diff --git a/Apps/koffice/koffice.SlackBuild b/Apps/koffice/koffice.SlackBuild
index 320840a..7f77258 100755
--- a/Apps/koffice/koffice.SlackBuild
+++ b/Apps/koffice/koffice.SlackBuild
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ sed -i 's|KFORMULA$COMPILE_FILTER_KUGAR|&$COMPILE_FILTER_KRITA$COMPILE_FILTER_KI
 
 [[ $(cat $TMPVARS/DO_NOT_COMPILE) == *kross* ]] && SCRIPTING=--disable-scripting
 
+## Add man pages for development builds
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && \
+MANDIR=--mandir=$INSTALL_TDE/man
+
 listdocs_fn
 
 ltoolupdate_fn
@@ -136,6 +140,7 @@ CC=$COMPILER \
 CXX=$COMPILER_CXX \
 ../configure \
    --prefix=$INSTALL_TDE \
+   ${MANDIR:-} \
    --disable-rpath \
    ${SCRIPTING:-} \
    --enable-closure
@@ -144,6 +149,8 @@ make_fn
 
 installdocs_fn
 
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && mangzip_fn
+
 strip_fn
 
 mkdir_install_fn
diff --git a/BUILD-TDE.sh b/BUILD-TDE.sh
index 132cd9c..b1aeb1c 100755
--- a/BUILD-TDE.sh
+++ b/BUILD-TDE.sh
@@ -122,24 +122,8 @@ Any other option will have to be edited into BUILD-TDE.sh
 2> $TMPVARS/INSTALL_TDE
 
 
-rm -f $TMPVARS/SYS_CNF_DIR
-dialog --cr-wrap --nocancel --no-shadow --colors --title " TDE System Configuration " --menu \
-"
-Select the directory that the TDE System Configuration files
-should be installed in.
-
-Selecting '/etc/tde' will also:
-* set TDEHOME=~/.tde and TDEROOTHOME=/root/.tde
-    \Z0\Zbotherwise defaults to
-    TDEHOME=~/.trinity and TDEROOTHOME=/root/.trinity\Zn
-* install plugins in $(cat $TMPVARS/INSTALL_TDE)/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/tde
-    \Z0\Zbotherwise defaults to $(cat $TMPVARS/INSTALL_TDE)/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/trinity\Zn
- 
-" \
-20 75 2 \
-"/etc/tde" "" \
-"/etc/trinity" "" \
-2> $TMPVARS/SYS_CNF_DIR
+rm -f $TMPVARS/TDE_CNF_DIR
+echo "$(cat $TMPVARS/INSTALL_TDE)/share/config" > $TMPVARS/TDE_CNF_DIR
 
 
 rm -f $TMPVARS/COMPILER
@@ -664,6 +648,9 @@ about_k="Image creation and editing"
 status_k=off
 comment_k="\Zb\Z6 Needs filters and servicetypes \Zn"
 }
+#
+[[ $(cat $TMPVARS/TDEVERSION) != 14.0.12 ]] && MAN_PAGES=' including man pages'
+DOCS="Application handbooks${MAN_PAGES:-}"
 #
  ### for the record, --separate-output generates output without quotes
 dialog --cr-wrap --nocancel --separate-output --no-shadow --colors --title " KOffice applications " --item-help --checklist \
@@ -675,7 +662,7 @@ Filters and servicetypes are required for most apps.
 " ALL" "Build all applications" off "\Zb\Z6 Overrides any off/on selections below \Zn" \
 " autocorrect" "Autocorrection for US English" off "\Zb\Z6  \Zn" \
 ${app_c:-} ${about_c:-} ${status_c:-} ${comment_c:-} \
-" doc" "Application handbooks" off "\Zb\Z6  \Zn" \
+" doc" "$DOCS" off "\Zb\Z6  \Zn" \
 " example" "KOffice Example Application" off "\Zb\Z6  \Zn" \
 " filters" "Import/export filters" on "\Zb\Z6  \Zn" \
 " karbon" "A scalable graphics editor" off "\Zb\Z6 Needs filters and servicetypes \Zn" \
@@ -891,7 +878,7 @@ Confirm or change these build options ..
 
