Re: New task manager

2021-10-24 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Sat, Oct 23, 2021 at 04:56:21PM -0700 schrieb Dave Close: > I just installed a new system and discovered I now have KDE 5.22. > Generally, I approve of new and improved systems, but I have some > questions and the web has not helped me find answers. I just upgraded to 5.23, but it is very like

Re: New task manager

2021-10-24 Thread René J . V . Bertin
On Saturday October 23 2021 16:56:21 Dave Close wrote: >I just installed a new system and discovered I now have KDE 5.22. Do I read you correctly that you started with an entirely clean system, including your home directory? What I usually do, even with a clean install on a new machine is, in o

Re: New task manager

2021-10-24 Thread Dave Close
I wrote: >1. How do I disable the "icons-only task manager" and enable one with >more useful visible information? (I *hate* icons.) Duncan answered: >If the task manager (icons-only or not) is on a panel, configure-clicking >(normally, right-clicking) on it, *provided* you can click it without >

Re: New task manager

2021-10-24 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 12:19:21PM +0200 schrieb René J.V. Bertin: > >Generally, I approve of new and improved systems, but I have some > > I hear you, but have some doubts about the meaning of the concept > "improved" where the GUI is concerned. The Plasma5 desktop seems to be > following the cur

Recent KDE changes

2021-10-24 Thread Dave Close
As I've written before, my new installation has KDE 5.22. Previously, I've had earlier versions along with regular updates; all of them are now also at 5.22. But it appears as though an updated version does not work the same as a new installation of the same version. To me, that is unacceptable. F

Re: Recent KDE changes

2021-10-24 Thread Daniël Sonck
Hi Dave,You can find that setting in: System Settings -> Shortcuts -> Shortcuts -> Kwin -> Switch One Desktop Down/Up/to the Left/to the Right. Hope this allows you to tweak more nuts and bolts so KDE behaves more to what you wantDanielOn Oct 25, 2021 1:44 AM, Dave Close wrote:As I've written befo

Re: Recent KDE changes

2021-10-24 Thread Dave Close
Daniel wrote: > You can find that setting in: System Settings -> Shortcuts -> > Shortcuts -> Kwin -> Switch One Desktop Down/Up/to the Left/to the > Right. Hope this allows you to tweak more nuts and bolts so KDE > behaves more to what you want Yep, thanks. It seems to me that this ought to be po

Re: New task manager

2021-10-24 Thread Duncan
René J.V. Bertin posted on Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:19:21 +0200 as excerpted: [Reordering to put the important discussion first.] > My current system has (self-built) > KF5 apps running under that same Plasma4 desktop but it seems I'm going > to have to keep looking what to replace that with when hold