[kde-linux] Re: 24 hour format solved

2011-04-15 Thread Wolfgang Mueller
On 04/14/11 10:28, I wrote: > > How can I switch the clock in the panel from am/pm to 24 hours? > I do not see any appropriate option in "Digital Clock Settings" . > > Thanks in advance, > Wolfgang Thanks a lot to all of you for your help! Following Anne Wilson's advice, I managed to open "syste

[kde-linux] Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Wolfgang Mueller
If I select a new desktop setting, i.e. a different background color or wallpaper, the all virtual desktops are affected. Is it possible to make a different choice for each virtual desktop, and if so, how is that done? Thanks in advance, Wolfgang ___

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Duncan
Wolfgang Mueller posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:51:41 +0200 as excerpted: > If I select a new desktop setting, i.e. a different background color or > wallpaper, the all virtual desktops are affected. > > Is it possible to make a different choice for each virtual desktop, and > if so, how is that d

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Wolfgang Mueller posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:51:41 +0200 as excerpted: > >> If I select a new desktop setting, i.e. a different background color or >> wallpaper, the all virtual desktops are affected. >> >> Is it possible to

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Alex Schuster
Mark Knecht writes: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > > In kcontrol (wrongly aka system settings) > > Duncan - I don't understand. > > When I start SystemSettings from the KDE menus I see systemsettings as > a running program. > > When I attempt to start

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Wolfgang Mueller
On 04/15/11 15:45, Duncan wrote: > Wolfgang Mueller posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:51:41 +0200 as excerpted: > >> If I select a new desktop setting, i.e. a different background color or >> wallpaper, the all virtual desktops are affected. >> >> Is it possible to make a different choice for each virt

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Alex Schuster wrote: >> What am I not understanding about your point? > > I think Duncan is just calling the application by its true and correct name, > and not the misleading name the developers actually gave it. So my true name is Joe and not the name my parent

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Dale
Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:13 AM, Alex Schuster wrote: > > >>> What am I not understanding about your point? >>> >> I think Duncan is just calling the application by its true and correct name, >> and not the misleading name the developers actually gave it. >>

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Kevin Krammer
On Friday, 2011-04-15, Dale wrote: > The reason is this, kcontrol lets a person know it is a KDE thing and > not a system thing. For most long term Linux users, system means that > it is global. As a example, if I make a change in xorg.conf, it is a > system wide change. Any change there will a

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Dale wrote: > > The reason is this, kcontrol lets a person know it is a KDE thing and > not a system thing.  For most long term Linux users, system means that > it is global.  As a example, if I make a change in xorg.conf, it is a > system wide change.  Any change

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Dale
Kevin Krammer wrote: > On Friday, 2011-04-15, Dale wrote: > > >> The reason is this, kcontrol lets a person know it is a KDE thing and >> not a system thing. For most long term Linux users, system means that >> it is global. As a example, if I make a change in xorg.conf, it is a >> system wid

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Kevin Krammer
On Friday, 2011-04-15, Dale wrote: > But the part that affects more than one user is part of KDE. That part > is kdm which is a KDE program. I can't think of anything else it > changes and as far as I know, it is all KDE related. Available modules can vary depending on distribution and chose in

[kde-linux] Re: Individual Desktop Settings

2011-04-15 Thread Duncan
Mark Knecht posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:15:44 -0700 as excerpted: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Dale wrote: > >> >> The reason is this, kcontrol lets a person know it is a KDE thing and >> not a system thing.  For most long term Linux users, system means that >> it is global.  As a exampl