Andrew Kar wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> In my version of KDE (3.1) there is no option for initiating profiles
>> other than the built-in ones, so I changed these to use them in the
>> following way:
>>
>> "kfmclient openProfile filemanagement &"
>
> What makes you think you are limited to those 4?
I am. Please allow me to explain...
> KDE has always been able to have new profiles,
Yes, I can do this in KDE 3.1.
> And it does on your version
> as well otherwise you would not be able to set it to open freq used
> locations/panels/thumbnails like you say in your later post.
I _changed_ (overwrote) Midnight Commander, File Preview and the others.
This means that I essentially lost them, but I now have 4 profiles that
suit me better and I invoke them using CTRL+ALT+key.
> When you make those changes and go to Save the profile you simply give it
> another name like myview.
I can do that, but it is not accessible from the command-line. I tried
several times.
> Thereafter you can always open it with kfmclient openProfile myview
> and make an icon for it (just copy the filemanager.desktop.
> I have icons and/or menu entries that open a Filing Cabinet, Applications
> and Preferences views. Apps and Prefs open single pane icon view of the
> application groups and control-panel respectively whilst Filing Cabinet
> open a left tree rooted on the Filing Cabinet with
> Documents,clipart,sounds,tech articles etc with their contents in the
> right hand pane and Ive been doing that since kde 2.x
It sounds as if you are way ahead of me. I like to keep my Desktop rather
empty though.
Roy
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