Hi, On Saturday, 2012-12-08, adrelanos wrote: > Hi! > > I, as a distro developer (Whonix), want to make folderview the default > for all users. (Right click on desktop -> Desktop Settings -> Layout -> > Folder View) (I don't care if people change it later.) > > The distro is based on Debian. I am replacing the original > /usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma-desktop/init/00-defaultLayout.js. The file > originally looks like: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ [snip] > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > I am changing 'var activity = new Activity' to 'var activity = new > Activity("folderview");'. That's it. Minor change. > > Is there a better way than replacing the file? > > Stacking the kde configuration files somehow? It didn't work for me. > /etc/environment sets: 'KDEDIRS=/usr/local/share/whonix/kde/' and I > placed the patched 00-defaultLayout.js into the stacked kde > configuration folder. I.e. > /usr/local/share/whonix/kde/apps/plasma-desktop/init/00-defaultLayout.js > > Any idea why it's not working? Does the path appear in the output of kde4-config --path data If it does make sure this is the environment /usr/bin/startkde sees. > Is my approach good or is there are more correct way to do it? My guess would be that this is the right way. If the above check doesn't yield any problem, I would suggest to subscribe to plasma-devel@xxxxxxx and ask there again. Cheers, Kevinn -- Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer KDE user support, developer mentoring
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