Configuring some Plasma system settings?
Is there a way to change some Plasma settings in my image so that I don't have to spend time in systemsettings or Edit Mode with the panels?
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This is the setup I want to replicate. I want the slimmer non-floating 38px panel with the date disabled on the clock widget, the grey accent color (which is a preset in systemsettings), the font (IBM Plex Sans Light), the wallpaper, the light cursor theme, natural scrolling, single-click to activate (as was the default in Plasma 5), the default Plasma Kickoff icon, and possibly more (but I can't think of anything else)
All this is saved in your ~/.config folder. You can pick the files that change these things and put them in /etc/skel/. config
I dont know your exact settings as config files, but my config could be an example: https://github.com/MrStickyPiston/Sticky-OS/tree/main/files%2Fsystem%2Fetc%2Fskel%2F.config%2Fkdedefaults
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To make it easier to change the background i also change the plasma look and feel theme https://github.com/MrStickyPiston/Sticky-OS/blob/main/files%2Fsystem%2Fusr%2Fshare%2Fplasma%2Flook-and-feel%2Forg.kde.breezedark.desktop%2Fcontents%2Fdefaults
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if you want to have the files in
~/.config update you can consider using the chezmoi module with a separate dotfile repo or just a systemd service to copy the files automatically on boot
/etc/skel/ will only be copied in on new user creation AFAIK
thanks for the link though, previously i had no idea how to customize kde ootbi would not say this is how you should do it as it contains some quirks, but it works
but i could not find any real docs either
yeah...
for example, the way i set the background is by adding a wallpaper, then refernecing that from the look and feel, then referencing the look and feel in the defaults. that feels really weird to me but i could not find any other way except running a script that does it at runtime
but that script made the desktop flash so im not using that anymore
oh nvm that old method also app;ied a lookandfeeltheme just not as kde default
Better than my idea (just replace the default wallpaper image)
Can I pull these from my current (non-atomic) KDE spin?
I think so
But you may need to do some filtering
Time to hike through ~/.config then!
~/.config/kdedefaults looks promising.
Thats only for defaults and not used settings i think. Most user kde settings are in ~/.config
For example ~/.config/plasmarc
It does have Breeze-Dark in it, though, which is confusing.
Fedora does their own weird ass look-and-feel setup iirc
Hooray!
Panel settings!
Do I need the [Updates] section?
I think not, i guess its used by plasma to apply updates. I think keeping it will not apply any changes
But i dont know exactly how it works
I think I'll just start with fonts. Do you know where that's set?
I'm trying to teach myself not to make gargantuan changes in a single commit because I know I'll muck it up eventually.
No, but you can try searching in the files for something like "font" or "typography"
I'm finding matches for Plex Sans in "trolltech.conf" and "xsettingsd.conf"
Oh!
Hm, the cursor theme isn't in there though. Geez, this is a rabbit hole haha