I do not understand the pointed ears reference. Harold
Pille Geert (bkarnd) wrote: >Here one sees Harold expressing his wild enthousiasm. It is a pity one >cannot distinguish his pointed ears. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Harold Hunt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: dinsdag 3 september 2002 1:29 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Using KDE as default desktop under Windows > > >Interesting. > >Harold > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Fraser >>Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:55 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Using KDE as default desktop under Windows >> >> >> Hi there >>I posted this to the kde-cygwin mailing list and someone suggested >>reposting it here. >>Basically an explanation of my kde setup under Windows... >> >>I am now using KDE as my default shell under Windows. >>Thanks to everyone for the effort - it's so much nicer than explorer :-) >>I thought it would be nice to have a page on the web site explaining how >>to do it, >>and indicating status as more integration gets done... >>basically this is what I did (this is for Windows 2000 but should be >>portable to others): >> >>make XFree86 server run full screen without window decoration >> change ~/.xserverrc to include -fullscreen in the parameters: >> exec X - screen 0 1024 879 -engine 4 -fullscreen -depth 32 -ac >>-nowinkill -noreset -emulate3buttons 100 >> you can say -nodecoration (which -fullscreen implies) instead if you >>want a non-fullscreen window without border etc. >> >>replace the default shell, explorer.exe with X-windows >> change the following reg entry under from explorer.exe to >>c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -c startx >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows >>NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell >>Once this is done, logging in starts up the X server but no Windows >>desktop, Start bar etc. >>Note: if you want to run windows programs from here, on Windows 2000 you >>can press Ctrl-Shift-Esc >>which brings up the Task Manager, then go File/Run. >>Logging out from KDE doesn't actually log out, you need to close KDE in >>another way and then press Ctrl-Alt-Del >>and choose logout. Depending on your .xserverrc parameters, >>Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or Alt-F4 can be made to close >>the X server. Otherwise, you can close it from the Task manager (select >>the Cygwin task and say End Task). >>This also brings up a bash shell window which is behind the X server. I >>tried to get rid of it by running >>cmd /c start /b bash ... but this was unsuccessfull. >>If you switch to any windows applications, the X server will be minimised. >>I seem to remember some discussion on slashdot or somewhere about how >>Cygwin XFree86 cannot run in rootless >>mode (as the actual background window like Windows exlporer does for the >>desktop). Does anyone have any info >>on why this is, or on how we could patch it so that it will? That way >>windows apps will run in front... >> >>Next step: get KDE to run windows applications from short cuts. >>I created a simple script called "win32start": >> >>#!/bin/bash >>startpath="$*" >>if [[ -L "$startpath" ]] >> then >> # this is a symbolic link. find the actual file, start that >> startpath=`find "$startpath" -printf %l` >>fi >>startdir=`dirname "$startpath"` >>startfile=`basename "$startpath"` >>cd "$startdir" >>cmd /c start \"starting application\" "$startfile" >> >>This is put in /usr/bin >>It handles cygwin unix-style symbolic links to Windows shortcut files as >>well (both are given >>the extension .lnk, but have different stuff inside ... if you create a >>link to a shortcut it is thus >>called .lnk.lnk). >>Basically it gets whatever parameters are given (it needs to use them >>all so you can pass spaces >>without it separating them out; escaping the spaces with backslash >>confuses cmd, although they >>could be unescaped) and works out what directory the file to start is in. >>It's easiest to get into this directory as we then don't have to convert >>the path from unix to windows >>style. Then it runs cmd and tells it to start the application. The first >>parameter to start is the window >>title which has to be given if we quote the start file. But this window >>title only applies to cmd, which >>just starts the application and quits. >>Example: >>$ win32start /c/Documents\ And Settings/All\ Users/Start\ >>Menu/Programs/Acrobat\ Reader\ 5.0.lnk >>on my system this starts up Acrobat. >> >>Now we want to make KDE associate these files with win32start so we can >>click on them from konqueror >>and put them in menus. >> >>First we need a mime type for the Windows shortcut files... >>Add the following to a new file >>~/.kde2/share/mimelnk/application/win32shortcut.desktop >>(on most systems, it could be ~/.kde/... - I've had KDE 1 installed ...) >>This users the link icon which just looks like a shortcut. It would be >>nice to get KDE to read >>the windows Icon out of the shortcut file but probably lots of work >> >>[Desktop Entry] >>Comment=Win32 shortcut file >>Hidden=false >>Icon=link >>MimeType=application/win32shortcut >>Patterns=*.lnk >>Type=MimeType >> >>Then create the association. To do this, create a desktop file under >>~/.kde2/share/applnk/win32start.desktop >>and place the following into it: >> >>[Desktop Entry] >>Comment=Start Win32 applications or files >>Exec=win32start >>Icon=exec >>InitialPreference=3 >>MimeType=Application;application/win32shortcut >>Name=Win32 Starter >>Path= >>ServiceTypes= >>Terminal=false >>TerminalOptions= >>Type=Application >>X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false >>X-KDE-Username= >> >>This can also be done through control panel if you want to make life >>easier ... but on my system it >>gave some trouble ... >> >>Now you should be able to for example browse to your Start Menu on your >>windows drive and start >>programs. >> >>I then added a nice second start menu to kicker by using a QuickBrowser >>linked to my Windows Start Menu >>folder ... (actually I now have a subdirectory of ~ called Start which >>contains links to everything >>in the All Users Start Menu and my user's Start Menu .... with a simple >>shell script to update the links) >> >>I've created a nice icon for this as well, with a "exec" icon background >>with the four coloured windows >>from the Linux samba icon on top. It sits next to the K menu icon, so I >>can launch either KDE or standard >>windows apps. >> >>Any feedback/comments? Is this what other people are using >>kde-cygwin to do? >> >>_______________________________________________ >>kde-cygwin mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-cygwin >> >> >> >> >> > > > >=============================== >This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom >it is addressed. >If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email >in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this >email is strictly prohibited. >You are explicitly requested to notify the sender of this email that the intended >recipient was not reached. > > >
