Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:45:37 -0500 From: Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.com> To: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@freebsd.org> Cc: Elias Chrysoheris <eliaschr@ath.forthnet.gr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Anselm Strauss <amsibamsi@gmail.com>, kris@pcbsd.org Subject: Re: KDE firefox integration Message-ID: <4B982111.9090005@pcbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <201003071129.17644.jpaetzel@freebsd.org> References: <201003071456.15638.amsibamsi@gmail.com> <201003070852.35803.jpaetzel@freebsd.org> <201003071753.29305.amsibamsi@gmail.com> <201003071129.17644.jpaetzel@freebsd.org>
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On 03/07/2010 12:29, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Sunday 07 March 2010 10:53:29 Anselm Strauss wrote: >> On Sunday 07 March 2010 15:52:30 Josh Paetzel wrote: >>> On Sunday 07 March 2010 08:13:53 Elias Chrysoheris wrote: >>>> On Sunday 07 of March 2010 15:56:15 Anselm Strauss wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I noticed that in PC-BSD 8 firefox is nicely integrated into KDE. >>>>> Anybody knows how to achieve this on FreeBSD 8? >>>>> >>>>> Anselm >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> >>>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>>> I believe you mean that you need KDE to open Firefox whenever you click >>>> on a link. That's easy. From your KDE menu, open "System Settings" (in >>>> the first tab, "favorites") >>>> Then select "Default Applications". Then, in the left list of the >>>> applications, choose "Web browser", and at the right part of the screen >>>> choose the radio button "in the following browser" and in the edit box >>>> enter the "/usr/local/bin/firefox3". Then apply the new settings. >>>> >>>> Elias >>> >>> Another trick that PC-BSD uses....which might be more of what you are >>> >>> asking about is the installation of a port called >>> x11-themes/gtk-qt4-engine This port allows gtk applications to be >>> displayed using qt, which helps integrate the look of things like FF, >>> Thunderbird, OOo with KDE. >> >> I already installed the gtk-qt4-engine, but it has some serious bugs. >> Scroll bars are not painted, tab borders are painted at the wrong >> position, etc. Could this be because I modified some of KDEs appearance >> options? >> The gtk-qt4-engine works great here, not run into those problems you describe. Check the gtk-qt4-engine configuration gui in KDE4's system settings though, there is a fix you can enable to fix scrollbar issues. >> Are there any other integration tweaks, like icons, keyboard shortcuts, >> file chooser dialog, ... ? We've not modified anything else like that, just standard stuff. >> Thanks, >> Anselm Kris Moore PC-BSD Software http://www.pcbsd.com
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