KUbuntu 7.10 release [was: Re: KDE: shortcut for "give me application X"]

[Phil Bieber]

Hi!
Ubuntu 7.10 will not contain KDE, as it's default Display Manger is
Gnome. Only Kubuntu will contain KDE by default ( you can always
uninstall one and install the other, but that leaves remains of Gnome
in KDE (which personally I don't like...). Kubuntu 7.10 ought to be
out by the end of the week, I would think...

Cheers
Philipp Bieber

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On 4/19/07, Farid Ansari <ansari.farid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Phil,
> Thank you for the information. Just hope the 7.10 contains the KDE desktop.
> I appreciate the polite manner in which you advise about opening a new
> thread. Some people are not that courteous.
> Regards,
> Farid
>
>
>
> On 4/19/07, Phil Bieber <philbieber at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Farid.
> > Please open up a new thread for such questions...
> > Ubuntu 7.10 is being released today, but I'm not sure about KUbuntu...
> > It should be released today, too... Perhaps they're still syncing the
> > mirrors...
> > Cheers
> > Philipp Bieber
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> > Quis custodit custodes?
> > Wer überwacht die Wächter?
> > Who will watch the watchers?
> >
> >
> > On 4/19/07, Farid Ansari <ansari.farid at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > Today is 19th April 2007.
> > > Is the Kubuntu 7.04 being released ?
> > > Please advise.
> > > Thanks & Regards,
> > >
> > > Farid
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/19/07, Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:
> > > > G'day.
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to figure out if it is possible to achieve a bit of UI
> that
> > > > I would like in my KDE session:  I want a "give me application X" key
> > > > sequence.
> > > >
> > > > My use case is essentially this:
> > > >
> > > > I want to hit control-enter to give me a calculator.  I want this to
> > > > work from anywhere, no matter what, and to act like this:
> > > >
> > > >   If I hit the keys and the calculator application isn't running,
> start
> > > >   it up.
> > > >
> > > >   If I hit the keys and it /is/ running then bring it to the current
> > > >   desktop, on top, and give it focus.
> > > >
> > > > What I absolutely do not want is:
> > > >
> > > >   If I hit the keys and it isn't running nothing happens.
> > > >
> > > >   If I hit the keys and it is running a second copy starts up.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sadly, though, I can't work out how to achieve this with KDE:
> > > >
> > > > If I set a global shortcut on the application I get the second bad
> > > > behaviour: it starts a new copy of the application even if one is
> > > > already running.
> > > >
> > > > If I set a shortcut key to jump to the application I can't have it
> > > > automatically started.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Annoyingly, a few applications do the right thing.  I presume this is
> > > > because they have their own special internal support for detecting a
> > > > running instance and activating that rather than starting a second
> copy.
> > > > (...and, no, the calculator isn't one of them.  Darn it.)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > So, is there any way to achieve this nice, modal behaviour?
> > > >
> > > > Extra bonus points go to anyone who can supply a third behaviour here:
> > > >
> > > >   If I hit the keys, it is running and it has focus then hide or
> > > >   minimize the application.
> > > >
> > > > That way I can have a "pop-up" calculator, terminal session and the
> > > > couple of other "global" applications that I sometimes want to use
> from
> > > > whatever else I am in the middle of.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >         Daniel
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