netbook reference, the polishing details

[Marco Martin]

On Saturday 20 March 2010, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> Am Freitag 19 März 2010 19:49:32 schrieb Marco Martin:
> > i can continue changing their config files under their feet in the
> > workspace kcm like now but kinda feels wrong(tm) to me :/
> 
> Actually I don't mind that the config files are changed under kwin's feet
> as that's how all kwin kcms work. And I prefer that compared to adding
> code to check if we are in netbook mode. But what I consider as a problem
> is that you cannot savely switch back to desktop mode. Some config options
> (e.g. button ordering) are not restored.

it actually attempts to do that, so i'll have to check what goes wrong

> So just an idea: what about adding a new session type to KDM to start into
> netbook mode. The "netbook aware" applications will not use ~/.kde/ for
> storing their config files but let's say ~/.kde-netbook/. That way we can
> setup good default configs and netbook and desktop can be used in parallel
> (e.g. Netbook attached to a external screen as desktop replacement).
well, most of the applications would want to share settings and of course data 
(loing emails because i'm in netbook mode doesn't sound too pretty)

Cheers,
Marco Martin