Customized default behavior for new plasmoids and other KDE applications, how to do this?

[Mario Fux]

Am Donnerstag, 14. August 2014, 16.10:11 schrieb Aaron Peterson:
> Hi,

Morning Aaron

I think you're searching this:
https://techbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting

griits
Mario

> I am a user experience and user interface enthusiast.
> 
> I do a lot of Kubuntu installs, and the default configuration is not
> suitable.  It takes a long time for me to configure each users desktop to
> something sane.
> 
> For me to support Kubuntu for my other users, I need to change the default
> behavior for most of the widgets. (when they add a new one, it needs to be
> initially configured the way I set it)
> 
> Do you all have some vocabulary to help me search for how to do this?
> or some time to skype with me or other stuff?  I am rather broke, but I was
> once willing to drive all the way to Canada to visit with Aaron Seigo.
>  Germany is a bit far now.   I live in the Seattle area, and I have
> coherent plans for what I need,(including ideas for settings and directory
> structures )  I just don't know what other people are working on or will
> accept, or if there is already a way to do this because the wiki is so
> disjointed.
> 
> The cool thing about the way I want to set things up is that it would be
> very easy for people with opinions other than mine to configure their
> distros exactly as they want it.
> 
> --Aaron Peterson
> 206 334 5925  I really love to chat about this, call any time!
> myusualnickname
> 
> 
> ************************************
> Some of the things on my tasklist: (which include settings for other
> applications in the KDE universe)
> ******************************
> set the default behavior of dolphin file views,, (details, --not expanding
> tree details, which is a setting I would use on a few folders, but not by
> default)
> 
> Make all new folderview show title as full path by default, have small
> icons, lock the files in place, align to grid, not have shadows. (but still
> be user configurable)
> 
> I also need to set the default launchers in quicklaunch..
> Set the panel to by default show on the left, at a certain width, with
> "windows can cover"
> 
> I need to set the kicker to classic mode by default
>      (actually disable the application launcher style, as nobody I know has
> figured out how to use it)
> 
> There are a lot of other settings I need to set by default,  I want to have
> a specific layout for plasmoids too...
> 
> 
> I couldn't find documentation on how to do this at techbase or userbase, as
> this is a user level problem, but It looks like I need to develop it
> myself,  and I'm really frustrated with the duplication of information, and
> the sparseness of anything useful... I'm willing to combine the wikis into
> one coherent and useful document, and then figure this stuff out, but my
> hands are tied.