--- On Tue, 2/23/10, Anton Aylward <anton.aylward@rogers.com> wrote:
From: Anton Aylward <anton.aylward@rogers.com> Subject: Re: [opensuse] 11.2 a big step backwards? To: opensuse@opensuse.org Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8:21 AM Charles Obler said the following on 02/23/2010 03:25 AM:
: the ability to align desktop icons with a > > single command
Do you know that zen poem that ends with saying since there isn't a mirror where can the motes of dust alight?
Its like that. There aren't icons to alight' > on the desktop so they can't be aligned.
"icons on the desktop" are not a KDE4 concept.
What you'd doing is akin to trying to get a Ford Mustang to run on hay and oats because your highly bred mustang that you raised from > a foal always ate that.
Just cos some letters of the name are the same doesn't mean its the same thing.
Wow, what a concept! If I have no "icons" and no "desktop", then my problem must be solved already! Unfortunately, a new problem has arisen: I have no way to align the widgets on my dashboard! Actually, it is an improvement: I never was happy with the term "icons", because the term has religious significance that I do not wish to devalue. Now, with KDE 4, I can purge that word from my vocabulary.
: the icons displayed on the taskbar
Like how? Like what?
As I've said, I created a sidebar and as David Rankin suggested put the 'quicklaunch' applet in it. I put all my 'icons' there.
David illustrated this in his post back in 10/22/2009:
http://www.3111skyline.com/download/dt/kde4/quicklaunch/quicklaunch.jpg
You can put the 'quicklaunch' applet wherever you like, on your bottom bar, a hiding sidebar as I do or, since its an applet, on the 'desktop'.
Its a LOT more flexible and powerful than what you had with KDE3.5
You can put that applet in the bottom taskbar if you want. I started with that, but its a much better idea to put it on the side.
Thanks! I will explore this. Unfortunately, when I try to get more information -- from the System Settings Handbook, for example -- I am told that KDEInit could not launch 'susehelp'.: Could not find 'susehelp' executable This may be a result of my incomplete installation. The installer failed to build the little ifcfg-eth0-id in /etc/sysconfig/ network, and, as a result, had no access to the internet repositories where susehelp no doubt resides. I got internet access only yesterday, and now I am trying to figure out how to complete the installation. These real problems are going unaddressed, because we are all having too much fun addressing KDE4 shortcomings.
: short-cut key access to the menu bar in konsole
As far as I can see you can define key maping in KDE4, though I use the defaults quite happily.
This was answered recently.
What are you trying to achieve - be specific?
Yes, we all now use the defaults quite happily. We have learned not to question the wisdom of the Party. And now I find another problem: KDE 4 does not seem to support the pasting of highlighted text! E.g., I use less to look at a text file, then I use the mouse to highlight text I want to copy, then I go to an input box on KDE and press both mouse buttons, and voila! -- nothing. Of course, there is a circumvention: I can open the original file with gvim and use the other kind of copy. Or, even better, I can simply retype the text I want to quote, and thus improve my typing skills. Yes, the Party is wise indeed, and we are Quite Happy with all of the Progress we are making. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org