I am not an expert user. However, I would gladly support any useful desktop funtion that makes the learning curve less painful-especially if it works. :-) As Mandrake is stable and performs nicely, I hope future *improvements* are acutal improvements that work correctly the first time in a real world. Pj Denis Havlik wrote: > > I suppose most of the people on "experts" list already know this, but it > is a rather nice summary so I thought I might forward it to You. > > cu > Denis > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > About Autostart and Templates dirs. > > Autostart > > You can put any kdelnk or executable in Autostart Directory; this program will > then be executed whenever you start KDE. Sadly there is no Autostop Dir. > Default position for Autostart dir is $HOME/Desktop/Autostart. If you delete > this dir it will be recreated by kfm on next start. > > Template > > If you take a look into Template directory you will see templates for kdelnks > which you can create with RightMouseButton->New on desktop or directory shown > in KFM window. > The idea behind it was to create Templates not only for .kdelnks but also for > Documents, or even whole directory structures; Unfortunately this doesn�t work > quite well: you can put some template for text document "New.txt", and after > new start of KDE you will have an entry for it under RMB->New submenu; if you > click on it you will be asked for file name and properties. > > Default position for Templates dir is $HOME/Desktop/Templates. If you delete > this dir it will be recreated by kfm on next start. > > How can I remove these from my Desktop? > > 1.) Edit $HOME/.kde/share/config/kfmrc and add these lines: > ---start lines to add--- > [Paths] > Templates=<full path to your desired templates dir> > Autostart=<full path to your desired autostart dir> > ---end lines to add--- > > 2.) Then create those directories (for example, I do it under > "/home/sven/.kde/share/apps/kfm/"; note that you can�t use "~" or "$HOME"; full > path is required. > > <COMMENT> > THIS IS A BUG IF I EVER SAW ONE. THE SAME SHIT AS IN NETSCAPE. > YET ANOTHER STUPID THINK TO WORRY ABOUT WHEN MOVING USERS TO A NEW > HOME-DIR. WILL THIS BE FIXED? > </COMMENT> > > 3.) Copy your existing Autostart and Templates contents to new dirs. > > 4.) Restart KDE (or just kfm: "killall kfm; kfm") > > For creating new users: > > a) Make some script which adds those changes to kfmrc (remember not to use > "$HOME" or "~") > b) Edit $KDEDIR/share/config/desktop and remove lines containing Templates and >Autostart > > When new user logs in Templates will be filled from > /$KDEDIR/share/apps/kfm/Templates > > KDE 2 will bring better Template handling (Like when you click "New KWord document" >It will ask you for name and open it in KWord), and selectable places for Autostart >(and maybe Autostop) dirs.
