Questions tagged [kde4]
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How do I remove launchers from the KDE panel?
This question I would think would be far easier to answer by means of Googling it as it is so simple, but alas I am left to ask it here. What I would like to do is to remove launchers I no longer have need for on the KDE 4 panel in Sabayon.
Here's…
Josh Pinto
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How to manage multiple panel layouts for different display setups in KDE?
I use my laptop in 3 display setups:
laptop only
laptop + monitor
laptop + projector
For each one I use different screen setup and panel layout. It's quite boring to modify layout after each display setup change.
As I can use ARandr to create…
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Change directory for Kate syntax highlighting files
I'm running Standard Debian Wheezy with KDE 4.8.4 and Kate 3.8.4.
The Kate text editor's syntax highlighting files are located in:
/usr/share/kde4/apps/katepart/syntax
If I run
kde4-config --prefix
this gives
/usr
and $KDEDIR is empty.…
Chrispie
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Disable KDE 4.7 system sounds
How to disable KDE system sounds? I mean all sounds on startup, on dialog box popup, on error and so on, without turning off the actual media sound.
I use KDE 4.7.4
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Configure third button of a 3M Ergonomic Mouse
I've just bought a 3M Ergonomic Mouse, model EM500GPL, and for pointer movement and left/right click it works fine. But I'd like to know if it's possible to configure the third button to behave the way the makers intended.
Holding the third button…
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How to add icon search path in kde4/ plasma5?
I have various non-kde apps that place icons in various places in the system, and the Plasma5 menu and task manager widgets ignore them unless I symlink to them ONLY in:
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/.svg (if icon is svg)…
Oleg Pryadko
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Where does KDE 4 store its keyboard shortcuts?
Some Emacs keyboard shortcuts are intercepted by KDE. I know that KDE lets you configure keyboard shortcuts via GUI, but I am tired of sifting every time all the menus. I would like to open the files where KDE stores its shortcuts, both at the…
Eleno
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programmatically alter kde file associations
Problem:
In kde I want to remove a particular file association from every file type
Details:
I wanted to try out clamTk as a companion to clamAv. It didn't suit my needs so I uninstalled the package. However, it had created an association with every…
Wolf
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how to make my bash script look 100% like a GUI app (so user never sees terminal)
I created a bash script using kdialog (and it runs on Kubuntu 12.04). The GUI is used for every user interaction (after the first one). However, the script still has to be launched from the terminal and the terminal is still visible even though the…
MountainX
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Setting icon theme for Qt based apps in non kde environment
How could I set icon theme for Qt based apps in a non-kde environment? In KDE I could specify a different one, otherwise it would go for the default gnome theme.
daisy
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KDE How to switch between 4 keyboard layouts?
I have KDE 4.14.2 on Debian 8.1 installed. When I have 3 layouts, switching META+Spacebar works perfectly. The problem begins when I am adding 4th layout, switching works incorrectly: I'm only able to switch from 1st->2nd layout, when I click…
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How to install applications from KDE desktop on CentOS
I've just installed CentOS 6.5 in a virtual machine. I know how to install packages with command-line yum but I'm wondering how to do the same from the GUI (KDE).
They apparently did not write documentation for CentOS 6. Docs for previous releases…
Álvaro González
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system settings -> shortcuts and gestures
Something is stealing my Ctrl+F7 and Ctrl+F8 shortcuts from eclipse. I checked out the settings panel from the title but could not spot any such bindings over there. So, how do I get to see who is keeping those key combos and how to unbind them…
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How to kill and restart kwin and plasma-desktop from remote ssh session
I have a VNC machine running kde4 as the desktop environment,
I logged into the VNC machine and the desktop was just displaying a black screen.
To remedy this I ssh'd into the VNC host and ran pkill -ABRT kwin
This made the graphical environment…
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in KDE, can I create a rule that makes a new window appear in the desktop of the app that created it?
This has been asked before: How I can make new pop up windows to appear in the same desktop of their app?, but it was for a different WM, and there are no answers. Maybe there is an answer for KDE?
I am using virtual desktops to organize things. I…
