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Ekardnam

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Hi, I am ekardnam and I create Wallpaper Other and KDE Plasma Screenshots.

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Smooth Tasks

Plasma 4 Extensions by panzi 842 comments

Default in KDE 4.4. :) - Nov 07 2009
Qalculate

Plasma 4 Extensions by matteo81 88 comments

Thank you for implementing this, keep on rocking! - Oct 20 2009
Smooth Tasks

Plasma 4 Extensions by panzi 842 comments

I see, thanks for the reply. - Oct 15 2009
Smooth Tasks

Plasma 4 Extensions by panzi 842 comments

I haven't tried Smooth Tasks yet, so this feature might already be implemented. However, it doesn't hurt to ask:

In STasks, when sorting by desktop, it does a second sort alphabetically. I don't like when tasks jump around when I change tabs, for example.

Would it be possible to disable this second level sort and only show the tasks in the order they appear when "Sort by: Desktop" in chosen?

Keep up the good work! - Oct 13 2009
Qalculate

Plasma 4 Extensions by matteo81 88 comments

First of all, great plasmoid. Very useful.

It would be nice if the textbox got focus if you click anywhere on the widget. I implemented this for myself (for fun) a while ago, but I'm sure it's no problem for you to do it.

(1. I'm not sure I did it the right way. 2. I don't have access to that machine at the moment. Sorry about that, would be fun to send a patch otherwise. :P). - Oct 11 2009
PublicTransport

Plasma 4 Extensions by fpuelz 813 comments

Thanks for your reply. I have no clue how the URL works, but I'll mail SL and see if they want to share the answer.

There were some Mac OS X widgets floating around, but (a) neither seems to work "perfectly" and (b) they don't seem to use the new function. I'll post again if I find something out.

(Geez, there should be a standard API for this kind of stuff). - Jul 06 2009
PublicTransport

Plasma 4 Extensions by fpuelz 813 comments

Hi,

Could you please add Stockholm Local Transport (SL) to the list? Their departure board for buses is still under testing, but seems to work well for me.

Website
http://realtid.sl.se/

Stop Names
Stora Lappkärrsberget
Universitetet södra
Universitetet (T-banan)
Liljeholmen

Parenthesis
This is only for buses :/, for other types see http://sl.se/templates/RealTimePage.aspx

Blåbuss = Blue buss (also listed on the first page)
Pendeltåg = Commuter train
Roslagsbanan = A railway line
Tunnelbana = Metro (green, red, blue)

Hopefully they'll expand the first site to include these. - Jul 04 2009
Air final update (plasma theme)

Plasma Themes by linuxcolor 28 comments

> Ok, if u not like just do not use it.

And if the KDE developers/artists don't like this, do you still stand by this statement? I don't know what they actually think, but this reminds me of the Oxygen icon issue:
http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2007/11/open-and-responsible.html - Jun 14 2009
PlasmaNotify Firefox addon

Utilities by ademmer1977 43 comments

Yes, it only works correctly with 4.3. - Jun 14 2009
bkodama

Plasma 4 Extensions by ibuscher 25 comments

Thank you very much. I always have my desktop locked, so this is much appreciated!

Another feature I would like to see is regarding the sound: now it plays it (if you've enabled sound) regardless if the activity is active or not. I would like bkodama to not play a sound if the activity where it belongs is inactive. However, I don't know if it's possible with Plasma. - Jun 10 2009
bkodama

Plasma 4 Extensions by ibuscher 25 comments

It's a shame that Kodama can't move when the desktop is locked. Is there any way to bypass it? Bball was able to do it in the earlier KDE4 series, but it hasn't worked for me in a while. - Jun 08 2009
Device Manager

Plasma 4 Extensions by giucam 175 comments

That's cool to hear. :)

Do you think you could draw a triangle or something to show that the devices are expandable/contactable?

