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List:       kde
Subject:    RE: Question Icon alignment
From:       "Milo Hyson" <milo () cyberlifelabs ! com>
Date:       2001-08-18 23:30:30
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No, I mean this is a bug. If you configure KDE (using kcontrol) to allow
arbitrary icon placement, it ignores this setting and forces them into a
line. It's inconsistent however. Sometimes I log in and it does this, and
other times it works fine.

- Milo Hyson
CyberLife Labs, LLC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kde-request@bounce.netcentral.net
> [mailto:kde-request@bounce.netcentral.net]On Behalf Of Terry
> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 4:17 PM
> To: KDE general mailing list
> Subject: Re: Question Icon alignment
>
>
> You can disable this "feature" via kcontrol. . .at least in KDE 2.x.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Milo Hyson" <milo@cyberlifelabs.com>
> To: "KDE general mailing list" <kde@lists.netcentral.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 6:05 PM
> Subject: RE: Question Icon alignment
>
>
> > There is an issue however whereby KDE will ignore the settings and force
> the
> > icons into a line (horizontal or vertical depending on Control Panel
> > settings). I know this happens on both Linux and FreeBSD and it has been
> > discussed on the developer list, but I have yet to see anybody take any
> > action to correct it.
> >
> > - Milo Hyson
> > CyberLife Labs, LLC
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: kde-request@bounce.netcentral.net
> > > [mailto:kde-request@bounce.netcentral.net]On Behalf Of Akar
> 'th 'orrible
> > > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:31 PM
> > > To: KDE general mailing list
> > > Subject: Re: Question Icon alignment
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 06:42, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> > > > Who's Idea was it to either line up Icons vertically or
> > > horizontically only.
> > > > I like to put them where I wish them to be. If this was
> > > intensionly done,
> > >
> > > They do stay the way you put them unless you choose arrange icons on
> your
> > > right click menu. They will align vert or horiz depending on the
> > > selection in
> > > control-center looknfeel desktop, but if you move them they
> > > should stay where
> > > they are as they do on my system.
> > > There is another issue to this though. The other day I was looking at
> the
> > > Mandrake spec files for the 2.2 srpms and noticed they have a script
> that
> > > forces lining up icons, other distros may be the same. Perhaps you
> should
> > > take this up with your distro provider if you dont like the way
> > > they set up
> > > kde. It is not default kde behaviour. Look for scripts in your distro
> > > possibly in the sysv (etc/rc.d) area.
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