 export TDEVERSION=$(cat $TMPVARS/TDEVERSION)
 export INSTALL_TDE=$(cat $TMPVARS/INSTALL_TDE)
-export SYS_CNF_DIR=$(cat $TMPVARS/SYS_CNF_DIR)
+export TDE_CNF_DIR=$(cat $TMPVARS/TDE_CNF_DIR)
 export COMPILER=$(cat $TMPVARS/COMPILER)
 [[ $COMPILER == gcc ]] && export COMPILER_CXX="g++" || export COMPILER_CXX="clang++"
 export SET_march=$(cat $TMPVARS/SET_MARCH)
@@ -925,8 +912,8 @@ export ARM_FABI=$(readelf -Ah $(which bash)|grep -oE "soft|hard")
 ## override hard coded trinity plugins directory - used for:
 ## autotools: get-source.sh|ltoolupdate_fn
 ## cmake: -DPLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=
-export PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=$(cat $TMPVARS/SYS_CNF_DIR | cut -d/ -f3)
-
+export PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=$(cat $TMPVARS/TDE_CNF_DIR | grep -o [a-z]*/share | cut -d/ -f1)
+[[ $PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR != tde ]] && PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=trinity
 ### set up variables for the summary list:
 ## New build
 [[ $(cat $TMPVARS/build-new) != no ]] && NEW_BUILD=yes || NEW_BUILD='no - re-using existing'
@@ -990,7 +977,7 @@ TDE version                             \Zb\Z6$TDEVERSION\Zn
 Clone/update cgit local repositories    \Zb\Z6${CLONE:-\Z0\Zbn/a}\Zn
 Only download sources                   \Zb\Z6${PRE_DOWNLOAD:-\Z0\Zbn/a}\Zn
 TDE installation directory              \Zb\Z6$INSTALL_TDE\Zn
-TDE system configuration directory      \Zb\Z6$SYS_CNF_DIR\Zn
+TDE system configuration directory      \Zb\Z6$TDE_CNF_DIR\Zn
 Compiler                                \Zb\Z6$COMPILER\Zn
 gcc cpu optimization                    \Zb\Z6$SET_march\Zn
 Number of parallel jobs                 \Zb\Z6$(echo $NUMJOBS|sed 's|-j||')\Zn
diff --git a/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB-patch b/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB-patch
index 80d9f2a..30f5772 100644
--- a/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB-patch
+++ b/Core/tde-i18n/tde-i18n-en_GB-patch
@@ -88,3 +88,43 @@
 +
 +msgid "&Enable user color profile support"
 +msgstr "Enable &user colour profile support"
+
+--- tde-i18n-en_GB/messages/tdebase/kcmlayout.po
++++ tde-i18n-en_GB/messages/tdebase/kcmlayout.po
+@@ -1239,3 +1239,3 @@
+ msgid "Use &theme colors"
+-msgstr ""
++msgstr "Use &theme colours"
+ 
+@@ -1244,3 +1244,3 @@
+ msgid "Use c&ustom colors"
+-msgstr ""
++msgstr "Use c&ustom colours"
+ 
+@@ -1249,3 +1249,3 @@
+ msgid "Background color:"
+-msgstr ""
++msgstr "Background colour:"
+ 
+@@ -1256,4 +1256,4 @@
+ "was set to display a flag."
+-msgstr ""
+-
++msgstr "This colour will be used as the indicator's background unless the indicator "
++"was set to display a flag."
+ #: kcmlayoutwidget.ui:617
+@@ -1261,3 +1261,3 @@
+ msgid "Text color:"
+-msgstr ""
++msgstr "Text colour:"
+ 
+@@ -1266,3 +1266,3 @@
+ msgid "This color will be used to draw the language label on the indicator."
+-msgstr ""
++msgstr "This colour will be used to draw the language label on the indicator."
+ 
+@@ -1307,3 +1307,3 @@
+ msgid "The drop shadow behind the language label will be of this color."
+-msgstr ""
++msgstr "The drop shadow behind the language label will be of this colour."
+ 
diff --git a/Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild b/Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild
index 1178707..0be1643 100755
--- a/Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdeaddons/tdeaddons.SlackBuild
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ chown_fn
 
