On Friday 08 March 2019 17:51:03 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 08 March 2019 18:38:34 William Morder wrote:
> > On Friday 08 March 2019 13:42:00 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > > > > I see in one of the mime menu's that kpdf isn't called
> > > > > > > kpdf-trinity, but kpdf-part?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > kpdf-part is for opening files in konqueror directly, if you
> > > > > > want to. kpdf-trinity is the right one - the standalone app.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ahh, but it took locate a while to find it:
> > > > > gene@coyote:/etc$ locate kpdf-trinity
> > > > > /usr/lib/mime/packages/kpdf-trinity
> > > > > /usr/share/doc/kpdf-trinity
> > > > > /usr/share/doc/kpdf-trinity/AUTHORS
> > > >
> > > > […]
> > > >
> > > > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/kpdf-trinity.postrm
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Does that look like a good install? I don't see anything in a
> > > > > *bin at all.
> > > >
> > > > On my system (preliminary stable builds for Debian, TDE R14.0.6)
> > > > the binaries are in:
> > > >
> > > > /opt/trinity/bin/
> > > >
> > > > Also, the binary for kpdf is called just "kpdf", that is:
> > > >
> > > > /opt/trinity/bin/kpdf
> > >
> > > And by golly, thar it tis!
> > >
> > > But its still not in the "office" menu's? ? ?
> >
> > {snip}
> >
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> >
> > It is in my office menus, FWIW, even though I almost never run
> > programs except my alt-F2 or command-line. (Actually, I find that KPDF
> > occurs in my menus no less than 3 times, maybe more that I haven't
> > found.) In any case, I believe that you can insert any item, including
> > kpdf, into your menu manually, using TDE Menu Editor: alt-F1, then
> > right-click on office and edit menu.
> >
> > Bill
>
> I looked at kmenuedit this afternoon, and got the impression i didn't
> have perms to do anything to it. RunnIng Kfindapps didn't find it
> either, yet /opt/trinity/bin is in my $PATH. so I gave up, figure
> smarter folks could tell me what to do next, and went to carve some
> steel. Made a touch stylus from a 1/4x2" grade 12 cap screw. Works
> well but my cabling is acting as an antenna, picking up noise which
> equals false trips. Tomorrow. This new machine is painted with epoxy
> paint, and NOTHING is grounded like it should be. Mutter mutter.
>
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
You might want to look into that permissions problem. Are you generally able
to run programs as root? Somebody else may want to jump in here, as I've
never had issues about changing my KDE3 or TDE menus.
Is your system is set up for multiple users? That would be a reason to
restrict permissions on such items.
Bill
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