Again, thanks for working on this! - Jun 06 2009
Device Manager

Plasma 4 Extensions by giucam 175 comments

Very cool, finally a device manager that resembles a mockup I made years ago. :)

Judging from your description/screenshot (I haven't tried the plasmoid yet), I miss the following features:

1. Option to expand/contract actions (think "treeview").
2. Option to not show the popup when a device is inserted. Instead the icon should show that the device has been plugged in (e.g. by flashing/changing color).
3. Option to not show "Storage Volume".
4. Option to not show actions (contracted by default). However, the actions for the latest plugged in device should be shown. (Of course you can show/hide actions for all devices).

Uuh, lots of options. :D
And a last one:
5. Option to let the popup grow instead of showing a scrollbar (not sure about this one).

Keep up the good work! - Jun 06 2009
Yakuake

System Software by Sho 1027 comments

That's a shame. I suspect that it isn't possible to "fix" without the necessary fixes in the Konsole KPart either, correct?

Anyway, thanks for the fast answer, and thank you for the awesome work on Yakuake!

I might file a bug regarding this (for Konsole), just need to do some more research when I have the time. - Jun 02 2009
Yakuake

System Software by Sho 1027 comments

I use Yakuake + irssi as an IRC client, which works very well. In KDE3, I had Yakuake beep every time someone highlighted me. In KDE4, however, Konsole doesn't support system bell anymore (bleh).

My question is, is it possible set Yakuake to make some other kind of noise when the Bell (^G) rings? It doesn't seem to follow Konsole's notification settings. - Jun 02 2009
KRunner Kopete Contacts

App Runners by progdan 27 comments

I've wanted this since the ages of Katapult (there was an IM plugin in Fast Track, but it didn't work properly). A shame that I don't use IMs that much anymore. :P

Does it search for both name and e.g. e-mail? - May 22 2009
STasks

Plasma 4 Extensions by mbaszczewski 445 comments

As I said in an earlier post, I like to sort by desktop. However, it seems it also sorts alphabetically, which I highly dislike - for example, tasks jump around when I change tab in Firefox.

I would like to disable the second level sorting when "sort by desktop" is chosen. - May 21 2009
STasks

Plasma 4 Extensions by mbaszczewski 445 comments

I would like to do this as well. :)

STasks is awesome. Finally I can show all windows in the taskbar without it getting overcrowded (by only expanding tasks from the current desktop). Two thumbs up! - May 19 2009
Plasmaboard

Plasma 4 Extensions by Jinidog 87 comments

One think that would be _really_ cool:
make it possible to use custom keyboard layouts (.keyboard.xml). For example, KTouch comes with a keyboard editor.

Screenshot:
http://edu.kde.org/ktouch/kde4/ktouch2.png

More information:
http://edu.kde.org/ktouch/kde4/keyboards-layouts.php - Apr 26 2009
Lastmoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by Deaimel 27 comments

The problem is that plasmoids in the Plasmoid Script section show up in ghns (Install New Widgets). Since this widget isn't a plasmoid script, it would fail to install. - Jan 26 2009
Mini Player

Plasma 4 Extensions by Emdek 142 comments

It could depend on the Phonon backend. The widget notmart made only worked with phonon-gst as far as I know. - Jan 26 2009
SMHI weather plasmoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by svenstorp 34 comments

I haven't tried the new version, but judging from the screenshot I can only say one thing: Awesome.

This plasmoid is going to be very useful when I update to KDE4 (currently only playing around in trunk), thanks for making it! - Jan 20 2009
SMHI weather plasmoid

Plasma 4 Extensions by svenstorp 34 comments

Very nice plasmoid. Just two things:

1. It seems the widget doesn't remember its size. Is it because I use KDE from trunk or can anyone else reproduce this? (Resize, restart Plasma).

2. It looks a little bit "messy" at the moment. Clearer rows/columns would be nice. - Nov 25 2008
Adjustable Clock

Plasma 4 Extensions by Emdek 354 comments

Nice. After all, Plasma is all about clocks. ;) - Nov 19 2008
Kopete login window

Desktop Concepts by and1 6 comments

I asked about Guest mode for Kopete some time ago, and they (can't remember who :P) said that it's coming. - Nov 11 2008
ActiveWindow Control

Plasma 4 Extensions by DanaKil 26 comments

This is something I've wanted since I experimented with a panel on the top of the screen. I only missed a close button in the right corner but couldn't figure out how to do it in KDE 3.5.x.

