How
> > does that work?
> >
> > The first recourse was to Help | Handbook, but KDE said there was no such
> > handbook - even though I'd installed Calligra with USE=handbook, and the
> > package file list included lots of docs.
> >
> > How can I use this word processor?
>
> I am quite convinced that you have to give the following information for
> getting any sensible response:
> Which distribution are you using (version?)
> Which KDE version?
> Are the packages from the distribution or did you compile yourself?
> Which version is Calligra?
> What is your screen size?
> What is your screen resolution and dpi settings?
> Did you perform any settings on Calligra since install or is it the first
> use?
See my sig. This was the first invocation.
--
Gentoo testing system
gcc 9.1.0, sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.2.1
QT 5.12.4, KDE frameworks 5.60.0, KDE plasma 5.16.3
KDE apps 19.04.3 incl KMail 19.04.3 (5.11.3), akonadi 19.04.3
dev-db/mariadb-10.3.16
x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu 19.0.0
dev-libs/amdgpu-pro-opencl 18.20.684755
app-office/calligra (3.1.0-r3(5){tbz2}@18/07/19)
Screen 27", 1920x1080, standard dpi.
Re: Bouncing Kate
On Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:00:38 GMT Myriam Schweingruber wrote: > Hi Peter, > > On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 at 11:02, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > Just recently I've had Kate appending itself to my K-menu favourites list. > > I > > don't remember having ever used it, but still it insists. > > > > Is there something I can poke to get rid of this? The way programs are > > packaged in Gentoo makes it awkward, though not impossible, to uninstall > > just > > Kate; it's included in a meta-package with a lot of others. > > How about Right-click -> Remove from Favorites? Works for me here, and I > have never seen Kate or any other item showing up in the Favorites unasked. Next time I log in it's back again. > Keep in mind that your settings will only stay if you regularly log out of > Plasma. Of course. > Regards, Myriam LIkewise... -- Gentoo testing gcc 8.3.0 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 5.0.0 QT 5.12.1, KDE frameworks 5.55.0, KDE plasma 5.15.2 KMail 18.12.2 (5.10.2), akonadi 18.12.2 x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu 18.1.0 dev-libs/amdgpu-pro-opencl 18.20.684755
Bouncing Kate
Hello list, Just recently I've had Kate appending itself to my K-menu favourites list. I don't remember having ever used it, but still it insists. Is there something I can poke to get rid of this? The way programs are packaged in Gentoo makes it awkward, though not impossible, to uninstall just Kate; it's included in a meta-package with a lot of others. -- Gentoo testing gcc 8.3.0 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources 4.20.13 QT 5.12.1, KDE frameworks 5.55.0, KDE plasma 5.15.2 KMail 18.12.2 (5.10.2), akonadi 18.12.2 x11-drivers/xf86-video-amdgpu 18.1.0 dev-libs/amdgpu-pro-opencl 18.20.684755
Re: How to Change Color of Plasma Panel and other Widgets
On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 09:03:42 BST René J.V. Bertin wrote: > FWIW, the current plasma5 desktop theme lives in > ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/metadata. It seems that a > (distributable) desktop theme file is just a zip archive with that > directory (renamed to something unique based on your theme name). Is that location distribution-specific? I don't have a file named 'metadata' anywhere under .local on this Gentoo system. Nor 'plasma' for that matter. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: systemsettings5/Regional Settings - strange choices
On Tuesday, 16 October 2018 17:17:53 BST Ianseeks wrote:
> systemsettings5/Regional Setting/Languages
> I checked this setting and it was blank so i added Brit English. I'm not
> sure when this changed to blank as i always change everything regional
> related when the user is created or soon after if any regional issues
> occur.
>
> systemsettings5/Regional Setting/Formats
> I set "Region" to UK British English (en_gb). The "Detailed Settings" was
> disabled. I wanted to change the "measurement units" to metric so I enabled
> the "Detailed Settings". The "Measurement Units" changed from Imperial to
> Metric even though the entry said "no change". I then went to change the
> entry for "Measurement Units" and i was presented with drop the box of
> country options plus "no change" and "Default" - why is it not just
> "Metric" or "Imperial"?
>
> The only way i can get metric is to select "no change".
>
> The number format and time display format changed as well
>
> Something i don't understand is that all the places to change the
> configuration present a list of countries as the options as described
> above. Can anyone enlighten me ?
I don't know whether this might help but I got this output from
systemsettings5:
$ systemsettings5
QCoreApplication::arguments: Please instantiate the QApplication object first
WARNING: viewBackgroundColor is deprecated, use backgroundColor with colorSet:
Theme.View instead
WARNING: viewBackgroundColor is deprecated, use backgroundColor with colorSet:
Theme.View instead
KActivities: Database connection:
"kactivities_db_resources_140259492624064_readonly"
query_only: QVariant(qlonglong, 1)
journal_mode:QVariant(QString, "wal")
wal_autocheckpoint: QVariant(qlonglong, 100)
synchronous: QVariant(qlonglong, 0)
Nothing to load - the client id is empty
Nothing to load - the client id is empty
org.kde.kcoreaddons: Error loading plugin "kcm_translations" "The shared
library was not found."
Plugin search paths are ("/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins", "/usr/bin")
The environment variable QT_PLUGIN_PATH might be not correctly set
file:///usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls.2/org.kde.desktop/ScrollView.qml:70:
TypeError: Type error
KActivitiesStats( 0x5607de178860 ) ResultModelPrivate::onResultScoreUpdated
result added: "kcm:kcm_translations.desktop" score: 1 last: 1539710576 first:
1537521953
KActivitiesStats( 0x5607de178860 ) ResultModelPrivate::onResultScoreUpdated
result added: "kcm:formats.desktop" score: 1 last: 1539710590 first: 1537521978
Wrote script: "/home/prh/.config/plasma-locale-settings.sh"
"# Generated script, do not edit\n# Exports language-format specific env vars
from startkde.\n# This script has been generated from kcmshell5 formats.\n# It
will automatically be overwritten from there.\nexport LANG=en_GB.UTF-8\nexport
LANGUAGE=en_GB\n"
Closing SQL connection: "kactivities_db_resources_140259492624064_readonly"
Somebody might get a clue from it.
