> New applications see the change even without runnign kbuildsycoca, but the > open ones do not. If I go to the proxy settings in Konqueror, I can see > the dialog changed according to the file change, but if I don't hit "Ok" > or "Apply", but "Cancel", the change does not affect the Konqueror > instance. Sounds reasonable - I think it's a bit unfair to expect apps to respond to changes in their config files without a restart of the app, or at least a SIGHUP. (Plus, it would change the behaviour of a running app if the config file was changed unexpectedly, which seems like a bad thing). > In any case, these methods are fine for you and me and all programmer Unix > geeks around, but are not suitable for the common user who needs a GUI and > easy way to achieve his/her goal. Well, if it works for you, there's no problem :-). But on your point that there should be a GUI, I'd tend to disagree: your situation seems like an unusual one, and GUIs can't be expected to handle every single corner case. ICBW, though, so you might want to request such a GUI as a wishlist on bugs.kde.org - it might be easy to implement. > Thanks a lot, anyway. You're welcome :-) Regards, Philip -- KDE Documentation Team: http://i18n.kde.org/doc KDE Documentation Online: http://docs.kde.org ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.