Custom KDE Global Theme, how to apply "Use desktop layout from theme" from BASH or ECMAScript?

[Andy B]

On March 18, 2020 at 3:35:24 PM, Kyle K
(kylek389 at gmail.com(mailto:kylek389 at gmail.com)) wrote:

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> Hi guys, I'm in process of creating a customized KDE Global theme called GentooX for my Gentoo distribution that I'm in process of creating. I have used the Plasma Look And Feel Explorer from plasma-sdk to create my theme, and my distro's postinstall script uses something like this to apply the theme:
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> kpackagetool5 -i "/usr/src/theme/GentooX Breeze Dark Transparent.tar.gz"
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> lookandfeeltool --apply GentooX`
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> However after issuing the above 2 commands the "Use desktop layout from theme" is not activated in System Settings resulting in panels not being arranged properly etc. How can I apply "Use desktop layout from theme" from a bash script of KDE's ECMAScript? https://i.redd.it/phpenx8jdwm41.jpg
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> I think the org.kde.plasma.desktop-layout.js file gets executed when "Use desktop layout from theme" is checked. I have tried something like this but it didn't apply that checkbox:
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> script="/home/gentoox/.local/share/plasma/look-and-feel/GentooX/contents/layouts/org.kde.plasma.desktop-layout.js"
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> num=$(dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.kde.KWin \
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> /Scripting org.kde.kwin.Scripting.loadScript \
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> string:"$script" | awk 'END {print $2}' )
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> dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.kde.KWin /$num \
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> org.kde.kwin.Scripting.run(https://org.kde.kwin.Scripting.run)
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> I also tried placing org.kde.plasma.desktop-layout.js from my GentooX theme in `kf5-config --path data`/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/updates/` hoping it would auto-apply on first logon but it too didn't work.
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