Now I use two monitors so this kind of solution isn't optimal. But it would be interesting to experiment with this plasmoid on a netbook, for example.

In future versions, it would be nice if the icons could be changed in the GUI. - Oct 19 2008
PeachyDock

Plasma 4 Extensions by matasvada 42 comments

The thing with Plasma is that there are no standalone widgets. You should be able to put it on a panel.
:) - May 19 2008
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

I'm really looking forward for an update that fixes
- the random crashes.
- IM catalog.

Then Katapult would be (almost) perfect. - Apr 14 2008
KDE time-affected/seasonal backgrounds

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by hoppimike 15 comments

Doesn't Fedora (with Gnome, I believe) have this feature?

With KDE4 and Plasma, I don't think it would be very hard to do. - Mar 02 2008
KPV

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by CKulT 22 comments

Looks like a very neat little thing. Any thought of "porting" it to Plasma? :) - Dec 18 2007
Wikipedia Dump Reader

Education Apps by benji2 34 comments

You (as in plural; I think superstoned already know about this ;) can read more about the Wikipedia and KDE cooperation here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/KDE_and_Wikipedia

It is indeed very nice, however, I don't know how it's proceeding either. :/ - Sep 11 2007
Find in Menus (Mockup)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by panzi 7 comments

Sound similar to this mockup. ;)
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/TBC+-+Searchable+menus?content=53580 - Sep 07 2007
Keyboard Caps Lock applet

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Mar91 2 comments

Have you tried "Keyboard Status" applet for Kicker? KKeyled? Etc.

No offense, but I don't think "KDE Improvements" is an appropriate category to post questions such as this one - instead, why not ask on IRC, write a forum post or something similar? (There is for example http://www.kde-forum.org/ and http://www.linuxquestions.org/)

By the way, you can find KKeyled here: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/kkeyled?content=9941
Keyboard Status was included by default on my system. Good luck! - Aug 18 2007
3.5.x Xinerama improvements

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Seli 16 comments

"Click and drag the titlebar of a maximized window in the direction of the screen you want to move the window to, release the mouse button to make it snap in place on that screen. Currently in KDE, you have to spend a few seconds on properly aligning the window on the screen you moved it to."

+1. That's the feature I miss most at the moment.
I think this should be enabled even if you have unchecked "Allow moving and resizing of maximized windows".

I haven't tried the patch, but I wonder if it's possible to specify which screen an applications should appear on in "Window-Specific Settings"? I know it's possible with "Position", but still not perfect. - Aug 17 2007
Strigi

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by oever 126 comments

Edit: Nevermind, it worked after a reboot. :) - Aug 10 2007
Strigi

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by oever 126 comments

I have installed Qt4 now (from cmake: -- Found Qt-Version 4.3.1), and succeeded building strigidaemon, strigicmd and strigiclient.

However, when I try to launch strigiclient, I get:

Quote:strigiclient: error while loading shared libraries: libstrigiqtdbusclient.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

A search on google didn't help; does anyone have a hint on how to solve this problem?
(I'm still using Slackware. I used 'QTDIR=/opt/qt4/ PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$PATH cmake ..' when I build Strigi.) - Aug 09 2007
KDE4 bubbles

Wallpapers KDE Plasma by maniaco 5 comments

Nice, however I would prefer if you remove the "KDE 4" text.

Have you signed up for the Oxygen context? Otherwise I think yu should do so. :)
http://pd.ruphy.org/ - Aug 03 2007
Strigi

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by oever 126 comments

So I compiled CLucene and Strigi from source, seemed to work after fixing the paths to /usr. Running "strigidaemon" in a terminal doesn't show any nasty error messages of any sort - great.

