Trying to control Konq profile

[Kishore]

On Wednesday 20 Aug 2008 12:51:02 am Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 19:45, Kishore wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 Aug 2008 10:13:02 pm D. R. Evans wrote:
> > > Kishore said the following at 08/19/2008 08:05 AM :
> > > > As james suggests, you should save settings per folder which is
> > > > respected well and such issues are the among the reasons why dolphin
> > > > was created too.
> > >
> > > OK, so at this point I am lost.
> > >
> > > Does this mean that at least one person here thinks that there is a
> > > precise recipe for my original question? which was:
> > >
> > > ----
> > >
> > > 1. Open on the about:konqueror screen
> > > 2. When I view a directory (and, in particular, when I click on the
> > > "home" icon on the about:konqueror page), view the directory in
> > > treeview mode.
> > >
> > > ----
> > >
> > > If someone thinks that they have such a recipe, I would be most
> > > grateful if they would post the steps :-) I apologise if said person
> > > thinks that they have already provided enough information; like I say,
> > > I am lost :-0
> >
> > Doc, are you new to KDE? Are you on KDE 4? If you are not too attached to
> > konqueror for file management, i would recommend using dolphin for the
> > same.
> >
> > I used to be a konqueror power user when in kde3. I disliked even the
> > idea dolphin then. Dolphin got better in 4.0 and i made an attempt to
> > switch. Now in 4.1 it is  indispensable to me. Incidentally, some of my
> > new-to-linux friends prefer dolphin to konq even in kde3!
> >
> > Dolphin is more focused at file management and hence does it better IMHO.
> >
> > If you chose to continue to use konq, read ahead. Since you mention that
> > you use kubuntu, you will need to manually edit config files and the
> > kubuntu guys decided to remove this option from the menu.
> >
> > First make sure that there is no session of konqueror running. To be
> > sure, on a command line execute "killall konqueror" a few times until it
> > says that no process was killed. Then open
> > ~/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc and find the section "[MainView
> > Settings]" without the quotes. Add it if it does not already exist. Add
> > "SaveViewPropretiesLocally=true" without the quotes under the above
> > mentioned section.
> >
> > Now launch konqueror and adjust the view in the folder (~/). The next
> > time you view the folder it will use the same view mode.
> >
> > Hope that helps!
>
> I'm not the OP, but I've tried what you suggested above.
>
> <quote>
> First make sure that there is no session of konqueror running. To be sure,
>  on a command line execute "killall konqueror" a few times until it says
>  that no process was killed. Then open ~/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc and
>  find the section "[MainView Settings]" without the quotes. Add it if it
>  does not already exist. Add "SaveViewPropretiesLocally=true" without the
>                                                                   
> ^^^^^^^^^^ quotes under the above mentioned section.
> <end quote>
>
> Apart from a little typo, where Propreties should read Properties, this
> solution to the problem works fine.
>
> I've tried this on Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04, where D.R. "Doc" Evans was
> having a problem, and the solution above works like magic.
>
> Thanks Kishore for the fix.

Thanks for noting that.
-- 
Cheers!
Kishore
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