KDE4 Control Center confusing

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 30 October 2009 02:02:49 genericmaillists at gmail.com wrote:
> The control center in KDE4 is confusing

Some say so, and it is currently being redesigned.

> and limited compared to KDE3.5.
> 
I don't believe so.  Of course some configurations have been moved to be 
configured within the applications that are affected.  Otherwise, I haven't 
noticed anything missing.

> Setting up device PNP actions was relatively straight forward and easy to
> figure out in KDE3.5 but that does not seem to be so in KDE4.
> 
> When I put a movie DVD in the CD/DVD-ROM drive I get five available
>  actions. One of those actions is Open with File Manager.
> When I put a music CD in the CD/DVD-ROM drive I get three available
>  actions. The Open with File Manager or Play with Amarok is not in the list
>  to choose.
> 
> Looking in the control center under device actions left me stumped trying
>  to figure out how to change that so I can choose Open with File Manager.
> 
> Clicking on Help did not make it clear either.
> 
> Is there any documentation available that does explain this so a person new
> (not new to KDE or Linux) to the KDE4 environment can learn how to do this?
> 
Basically it is exactly the same as in KDE 3.x.  The context list is affected 
by your choices in File Associations.  In 3.x you could add to the list with a 
context menu, IIRC, but the main way was always in the Control Centre, File 
Associations section.  In KDE4 it's in SystemSettings > Advanced tab > File 
Associations.  Add to the list any applications that you want to associate 
with the file type, remembering that the top one in the list will be the 
default - again, exactly as it was in KDE 3.

Anne
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