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KDE4 Notes

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Contents 1 KDE4 (stuff) 1.1 What's changed since 3.5? 1.2 What I use every day: 1.2.1 Login 1.2.2 In the box 1.3 Answers to the important questions: 1.4 Demos / Q&A?

KDE4 (stuff)

Or How I really needed to get off of KDE 3.5

You know you're using an outdated version when people in the #gentoo IRC forum ask what the heck you're still using KDE 3.5 for?

What's changed since 3.5?

• You tell me.
  • Things that effected me:
    • Where are the Keyboard Shortcuts for applications?
    • Where did dcop go?

What I use every day:

• konsole
  • aliases (if we have time)
    • vnc sessions
    • rdp sessions
    • custom scripts
• kdialog
• screenshots

Login

• ~/.kde4/Autostart
  • adding my ssh keys
  • initiating popups
  • launching my own daemons
    • ~/bin/usb_key_listen.sh

In the box

• keyboard shortcuts (I use this a lot... no... really, I mean a lot)
  • Global
    • Examples
      • start firefox on all desktops
      • launch custom scripts that do cool things
        • copy, edit, paste script "~/bin/clipedit.sh"
      • maximize window
      • close window
      • switch desktops
      • switch windows, etc...
  • Application Specific
    • Examples
      • konsole (rename tab, new-tab, etc)
      • knotes (rename,delete,etc)

Answers to the important questions:

• Where did dcop go?
  • it's now a part of the dbus interface
    • Dbus has a much larger use base than KDE (another tutorial)
  • KDE dbus tutorial
    • qdbusviewer (a good way to browse around different components of ways to control dbus interfaces)
    • so where is this widget thinger that I want to set via the command line?
      • qdbus
        • example: qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.getClipboardContents > ${pastefile}
      • dbus-send
        • example: dbus-send --dest=org.kde.klipper --type=method_call --print-reply /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.setClipboardContents string:"Hello there

• Where are the keyboard shortcuts?
  • Help Menus
  • MenuEdit
  • System Settings -> Computer Administration -> Keyboard and Mouse

Demos / Q&A?

• If we have time
  • Making a custom name mapping of my new droid phone with udev
  • custom routing script to access pinhole networks