QTCurve Unable to Export

[Oderus]

Title says it all! I have actually had this issue for for while and not just 19.04, but 18.04 and 18.10 as well. Screenshot attached.
The file produced is 22 bytes and I do have read and write access.

[Snowhog]

Have to ask, even if it seems obvious, but, is your log in username tweak?

[Oderus]

yes it is

[Snowhog]

I don't have 19.04 installed, but I tried this on 18.10. No problem writing the exported file to /home/paul/Documents.

What are the ownership and permissions on your /home/tweak/Documents folder?

[Oderus]

drwxr-xr-x 9 tweak tweak 4096 May 22 10:18 Documents

Also, it does not seem to matter if i try to save it there, to /home/tweak/ or to another partition, i get the same error each time

[jlittle]

On my 19.04 I have no trouble exporting my QtCurve settings. I suspect something is messed up somewhere.

Having a look, the export file is just the contents of ~/.config/.config/kwinqtcurverc and .config/qtcurve/stylerc with a blank line between them, except that the first line is changed from "[General]" to "[KWin]". Maybe if you have a look in those files to see if there's any obvious problems. For me the first file has 5 lines and the second 160.

[Oderus]

On my 19.04 I have no trouble exporting my QtCurve settings. I suspect something is messed up somewhere.

Having a look, the export file is just the contents of ~/.config/.config/kwinqtcurverc and .config/qtcurve/stylerc with a blank line between them, except that the first line is changed from "[General]" to "[KWin]". Maybe if you have a look in those files to see if there's any obvious problems. For me the first file has 5 lines and the second 160.

Ok i see the two files, but nothing obvious that seems wrong as far as i can tell. How would i modify these to make an importable theme, as a workaround? Since i have no clue what the problem may be

[jlittle]

... How would i modify these to make an importable theme...

Simplest would be to:

• edit a new .qtcurve file
• read in .config/kwinqtcurverc, or copy/paste it from another editor tab or window*
• change [General] to [KWin] on the first line
• add a blank line at the end
• at the end read in .config/qtcurve/stylerc, or copy/paste it from another editor tab or window
• save and quit

(Or, in a konsole,

cat .config/kwinqtcurverc <(echo "") .config/qtcurve/stylerc | sed '1s/General/KWin/' > new.qtcurve
# or
vim new.qtcurve  +r.config/kwinqtcurverc +1s/General/KWin +\$r.config/qtcurve/stylerc +x

but those are exercises in silliness.)

You might post the result here (wrapped in tags) to see if someone can import it. If it can be imported, then the underlying problem is somewhere else.

*Weird that kate doesn't have any "insert text from file" function that I could find.

[Oderus]

Simplest would be to:

• edit a new .qtcurve file
• read in .config/kwinqtcurverc, or copy/paste it from another editor tab or window*
• change [General] to [KWin] on the first line
• add a blank line at the end
• at the end read in .config/qtcurve/stylerc, or copy/paste it from another editor tab or window
• save and quit

(Or, in a konsole,

cat .config/kwinqtcurverc <(echo "") .config/qtcurve/stylerc | sed '1s/General/KWin/' > new.qtcurve
# or
vim new.qtcurve  +r.config/kwinqtcurverc +1s/General/KWin +\$r.config/qtcurve/stylerc +x

but those are exercises in silliness.)

You might post the result here (wrapped in tags) to see if someone can import it. If it can be imported, then the underlying problem is somewhere else.

*Weird that kate doesn't have any "insert text from file" function that I could find.

