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After update to Kubuntu 12.10, I can no longer access configuration options in Kile from Settings->Configure kile (or whatever the menu entry was for configuration).

In fact, "Settings" menu has only five entries: "Define current document as master document", "System check", "Show side bar", "Show message bar", and "Toolbars shown."

I did a fresh install of Kubuntu 12.10 on one of my other computers, and same problem. I even tried adding the (unsupported) ppa:kile/stable, but the problem persists. Any ideas?

I need to access settings to set PDF Latex to use "modern" compilation mode, so that I can use synctex.

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Try removing the user specific file for Kile. I had the same problem after I messed with the toolbars.

~$ rm ~/.kde/share/apps/kile/kileui.rc

These guys had the had the same problem. They suggest the folder ~/.kde4 where on my system 12.10 (64) it was in ~/.kde.

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  • Thanks for your comment! I'll try that on Monday when I get back to my office.
    – user69659
    Dec 1, 2012 at 7:06
  • OK, I can confirm that ajrichards' suggestion worked. Thanks! accepting the answer....
    – user69659
    Dec 3, 2012 at 21:17
  • Did not work for me with Ubuntu 12.10 64bit - but Erik's approach does the trick for me
    – Philippe
    Dec 27, 2012 at 20:40
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    I had the same problem... and it worked, but now whenever I change the ui the same thing happens. How do I change the ui now ? Dec 1, 2013 at 17:23
  • In Ubuntu 16.04 it was in ~/.kde/share/apps/kile/katepart and the filename was katepartui.rc Oct 18, 2016 at 9:34
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My installation of Kile lost the entries in the settings dialogue as soon as I changed one item in any of the toolbars. My solution for this might help you out as well.

It appeared I could avoid this by adding the button "Configure Kile" to a toolbar.

This approach retains your personalised toolbars.

My sytem: Kile 2.1.0 / KDE 4.9.4 @ Kubuntu 12.04

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Another way of getting system settings back is by resetting your toolbar: right click the toolbar, select "Configure Toolbars...", and then click the "Defaults" button on the lower left.

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I've found another solution for this...

vim ~/.kde/share/config/kilerc

there I edited the MainWindow configuration, just search the word MainWindow using

/KileMainWindow

and edited the keyword value named MenuBar. I founded it configured like this:

MenuBar=Disabled

after that I switched to able.

Saved the file, re-launch Kile and worked perfectly.

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  • This doesn't solve the problem. Oct 24, 2018 at 14:57

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