kde4.1 problem

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wezhira

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currently the taskbar in my KDE 4.1 will display all windows of all
applications in a single row, leading to ridiculously small icons for
each when a large number of windows is open. I can't find any way of
either having two rows, or having all windows of the same application
being collapsed into a single icon.

Does anybody know how to configure this, or whether this still is a
missing feature in KDE 4.1?
 
I cannot find something quickly to help you out, but I have read that this is one of the problems people have with the task manager.

Why not just spread your work out over several desktops and enable "Only show tasks of current desktop"?
 
thanx i tried already and keep getting this error
scrarfussi@linux-w77s:~/Downloads/tasks/build> cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/lib/kde4
CMake Error: The source directory "/home/scrarfussi/Downloads/tasks/build" does not appear to contain CMakeLists.txt.
Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.
scrarfussi@linux-w77s:~/Downloads/tasks/build>

noone has yet written a solution for this error thanx any how
 
Scrap that, try this CMakeList.txt:

Code: 
project(plasma-tasks)
find_package(KDE4 REQUIRED)
include(KDE4Defaults)
find_package(Plasma REQUIRED)
include_directories( ${KDE4_INCLUDES} )
set(tasks_SRCS
graphicsrowcollayout.cpp windowtaskitem.cpp tasks.cpp)

kde4_add_ui_files(tasks_SRCS tasksConfig.ui )
kde4_add_plugin(plasma_applet_tasks ${tasks_SRCS})
target_link_libraries(plasma_applet_tasks ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS} plasma taskmanager)

install(TARGETS plasma_applet_tasks DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
install(FILES plasma-tasks-default.desktop DESTINATION ${SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR})
 
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wait i read that part but the how to is this one

* tar -xvf plasmoid.tar.gz
* cd plasmoid
* mkdir build
* cd build
* cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ..
* make
* sudo make install OR su -c "make install"
* Have fun! :-)
and when i follow those instructions as in install in usr /lib/kde4 i get the cmakelists error
i always woonder about people who write how tos why do they always assume we know what thier talking about
 
I think the problem is that there was a huge redo of plasma in KDE 4.1 and if I'm not mistaken this plasmoid was writen for KDE4.0.

People should really update their stuff on KDE-look, it is just one file and the readme that needs updating...
:(
 
Think i'll just wait a few more weeks hopefully that plasmoid will get fixed by the way do you know which is the kde4 source directory in opensuse
 
The_Librarian said:
Defaulted back to KDE 3.5 as 4.x is not ready yet...
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Me too, problem is also when adding it onto my Mandriva system is trying to get all the little applets running by default gave me to many headaches. It's nice but will wait for 2009 to come out and give it another whirl
 
web said:
Me too, problem is also when adding it onto my Mandriva system is trying to get all the little applets running by default gave me to many headaches. It's nice but will wait for 2009 to come out and give it another whirl
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Ja, same here.

It really do look nice... (KDE 4.1) :D
 
The_Librarian said:
Ja, same here.

It really do look nice... (KDE 4.1) :D
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It look awesome but i doubt i'll ever get used to dolphin Its just not as good as konqueror got the widgets working major bug is that taskmanager just spoils the whole vibe So i use kde3.5 till i can get that sorted
 
i never open that many windows so it's not an issue for me. however i agree it's shoddy on kde's part. i hope at the least you have sent them an email expressing your displeasure at them missing such a simple issue.
 
Well, like I stated in the other KDE4 thread, I'm going to stick this one out since I came with KDE since KDE2, and it can't get worse than that...

I'm getting used to it now after a week of using it, no problems so far. Got a few extras from kde-apps.org to fix some minor annoyances and I really do not miss anything KDE 3.5 had, so far.
 
using kde4.1 (possibly beta) in fedora. included with compiz. works very well so far. the next week will report really.
 
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