[gentoo-user] kde - limit an icon to a single desktop

[gentoo-user] kde - limit an icon to a single desktop

[»Q«]

This would be better asked in a KDE user forum, but I'm just getting
Gentoo set up on a laptop and haven't found any KDE groups/lists yet.

Is there a way to have an app-launching icon appear on one or more of
the desktops but not on others?  I did STFW, but I can't find anything
about it.

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Re: [gentoo-user] kde - limit an icon to a single desktop

[Philip Webb]

061230 ?Q? wrote:
> Is there a way to have an app-launching icon appear
> on one or more of the KDE desktops but not on others?

Have a look at 'apwal' : it doesn't do exactly what you request,
but it's a rather cute device for calling up icons when you want them.
I have it mapped to the left mouse button.

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[gentoo-user] Re: kde - limit an icon to a single desktop

[»Q«]

In <20061230183338.GA5635@sympatico.ca>,
Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 061230 Q wrote:
> > Is there a way to have an app-launching icon appear
> > on one or more of the KDE desktops but not on others?
> 
> Have a look at 'apwal' : it doesn't do exactly what you request,
> but it's a rather cute device for calling up icons when you want them.
> I have it mapped to the left mouse button.

Thanks much; that's really neat.  I've used xbindkeys to map
ctrl+rightclick to apwal.  But I'd rather have it come up only when I
right click on the desktop; again I seem to be up against a lack of
configurability in KDE, which will only let me choose among various KDE
menus to bind to clicking on a desktop.

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[gentoo-user] Re: kde - limit an icon to a single desktop

[»Q«]

In <20061231130911.GA5640@sympatico.ca>,
Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Most people complain that KDE allows too much user configurability
> (smile). Assuming KDE 3.5.5 (or fairly recent),

It is KDE 3.5.5.  After install, I looked through all the control center
options, and I was impressed -- it's still a lot, but it seems much more
understandable than the last time I had a look, c. 3.2.x.

> open the KDE Control Centre, goto  Desktop -> Behaviour -> General
> -> Mouse Button Actions ; opposite the button of your choice ( R for
> you ) open the list & choose 'Custom Menu 1', which lights up the
> corresponding 'edit' button; click on that to get 'menu editor',
> click 'new' for 'choose application' & finally enter "apwal" in the
> entry box; click 'ok' there & 'apply' back in the KDE Control Centre
> display & it should work.

Heh, I did do that before settling on xbindkeys.  Opening a menu to
then launch apwal was too much clicking for me. ;)  When I am using the
mouse, my left hand is usually hanging out near the ctrl key anyway, so
binding to ctrl+rtclick is more comfortable than I though it would be.

> 'apwal' is a joke by its French creator: 'à poil' =
> 'bareback' (riding).

Aha, thanks.  I think after a day of usage, I am now an apwal
evangelist, so that's good to know.  Thanks for all your help.

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Re: [gentoo-user] kde - limit an icon to a single desktop

[Uwe Thiem]

On 30 December 2006 20:09, »Q« wrote:
> This would be better asked in a KDE user forum, but I'm just getting
> Gentoo set up on a laptop and haven't found any KDE groups/lists yet.

You can find all KDE-related lists on http://lists.kde.org.

>
> Is there a way to have an app-launching icon appear on one or more of
> the desktops but not on others?  I did STFW, but I can't find anything
> about it.

AFAIK, that's not possible.

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] kde - limit an icon to a single desktop

[b.n.]

Uwe Thiem ha scritto:
> On 30 December 2006 20:09, »Q« wrote:
>> This would be better asked in a KDE user forum, but I'm just getting
>> Gentoo set up on a laptop and haven't found any KDE groups/lists yet.
> 
> You can find all KDE-related lists on http://lists.kde.org.
> 
>> Is there a way to have an app-launching icon appear on one or more of
>> the desktops but not on others?  I did STFW, but I can't find anything
>> about it.
> 
> AFAIK, that's not possible.

Looks like a cool feature for KDE 4... why don't you go there and 
suggest them to implement it? :)

m.
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Re: [gentoo-user] kde - limit an icon to a single desktop

[Uwe Thiem]

On 02 January 2007 15:28, b.n. wrote:
> Uwe Thiem ha scritto:
> > On 30 December 2006 20:09, »Q« wrote:
> >> This would be better asked in a KDE user forum, but I'm just getting
> >> Gentoo set up on a laptop and haven't found any KDE groups/lists yet.
> >
> > You can find all KDE-related lists on http://lists.kde.org.
> >
> >> Is there a way to have an app-launching icon appear on one or more of
> >> the desktops but not on others?  I did STFW, but I can't find anything
> >> about it.
> >
> > AFAIK, that's not possible.
>
> Looks like a cool feature for KDE 4... why don't you go there and
> suggest them to implement it? :)

Why don't you?bugs.kde.org does accept wishlist items. ;-)

I am happy with the way it is since I rarely use desktop icons but stick to 
the customised selection of apps on my panel and the menus.

Some will like your suggestion, some won't. So it would be yet another 
configuration option. I don't know. Maybe, KDE's HCI people should decide.

Uwe

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