NAME
kwriteconfig - Write KConfig entries (for use in shell scripts)
SYNOPSIS
kwriteconfig [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] value
DESCRIPTION
kwriteconfig is a command line tool to write values in KDE configuration files. Nonexisting files/groups/keys will be created.
If a file given via option --file does not contain a path the KDE standard configuration directory is used.
Example:
- kwriteconfig --file myrc --group Directories --key dir_tmp /tmp
-
writes the value for key dir_tmp in group Directories in configuration file myrc
OPTIONS
Arguments:
- value
-
The value to write. Mandatory, on a shell use '' for empty
Options:
- --file <file>
-
Use <file> instead of global config
- --group <group>
-
Group to look in [KDE]
- --key <key>
-
Key to look for
- --type <type>
-
Type of variable. Use "bool" for a boolean, otherwise it is treated as a string
Generic options:
- --help
-
Show help about options
- --help-qt
-
Show Qt specific options
- --help-kde
-
Show KDE specific options
- --help-all
-
Show all options
- --author
-
Show author information
- -v, --version
-
Show version information
- --license
-
Show license information
- --
-
End of options
Qt options:
- --display <displayname>
-
Use the X-server display 'displayname'
- --session <sessionId>
-
Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'
- --cmap
-
Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display
- --ncols <count>
-
Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification
- --nograb
-
tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard
- --dograb
-
running under a debugger can cause an implicit -nograb, use -dograb to override
- --sync
-
switches to synchronous mode for debugging
- --fn, --font <fontname>
-
defines the application font
- --bg, --background <color>
-
sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)
- --fg, --foreground <color>
-
sets the default foreground color
- --btn, --button <color>
-
sets the default button color
- --name <name>
-
sets the application name
- --title <title>
-
sets the application title (caption)
- --visual TrueColor
-
forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display
- --inputstyle <inputstyle>
-
sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root
- --im <XIM server>
-
set XIM server
- --noxim
-
disable XIM
- --reverse
-
mirrors the whole layout of widgets
KDE options:
- --caption <caption>
-
Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar
- --icon <icon>
-
Use 'icon' as the application icon
- --miniicon <icon>
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Use 'icon' as the icon in the titlebar
- --config <filename>
-
Use alternative configuration file
- --dcopserver <server>
-
Use the DCOP Server specified by 'server'
- --nocrashhandler
-
Disable crash handler, to get core dumps
- --waitforwm
-
Waits for a WM_NET compatible windowmanager
- --style <style>
-
sets the application GUI style
- --geometry <geometry>
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sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format
Luis Pedro Coelho <[email protected]>
AUTHORS
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[email protected]>
Please use http://bugs.kde.org to report bugs; do not mail the authors directly.
This manual page was written by Holger Hartmann <[email protected]> for the Debian Project, but may be used by others. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.