[Bug 294638] Re: KDE4: Changing non important Properties of a Starter-Icon (in panel or on desktop) destroys Icon and changes its place in KMenue to the "lost n found" subfolder

[Herr Irrtum]

** Summary changed:

- KDE4: Changing non important Properties of a Starter-Icon (in panel or on workspace) destroys Icon and changes its place in KMenue to the "uncategoriezed" subfolder
+ KDE4: Changing non important Properties of a Starter-Icon (in panel or on desktop) destroys Icon and changes its place in KMenue to the "lost n found" subfolder

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: kde4
  
  Hi there,
  at first - I use the *german* kubuntu 8.10 64bit - so maybe some terms are not correctly translated here... Sorry for that. 
  
- System: Kde4.1.2 (apt-cache policy packagename), latest regular updates
- as of today / kubuntu 8.10 - AMD64
+ +++ Update: I've checked it back on the kubuntu live cd v. 8.10. x386 in
+ english on a Virtualizer (virtual Box) ---> Same bug here (as on KDE
+ 4.1.3 from backports). +++
+ 
+ 
+ System: Kde4.1.2 (apt-cache policy packagename), latest regular updates as of today / kubuntu 8.10 - AMD64
  
  How should it be:
  
- I add a icon from k menue to the workspace or the panel per right klick.
- I change the name of the appearing minimal plasmoid.  Now the plamoid
+ I add a icon from k menue to the Desktop or the panel per right klick. I
+ change the name of the appearing minimal plasmoid.  Now the plasmoid
  name should be changed - and nothing else.
  
  What goes wrong:
- Let's say you have added an icon from the k menue to your panel or to your workspace/desktop (right click to a an item in k menue - and choose "zur Arbeitsflaeche/Kontrollpanel hinzufuegen" / in english propably "add to workspace/control panel") .
+ 
+ Let's say you have added an icon from the k menue to your panel or to your workspace/desktop (right click to a an item in k menue - and choose "Add to Desktop / Panel") .
  The icon will appear as minimal plasmoid (including the typical plasmoid controls like turning or resizing).
- If you now change the name of the plasmoid (lets say from "firefox web browser" to firefox) - and nothing else is touched! - it will change the icon from the well known firefox symbol into a question mark. It will also disappear from K Menue --> Programs --> Internet (in german K --> Programme --> Internet) and will reapear (as question mark) in K Menue --> Programs --> uncategorized. (I guess, in german its under K Menue --> Programme --> Nicht zuzuordnen).
+ If you now change the name of the plasmoid (lets say from "firefox web browser" to firefox) - and nothing else is touched! - it will change the icon from the well known firefox symbol into a question mark. It will also disappear from K Menue --> Applications --> Internet and will reapear (as question mark) in K Menue --> Applications --> Lost & Found. 
  However it still starts firefox. 
  BTW: The original firefox icon itself does not appear, when you you look for it in system icons under the general plasmoid properties tab. And WTF: The name remains unchanged!
- Changing the name I archived with clicking on properties --> program (third cardrider) --> name (in german: Symbol einrichten-->Programm-->Name). 
+ BTW: Changing the name was archived with right clicking on the desktop icon-plasmoid --> icon settings --> application --> Name. F2 does not work here - unlike in every other environment known to mankind (gnome, XFCE, errrm windows, etc.). 
  I of course did not change the start command :) 
  
  However I did change the start command of another program also added to
  the panel directly per right click from the k menue.
  
- I wanted another geometry for konsole (which by the way does not work anyway - the --geometry switch just is not reacting - I think/hope this is reported) so I changed the start command from "konsole" to "konsole --geometry 132x25" --> this changed the konsole icon from the well known terminal symbol to a questionmark *and* did not start konsole at all and moved it inside the k menue to the uncategorized section. 
+ I wanted another geometry for konsole (which by the way does not work anyway - the --geometry switch just is not reacting - I think/hope this is reported) so I changed the start command from "konsole" to "konsole --geometry 132x25" --> this changed the konsole icon from the well known terminal symbol to a questionmark *and* did not start konsole at all and moved it inside the k menue to the "lost & found" section. 
  So I changed the start command back to simply "konsole" - so anything should be back like before. But no - the question mark stayed and konsole is not startable again, the original k menue entry is lost.
  Konsole is not starting even when typing "konsole" into the ALT F2 panel (but wait - there comes a second symbol "konsole au" - klicking this works) - Thanks god it starts from within the commandline from krusader - the "total commander" clone.
  
  So basically - changing something unimportant - like the name of Program
- Starter Plasmoids - moves them unasked inside the K Menue, changes the
- icon to a stupid question mark  and may make them unusable forever.
+ Starter Plasmoids - moves them inside the K Menue, changes the icon to a
+ stupid question mark  and may make them unusable forever.
  
  Regards,
  Herr Irrtum, Italy
  
- (my first launchpad bug report - hope its ok this way :) )
+ (my first and now even reedited launchpad bug report - hope its ok this
+ way :) )

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KDE4: Changing non important Properties of a Starter-Icon (in panel or on desktop) destroys Icon and changes its place in KMenue to the "lost n found" subfolder
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