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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fork of KDE4/Qt3?
From:       "Robin Pedersen" <robinpeder () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-06-09 11:06:44
Message-ID: op.uchahfgu9lgty9 () lenobin
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I didn't ask about how to use the folder view. That part is obvious. What  
Aaron was "bashing" about was to use is as "containment". I have found  
sections that are about "containment" in the config files, but I'm looking  
for something like "set this widget as containment" in the GUI. Maybe it  
isn't implemented yet.

PS: I think KDE4 looks very promising, and I don't think we need a fork of  
KDE3.

On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:04:13 +0200, Tony Wolf <wolf@os-forge.net> wrote:

> Its damn easy!
>
> Take your mouse and move the icons...
>
> then you are able to use this widget as your "old" desktop known from  
> kde3.
>
> ofc I'm running todays trunk....
>
> Best regards and with a hope to help
>
> Tony
>
> PS.: Please guys keep in mind - kde4.1 isn't released right now!
>
> Robin Pedersen wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:00:06 +0200, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Sunday 08 June 2008, David Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> folderview as your desktop containment/activity holder is *exactly*
>>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> same thing.
>>>>>
>>>> It doesn't fit my workflow. I have some files in each corner of the
>>>> desktop. They are where they are for a reason. A single box in one
>>>> corner cannot do this. It won't let me move a file from the box to
>>>> anywhere else. I don't have .desktop files on the desktop. One of the
>>>> first things I do after installing a KDE3 is to remove the home and
>>>> trash icons. The Desktop is my workspace.
>>>>
>>> *sigh* you'd maybe, just maybe, think that i would have something of an
>>> understanding of these things? evidently you don't think so.
>>>
>>> so let me say it really slowly this time in hopes you will stop your
>>> howling:
>>>
>>> a Containment is what paints the wallpaper.
>>>
>>> it also puts any other instrumentation on it by default. such as icons,
>>> or the
>>> toolbox.
>>>
>>> it fills your whole screen.
>>>
>>> it handles everything under and around the widgets it contains.
>>>
>>> it is not a dead parrot.
>>>
>>> when the folderview is used as a Containment you get a full screen icon
>>> placement area that operates just like kdesktop did. (or at least will,
>>> frederikh is still adding features, like the file management oriented
>>> right
>>> click menu which just got added, etc)
>>>
>>> so yes, i'm not stupid in the head. i know what you mean and i'm  
>>> telling
>>> you:
>>> it's not a box in the corner when it's used as the containment, in fact
>>> it
>>> works the same way kdesktop did in that case.
>>>
>>> but hey, why don't we do this one more time around for good measure:  
>>> you
>>> say,
>>> "Nuh-uh!" really, really loudly and i respond again with yet smaller
>>> words.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Instead of arguing, why don't you explain how to use the widget as
>> "containment". I read this thread, and wanted to try this, but I can't
>> figure out how.
>>
>>
>
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