--
Regards,
Peter.
Re: Waste of screen space
On Friday, 17 August 2018 10:35:06 BST Ianseeks wrote: > On Friday, 17 August 2018 08:58:53 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday, 16 August 2018 14:32:02 BST Ianseeks wrote: > > > On Thursday, 16 August 2018 12:16:51 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > On Thursday, 16 August 2018 09:37:56 BST Ianseeks wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday, 15 August 2018 09:36:16 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > > > Hello list, > > > > > > > > > > > > Since the most recent upgrade of kde-frameworks on this Gentoo > > > > > > box, > > > > > > I > > > > > > get > > > > > > huge icons in the Details lists of Dolphin and > > > > > > Konqueror-as-file-manager. > > > > > > Example attached. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there any way to restore the icons to single-line height? > > > > > > > > > > On Dolphin have oyu checked Setting/View Modes ? There are 3 > > > > > views > > > > > modes > > > > > you can alter the icon size there > > > > > > > > I wrote a reply to this about three hours ago but it hasn't shown up > > > > yet. > > > > What's more, the original message at the root of this thread was > > > > held > > > > for > > > > moderator approval because of the size of the attachment, but what > > > > I've > > > > quoted above shows that it was approved. I've never seen it though. > > > > > > > > What's going on here? > > > > > > Not sure, i can have a thread where most/all the replies are in but > > > the > > > original email question hasn;t arrived yet. > > > > I've just noticed that, since changing the preview icon size in Dolphin, > > KMail is now listing its folders properly as well - that is, without > > spacing out the lines. How can that possibly work? > > No idea whats happening there, it hasn't affected my kmail layout in any > way I must have done something else, I'm sure, and then forgotten about it. > > I still haven't received those missing e-mails either. That remains true though. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Waste of screen space
On Thursday, 16 August 2018 14:32:02 BST Ianseeks wrote: > On Thursday, 16 August 2018 12:16:51 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday, 16 August 2018 09:37:56 BST Ianseeks wrote: > > > On Wednesday, 15 August 2018 09:36:16 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > Hello list, > > > > > > > > Since the most recent upgrade of kde-frameworks on this Gentoo box, > > > > I > > > > get > > > > huge icons in the Details lists of Dolphin and > > > > Konqueror-as-file-manager. > > > > Example attached. > > > > > > > > Is there any way to restore the icons to single-line height? > > > > > > On Dolphin have oyu checked Setting/View Modes ? There are 3 views > > > modes > > > you can alter the icon size there > > > > I wrote a reply to this about three hours ago but it hasn't shown up > > yet. > > What's more, the original message at the root of this thread was held > > for > > moderator approval because of the size of the attachment, but what I've > > quoted above shows that it was approved. I've never seen it though. > > > > What's going on here? > > Not sure, i can have a thread where most/all the replies are in but the > original email question hasn;t arrived yet. I've just noticed that, since changing the preview icon size in Dolphin, KMail is now listing its folders properly as well - that is, without spacing out the lines. How can that possibly work? I still haven't received those missing e-mails either. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Waste of screen space
On Thursday, 16 August 2018 09:37:56 BST Ianseeks wrote: > On Wednesday, 15 August 2018 09:36:16 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > Since the most recent upgrade of kde-frameworks on this Gentoo box, I > > get > > huge icons in the Details lists of Dolphin and > > Konqueror-as-file-manager. > > Example attached. > > > > Is there any way to restore the icons to single-line height? > > On Dolphin have oyu checked Setting/View Modes ? There are 3 views modes > you can alter the icon size there I wrote a reply to this about three hours ago but it hasn't shown up yet. What's more, the original message at the root of this thread was held for moderator approval because of the size of the attachment, but what I've quoted above shows that it was approved. I've never seen it though. What's going on here? -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Waste of screen space
On Thursday, 16 August 2018 09:37:56 BST Ianseeks wrote: > On Wednesday, 15 August 2018 09:36:16 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > Since the most recent upgrade of kde-frameworks on this Gentoo box, I > > get > > huge icons in the Details lists of Dolphin and > > Konqueror-as-file-manager. > > Example attached. > > > > Is there any way to restore the icons to single-line height? > > On Dolphin have oyu checked Setting/View Modes ? There are 3 views modes > you can alter the icon size there Ah. I found I had to adjust the Preview icon size as well as the ordinary one. Setting them both to 16px did the trick - thanks. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: Top of windows too tall and apparently non-adjustable in kde 5.
On Sunday, 22 April 2018 21:15:00 BST A. F. Cano wrote: > I've been struggling to configure the look of window decorations, > specifically the top, on Debian 9/Kde 5.28.0 (current stable) the way I had > them on Debian 7/Kde 4.8.4. Unfortunately Kde 5 is so different that I > can't figure out what combination of theme, style, color, etc... I need to > match what I had. I can't help with adjustability, but after a lot of fiddling about I've come up with a satisfactory arrangement. This is what I've set in system settings: Workspace theme - breeze Desktop theme - breeze Colours - Norway Fonts - dejavu, all two point sizes bigger than the default for my ageing eyes Applilcation widget style - fusion Window decorations - plastik Gnome GTK themes - clearlooks and breeze, dejavu sans mono 10 HTH. You may be able to pick something out of it to suit. -- Regards, Peter.
