On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:00:01 +1100 Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Scott, > Which Debian release are you running? Testing, so KDE is at 4.6.somethingorother. > Perhaps we're talking of slightly different things - default (don't > know what KDE3.5x was, don't have Lenny on hand) is to apply setting > per directory - that's changeable so that settings are applicable to > all directories. And don't forget to save those changes to the profile. Yes, I'm aware of that, but that has no bearing on what I am experiencing. In KDE3, those setting weren't transferred across view modes; Icon view settings & list (detail as KDE4 calls it) view settings, at least for "show hidden files" weren't inherited one from the other. > > I didn't have to keep (de)selecting show hidden files according to > > which view mode I was using. > Try the view properties under Toolbar => Configure => General. I must have my stupid head on, because I can't find that anywhere. Exactly what step are you taking here? > Kpart is the shared component you're referring to - it's not a > "wrapper" for Dolphin. (and it has an annoying habit of highlighting Fair enough; A misunderstanding on my part, and use of poor terminology. > is possible (even Trinity's version is not identical). Probably not; A lot of water's passed under the bridge since that time. > What is truly lacking is a good, FUD free, guide to tweaking and > configuring KDE4, and the main apps. I find the default theme ugly (and Indeed. It took me quite a while (read; months) to figure out that the KDE3 style kicker could be had, as you mentioned. Getting some of the info seems to be like pulling hens teeth. > On the plus side - I've found it's possible to make KDE4 lighter and > quicker than KDE3, and the netbook-plasma interface is brilliant for I never noticed a slowdown when the change to KDE4 came. Mind you, my machine was struggling to keep up with KDE3 at that point, so I ended up building a new one, and installing Debian with KDE4 on that. Consequently, I can't compare the two. Overall, I'm happy with KDE4. Once I overcame the culture shock. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" He signed up for just three years, it seemed a small amount Tin Soldiers - Stiff Little Fingers
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