09-12-2008
Lancelot reaches Holy Grail of KDE menu
09-12-2008 11:00 AM
KDE 4 is barely eight months old, and already it has three options for a main menu. Until now, users have either used the default Kickoff, which makes for awkward navigation of the menu tree, or reverted to the familiar but unwieldy classic menu. Now, with the first full release of
Lancelot, users have another option that overcomes the shortcomings of both other alternatives and gives KDE 4 a thoroughly modern menu.
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kbuildsycoca4
KBUILDSYCOCA4(8) KDE User's Manual KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)
NAME
kbuildsycoca4 - Rebuilds the system configuration cache.
SYNOPSIS
kbuildsycoca4 [[--nosignal] | [--noincremental] | [--checkstamps] | [--nocheckfiles] | [--global] | [--menutest] | [--track menu-id] |
[--help] | [--help-qt] | [--help-kde] | [--help-all] | [--author] | [-v, --version] | [--license]]
DESCRIPTION
kbuildsycoca4, as part of the KDE command line tools ensures the proper operation of KDE by reading in all the .desktop, .xml, and
.protocol files to construct a binary database.
KDE itself accesses this database during operation to provide configuration information a program needs to run.
This tool is part of ksycoca4, which stands for KDE System Configuration Cache
OPTIONS
--nosignal
Do not signal applications to update
--noincremental
Disable incremental update, re-read everything
--checkstamps
Check file timestamps
--nocheckfiles
Disable checking files (dangerous)
--global
Create global database
--menutest
Perform menu generation test run only
--track menu-id
Track menu id for debug purposes
--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
USAGE
A standard way to run this program is by simply specifying the following command at the prompt kbuildsycoca4
FILES
/var/tmp/kde-$USER/ksycoca4
The default directory where the cache files are stored.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
$KDEDIRS
Specifies which directories are part of the KDE installations
$KDESYCOCA
Specifies the path to the sycoca database file
SEE ALSO
kdeinit4
BUGS
There are probably tons of bugs. Use bugs.kde.org[1] to report them.
AUTHOR
Darian Lanx <content@openprojects.net>
Author.
NOTES
1. bugs.kde.org
http://bugs.kde.org
1.1 (KDE 4.4) 2010-01-04 KBUILDSYCOCA4(8)