On 16/07/16 03:52, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 16 Jul 2016 01:30:33 Michael Palimaka wrote: >> On 15/07/16 07:00, Mick wrote: >>> On Friday 15 Jul 2016 02:03:09 Michael Palimaka wrote: >>>> On 14/07/16 08:04, Mick wrote: >>>> >>>> For the missing icons, is this inside a Plasma session? What's the >>>> output of "env | grep XDG_"? >>> >>> No, I am not running the full Plasma desktop - although I had tried this >>> on a PC with the Plasma desktop and the effect was the same. >>> >>> This is what I get on my laptop: >>> >>> $ env | grep XDG_ >>> XDG_VTNR=7 >>> XDG_MENU_PREFIX=e- >>> XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=dell_xps-1468520688.314968-1860262165 >>> XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user >>> XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1 >>> XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 >>> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg >>> XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 >>> XDG_SEAT=seat0 >>> XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP= >>> XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share >>> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/user/1000 >>> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP= >> >> There is an ongoing issue with KDE Applications displaying missing icons >> outside of a Plasma environment, due to a behaviour change in Qt 5 where >> it tries to automatically theme (including icon theme) applications >> based on the running environment. >> >> As a workaround, try exporting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="KDE" prior to >> running Dolphin. >> >>>>>> It is expected that kim4 (kdelibs4-based) does not work with >>>>>> KF5-based Dolphin. >>>>> >>>>> This was a very useful facility for me. I hope kim5 will be brought >>>>> out. >>>> >>>> I did a really quick test by copying the service files to the KF5 >>>> location (/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus) and ran a couple of >>>> operations and it seemed to work OK. >>> >>> Do you mean copying the Kim4 files from >>> ~/.kde4/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/? >> >> The ones it installs: >> >> /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/kim_compressandresize.desktop >> /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/kim_convertandrotate.desktop >> /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/kim_publication.desktop > > Thanks for this tip Michael, it works perfectly. While I was there, I also > copied over all k3b shortcuts too. :-) > > Shouldn't all these get picked up automatically when Plasma is installed and > symlinked? >
There's no guarantee that KDE4 services will function in a KF5 environment - it's just lucky in this case that they are fairly simple and do.
