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1. Pre-configuring window-specific settings
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1. Pre-configuring window-specific settings
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Window-specific settings is a feature of KWin that allows specifying some
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settings only for a specific window or windows. See the Window-specific
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settings section in the KWin configuration and the Special settings
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menu entries in Alt+F3/Advanced menu.
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One aspect of window-specific settings is the ability to specify various
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workarounds for (usually broken) applications that otherwise don't work
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properly with KWin. This section describes how to create additional
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window-specific settings that will be automatically used by all users
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without any need of manual configuration.
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Example case:
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Application FooBar does not specify any maximum size for its main window,
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but when resized to larger size than 1600x1200 it crashes because of a bug.
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Manual configuration of a window-specific setting that avoids this problem
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is opening and activating this window, selecting
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Alt+F3/Advanced/Special window settings, activating tab Workarounds, enabling
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setting Maximum size, changing it to Force and entering "1600,1200" as
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the maximum size, which will make KWin force this size as the maximum size.
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To create such window-specific setting automatically without a need of doing
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it manually for every user (for example when doing a large deployment), follow
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these steps:
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- Back up your $KDEHOME/share/config/kwinrulesrc ($KDEHOME usually being $HOME/.kde)
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- Run 'dcop kwin default reconfigure'
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- Create manually all window-specific settings that should be included (see above)
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- When done, check in Window-specific settings configuration module
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(Alt+F3/Configure window behavior/Window-specific settings) that all rules are
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included
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- Create a copy of $KDEHOME/share/config/kwinrulesrc and restore the original one
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- Rename the copy (i.e. the newly created kwinrulesrc) to have its unique name
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(e.g. foobar_fix_maxsize in this example case)
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- Be careful with manual modifications of the file, especially make sure the count=
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field in the [General] group is updated if needed
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- Create a file for kconfig_update like this (named kwin_foobar_fix_maxsize.upd
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in this example):
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# kwin_foobar_fix_maxsize.upd start #
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Id=foobar_fix_maxsize
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File=kwinrules_update
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Group=Dummy
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Options=overwrite
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ScriptArguments=foobar_fix_maxsize
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Script=kwin_update_default_rules
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# kwin_foobar_fix_maxsize.upd end #
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- The kconfig_file (kwin_foobar_fix_maxsize.upd) is to be placed
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in $KDEDIR/share/apps/kconf_update/
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- The file with the window-specific settings (foobar_fix_maxsize) is to be placed
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in $KDEDIR/share/apps/kwin/default_rules/
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All KDE user accounts should have these new window-specific settings added
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automatically during next KDE startup (or within few seconds if they are active).
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They can be checked again in the Window-specific settings configuration module of KWin.
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