Questions tagged [kde-plasma]

KDE Plasma Desktop (sometimes known as KDE, the organization that publishes it) is a Linux-based desktop and application platform.

The current generation of the graphical workspaces environment created by KDE. Its default theme, known as "Breeze", has increased convergence across different devices.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop

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Signing into slack-desktop not working on 4.23.0 64-bit (Ubuntu)

In the app, going File > Workspace > Sign in to new workspace launches a browser window. After selecting the workspace in browser, it launches back a deep link back to slack but it doesn't work. Nothing happens on the slack-desktop. When inspecting…
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How to disable Kwallet in kde plasma 5?

In KDE4 that was quite simple. There was a Kwallet section in System Settings. I've tried to remove kwallet package, but plasma depends on it.
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What is the difference between OpenGL and XRender in KDE Desktop Effects?

In KDE environment when you go to Desktop Effects and in the Advanced tab there is an option named "Compositing type" which can be set to OpenGL or XRender. What is the difference between these two options? What's the use case of each option?
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Why does pip3 want to create a kdewallet after installing/updating packages on Ubuntu 20.04?

I recently updated my system from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. Afterwards I tried to update all of my pip3 packages using the shell command mentioned here (I changed "pip" to "pip3"). After it updated a couple of packages, this prompt came up: KDE Wallet…
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How do you get the icon, MIME type, and application associated with a file in the Linux Desktop?

Using C++ on the Linux desktop, what is the best way to get the icon, the document description and the application "associated" with an arbitrary file/file path? I'd like to use the most "canonical" way to find icons, mime-type/file type…
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Detect if qt is running a debug build at runtime

How can I detect from within a QObject at runtime whether or not the Qt it's linked against is a debug build or release build? I know about the QT_NO_DEBUG macro, but that is resolved at build time for Qt. Example 1 of when this would be useful: I…
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How to launch a KDE konsole with multiple tabs running various progs?

I know how to start a Konsole with one executable running in it, and leave the Konsole open after the program ends. I can do this using a .desktop file and change some options in it. But I would like one step further, to launch a KDE konsole with…
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Activating KDE 4 notifications from bash scripts

I have a bash script activated by crontab and running in background. I would like to add to it the ability to send notifications during the execution. My KDE 4 desktop has a fancy notification system which pops out non-modal messages from the tray…
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Is there a way to draw primitives in 3D with Python?

I want to draw 3D primitives like spheres, cylinders and planes (patches) in a 3D plot and I would like to be able to interactively rotate, translate and zoom the scene. I want to do that in Python. I'm use to use Matplotlib for 2d graphs but I…
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Change konsole tab title from command line and make it persistent?

How can I change the konsole tab title? By default, it's set to %u : %n, so it always changes automatically. I can set it with: qdbus org.kde.konsole $KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION setTitle 1 "My Title" But as soon as you run something in the console, it…
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Native KDE look for Qt 5 app

I installed Qt5 along with Qt4 on my Kubuntu 12.10 linux machine and noticed the following: Program compiled with Qt4 has native KDE look and feel. I use default KDE's Oxygen theme and so does my program (note smooth gradient with title and blue…
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Konsole keyboard shortcut for switching between active Split View?

The KDE 5 terminal emulator Konsole has a great feature Split View that allows me to make full use of my big monitor. However, I cannot find a way to use keyboard shortcuts, rather than clicking mouse, to switch between the active views (see: The…
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swt browser No more handles Error

I wrote a simple program. just a CTabFolder and a WelcomTab inherent from CTabItem. I want to fill my WelcomeTab by a browser which render my htmls. at the init() method of WelcomeTab I Create a Browser but when program want to construct it I get…
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Strange sdl side-effect on unrelated windows

When playing with sdl2 via pysdl2 I noticed this strange side-effect where once the sdl script runs unrelated windows which would normally become translucent when moved do now stay opaque. I wouldn't mind all that much if it weren't for the nagging…
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Linux GUI development

I have a large GUI project that I'd like to port to Linux. What is the most recommended framework to utilize for GUI programming in Linux? Are Frameworks such as KDE / Gnome usable for this objective Or is better to use something more generic other…
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