From kde-core-devel  Wed Aug 25 07:55:21 1999
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () caldera ! de>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:55:21 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: User defined iconpaths
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=93556770406243

Michael Reiher wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Problem:
> 
> I was told that that a thing missed by many people is that you canīt
> define own iconpaths that are added to the iconloader dialog which is
> displayed when changing an icon on the desktop. This way people canīt
> easily add own icon collections. A candidate is for instance
> /opt/kde/share/apps/kappfinder/pics (which should IMHO be installed by
> default to /share/icons/.. anyway)
> I know there is IconPath in .kderc. But kfm cleans kiconloaders icon
> path list(which contains also various large icons and toolbar icons
> dirs). Further itīs AFAIK not possible to add global paths in
> parallel(except a [KDE Setup] section in kfmrc, which OTOH covers the
> entries .kderc).
> 
> Solution:
> 
> Reading of .kderc/[KDE Setup]/IconPath. And in addition
> (.)kfmrc/Settings/IconPath to make global settings possible. Couldnīt
> find a more appropriate place for this.
> 
> Patch attached.
> 
> Do we need a GUI config for that?
> 
> Comments, flames, critics?
Comment: in KDE2 this is way more flexible anyway :)

Greetings, Stephan

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