 cd_builddir_fn
 
+## Add man pages for development builds
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && {
+MANDIR=-DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/man
+sed -i 's|\\fI/opt/trinity/share/doc/ksig/README.Debian\\fP|the Ksig Handbook|' ../doc/man/ksig/ksig.1
+sed -i 's|^done|& - in konqueror enter \\fI'\''help:/ksig'\''\\f  - or on the command line run \\fI'\''khelpcenter help:/ksig'\''\\f|' ../doc/man/ksig/ksig.1
+}
+
 cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$SLKRCFLAGS" \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$SLKRCFLAGS" \
@@ -67,9 +74,9 @@ cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$COMPILER_CXX \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_TDE \
-    -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR=$SYS_CNF_DIR \
     -DLIB_SUFFIX=$LIBDIRSUFFIX \
     -DPLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR \
+    ${MANDIR:-} \
     -DWITH_ARTS="ON" \
     -DWITH_SDL="ON" \
     -DWITH_BERKELEY_DB="ON" \
@@ -95,6 +102,8 @@ make_fn
 
 installdocs_fn
 
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && mangzip_fn
+
 strip_fn
 
 mkdir_install_fn
diff --git a/Core/tdebase/tdebase.SlackBuild b/Core/tdebase/tdebase.SlackBuild
index fedc1d7..3886159 100755
--- a/Core/tdebase/tdebase.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdebase/tdebase.SlackBuild
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ echo $'
 +X-TDE-BrowserView-Built-Into=konqueror
 ' | patch -N -p0 || true
 
-## allow for configuration files directory == /etc/tde
+## allow for configuration files directory == *tde*
 ## and plugins in $INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/tde
 sed -i "s|trinity|$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR|g" tdm/config.def || true
+sed -i "s|/etc/trinity|$INSTALL_TDE/share/config|" tdm/kfrontend/gentdmconf.c || true
 sed -i "s|trinity|$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR|" tdm/kfrontend/gentdmconf.c || true
 sed -i "s|trinity|$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR|" kcontrol/hwmanager/devicepropsdlg.cpp || true
 sed -i "s|trinity|$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR|" tdeioslave/trash/testtrash.cpp || true
@@ -132,8 +133,30 @@ chown_fn
 
 cd_builddir_fn
 
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && {
 ## Add man pages for development builds
-[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && MAN_PAGES=-DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/man
+MANDIR=-DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/man
+sed -i "s|/etc/trinity|$INSTALL_TDE/share/config|" ../doc/man/{gentdmconf,tdm}.1
+[[ $TDE_CNF_DIR == *tde* ]] && \
+sed -i 's|trinity,kde,kde2,kde1|tde|' ../doc/man/*.1 && \
+sed -i 's|trinity|tde|g' ../doc/man/*.1 || \
+sed -i 's|trinity,kde,kde2,kde1|trinity|' ../doc/man/*.1
+sed -i "s|http://bugs.*desktop.org|https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/$PRGNAM/issues|" ../doc/man/*.1
+
+## kfrontend/CMakeLists.txt runs gentdmconf to set up the tdm configuration files
+## - after that, add the TDM configuration README
+echo '
+if( BUILD_TDM )
+install(
+    FILES ../README
+    RENAME README-config
+    DESTINATION ${CONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}/tdm
+)
+endif( )
+' >> ../tdm/kfrontend/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+sed -i "s|/opt/.*/share/doc/tdm/README.gz|$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/README-config|" ../doc/man/tdm{,ctl}.1
+}
 
 cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$SLKRCFLAGS" \
@@ -142,10 +165,9 @@ cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$COMPILER_CXX \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_TDE \
-    -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR=$SYS_CNF_DIR \
     -DLIB_SUFFIX=$LIBDIRSUFFIX \
     -DPLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR \
-    ${MAN_PAGES:-} \
+    ${MANDIR:-} \
     -DWITH_ARTS="ON" \
     -DWITH_ELFICON="OFF" \
     -DWITH_GCC_VISIBILITY=${GCC_VIS:-} \
@@ -290,11 +312,11 @@ echo '#!'"/bin/sh
 export TDEDIR=$INSTALL_TDE
 
