On Monday 30 September 2019 01:11:18 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Anno domini 2019 Mon, 30 Sep 00:54:33 -0700 > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > On Sunday 29 September 2019 23:56:42 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Anno domini 2019 Sun, 29 Sep 14:03:54 -0700 > > > > > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > > > On Sunday 29 September 2019 09:35:14 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > > Hi William! > > > > > > > > > > Anno domini 2019 Sun, 29 Sep 08:01:25 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > William Morder via trinity-users scripsit: > > > > > > On Sunday 29 September 2019 05:35:42 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have konqueror set to a dark background with bright font. > > > > > > > When I use icon view, things look great. But any list view uses > > > > > > > the color from "alternative list background" that is set in > > > > > > > tcontrol, which in my case is light to match the light > > > > > > > background of all other windows with dark font. This leads to > > > > > > > light/dark lines in konqueror (which I do not want, I want dark > > > > > > > background and maybe a slightly lighter alaternating > > > > > > > background). When I set alternative background to bdark, then > > > > > > > konqueror looks fine but e.g. ark has zebra stripes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anybody know of a way to make konqueror not use the > > > > > > > alternative list background? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Nik! > > > > > > > > > > > > Like yourself (I imagine), I am getting to that age where my old > > > > > > eyes don't like looking at computer screens with light > > > > > > backgrounds and dark fonts; I get watery eyes and a headache > > > > > > after an hour or so. > > > > > > > > > > My problem, too :( > > > > > > > > > > > In Konqueror, you need to check both <Settings> and > > > > > > <View/Configure Background>; but it seems like you have already > > > > > > done that. > > > > > > > > > > > > What you need to next is found in <TCC/Appearance & > > > > > > Themes/Colors/Alternate Background in Lists>. (I have attached > > > > > > two screenshots, one of Konqueror, one of TCC, which ought to be > > > > > > self-explanatory.) > > > > > > > > > > > > For this last component, you may wish to search for a config > > > > > > file, with extension .kcsrc (in the old KDE3). The TDE equivalent > > > > > > for this file has the extension .kksrc, but otherwise they just > > > > > > reuse the same old KDE3 config. > > > > > > > > > > > > * Small problem here: I forget where it's kept in Trinity. When I > > > > > > install my system, I now just run a command that copies over all > > > > > > my settings, the same settings that I've been using since 2006 or > > > > > > so, in KDE3 and then TDE. (I am doing a search, using Konqueror, > > > > > > but it's slow.) > > > > > > > > > > > > ** Two possible locations: > > > > > > /home/<USERNAME>/.kde/share/apps/kcmkeys > > > > > > -or- > > > > > > /opt/trinity/share/apps/kcmkeys > > > > > > (However, my desktop seems to obey the config file that resides > > > > > > in the first location. Somebody else can correct me, if this is > > > > > > wrong.) > > > > > > > > > > > > If you can find this config file and save backups of your > > > > > > original and your customized settings, you'll save some > > > > > > headaches, because it's easier than trying to recreate your > > > > > > preferred appearance. > > > > > > > > > > > > good luck > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > Ah... there did my colorschemes go ...: > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/tdedisplay/color-schemes/NIK-hell.kcsrc > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/NIK DUNKEL.kcsrc > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/NIK GANZ DUNKEL.kcsrc > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/NIK DUNKEL 2.kcsrc > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/thememgr.kcsrc > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/NIK.kcsrc > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/NIK 2012-11-11.kcsrc > > > > > > > > > > Moved them over from .trinity/share/apps/kdisplay/color-schemes/ to > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/tdedisplay/color-schemes/ , now I'm back in the > > > > > game, thank you :) I'm working my way through kmail now, looks like > > > > > it has some settings I have totally forgotten ... (oh my, as time > > > > > goes by ...) > > > > > > > > > > Which makes me wonder, which of these folders in > > > > > .trinity/share/apps/ are actually in use? Lots of them are from > > > > > 2011 ... hm ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, would you mind sharing your colorscheme? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nik > > > > > > > > Sure, glad to share. Do you mean just the .kksrc config file, or the > > > > whole shebang? > > > > > > > > I've been trying to figure out how to make my color scheme available > > > > to others, instead of the cookie-cutter default choices, but unless > > > > somebody draws me a map, I doubt that will happen. With a few broad > > > > hints, though, I could probably create a theme for TDE & perhaps > > > > others, like the newer KDEs, etc. > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > The Color scheme: you need to save it in TC, and it will be stored in > > > ~/.trinity/share/apps/tdedisplay/color-schemes/HOW_YOU_NAMED_IT.kcsrc > > > > > > If you save the whole theme, then it will appear in > > > ~/.trinity/share/apps/kthememanager/themes/HOW_YOU_NAMED_IT.kth - > > > basicly a tar.gz with different ending. There's also a folder > > > ~/.trinity/share/apps/kthememanager/themes/HOW_YOU_NAMED_IT with the > > > unpacked contents of the theme file. But it looks like the kmail color > > > config is not part of the theme, nor is the konqueror background image. > > > > > > Would be a nice thing to place themes on the trinity webpage or > > > somewhere in the wiki. > > > > > > Nik > > > > I was waiting for your response, because I had another detail to add; but > > you seem to have found it on your own. The color scheme config file also > > resides in this location: > > ~/.trinity/share/apps/tdedisplay/color-schemes/HOW_YOU_NAMED_IT.kcsrc > > > > So now I am sending two versions of my most recent color scheme config, > > in .kcsrc (which is KDE3) and .kksrc (TDE) config files; they ought to be > > almost the same, except that the TDE version has been subtly tweaked and > > retweaked. Otherwise only the extension is changed. > > > > If you want to change the color of the lower panel to match, as well, > > then you need to use something like my source for background, which is an > > image file of a Zen ink drawing, with lots of space and few details. I'm > > glad to share that, too, though I have lost the source. (See attachments > > for my color scheme config files.) > > > > Regarding the whole theme, I'll look into it. I've never created a theme > > before, other than how all the various config files in my system make it > > look; but I would like to be able to use it myself in the future on other > > machines, without having to go through so many steps. A tar.gz file, you > > say? I'll study on how to create a theme. > > > > Bill > > Thank you! Looks like the *.kksrc contains the keybindings. > > Nik Oh my! It's a good thing one of us actually reads these files. Somehow I got the mistaken notion that they were related. Duh. I don't know how that happened; I promise that I did read it, once upon a time (just like Moby Dick & Gravity's Rainbow), but now I doubt that I can prove it to anybody. Well, anyway, the other is what I'm using now, more or less, though I might have adjusted this or that slightly. I'll look round for other versions. Bill