On Saturday 16 Jul 2016 01:30:33 Michael Palimaka wrote:
> On 15/07/16 07:00, Mick wrote:
> > On Friday 15 Jul 2016 02:03:09 Michael Palimaka wrote:
> >> On 14/07/16 08:04, Mick wrote:
> >> 
> >> For the missing icons, is this inside a Plasma session? What's the
> >> output of "env | grep XDG_"?
> > 
> > No, I am not running the full Plasma desktop - although I had tried this
> > on a PC with the Plasma desktop and the effect was the same.
> > 
> > This is what I get on my laptop:
> > 
> > $ env | grep XDG_
> > XDG_VTNR=7
> > XDG_MENU_PREFIX=e-
> > XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=dell_xps-1468520688.314968-1860262165
> > XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
> > XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1
> > XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
> > XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg
> > XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
> > XDG_SEAT=seat0
> > XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=
> > XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share
> > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/user/1000
> > XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=
> 
> There is an ongoing issue with KDE Applications displaying missing icons
> outside of a Plasma environment, due to a behaviour change in Qt 5 where
> it tries to automatically theme (including icon theme) applications
> based on the running environment.
> 
> As a workaround, try exporting XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="KDE" prior to
> running Dolphin.
> 
> >>>> It is expected that kim4 (kdelibs4-based) does not work with
> >>>> KF5-based Dolphin.
> >>> 
> >>> This was a very useful facility for me.  I hope kim5 will be brought
> >>> out.
> >> 
> >> I did a really quick test by copying the service files to the KF5
> >> location (/usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus) and ran a couple of
> >> operations and it seemed to work OK.
> > 
> > Do you mean copying the Kim4 files from
> > ~/.kde4/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/?
> 
> The ones it installs:
> 
> /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/kim_compressandresize.desktop
> /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/kim_convertandrotate.desktop
> /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/kim_publication.desktop

Thanks for this tip Michael, it works perfectly.  While I was there, I also 
copied over all k3b shortcuts too.  :-)

Shouldn't all these get picked up automatically when Plasma is installed and 
symlinked?

-- 
Regards,
Mick