On Sunday 28 March 2010 22:36:23 James Kerr wrote: > Anne, I've just noticed that you've added a paragraph about Mandriva > to the Kmail FAQ. Unfortunately, this gives the impression that > Mandriva has some convoluted customised version of systemsettings, > which so far as I am aware is not the case. (The images in the > userbase are what I see on my systems.) > > The only relevant customised aspect of a Mandriva system is that it > labels the Menu entry (and a panel icon) as "Configure Your Desktop". > These open systemsettings, from which point the generic instructions > in the FAQ apply. > > If a Mandriva specific comment is needed in the FAQ, then I think that > something along the following lines would suffice: > > "On a Mandriva system to access systemsettings, select "Configure Your > Desktop" in the menu or the panel icon with that name." > > (You can probably phrase that more elegantly than I have done.) > > As I'm sure you recall (but others may not know), Mandrake/Mandriva > has used this naming convention for many years. IIRC at least since > KDE2.x. It is done in order to differentiate between KDE settings > (which are mainly user preferences) and system-wide configuration > which is done by the root user in the Mandriva Control Centre. I confess that I was a little surprised - Mandriva are not usually so very different. Before I change the entry again, can you please just check for me - is the path that Philip gave me an alternative path, or actually wrong? Anne -- KDE Community Working Group New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
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