[kde] konsole (started around 4.5, IIRC) suspends processing shortly after the displays go into sleep mode.

Try this command in a konsole window: while true; do { sleep 1; date; } done It should start printing the time, repeatedly, every second. (You may wish to adjust that to every 5 seconds using sleep 5, it's up to you.) Now, wait a few minutes after X shuts down the displays. Here, the

[kde] How to set up Menu items such that if an instance is already running, the running instance is brought to the foreground?

I have two separate cases where seniors using KDE like to open many instances of the same application rather than use the already-open application. This is a user problem, not a KDE problem, but I wonder if there is technical solution. These users click the application's menu item to start using

[kde] Re: How to use Plasmoid shortcuts

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 02:31, Duncan 1i5t5.dun...@cox.net wrote: Nice thinking there! I'd love to claim the credit, but IIRC it was Kevin Krammer that originally posted that tip.  I just filed it away for use whenever I needed it, as I have a couple times since.  =:^)  Given that he's a kde

[kde] Re: How to set up Menu items such that if an instance is already running, the running instance is brought to the foreground?

Dotan Cohen writes: I have two separate cases where seniors using KDE like to open many instances of the same application rather than use the already-open application. This is a user problem, not a KDE problem, but I wonder if there is technical solution. Switching to Gnome, maybe? I think

[kde] Re: How to set up Menu items such that if an instance is already running, the running instance is brought to the foreground?

On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:13:37 +0530, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Dotan Cohen writes: I have two separate cases where seniors using KDE like to open many instances of the same application rather than use the already-open application. This is a user problem, not a KDE problem, but

[kde] Re: How to set up Menu items such that if an instance is already running, the running instance is brought to the foreground?

Dotan Cohen posted on Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:07:56 +0200 as excerpted: I have two separate cases where seniors using KDE like to open many instances of the same application rather than use the already-open application. This is a user problem, not a KDE problem, but I wonder if there is

[kde] Re: How to set up Menu items such that if an instance is already running, the running instance is brought to the foreground?

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 16:43, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Switching to Gnome, maybe? I think there the default behaviour is to not allow multiple instances of the same application. Thanks. I'll look into that. These users are unsavy enough to not care about their environment.

[kde] Re: How to set up Menu items such that if an instance is already running, the running instance is brought to the foreground?

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 15:51, phanisvara das listm...@phanisvara.com wrote: doesn't this depend on the application, not the DE? in many cases app.s can be configured via 'settings' or conf. files, what they'll do when they are called while an instance is running already (konqueror, per ex.).