Re: to stop the thread over conffiles...
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 05:10:39PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> hi ivan,
>
> > > Therefore, the correct place for the system wide override
> > > directory should be
> > > /etc/kde/{applnk,mimelnk,servcises,servicetypes} which might well
> > > be empty by default. Actually, I believe having both
> > > /usr/share/kde/applnk and /usr/share/applnk with different meaning
> > > would cause a lot of confusion. IMO, the second option should be
> > > dropped and replaced by a /etc/kde/applnk (empty by default)
> >
> i agree with him ...
>
> > then edit /etc/kderc and put them where you want.
> >
> that's not the answer we wanted to hear. :)
> why not make it right in the first place, if anybody actually wanting
> to use it (under certain conditions) needs to change it anyway? isn't
> /etc supposed to be the only place on the system, that contains
> customizations (aside from /home and /usr/local)?
doesn't matter. I can't move it easily and therefore I'm not going to.
> another story about overriding ... is there is a way to remove/hide a
> predefined entry (without removing that .desktop file)? can one
> specify in a .desktop file, that it is hidden?
probably...dunno..never tried it.
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