 # upgradepkg runs installpkg twice, so test for the second run:
-[[ \"\$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS\" != *$SYS_CNF_DIR/xdg* ]] && {
+[[ \"\$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS\" != *$INSTALL_TDE/etc/xdg* ]] && {
 if [ ! \"\$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS\" = \"\" ]; then
-  export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=\$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:$SYS_CNF_DIR/xdg
+  export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=\$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:$INSTALL_TDE/etc/xdg
 else
-  export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg:$SYS_CNF_DIR/xdg
+  export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg:$INSTALL_TDE/etc/xdg
 fi
 }
 
@@ -314,9 +336,9 @@ if ( ! \$?TDEDIR ) then
 endif
 
 if ( \$?XDG_CONFIG_DIRS ) then
-    setenv XDG_CONFIG_DIRS \$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:$SYS_CNF_DIR/xdg
+    setenv XDG_CONFIG_DIRS \$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:$INSTALL_TDE/etc/xdg
 else
-    setenv XDG_CONFIG_DIRS /etc/xdg:$SYS_CNF_DIR/xdg
+    setenv XDG_CONFIG_DIRS /etc/xdg:$INSTALL_TDE/etc/xdg
 endif
 
 setenv XDG_DATA_DIRS /usr/local/share:/usr/share:$INSTALL_TDE/share
@@ -333,24 +355,13 @@ fi
 
 #################################  TDM stuff #################################
 
-# Add some configuration files / scripts needed by TDE.
-mkdir -p $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR
-mv $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm
-( cd $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config ; ln -sf $SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm tdm )
-
-# Setup config files for TDM:
-$PKG$INSTALL_TDE/bin/gentdmconf --no-old --no-old-scripts --no-backup --in $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm
-
-## set correct paths for config files
-sed -i "s|$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/|$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/|" $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/tdmrc
-
 # Allow root to login
-sed 's|AllowRootLogin=false|AllowRootLogin=true|' $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/tdmrc > $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/tdmrc.new
+sed 's|AllowRootLogin=false|AllowRootLogin=true|' $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/tdmrc > $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/tdmrc.new
 
 ## Remove tdmrc which has AllowRootLogin=false set and would be used for a new installation
-## The installed tdmrc will be created by doinst.sh from tdmrc.new if it doesn't exist
-rm $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/tdmrc
-mv $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/Xsession $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/Xsession.orig
+## If it doesn't exist, tdmrc will be created by doinst.sh from tdmrc.new
+rm $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/tdmrc
+mv $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/Xsession $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/Xsession.orig
 #
 ## new Xsession:
 echo '#!'' /bin/sh
@@ -364,8 +375,8 @@ session=$1
 # This section is borrowed from the old X11 Xsession file:
 userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
 usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
-sysresources=/usr/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
-sysmodmap=/usr/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
+sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
+sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
 # merge in defaults and keymaps
 if [ -r $sysresources ]; then
         /usr/bin/xrdb -merge $sysresources
@@ -440,7 +451,7 @@ case $session in
     ;;
 esac
 exec xmessage -center -buttons OK:0 -default OK "Sorry, cannot execute $session. Check $DESKTOP_SESSION.desktop."
-' > $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/Xsession
+' > $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/Xsession
 
 # Add rc.4.local to give TDM priority over rc.4 X11 session manager options
 # Assumes that rc.4.new from sysvinit-scripts still has the rc.4.local option
@@ -457,9 +468,7 @@ fi
 " > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.4.local.tdm
 chmod 755 $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.4.local.tdm
 
