Introduction + create a custom user profile for KDE 4.10.5

Mon Aug 19 11:55:25 BST 2013

look at this ....
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/kde+Customization+kit?content=148430

in that configs there are no destkop effects no nepomuck lighter krunner
etc ... just read , there is even a nice feature in kate that can help you
...

just open every configs file on ~/.kde and then you can modify your settigs
.... kate will warn you if a file has been modified ,... anyway there is
already that project that can help you. it has a wallpaper customize icons
colors and of course nepo and desktop effects turned off. even the
kickoffrc file should be there where you can define your prefered
applications  just download that project and look around at the files

for folderview there is no way to script it ... at least on 4.10 i guess

you need to tweak some config files

for panels height ....  as you can see in the kate snippets....

and there is no way to lock wiget i guess via javascript maybe aseigo can
confirm this

var screenrect = screenGeometry(0); // get information about your screen h w

var panel = new Panel
if (panelIds.length == 1) {
panel.location = 'bottom'
//panel.location = 'top'
//panel.hiding= 'autohide' //"windowscover" or "windowsbelow"
//panel.length = (screenrect.width/2)-(screenrect.width/16);

panel.height = screenrect.height/30;   //
<=========================================================================
THIS ONE

//panel.alignment = "left" "right" "center"
//panel.locked = false true
}

2013/8/19 Niki Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>

> Le 18/08/2013 15:06, Kevin Krammer a écrit :
>
>> I think in case of Plasma the only viable approach is scripting.
>>
>
> Hi again,
>
> I did a lot of experimenting yesterday evening and this morning. So far I
> have a quite usable default configuration. Here's my 00-defaultLayout.js:
>
> loadTemplate("org.kde.plasma-**desktop.defaultPanel")
>
> for (var i = 0; i < screenCount; ++i) {
>     var desktop = new Activity
>     desktop.name = i18n("Workstation")
>     desktop.screen = i
>     desktop.wallpaperPlugin = 'image'
>     desktop.wallpaperMode = 'SingleImage'
>     var wallpaper = "Ethais"
>     desktop.currentConfigGroup = new Array("Wallpaper", "image")
>     desktop.writeConfig("**wallpaper", wallpaper)
>     desktop.writeConfig("**userswallpaper", wallpaper)
>
>     //Create more panels for other screens
>     if (i > 0){
>
>         var panel = new Panel
>         panel.screen = i
>         panel.location = 'bottom'
>         panel.height = panels()[i].height = screenGeometry(0).height >
> 1024 ? 35 : 27
>         var tasks = panel.addWidget("tasks")
>         tasks.writeConfig("**showOnlyCurrentScreen", true);
>     }
> }
>
> And here's the corresponding layout.js:
>
>
> var panel = new Panel
> if (panelIds.length == 1) {
>     // we are the only panel, so set the location for the user
>     panel.location = 'bottom'
> }
>
> panel.height = screenGeometry(panel.screen).**height > 1024 ? 70 : 54
> panel.addWidget("launcher")
> tasks = panel.addWidget("tasks")
> panel.addWidget("systemtray")
> panel.addWidget("digital-**clock")
> panel.addWidget("lockout")
>
>
> tasks.currentConfigGroup = new Array("Launchers")
> tasks.writeConfig("browser", "preferred://browser, , , ")
> tasks.writeConfig("**filemanager", "preferred://filemanager, , , ")
>
> What I could manage so far:
>
> * Have a bigger panel (some of the users complain about small icons)
> * Don't show the activity button next to the Kickoff menu
> * Define a more "corporate" default wallpaper (Ethais is perfect)
> * Add a default shutdown button on the lower right side of the panel
>
> I did this mainly by looking at other folks' mods on the web, and trying
> to figure out how I can adapt them for my own needs. I'm moving in very
> small steps, with a lot of trial and error.
>
> Now here's some more things I'd like to do this way (e. g. by scripting),
> but I don't know how to go about it, in terms of mere syntax. I'll describe
> them in plain english:
>
> * Add some custom launchers to the Kickoff menu ("Favoris").
> * Deactivate all graphical effects. [1]
> * Deactivate the semantic desktop and file indexation. [1]
> * Change mouse cursor to Whiteglass theme
> * Default to double click.
> * Default the desktop to "Folder View" for ~/Desktop.
> * Define Firefox as the default web browser.
> * Define Thunderbird as the default mail client.
> * Plasma widget are locked by default.
> * Kiosk mode would be even better, e. g. most things are immutable.
>
> [1] It's not that I don't like these. It's just that sometimes I have to
> install desktops on relatively low-spec hardware, and this is just to be on
> the safe side.
>
> If you have one or more suggestions for any of the points above, I'd be
> grateful. For now, "I've reached the end of my latin", as we say in my
> native Austria.
>
>
> Cheers from the sunny South of France,
>
> Niki Kovacs
>
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2013/8/19 Niki Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>

> OK, I managed to go further in my default configuration. I edited a series
> of small files in /etc/skel/.kde/share/config to alter KDE's default
> configuration.
>
> emaildefaults:
>
> [Defaults]
> Profile=Default
>
> [PROFILE_Default]
> EmailClient[$e]=thunderbird
>
>
> kcminputrc:
>
> [Mouse]
> cursorTheme=whiteglass
>
>
> kdeglobals:
>
> [KDE]
> SingleClick=false
>
> [General]
> BrowserApplication[$e]=**mozilla-firefox.desktop
> EmailClient[$e]=thunderbird
>
>
> kickoffrc:
>
> [Favorites]
> FavoriteURLs=/usr/share/**applications/mozilla-firefox.**
> desktop,/usr/share/**applications/mozilla-**thunderbird.desktop,/opt/**
> openoffice4/share/xdg/**startcenter.desktop,/usr/**
> share/applications/audacious.**desktop,/usr/share/**
> applications/kde4/dolphin.**desktop
>
>
> kwinrc:
>
> [Compositing]
> Enabled=false
>
>
> nepomukserverrc:
>
> [Basic Settings]
> Start Nepomuk=false
>
> [Service-nepomukfileindexer]
> autostart=false
>
>
> Everything works now as expected (again, after lots of trial & error).
> Which means I only have one last thing to configure, and I don't know how
> to figure that out:
>
> How can I have widgets default to locked? Users *can* unlock them
> afterwards eventually, though I'd like to know how I can theoretically lock
> everything down for good.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Niki
>
>
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