[ActiveShadows]
Color=44,45,48
ColorType=5

[KWin]
BorderSize=3
CustomShadows=true
InnerBorder=0
OuterBorder=0

[InactiveShadows]
ColorType=5
ShadowType=0

[Settings]
activeTabAppearance=soft
animatedProgress=true
appearance=agua
bgndAppearance=flat
bgndGrad=horiz
bgndImage=file
bgndImage.file=style-bgnd-img.jpg
bgndImage.height=0
bgndImage.onBorder=false
bgndImage.pos=8
bgndImage.width=0
bgndOpacity=100
boldProgress=true
borderInactiveTab=false
borderMenuitems=false
borderProgress=true
borderSbarGroove=true
borderSelection=false
borderTab=true
buttonEffect=shadow
buttonStyleMenuSections=true
centerTabText=false
colorMenubarMouseOver=true
colorSelTab=0
colorSliderMouseOver=true
coloredMouseOver=glow
coloredTbarMo=false
comboBtn=#6C99D5
comboSplitter=false
crButton=true
crColor=darken
crHighlight=3
crSize=15
customAlphas=0
customMenuNormTextColor=#000000
customMenuSelTextColor=#000000
customMenuTextColor=false
customShades=1.16,1.07,0.9,0.78,0.84,0.75
customgradient1=3d,0,1.2,0.5,1,1,1
customgradient2=3d,0,0.9,0.5,1,1,1
darkerBorders=false
defBtnIndicator=glow
dlgOpacity=100
doubleGtkComboArrow=false
drawStatusBarFrames=false
dwtAppearance=customgradient1
dwtSettings=33
embolden=true
etchEntry=true
expanderHighlight=3
fadeLines=true
fillProgress=true
fillSlider=true
flatSbarButtons=false
focus=glow
forceAlternateLvCols=true
gbFactor=-3
gbLabel=11
glowProgress=end
grooveAppearance=inverted
groupBox=shaded
gtkButtonOrder=false
gtkComboMenus=false
gtkScrollViews=true
handles=1dot
hideShortcutUnderline=false
highlightFactor=3
highlightScrollViews=true
highlightTab=false
inactiveTitlebarAppearance=customgradient1
invertBotTab=true
lighterPopupMenuBgnd=2
lvAppearance=harsh
lvButton=true
lvLines=false
mapKdeIcons=true
menuBgndAppearance=flat
menuBgndGrad=horiz
menuBgndImage=none
menuBgndOpacity=100
menuCloseDelay=300
menuDelay=225
menuIcons=true
menuStripe=none
menuStripeAppearance=darkinverted
menubarAppearance=flat
menubarApps=smplayer,VirtualBox
menubarHiding=0
menubarMouseOver=true
menuitemAppearance=fade
noBgndGradientApps=
noBgndImageApps=
noBgndOpacityApps=totem,vmplayer,smplayer,vmware,sonata
noMenuBgndOpacityApps=gtk,totem,vmplayer,vmware,sonata
noMenuStripeApps=gtk,soffice.bin
nonnativeMenubarApps=
onlyTicksInMenu=false
passwordChar=9679
popupBorder=true
progressAppearance=shinyglass
progressColor=#6E9BD7
progressGrooveAppearance=inverted
progressGrooveColor=dark
reorderGtkButtons=false
round=extra
roundAllTabs=true
roundMbTopOnly=true
sbarBgndAppearance=bevelled
scrollbarType=windows
selectionAppearance=flat
shadeCheckRadio=none
shadeMenubarOnlyWhenActive=false
shadeMenubars=none
shadePopupMenu=false
shadeSliders=#7BA8E3
shading=hsl
shadowSize=30
sliderAppearance=shinyglass
sliderFill=true
sliderStyle=round
sliderThumbs=sunken
sliderWidth=15
smallRadio=true
sortedLv=#618ECB
splitterHighlight=3
splitters=1dot
square=0
statusbarApps=kde
statusbarHiding=0
stdBtnSizes=false
stdSidebarButtons=true
stripedProgress=diagonal
stripedSbar=true
sunkenAppearance=flat
tabAppearance=soft
tabBgnd=0
tabMouseOver=glow
tbarBtnAppearance=none
tbarBtnEffect=none
tbarBtns=standard
thin=1
thinSbarGroove=true
titlebarAlignment=center-full
titlebarAppearance=customgradient1
titlebarButtonAppearance=shinyglass
titlebarButtonColors=#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000
titlebarButtons=4
titlebarEffect=shadow
titlebarIcon=title
toolbarAppearance=flat
toolbarBorders=none
toolbarSeparators=sunken
toolbarTabs=false
tooltipAppearance=agua
unifyCombo=false
unifySpin=false
unifySpinBtns=true
useHighlightForMenu=false
useQtFileDialogApps=
vArrows=true
version=1.9.0
windowBorder=36
windowDrag=0
xCheck=false

The above image is also needed.

[chimak111]

Weird that kate doesn't have any "insert text from file" function that I could find.

Which GUI-based text editor has that feature? I couldn't find it in Geany or Gedit. Maybe some plugin brings in that feature?

[jlittle]

Which GUI-based text editor has that feature? I couldn't find it in Geany or Gedit. Maybe some plugin brings in that feature?

You are right, I'm a vim person, and :r is wired in, but I was really thinking of MS Word, and now LibreOffice writer. I just expected it. I've been baffled by what kate doesn't do, given how deep some of it is, and that's predisposed me to add something else to the list.

[jlittle]

code...

I can read these settings, but not export them, I have reproduced your problem, "Could not write to file:". I can still export my own settings, so there's something in yours that trips up the export. I might try a binary chop some time in a few days.

The above image is also needed.

I couldn't find where the image is needed.

[Oderus]

I can read these settings, but not export them, I have reproduced your problem, "Could not write to file:". I can still export my own settings, so there's something in yours that trips up the export. I might try a binary chop some time in a few days.

I couldn't find where the image is needed.

hmmmmm i wonder what the heck it is The image is used for the window backgrounds, on line 22 of the code I posted. I am glad you were able to reproduce it at least.

bgndImage.file=style-bgnd-img.jpg

[jlittle]

I might try a binary chop some time in a few days...

Well, that was quick.

I checked out the window background (General->Background Image), style-bgnd-img.jpg, and it worked, but I use dark backgrounds where I can and found that too bright, so I turned it off. And that was it, the export worked. Set to anything but "File", no trouble, but set to "File", even if the file to use hasn't been set, the export fails with "Could not write to file".

So, to export the qtcurve settings, I can reset the background image, export, then put it back. I wonder if that works for you?

[Oderus]

Thank you. I will try this when I get a chance to do so