I did'nt find anywhere in the docs that i need to have USE="motif" with kdebase to have the plugins activated in konqueror. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge kdebase 2. 3. Actual Results: no plugins submenu in konqueror configure menu Expected Results: the submenu plugins in Settings/Configure
What's the link between motif and konqueror plugins? Can we make sure this is a doc-only bug? Thanks.
The link is that is order to have plugins support Konqueror needs motif. Have a look here: http://developer.kde.org/build/compile_kde3_2.html It says: "For Netscape-plugins support in konqueror, make sure to install lesstif."
motif USE flag is on by default and we should not make a habit of writing warnings about everything that might break whenever a user changes a default flag. That said and given 1) anything that breaks KDE/konqueror will impact many users 2) users are not supposed to know about http://developer.kde.org and read all build instructions and there is no way they could guess Konqueror plugins depend on motif I suggest adding "motif" to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/desktop.xml where it says "Make sure that "qt" and "kde" are in your USE variables in make.conf." and a note to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kde-config.xml Unless the KDE team tell us they are going to force motif in and not use the USE flag anymore. Assigning back to docs-team with CC to kde as it looks like it's going to end up in a doc change. Please comment.
--timeout-- I'll briefly mention the need for motif as suggested.
If someone wants to put it in the docs, that's fine by me, but I see no reason to force it upon a user. It's pretty easy to lookup both here and in the forums, and a message does appear on the screen during ./configure saying that you don't have motif installed and the konqueror plugins won't be built.
I didn't want to force anyone. I only suggested to add a "if you want plugins" tip. Sorry if I didn't express it correctly. PS: When I did emerge kde I didn't see the message and could not find it (don't have the noclean in FEATURES, my fault). In fact I followed the docs and had a nice nap ;-)
Thank you all for your comments. Added """ The "motif" USE flag is on by default; if you explicitely disabled it, konqueror plugins will not be available. """ 19 words should not be overwhelming. Note: ./configure flies too fast and I doubt any user would notice any warning it might display, especially when you launch a KDE compile and take a day off. Generally speaking, IMVHO, expecting users to hit f.g.o or b.g.o to solve problems that can easily be prevented is not the right thing to do.
I agree, it was just my argument against turning motif on by default.