-mv $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/backgroundrc $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/backgroundrc.new
-[[ -r $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/README ]] && \
-sed -i "s|$TMP_BUILD/package-tdebase$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm|$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm|" $PKG$SYS_CNF_DIR/tdm/README
+mv $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/backgroundrc $PKG$INSTALL_TDE/share/config/tdm/backgroundrc.new
 
 ##############################################################################
 
@@ -467,20 +476,7 @@ mkdir_install_fn
 
 ##############################################################################
 ## create doinst.sh:
-
 echo '# Save old config files:
-if [ ! -L etc/X11/tdm ]; then
-  if [ -d etc/X11/tdm ]; then
-  mkdir -p .'"$SYS_CNF_DIR"'/tdm
-  cp -a etc/X11/tdm/* .'"$SYS_CNF_DIR"'/tdm
-  rm -rf etc/X11/tdm
-  ( cd etc/X11 ; ln -sf ../..'"$SYS_CNF_DIR"'/tdm tdm )
-    elif [ ! -e etc/X11/tdm ]; then
-    mkdir -p etc/X11
-    ( cd etc/X11 ; ln -sf ../..'"$SYS_CNF_DIR"'/tdm tdm )
-  fi
-fi
-
 config() {
   NEW="$1"
   OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
@@ -492,8 +488,8 @@ config() {
   fi
   # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
 }
-config .'"$SYS_CNF_DIR"'/tdm/tdmrc.new
-config .'"$SYS_CNF_DIR"'/tdm/backgroundrc.new
+config .'"$INSTALL_TDE"'/share/config/tdm/tdmrc.new
+config .'"$INSTALL_TDE"'/share/config/tdm/backgroundrc.new
 
 # update PATH
 # upgradepkg runs installpkg twice, so even though '"$TQTDIR"'/bin might be
@@ -521,7 +517,7 @@ sed -i '\''s|source /etc/profile.d/mc.sh|#source /etc/profile.d/mc.sh|'\'' $HOME
 ' > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
 ## set TDEHOME and TDEROOTHOME variables - defaults ~/.trinity and /root/.trinity
-[[ $SYS_CNF_DIR == /etc/tde ]] && {
+[[ $TDE_CNF_DIR == *tde* ]] && {
 echo "# upgradepkg runs installpkg twice, so firstly remove any previous TDE*HOME entries
 sed -i '/TDE.*HOME/d' /etc/profile
 echo 'export TDEHOME=~/.tde' >> /etc/profile
diff --git a/Core/tdegraphics/tdegraphics.SlackBuild b/Core/tdegraphics/tdegraphics.SlackBuild
index 88bbe69..c289e9b 100755
--- a/Core/tdegraphics/tdegraphics.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdegraphics/tdegraphics.SlackBuild
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ echo $'
 +</includes>
 ' | patch -N -p0 || true
 
+[[ $TDEVERSION == 14.0.12 ]] && {
 ## for poppler-22.03+
 patch -N -p0 << EOF || true
 --- config.h.cmake
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ patch -N -p0 << EOF || true
      DocumentData(GooString *filePath, GooString *password) : doc(filePath,password), m_fontInfoScanner(0), m_outputDev(0) {}
 +#   endif
 EOF
+}
 
 listdocs_fn
 
@@ -95,8 +97,15 @@ chown_fn
 
 cd_builddir_fn
 
+## Add man pages for development builds
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && {
+MANDIR=-DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/man
+sed -i "s|http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org|https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/$PRGNAM/issues|" ../doc/man/*/*.1
+}
+
 # If imlib is installed, include Kuickshow:
 pkg-config imlib && KUICKSHOW=ON
+
 cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$SLKRCFLAGS" \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$SLKRCFLAGS" \
@@ -106,6 +115,7 @@ cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_TDE \
     -DLIB_SUFFIX=$LIBDIRSUFFIX \
     -DPLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR \
+    ${MANDIR:-} \
     -DWITH_T1LIB="OFF" \
     -DWITH_PAPER="OFF" \
     -DWITH_TIFF="ON" \
@@ -117,8 +127,8 @@ cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DBUILD_KPDF="ON" \
     -DBUILD_KAMERA="OFF" \
     -DBUILD_KSVG="ON" \
-    -DBUILD_LIBKSCAN="OFF" \
-    -DBUILD_KOOKA="OFF" \
+    -DBUILD_LIBKSCAN="ON" \
+    -DBUILD_KOOKA="ON" \
     -DBUILD_KCOLOREDIT="ON" \
     -DBUILD_KDVI="ON" \
     -DBUILD_KFAX="ON" \
@@ -140,6 +150,8 @@ make_fn
 
