Konqueror tweaks

[Snowhog]

I'd like to know if there is a way to tweak Konqueror so one can add information to the Titlebar?

[Rog131]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

What kind of information ?

man konqueror

OPTIONS
Arguments:
...
KDE options:

--caption <caption>
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
--icon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the application icon
--miniicon <icon>
Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar
...
Qt options:
...

=> Konqueror with the start time:

konqueror --caption "Konqueror started `date +%H:%M`"

[Snowhog]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

Hi Rog -

What I would like to add to the Titlebar is the version of Kubuntu I'm running. See below:

[Rog131]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

By using lsb_release and awk:

konqueror --caption "`lsb_release -r | awk '{print "Kubuntu " $2 }'`"

or/and

konqueror --caption "`lsb_release -r | awk '{print "Kubuntu " $2 }'` `lsb_release -c | awk '{print $2 }'`"

man lsb_release

lsb_release(1) lsb_release(1)

NAME
lsb_release - print distribution-specific information

SYNOPSIS
lsb_release [options]

DESCRIPTION
The lsb_release command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and
distribution-specific information.
...
-r, --release
Display the release number of the currently installed distribu‐
tion.
...
-c, --codename
Display the code name of the currently installed distribution.
...

> The GNU Awk user's Guide


=>

[Snowhog]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

As usual, you're right on the money Rog. This works great. Thank you.

I'll mull this over, as it does exactly what I want if launching Konqueror via the CLI. Just need to see if I can configure it to do so from the application in the K Menu.

[Rog131]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

Just need to see if I can configure it to do so from the application in the K Menu.

konqueror.desktop has

...
Exec=konqueror %U
...

It is (Intrepid) in the /usr/share/kde4/services/. Path to the services:

kde4-config --path services

Maybe:

...
Exec=konqueror --caption "`lsb_release -r | awk '{print "Kubuntu " $2 }'` `lsb_release -c | awk '{print $2 }'`" %U
...

> Topic: GtoK: .desktop files

>> Chapter 26. Customizing KDE

%U

A list of URLs; will download the file first and pass a local file to the app (!!)

[Snowhog]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

Maybe:

...
Exec=konqueror --caption "`lsb_release -r | awk '{print "Kubuntu " $2 }'` `lsb_release -c | awk '{print $2 }'`" %U
...

Just tried this. Doesn't work. Konqueror doesn't complain about the execution line above (a good thing?) and runs normally. Keep in mind, I'm not running II (I'm on HH w/KDE 4.1.1 at the moment) and the konqueror.desktop file is located at:
/usr/lib/kde4/share/kde4/services/konqueror.desktop

[Rog131]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

Just tried this. Doesn't work.

Here it is working - hmm - there seems to be a small lag before KDE 4.1.1 notices that there has been changes in the configuration files.

[Snowhog]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

Have to correct my last post. It is working! Thanks Rog. Helpful information as usual.

[Snowhog]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

Update. After a restart this morning (I shutdown and turn of my laptop daily), I noticed that Konqueror isn't displaying the extra information in the Titlebar. Konqueror autostarts. This caused me to ponder, so, I shutdown Konqueror and then restarted it via the K Menu button. Voila, the Titlebar shows the extra information.

Anyone have a suggestion as to why this would be?

[Rog131]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

Konqueror autostarts.

Do you mean ?:

On Login - Restore previous session

Guess:
- KDE is not using desktop files when it is restoring session.
- KDE is not saving titlebar information when it is saving session.


Restore session writes info in:
~/.kde/share/config/ksmserverrc
and in the
~/.kde/share/config/session/


Hmm - "Restore session" is still under work ? > Topic: Saved Session Support

[Snowhog]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

What I have:
K Menu > System Settings > Session Manager > Restore Previous Session

As to where restore session writes info in, this is what a search on ksmserverrc shows:

/root/.kde4/share/config/ksmserverrc
/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde-profile/minor-motor-difficulties/share/config/ksmserverrc
/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde-profile/lesser-visual-impairment/share/config/ksmserverrc
/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde-profile/default/share/config/ksmserverrc
/usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde-profile/motor-difficulties-pointing-devices/share/config/ksmserverrc

It's interesting that the search doesn't find ksmserverrc in the following existing location:

~/.kde4/share/config

[kubicle]

Re: Konqueror tweaks

Also check for konqueror preload in Konqueror Settings (in the 'Performance' section).

For 'universal' use of the modified caption, you could try setting an alias in your .bashrc (if you use bash), similar to:

alias konqueror='konqueror --caption "Your string"'