Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday, 23 October 2020 14:43:49 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Why are you double-clicking Button2 at all, let alone accidentally in > the wrong place? And why do you do this often enough outside of any > window so it's a problem? Is it a dodgy mouse bouncing the button? I'm not. I press the m

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday, 23 October 2020 14:39:53 BST Patrick Wigmore wrote: > For me, removing the middle-click action from the Desktop Settings > only seems to affect this exact feature; the pasting of new notes, > where the note didn't exist until the paste occurred. You are right. I don't remember setting

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > I *want* the paste; I probably use that more often than right-click. What does the middle button, Button2, do for you? For me, it pastes on a Press-Release AKA a click. Double-clicking does nothing. > > Also, they talk of configuring the Desktop, since that's where > > you're click

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Patrick Wigmore
> Unfortunately, these just confirm what I already knew; you can get > rid of Notes if you disable the middle mouse click behaviour (which > I use all the time) or uninstall the plasma-widgets-addons Package > which gets rid of a lot of stuff that I do use. > I *want* the paste; I probably use th

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday, 23 October 2020 13:28:23 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Your original forum post said you used middle button (Button2) as a > replacement for double-clicking Button1, but those links including > removing the use of Button2 as a paste. I'm surprised it's doing both > and that you can't lose

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > these just confirm what I already knew; you can get rid of Notes if > you disable the middle mouse click behaviour (which I use all the > time) Your original forum post said you used middle button (Button2) as a replacement for double-clicking Button1, but those links including removi

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday, 23 October 2020 12:32:39 BST Patrick Wigmore wrote: > I constantly use middle click to paste things, but it never would have > occurred to me that pasting text onto the desktop might have this > effect. It never used to. > It turns out that this note-pasting "feature" is present in (fo

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Patrick Wigmore
On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:36:19 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > > I think the key word for finding this information was "paste". > > I used ‘disable plasma notes’. My full search query was 'plasma paste notes'. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-11-03 20:00 Check to

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Terry Coles
On Friday, 23 October 2020 10:09:00 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote: > I've obviously no idea what any of that is, but Google came up with > links like these which look helpful. > > > https://superuser.com/questions/1116231/completely-disable-desktop-notes-kd > e-plasma-5 > https://www.reddit.com/r/k

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Patrick, > I think the key word for finding this information was "paste". I used ‘disable plasma notes’. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2020-11-03 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread,

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Patrick Wigmore
Good afternoon Terry, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > (Notes) that randomly drops Post-its on my desktop: > I've obviously no idea what any of that is, but Google came up with > links like these which look helpful. > > > https://superuser.com/questions/1116231/completely-disable-desktop-> > notes-

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Terry, > Recently I posted to the Ubuntu Forums regarding a Plasma Widget > (Notes) that randomly drops Post-its on my desktop: I've obviously no idea what any of that is, but Google came up with links like these which look helpful. https://superuser.com/questions/1116231/completely-disa

Re: [Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread PeterMerchant
On 23/10/2020 09:43, Terry Coles wrote: Hi, Recently I posted to the Ubuntu Forums regarding a Plasma Widget (Notes) that randomly drops Post-its on my desktop: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2452181 After four days, there has been no reply (there has been only one View and I suspec

[Dorset] KDE - How to Disable Plasma Widgets

2020-10-23 Thread Terry Coles
Hi, Recently I posted to the Ubuntu Forums regarding a Plasma Widget (Notes) that randomly drops Post-its on my desktop: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2452181 After four days, there has been no reply (there has been only one View and I suspect that's me). I'm sure in earlier itera