Hi, I think Kamion does essentially that, but it's a bit dead. Maybe you could revive it?
http://developer.kde.org/summerofcode/kamion.html http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/playground/utils/kamion/ On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Shafqat Bhuiyan <priom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > My name is Shafqat Bhuiyan. I am a student wanting to join KDE for this > year's Google Summer of Code. > > One of the ideas that I've been thinking about is a "Settings Manager". This > will be tool that allows you to export, import and revert KDE application > and workspace settings. It will have its main interface as a module within > KDE System Settings as well as a command-line/external interface. > > Here is a very crude mockup to give an idea what I'm thinking: > http://i.imgur.com/pXt7O.jpg > > My motivation is this: KDE applications are highly customisable. This has an > advantage that users can modify their system to best fit their workflow. > However setting up these options can be quite time consuming and for some > people quite difficult. > > This tool will be designed so that a person who has customized their KDE > experience can export their settings to keep a backup in case of > reinstallation, data loss, upgrade failures etc. It will also allow > reverting settings back to defaults if the user wishes to remove their > customisations. > > This tool can also make it much easier for people who do not feel > comfortable with changing settings to get defaults that suit them better. > For example, imagine a distro where during the setup or first welcome stage > it asks what kind of desktop experience the user would like: KDE default, > KDE classic (3.5 ish), Windows, Mac etc. The distro tool could then import > the appropriate settings so that the applications and workspace behave in a > way that the user feels more comfortable with. > > Another use case is that it allows people to share their settings with > others. This can also be an advantage for developers as bug repoters can > attach their settings information to bug reports. > > These are some of the ideas that I've thought about this project so far. I > am very interested in hearing any comments or ideas. If you think this > project is worth pursuing, or if you have any suggestions please let me > know. > > Thanks > Shafqat Bhuiyan > > >>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe >>> << > > -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer) >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
