Anno domini 2019 Mon, 30 Sep 22:36:00 -0400 E. Liddell scripsit: > On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:56:42 +0200 > "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <office@...> 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. > > The setting for the Konqueror background image seems to be kept in the XML file governing the current > theme, which I found in a subdirectory of .trinity/share/apps/tdestyle/themes/ . The specific snippet goes: > > <konqueror> > <wallpaper url="" /> > <bgcolor rgb="#000000" /> > </konqueror> > > Not sure how much good that does anyone, though. Oh, that's a good one. I remember that I had to manually add the correct url="" thingy for the desktop background, too, and then add the image to the wallpaper directory in the thmes folder, and then repack the theme - otherwise the wallpaper image was not included. Nik > > E. Liddell > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@... > For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... > Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...