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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: feature idea: more personalisation by desktop profiles
From:       aurelien.gateau () mail ! dotcom ! fr
Date:       2002-02-14 16:57:48
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Le Jeudi 14 Février 2002 09:37, Eva Brucherseifer a écrit :

> In .kde you could do it by having a default .kde/share dir and additional
> share dirs called something like .kde/share_profilename. So if the user
> chooses the profile named <profilename> the settings override the settings
> in .kde/share. This is basically an extension to the already existing
> hierarchy of settings in /opt/kde3 and $HOME/.kde3/share
> You also would need a dialog window start asks the user at startup which
> profile to use (default or <profilename>).

Problem is, how do you tell applications what should be common (in 
.kde/share) and what should be profile specific (in .kde/share_profilename) ?
The concept is good but I fear some GUI nightmare to manage all this.

Aurélien
 
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