Comments on: KDE apps : Not quite as customizable as I thought

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:36:16 +0000

First off, even if KGPG can’t be conifgured to use anything besides KMail, that doesn’t mean KDE applications aren’t conifgurable. This is one program. However, they can be. Just change the default mail client for KDE. That simple.

By: Yorokobi

Yorokobi — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:39:10 +0000

KControl may not be required. Change the value of EmailClient in ~/.kde/share/config/emaildefaults

Eg emaildefaults:

[Defaults]
Profile=Default

[PROFILE_Default]
EmailAddress=username@localhost
EmailClient=/usr/bin/thunderbird
FullName=
Organization=
ReplyAddr=
ServerType=
TerminalClient=false
——————

I use KDE so I can’t really test this to see if it works.

By: Juan

Juan — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:13:19 +0000

I use the KDE Control Center, but basically you need to change the Default Application Settings under KDE Components. For Email, it will display 2 options, KMail as the preferred client, or another client, and you will need to provide the executable command to that program. All KDE applications will default to that email client when there is a link to email.

This can be done under GNOME too but I don’t know where to locate it since I don’t use GNOME anymore.

By: nixternal

nixternal — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:53:17 +0000

KGPG is not KDE. So saying KGPG is not as configurable as you might have thought would have been better. Of course you can set KGPG to use any email client you wish, just by changing the setting in System Settings like everyone here has pointed to already.

Nautilus isn’t as configurable as I would like after using Konqueror for years, but I don’t say that Gnome isn’t as configurable because of one app now do I?

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:17:34 +0000

Mmm, wouldn’t it simply be a matter of seeing what file KGPG reads to determine what external program to launch, and making that file available?

I know almost nothing about KDE but if they do things in the Standard UNIX Way (flat text config files) all you should need is said config file.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:37:41 +0000

KGPG uses the KDE default E-mail app, so in my case it starts Evolution. And that works (almost) perfectly. Evolution gives me an error message about not being able to find a file to attach, but the key is present in a new mail window anyway.

Not sure how you would get around that if you use it in Gnome though.

Still, I wouldn’t say that KDE isn’t quite as customizable as it should. It’s only KGPG that is lacking what I thought would be an obvious feature.

By: Kostas

Kostas — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:31:19 +0000

You probably need

kcontrol

In the KDE-Components -> Component Chooser -> Email Client

By: Lure

Lure — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:02:35 +0000

I suspect it uses KDE-wide setting for default application.
In Kubuntu, you have this in System Settings -> Personal -> Default Applications and you can set default application for e-mail, web browser, embedded text editor, IM client and terminal emulator.
I suspect your problem is that you use KDE app in non-KDE environment, therefore you do not have KDE-wide settings.
Not sure what exactly you need to install on Ubuntu to get this (I suspect you do not want whole kubuntu-desktop, right )

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:47:12 +0000

KGPG should use the KDE email client setting. It is in System Settings under “Default Applications.”

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