[kde-linux] 11.1 & KDE3 Konqueror Startup URL?
Bruce MacArthur
bmacasuru at fastmail.us
Wed Nov 18 06:34:56 UTC 2009
On Tuesday 17 November 2009 11:44:00 pm Frank K wrote:
>
> Bruce MacArthur wrote:
> > On Monday 16 November 2009 07:37:56 pm Frank K wrote:
> >
> >> Kevin Krammer wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sunday, 2009-11-15, Frank K wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hello List,
> >>>>
> >>>> This should be a simple one, but I can't find the handle!
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm a subscriber, but I'm using an email account that isn't my
> >>>>
> > own. My own
> >
> >>>> account is available via webmail if that's necessary.
> >>>>
> >>>> Konqueror starts up in openSuse rather than my home. I haven't
> >>>>
> > found that
> >
> >>>> config option in .kde or in the Konq Settings.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Settings -> Configure Konqueror -> General
> >>>
> >>> Top section of the page on the right hand side, a drop down menu
> >>>
> > with choices
> >
> >>> like Konqueror's internal start page, empty page, etc.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Kevin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
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> >> Thank you Kevin & Bruce,
> >> Bruce, sorry about the HTML Post. No promises on the format, but
this
> >> time KDE is specified as text only in the address book.
> >> I was expecting to post this reply under my registered address, but
> >> messages were deleted from my ISP's server.
> >> Kevin, I'm sure your instructions are right on, but I have to start
> >>
> > from
> >
> >> one step further back. I can't find the "General" menu!
> >> In my Konqueror Web profile, Settings start with Behavior. My home
URL
> >> is my blank page. If I press the house on the Konq toolbar I get
the
> >> home URL. My problem is to set the startup URL to be the home URL.
> >> With my openSuse 11.1 I'm up to kernel 2.6.27.37-0.1. My desktop is
> >>
> > KDE
> >
> >> 3.5.10.
> >> I can live without fixing this behavior, but it wrankles me each
time
> >>
> > it
> >
> >> happens.
> >> Frank K
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> > Hello, Frank --
> >
> > Thank you for making that change -- your message arrived in "plain
text"
> > --- so everything is working properly in this respect.
> >
> > Kevin assumed or implied that you begin by opening Konqeror, and by
> > giving it the "focus". From that point, the directions are correct
> > exactly as he specified it -- but you seem to need one small
refinement.
> >
> > When you go to "Configure Konqeror" and actually click on it, you
will
> > see a display that has two "frames". The left-hand frame consists
of an
> > expandable list of configuration options. As a solid general rule,
the
> > very first category is "General". You do not need to "expand" that
> > category to make the necessary change, but you might feel better
about
> > doing so. With or without the "category expansion", the top line
should
> > still read "General", AND should have "the focus"
> >
> > If it isn't there, scroll up until it IS there.
> >
> > If it does not have"the focus" (usually indicated by a blue-colored
> > highlighter-bar), then single-left-click on it.
> >
> > At this point, you should see the address-bar selection tool that
Kevin
> > mentioned; as Kevin stated, it is near the top of the right-hand
> > "frame".
> >
> > You may select any existing option -- or you may specify any address
> > (whether local to your own machine, on any of the intra-nets you may
be
> > connected-to, or on any Internet location of your preference). I
hope
> > that these details prove to be adequate for your purposes!
> >
> >
> > Bruce Mac Arthur
> > bmacasuru at fastmail.us
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> >
> >
> Bruce, Kevin, I'm still looking for the Konq "General" configuration.
> This will likely all seem silly once I find the magic. For the record,
> my Konq version is: 3.5.10 Release 21.9. I use mouse focus and auto
> raise, so I don't think the menu focus is the problem.
>
> I grabbed a JPG image of Konq with the Settings menu inside. It's
about
> 90KB, but I don't suppose I can stuff that into he paste bin.
>
> What I see clicking the blue Konq web browser button in the desktop
task
> bar is first the error caused by not being able to access the opensuse
> server - no internet connection! Clicking on the Settings button in
the
> Konq command bar gives me the dropdown menu with Konq Configuration
at
> the bottom.
Technically, it is "Configure Konqueror", but that is a silly detail.
>
> As I interpret the left and right "Frames", I see the expansion of the
> selected left frame icon in the right frame. Behavior is the default
> left icon selection. It is at the absolute top of the left frame
scroll bar.
You have done it wrong, Frank. There is NO "Behavior" icon at this
point; that is somewhere else. Also, you are entirely wrong to "see
expansion of the selected left frame icon in the right frame."
The "expansion" I spoke of is the very same thing that we see in Dolphin
or (if you used to live in Redmond's Kingdom) Windows Explorer. There
ARE icons, but they are followed immediately (in the very same frame)
with text. Only then do you get to the right-hand frame -- which
displays the (sometimes "tabbed") options that are grouped under the
left-hand-frame's highlighted category-name.
But let's try to get to some progress. Would you tell us the exact text
of the title-bar when you see this "Behavior" thingy? It really ought
to read "Configure - Konqueror".
>
> The left frame "Behavior" icon expands with a header saying the right
> frame settings are for Konq as a file manager. Right frame top panel is
> all checkboxes called "Misc Options" the deal with display like single
> window.
>
> Underneath the Misc Options panel is the "Homepage" textbox and
browser
> button. There is no dropdown menu in this right frame. I must be
looking
> in the wrong place!
You bet you are. Follow the directions above -- to the letter -- and
you really ought to get pretty close.
>
> By contrast, Firefox Edit > Preferences shows a startup menu with the
> pulldown list just above the textbox for the homepage URL.
>
> I did try looking at the expansion of the left frame Web Behavior
Icon.
> Nothing in the right frame expansion looks appropriate for startup
URL.
>
> Since I only have to make this Konq startup URL change once how about
> giving me the path to where this link is stored and I'll change it
there
> with VI?
Why not trust us, Frank? I am looking at Konqueror 4.2.2, but this is
how it has worked for a LONG time! And I am watching VERY carefully to
ensure that I am giving you good scoop. I know how it can be when
someone skips a direction! (One friend was lost for three hours because
his hostess had forgotten to tell him about a left-turn!!!)
And please DO let us know how it goes -- with the details -- so we can
get this little task accomplished and off the boards for you!
>
> Thanks for your help guys! Frank K
>
>
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Bruce Mac Arthur
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