But now I wonder how I can use it. My Qt version is 3.3.8 (default package from Slackware 12.0), and I don't plan to install Qt4 - so StrigiApplet is preferable, right?

I just don't understand how to install it. I haven't found any Slackware packages, so I downloaded the source and followed the guide in the README:
Quote:mkdir build
cd build
export QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt3
cmake -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=${HOME}/testinstall/include \
-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=${HOME}/testinstall/lib \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${HOME}/testinstall ..
Then I ran make and make install. No errors, but can't find it among my Kicker applets. Should I edit the paths?

As I'm not used to cmake, I tried to compile from svn (also described in README). I added --prefix=`kde-config --prefix` to the ./configure, and then make and make install. No problems, but still can't find any applets (doesn't work in Konqueror either).

I'm confused; if anyone can point me to the right direction, I would be very happy. Thanks in advance! - Jul 31 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

Alt+Space
Ctrl+C

There you go. :D
(You can enable the system tray icon in the settings). - Jul 31 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

Ah. It's very rare that you type wrong this way, as Katapult gives you the right alternative and you just have to press return :)

Regarding bugs, is it ok to post them here, or do you refer any other places? bugs.kde.org? Mail? - Jun 27 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

>> Anyway, for programs, check the options for the programs catalog. Maybe you didn't have icons and had "ignore applications without icons" checked.

Gah! Now I feel really stupid.
[x] Ignore applications without icons
[x] Ignore terminal applications

So it wasn't a bug after all.

>> Doesn't the amarok OSD only show the current playing track? The DCOP function doesn't have any arguments.

Ah, that's a shame. I think it would be good with a hint that the track was queued (and maybe also show it's nummer in the queue), but I guess I just have to rely on Katapult. ;) - Jun 27 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

Found another bug: if you mistype nd try to correct, KFT doesn't find it.

Example:
- Show launcher
- Type "Katapulk"
- Press backspace. No results. If you add a 't' it still doesn't return any results. - Jun 27 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

>> The old Katapult and this fork don't detect changes to the menu made when Katapult is running. The work around is to go to the settings dialog and press ok.

I know this "problem", but I've restarted Katapult FT many times and it still doesn't find the items, which aren't newly added (they've been there for a year or more I believe). So it's really strange. I'll try the old version of Katapult again when I get back to my Linux box to see if there are many more differences.

>> Btw, fixed real transparency support. Will be adding it, along with bugfixes, within the week. Stay tuned. :)

If you can enable/disable real transparency at runtime, it would be very nice. I've disabled composite at the moment (crashed sometimes), so unfortunately I can't use real transparency.

One thing I would like to see for the Amarok Catalog is a small notice when you queue a track; most of the time Amarok is in my system tray, so I can't see if it really got queued. Maybe you could use the Amarok OSD, it shouldn't be too hard with DCOP, is it? A option to turn this on/off would be great too ;)

Finally, a question: is there any ETA for when the IM Catalog will be "finished" (as in usable)? At the moment it doesn't seem to return anything.
To be able to start a conversation with someone on Kopete by typing his/her e-mail/nickname (etc.), that would be awesome. - Jun 26 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

I've found two other kmenu item Katapult can't find: "SVN", which updates Amarok. I added this item using the Menu Editor; "New Item" and then filled all the information by myself.

The Supertux item was added by klik I think. There is another application that I've installed with klik (it's called Tsfsb, don't ask me what it is), Katapult can't find it either.

I've executed both Supertux and SVN with the old version of Katapult. It doesn't seem to ignore them - no complain about duplicated related to these items when I start Katapult. - Jun 26 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

I had some troubles with the Global Shortcut to show the launcher, but I've had it before too; it just didn't save my shortcut if I set it to alt+space. I had to set alt+space for both "Primary shortcut" and "Alternative shortcut" to make it work.

Another thing: before, I could type names of items in my K Menu, but not Katapult doesn't show them all. For example, it doesn't show Supertux which I've installed with Klik. It's located in Kmenu->Applications->Applications (installed by klik)->Supertux.

