Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 17 October 2017 04:03:14 BST Dale wrote: >> P Levine wrote: >>> AFAIK, plasma5 uses ~/.local and ~/.config. >> I wish I had read this earlier. I keep forgetting that. I've read it >> before but I never seem to recall it when I really really need it. If I >> ever remember to do just those two files, I'll remember it most likely. >> Big IF there. > Having struggled monumentally with KMail over the last several months, I got > fed up enough with setting up a new user from scratch that I now have a > fresh user set up and ready to go. It has the few things I want to keep in > my own account, and an empty directory structure for KMail. All I have to do > is (re)move the old account, copy the ready account into place and go. > > That would be harder if I didn't have a ~/common partition containing > everything I'd need if I installed another distro but without the version- > specific KDE stuff. It's a hangover from the days when I hadn't settled on a > single distro, but it's proved its worth this year. >
I switched from Kmail ages ago. I think it was because clicking links was becoming a nightmare. It's been so long, can't be sure. I switched to Seamonkey which means I shouldn't have to move emails unless I switch email programs. Of course, Seamonkey gets on my nerves at times too and I figure at some point, I'm going to blast it with a cannon or something right out the door. For some reason, the mv command did something weird. For a bit there, I thought I'd lost my emails. However, I found them and copied them back into the right place. I just wish I had either remembered or seen Levine's comment before I did all that. That could have saved me a lot of trouble. Most likely just renaming those two files would be a good test. BTW, I've already had to restart the plasma thing. It was up to almost 20%. Since I don't shutdown my puter, I kill it before I lay down for a nap. Restart it when I get up. Hoping for a can of Raid soon. :/ Dale :-) :-)
