KConfig and $HOME

[Allen Winter]

On Thursday 11 October 2007 1:12:30 pm Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> On 11.10.07 12:54:02, Allen Winter wrote:
> > Does the new KConfig support $HOME in rc files?
> 
> Yes and No :(
> 
> > I started up korganizer4 from my kde3 desktop and my
> > standard calendar could not be read.  I think because
> > KConfig read the wrong file from ~/.kde/share/config/kresources/calendar/stdrc
> > 
> > The value it was trying to read was:
> > CalendarURL=file:$HOME/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/std.ics
> > 
> > Looks like KConfig returned the value file://$home/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/std.ics instead.
> 
> Right. All KDE3 configs (and pre-KConfig-merge) need to be upgraded and
> all Entries that have $HOME and are supposed to be expanded need to have
> [$e] added to the entry key.
> 
> The new KConfig only expands $HOME on entries that have this special
> flag set.
> 
Is there no way around this?
Will kde3 apps work if they see the [$e]?

i.e. once I run KOrganizer4 can I never go back to running KOrganizer3?

Can we make a special allowance for $HOME somehow?
My personal rc files contain over 225 references to $HOME.