A final not, the "Clear the query after a delay" (When there's no results) doesn't seem to work as expected. Sometimes it just doesn't do anything when I've type something that doesn't return any results.

Hope I didn't sound too negative, if you want more information just ask. :) - Jun 25 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

Thank you for your fast answer. That did the trick, it seems work very well now. I really like the improvements, exactly what I missed in Katapult!

Just curious, does the IM catalog work? I would really like to see such a feature.

An idea that popped up in my head; a Basket Catalog. I'm not sure it's a good idea yet, but why not share it? Basically, a Basket Catalog to add whatever you've written to your Basket: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/BasKet+Note+Pads?content=10020
Is there any faster way to jot down quick notes? :)
You probably want to set the Number of characters to a higher number for this Catalog. It would also be great with a priority feature.

For now, thank you very much for your work, I look forward to seeing the improved Katapult in the future! - Jun 24 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

Edit: I enabled the system tray icon (from another version of Katapult). It appears like normal. But when I choose "Configure Katapult..." it crashes:

Quote:Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 16384 (LWP 3793)]
[KCrash handler]
#6 0x08058045 in KatapultConfigDlg::addDisplaySettings ()
#7 0x08058f4a in KatapultConfigDlg::KatapultConfigDlg ()
#8 0x0805745c in KatapultSettings::configure ()
#9 0x08057559 in KatapultSettings::qt_invoke ()
#10 0x40c3ed44 in QObject::activate_signal ()
from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#11 0x40c3f4dc in QObject::activate_signal ()
from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#12 0x404a0429 in KAction::activated () from /opt/kde/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#13 0x404a0e8a in KAction::slotActivated () from /opt/kde/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#14 0x404a5719 in KAction::slotPopupActivated ()
from /opt/kde/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#15 0x404a5925 in KAction::qt_invoke () from /opt/kde/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#16 0x40c3ed44 in QObject::activate_signal ()
from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#17 0x40f7e8ed in QSignal::signal () from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#18 0x40c597a1 in QSignal::activate () from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#19 0x40d51a27 in QPopupMenu::mouseReleaseEvent ()
from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#20 0x404901a1 in KPopupMenu::mouseReleaseEvent ()
from /opt/kde/lib/libkdeui.so.4
#21 0x40c78aa4 in QWidget::event () from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#22 0x40bda23f in QApplication::internalNotify ()
from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#23 0x40bda496 in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#24 0x4074bac5 in KApplication::notify () from /opt/kde/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#25 0x40b7460a in QETWidget::translateMouseEvent ()
from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#26 0x40b72821 in QApplication::x11ProcessEvent ()
from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#27 0x40b85f25 in QEventLoop::processEvents ()
from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#28 0x40bf0961 in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#29 0x40bf08b6 in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#30 0x40bd939f in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
#31 0x08051bfc in main () - Jun 24 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

>> It's my patch :)

Haha, how could I miss that.

I tried Fast Track now. It compiled fine, but when I press the shortcut keys (alt+space, I also tried to assign other shortcuts as alternatives) nothing shows up!

Nothing strange in the terminal output (it just says that it ignores some duplicates)

Slackware 11.0, KDE 3.5.4. Anything else you want to know? - Jun 24 2007
Katapult-Fast Track

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by dilettante 81 comments

I use almost only Katapult to launch applications - for often used apps, I have keyboard shortcuts. Also Alt+F2 to launch things Katapult can't find and to use commands like 'kdesu application'.

It's great to see that one of my favorite apps is being improved. The new features sound very promising.

Maybe you could include the patch here for real transparency: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Real+Transparency+for+Katapult+0.3.1.4?content=55287
If I remember correctly, there is an option to enable/disable composite with this patch, but I'm not sure if it worked to disable it.

Regarding the name, I don't think "Fast track" is a good name; there is already a p2p protocol called FastTrack. - Jun 23 2007
Crystal Project

Full Icon Themes by everaldo 127 comments

As far as I know: no/no.
The style is just a mockup. - Jun 20 2007