 installdocs_fn
 
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && mangzip_fn
+
 strip_fn
 
 mkdir_install_fn
diff --git a/Core/tdelibs/README b/Core/tdelibs/README
index f869dec..cce7c85 100644
--- a/Core/tdelibs/README
+++ b/Core/tdelibs/README
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@ Some formatting for help pages has been changed by a patch in the SlackBuild - i
 * text in paragraphs left aligned
 * border and colour for keyboard key highlighting
 * lightened menu items highlighting
+
+---
+
+Markdown syntax highlighting for kate has been backported for 14.0.12, with some personal preferences.
+The original file is @ https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tdelibs/raw/branch/master/kate/data/markdown.xml
  
diff --git a/Core/tdelibs/markdown.xml b/Core/tdelibs/markdown.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44fb94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/tdelibs/markdown.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+	Kate syntax highlight filter for Markdown/MultiMarkdown documents.
+
+	Copyright 2008 Darrin Yeager. http://www.dyeager.org/
+	Dual-Licensed under both GPL and BSD licenses.
+	
+	Extended 2009 Claes Holmerson. http://github.com/claes/kate-markdown/
+-->
+
+
+<!-- the [^\s]{1} is in the regex to avoid interfering with bullet list which
+	  starts "* item". Thus emphasis/strong MUST be formed like *words here*
+	  with the asterisks next to the beginning of the first word.
+
+	  Match space or newline, followed by "*", followed by one non-space,
+	  followed by anything non-asterisk, followed by "*", followed by
+	  space, end-of-sentence punctuation, or the end of the line.
+-->
+<!DOCTYPE language SYSTEM "language.dtd"
+			 [
+			 <!ENTITY strongemphasisregex "(\s|^)[\*_]{3}[^\*_]+[\*_]{3}(\s|\.|,|;|:|\-|\?|$)">
+			 <!ENTITY strongregex "(\s|^)[\*_]{2}[^\s]{1}[^\*_]+[\*_]{2}(\s|\.|,|;|:|\-|\?|$)">
+			 <!ENTITY emphasisregex "(\s|^)[\*_]{1}[^\s]{1}[^\*_]+[\*_]{1}(\s|\.|,|;|:|\-|\?|$)">
+			 <!ENTITY reflinkregex '\[[^\]\^]+\]\s*\[[^\]]*\]\s*(\s+\"[^\"]*\"){0,1}'>
+			 <!ENTITY reflinktargetregex '\[[^\]\^]+\]\:\s+[^\s]+(\s+\"[^\"]*\"){0,1}'>
+			 <!ENTITY footnoteregex "\[\^[^\]]+\]">
+			 <!ENTITY idlinkregex '\[[^\]\^]+\]\s*\(#[^\(]*\)'>
+			 <!ENTITY inlinelinkregex '\[[^\]\^]+\]\s*\([^\(]*\)'>
+			 <!ENTITY inlineimageregex '\!\[[^\]\^]+\]\([^\(]*\)'>
+			 <!ENTITY refimageregex '\!\[[^\]\^]+\]\[[^\[]*\]'>
+			 <!ENTITY autolinkregex '&lt;(https?|ftp):[^\"&gt;\s]+&gt;'>
+			 <!ENTITY mailtolinkregex '&lt;(?:mailto:)?([-.\w]+\@[-a-z0-9]+(\.[-a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]+)&gt;'>
+			 <!ENTITY rulerregex '^\s*([\*\-_]\s?){3,}\s*$'>
+			 <!-- two spaces at end of line generates linebreak -->
+			 <!ENTITY linebreakregex "  $"> 
+			 <!ENTITY strikeoutregex "~~[^~].*~~">
+			 <!ENTITY difflineremoveregex "^-[^-].*$">
+			 <!ENTITY difflineaddregex "^\+[^\+].*$">
+			 <!ENTITY diffheader1regex "^-{3} .*$">
+			 <!ENTITY diffheader2regex "^\+{3} .*$|^@@.*$">
+			 <!ENTITY diffheaderdiffregex "^diff .*$">
+]>
+			 
+<language name="Markdown" version="1.3" section="Markup"
+		extensions="*.md;*.mmd;*.mdwn"
+		author="Darrin Yeager, Claes Holmerson"
+		license="GPL,BSD" >
+	<highlighting>
+		<contexts>
+
+			<context attribute="Normal Text" lineEndContext="#stay" name="Normal Text" >
