[kde-freebsd] Klipper Version v0.9.7 missing shortcut key

[Dwayne MacKinnon]

On September 10, 2010 08:07:01 pm Jerry wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:44:58 -0300
> 
> Raphael Kubo da Costa <kubito at gmail.com> articulated:
> > On Friday 10 September 2010 18:10:41 Jerry wrote:
> > > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:30:13 -0300
> > > 
> > > Raphael Kubo da Costa <kubito at gmail.com> articulated:
> > > > On Friday 10 September 2010 17:02:35 Jerry wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:21:20 -0300
> > > > > 
> > > > > Raphael Kubo da Costa <kubito at gmail.com> articulated:
> > > > > > On Friday 10 September 2010 07:57:09 Jerry wrote:
> > > > > > > Klipper Version v0.9.7
> > > > > > > Platform Version 4.5.1 (KDE 4.5.1)
> > > > > > > FreeBSD-8.1 / amd64
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > After updating KDE, I just noticed that the "CTRL+ALT+V"
> > > > > > > combination no longer works with klipper. In fact, it is not
> > > > > > > even listed in the shortcuts menu on klipper. It was
> > > > > > > available prior to the update. Is this an intentional
> > > > > > > change or am I missing something here?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Is this shortcut shown on the Global Shortcuts settings? I can
> > > > > > see it here -- it's not shown in Klipper's settings dialog,
> > > > > > nor can I make it show anything, though.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I could waste my time with a bug report; however, I seriously
> > > > > doubt that it would accomplish anything. It is hard to believe
> > > > > that something as simple as this was not caught before it was
> > > > > released.
> > > > 
> > > > Is that a yes or a no to my question?
> > > 
> > > I did not realize that you were inquiring anything.
> > > 
> > > 1) Yes
> > > 2) Same
> > 
> > OK, so it's time to play "let's take a look at Bugzilla instead of
> > immediately saying it won't work" ;)
> > 
> > By simply searching for the open Klipper reports, it was possible to
> > see at least 3 duplicate reports about that problem (I've closed some
> > of them), and by reading them it is possible to see there was another
> > bug report about this problem which has already been marked as FIXED
> > -- see bug 244620 [1].
> > 
> > There seem to be different issues involved here: the handling of that
> > global shortcut is not directly handled by Klipper anymore, but by
> > the systray code (for some reason, though, the option in Klipper's
> > global shortcuts is still present). In the end, you need to
> > right-click the system tray, go to System Tray Settings, click
> > "entries" and assign the shortcut you want to Klipper.
> > 
> > I believe whether this was a good decision or not is beyond the scope
> > of this thread, as well as issues that might come up related to this
> > change (the global shortcuts thing, or the need to reassign the key).
> > 
> > But please consider looking things up before ranting about how
> > nothing's going to solve your problem next time :)
> > 
> > [1] https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=244620
> 
> If you are going to make a change in the operation of a program,
> especially one that is widely used and the change drastically changes
> its former usage, then you should have that change noted in the release
> notes for starters. Having to look through bug reports for changes that
> rightly belong in the release notes is asinine.
> 
> Furthermore, right clicking in the system tray does not seem to be
> displaying a System Tray Setting. I think it is about time to dump KDE
> and try something more stable.


I'll admit that right-clicking in the system tray is a pain (as you often end 
up right-clicking a system tray icon, not the tray itself) but the settings 
menu item is right there. (Confirmed on 4.5.1)

Cheers,
DMK