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Re: [trinity-users] Re: konqueror and F4

From: "William Morder via trinity-users" <trinity-users@...>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 13:35:05 -0700

On Wednesday 08 April 2020 13:24:12 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Anno domini 2020 Wed, 8 Apr 13:14:30 -0700
>
>  William Morder via trinity-users scripsit:
> > Apologies to all if this is a duplicate, or causes other annoyances. I've
> > been having problems sending from my email account.
>
> No problems here - but I do not use any of this nifty new stuff aka vpn and
> videocall :)
>

Nor do I. Better to stick with stone tools and learn how to make your own 
fire. 

My attempts to do my own troubleshooting seemed only further to complicate the 
problem. 

Bill


> > By the way, I noticed some others have unsubscribed recently (because
> > their emails appear in the list); I am wondering if other people have
> > been having problems posting to the list, or with subscribe/unsubscribe.
> > For the past couple weeks, I've been having all kinds of weird problems.
> >
> > See below for my comments on this thread.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Thursday 02 April 2020 08:07:15 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> >  > On Thursday 02 April 2020 08:07:15 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> >  > > Anno domini 2020 Thu, 2 Apr 08:51:13 -0600
> >  > >
> >  > >  D. R. Evans scripsit:
> >  > > > Stefan Krusche wrote on 4/1/20 11:46 PM:
> >  > > > > Am Mittwoch, 1. April 2020 schrieb D. R. Evans:
> >  > > > >> D. R. Evans wrote on 4/1/20 3:24 PM:
> >  > > > >>> How do I configure exactly which command should be run when I
> >  > > > >>> press F4 inside konqueror?
> >  > > > >>
> >  > > > >> Possibly I should be a bit clearer: by default, F4 appears to
> >  > > > >> run /opt/trinity/bin/konsole; I want to know how to execute a
> >  > > > >> different command that will open a (different kind of) terminal
> >  > > > >> when I hit F4 inside konqueror.
> >  > > > >
> >  > > > > Have you tried to assign the key F4 globally with kmenuedit? I
> >  > > > > think
> >
> > it
> >
> >  > > > > should override the assignment inside konqueror. Not tested.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > OK, I guess I still wasn't clear. Sorry.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > Let me try a different way.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > In konqueror under the Tools Menu, the first item is:
> >  > > >   Open Terminal  F4
> >  > > > When I execute that menu item, I want to run something other than
> >  > > > /opt/trinity/bin/konsole. How do I do that?
> >  > > >
> >  > > > Suppose, for example, that I just wanted an xterm, whose
> >  > > > executable is /usr/bin/xterm; how would I cause that menu item to
> >  > > > execute /usr/bin/xterm instead of /opt/trinity/bin/konsole?
> >  > > >
> >  > > >   Doc
> >  > >
> >  > > From commandline execute: "tdecmshell componentchooser" - there
> >  > > select "terminal emulator" (or however it's called in your
> >  > > localisation).
> >
> > Problem:
> >  > > this will not only change it for konquereor, but all TDE.
> >  > >
> >  > > Nik
> >
> >  You might want to check out your config file(s), which can be changed
> > with a text editor.
> >
> >  I'm not sure which one governs your Konqueror settings; it could be that
> > they are duplicated for reasons unknown to me, or just that I have
> > migrated through several different Linux systems, always using KDE3 or
> > TDE, so that I am the culprit. Or maybe the KDE5 version of Konqueror is
> > in the .kde folder, and the Trinity version is in .trinity, which would
> > make sense, but it ain't necessarily so.
> >
> >  In any case, it seems to me that if you change the entry in these lines,
> > you can have whatever terminal-emulator you want.
> >
> >  ************
> >  /home/<USERNAME>/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc
> >  -or-
> >  /home/<USERNAME>/.trinity/share/config/konquerorrc
> >  [Open-with settings]
> >  ...
> >  /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator,konsole
> >
> >  ************
> >  And here you will find another variant:
> >  /opt/trinity/share/config.kcfg/konqueror.kcfg
> >
> >   <group name="General" >
> >  <!-- konq_mainwindow.cpp -->
> >   <entry key="TerminalApplication" type="String">
> >   <default>konsole</default>
> >   <label></label>
> >   <whatsthis>Terminal application to use.</whatsthis>
> >   <!-- checked -->
> >   </entry>
> >   </group>
> >
> >  ************
> >
> >  Maybe this will help.
> >
> >  Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
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