<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Maiandra GD'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Wednesday 18 February 2009 22:00:40 Anne Wilson wrote:<br>
> On Wednesday 18 February 2009 10:34:34 Rick Miles wrote:<br>
> > Hello all,<br>
> ><br>
> > I have had a look at kde 4.2 today. In my case the official slackware<br>
> > packages now in /current/testing.<br>
> ><br>
> > I've spent some time getting the feel of it and am liking it more as I go<br>
> > but there are some niggling configuration issues I have yet to sort out.<br>
><br>
> You will find a wealth of information and help on http://userbase.kde.org<br>
> :-) In particular, look at<br>
><br>
> http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/KDE3toKDE4<br>
> http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/File_Management<br>
> http://userbase.kde.org/KWin<br>
><br>
> > One can no longer create an icon on the desktop using rightclick create<br>
> > link to application. How is it now done.<br>
><br>
> http://userbase.kde.org/KWin<br>
><br>
> > I quite liked being able to put my mouse over an icon in konqueror and<br>
> > having a little popup tell me things like what type of video<br>
> > file/encoding it was, what type of audio it contained, etc. I have not<br>
> > figured out how to get this in dolphin. Is it possible?<br>
><br>
> Not sure about that. I use the Information panel in dolphin. More details<br>
> at http://userbase.kde.org/Tutorials/File_Management<br>
><br>
> > I have not found any way to set file associations except through<br>
> > configure konqueror. Is there another way?<br>
><br>
> Set these in SystemSettings, Advanced tab.<br>
><br>
> > It seems that somehow scribus has been set at the top or near the top as<br>
> > associated with every type of text file. It would take ages to delete it<br>
> > manually from every text file listing using configure konqueror. Are<br>
> > there any settings files related to this that I could just run through<br>
> > with awk or sed and delete all the scribus entries and if so where are<br>
> > they.<br>
><br>
> Can't help on scripting. Isn't it enough to change association for the<br>
> file types?<br>
><br>
> > Finding the new way to do configuration is the most trying thing so far<br>
> > otherwise this will be enjoyable once I get used to it.<br>
><br>
> Most things that were in kcontrol are now in systemsettings. A few of the<br>
> old controls really only applied to one or two applications. They have<br>
> been moved to the application settings.<br>
><br>
> Sorry to reply so much in links, but there is so much more information on<br>
> those links than I can put in an email. HTH<br>
><br>
> Anne<br>
Thanks Anne. I'll check the links out tomorrow,. I don't know how I missed that advanced tab. I removed the scribus references manually but I still would like to know how/where the mime info is stored away. Silly me I'm just used to editors and such. Never did like/trust gui configurators all that much :<)<br>
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