make ktip configureable?

[Stephan Kulow]

Am Montag, 20. Januar 2003 23:46 schrieb Tobias Koenig:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:57:10PM +0100, David Faure wrote:
> > On Monday 20 January 2003 16:34, Tobias Koenig wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> > > i've got a email with a feature request for ktip, to allow setting up
> > > custom tip files with a kcmodul. A similar request is already at
> > > bugs.kde.org (#41950). Shall we add such a kcmodul to kdebase or
> > > would a config file entry be enough?
> > >
> > > IMHO the normal user won't change its ktip file and this feature will
> > > be used by admins only, so a config file entry would fulfil their
> > > needs. Any other opinion?
> >
> > I also agree that this doesn't need a GUI, editing a file should be
> > enough. (The tips are already an XML file, aren't they?)
>
> Yes, they are.
> So I'll contact the author of the mail and will try to provide a patch.
>
What do you need a patch for? If it's for admins, then
cat >> /opt/kde3/share/config/kdeglobals << EOF
[Directories]
dir_data=/mydir/
EOF

and then put a new tip file under /mydir/share/apps/ktip/tip

Greetings, Stephan