Kevin Krammer writes: Kevin> On Wednesday 14 May 2003 23:12, Bruce Sass wrote: >> KDE should recognize stuff under /usr/local. >> >> <more reasons to support /usr/local ootb> Afaict there is no >> place for an admin to make global mods to KDE. I have >> some-editor.desktop files I'd love to be used in preference to >> the ones KDE supplies; putting them under /usr gets them >> overwritten next upgrade, using kappfinder gets everyone their >> own copy in .kde (and the sysadmin loses control of the >> contents).
Kevin> You can specify any number of directories in KDEDIRS KDE will Kevin> look trough all of them before looking in KDEHOME Kevin> Im not sure about the search oder thougj. I think the first Kevin> entry has top precedence. Well, yes, but if the default installation sets all the normal dirs ( /usr, /usr/local and /usr/local/kde ) as prefixes, then users would no longer have trouble with KPart applications not finding their libraries, other apps not finding icons etc. cheers domi -- Good night to spend with family, but avoid arguments with your mate's new lover.
