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GregW

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From: 53°24'N 2°35'W

Registered: 2008-02-09

Posts: 56

[SOLVED] Kmail: Exporting custom theme

Hi fellow Archers!

After resisting kde 4 for some considerable time, I decided that with 4.4 it was time to try again. My main issue with KDE4 has been that I can't configure kmail to behave as I would like.

I've finally bitten the bullet and my previously reported bugs still exist so I decided to create a custom kmail theme so I can display my email in the format that I want.

So, I'd like to copy this to my home PC and laptop, but I don't know where kde has stored the theme. Does anyone know how I can export it?

Cheers
GregW

Last edited by GregW (2010-02-24 13:20:08)

brazzmonkey

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From: between keyboard and chair

Registered: 2006-03-16

Posts: 818

Re: [SOLVED] Kmail: Exporting custom theme

Well, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "kmail theme", but stuff like this is usually stored in ~/.kde4/share/apps/ or somewhere nearby.

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GregW

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From: 53°24'N 2°35'W

Registered: 2008-02-09

Posts: 56

Re: [SOLVED] Kmail: Exporting custom theme

Well, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "kmail theme", but stuff like this is usually stored in ~/.kde4/share/apps/ or somewhere nearby.

Hi Brazzmonkey

In kde 4, you can apply custom views to kmail's message viewer (right click on the message header and then select theme) I've searched through the kmail dir within apps and it just contains my imap store.

I'll try grepping the directory looking for the theme name, or the text I entered in the description.

Cheers
GregW

brazzmonkey

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From: between keyboard and chair

Registered: 2006-03-16

Posts: 818

Re: [SOLVED] Kmail: Exporting custom theme

What about kmailrc, kontactrc and suchlikes in ~/.kde4/share/config?

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GregW

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From: 53°24'N 2°35'W

Registered: 2008-02-09

Posts: 56

Re: [SOLVED] Kmail: Exporting custom theme

What about kmailrc, kontactrc and suchlikes in ~/.kde4/share/config?

I couldn't find it anywhere! Anyway, because the theme editor is such a nightmare to use, by trial and error and lots of wasted time I'm now a self taught expert so I can recreate the theme on other systems in less than 2 minutes now!