[kde-linux] Different .kde files for different hosts

[James Bigler]

Manuel Amador wrote:
> RTFM
> 
> KDEHOME is the wrong variable for this.  Use KDEDIRS and
> a /etc/profile.d script if you want to achieve layered configuration
> based on host name, or the moon phase.
> 
> El jue, 25-08-2005 a las 18:37 -0700, James Richard Tyrer escribió:
> 
>>Kevin Krammer wrote:
>>
>>>On Friday 26 August 2005 00:43, James Bigler wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I work at a place with many varied installations of Linux and conversely
>>>>KDE. My home directory is mounted via NFS on all these machines, so .kde is
>>>>shared between them.
>>>>
>>>>I'm having problems when I log into another machine that is running a
>>>>different version of KDE or has a different setup.  For example my
>>>>workstation has dual monitors while many other machines do not.  The .kde
>>>>directory gets shared between conflicting versions of KDE and things start
>>>>to go bad.
>>>>
>>>>I was wondering if there was a way to get KDE to look into different paths
>>>>based on the machine.  That way I could have effectively a .kde-host1 and a
>>>>.kde-host2 and keep them separate.
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, quite easily.
>>>KDE defaults to .kde in the user's home directory, but will take the directory 
>>>the environment variable KDEHOME points to
>>>http://kde.ground.cz/tiki-index.php?page=Environment+Variables
>>
>>Yet another reason why we shouldn't store users data in the KDEHOME 
>>directory.    Or, perhaps we could also have a KDEDATA directory 
>>environment directory and by default they could both be: "~/.kde".
>>
>>Here this user has a problem.  If he has two different KDEHOMEs, where 
>>does he put his mail, calendar, etc. data?
>>

I looked through the manual from the KDE help system, and I didn't even see a 
mention of KDEDIRS.  The only place I've been able to find it was the Wiki page. 
  If you could point to a particular piece of manual that describes what you 
mean, I would appreciate it.

If I want my calendar and stuff to be shared (like the alarms), couldn't I 
simply create soft links from ~/.kde-host1/share/apps/kalarm and 
~/.kde-host2/share/apps/kalarm to ~/.kde-global/share/apps/kalarm?

James