+				<DetectChar context="blockquote" char="&gt;" column="0"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="h1" String="^#\s.*[#]?$" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="h2" String="^##\s.*[#]?$" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="h3" String="^###\s.*[#]?$" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="h4" String="^####\s.*[#]?$" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="h5" String="^#####\s.*[#]?$" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="strongemphasis" String="&strongemphasisregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="strong" String="&strongregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="emphasis" String="&emphasisregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="ruler" String="&rulerregex;" />
+				<RegExpr context="bullet" String="^[,\t, {4}]*[\*\+\-]\s" />
+				<RegExpr context="numlist" String="^[,\t, {4}]*[\d]+\.\s" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="code" String="^([\s]{4,}|\t+).*$" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="meta" String="^(Title|Author|Date|Copyright|Revision|CSS|LaTeX\ XSLT|Categories|Tags|BaseName|Excerpt):(.*)+$" />
+				<IncludeRules context="inc" />
+			</context>
+
+			<context attribute="blockquote" lineEndContext="#pop" name="blockquote">
+				<RegExpr attribute="bq-strong" String="&strongregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="bq-emphasis" String="&emphasisregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="bq-strongemphasis" String="&strongemphasisregex;" />
+				<IncludeRules context="inc" />
+			</context>
+
+			<context attribute="bullet" lineEndContext="#pop" name="bullet" >
+				<RegExpr attribute="bl-strong" String="&strongregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="bl-emphasis" String="&emphasisregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="bl-strongemphasis" String="&strongemphasisregex;" />
+				<IncludeRules context="inc" />
+			</context>
+			
+			<context attribute="numlist" lineEndContext="#pop" name="numlist" >
+				<RegExpr attribute="nl-strong" String="&strongregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="nl-emphasis" String="&emphasisregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="nl-strongemphasis" String="&strongemphasisregex;" />
+				<IncludeRules context="inc" />
+			</context>
+			
+			<context attribute="comment" lineEndContext="#stay" name="comment" >
+				<RegExpr String="--&gt;" attribute="comment" context="#pop" endRegion="comment"/>
+			</context>
+			
+			<context attribute="pre" lineEndContext="#stay" name="pre" >
+				<RegExpr String="```$" attribute="pre" context="#pop" endRegion="pre"/>
+			</context>
+			
+			<context attribute="prediff" lineEndContext="#stay" name="prediff" >
+				<RegExpr String="```$" attribute="prediff" context="#pop" endRegion="prediff"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="difflineremove" String="&difflineremoveregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="difflineadd" String="&difflineaddregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="diffheader1" String="&diffheader1regex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="diffheader2" String="&diffheader2regex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="diffheaderdiff" String="&diffheaderdiffregex;" />
+			</context>
+
+			<context attribute="common" name="inc" lineEndContext="#stay" >
+				<RegExpr context="comment" String="&lt;!--" beginRegion="comment" />
+				<RegExpr context="prediff" String="```\s{0,}diff" beginRegion="prediff" />
+				<RegExpr context="pre" String="```.*" beginRegion="pre" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="code" String="`[^`].*[^\\]`" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="reflink" String="&reflinkregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="footnote" String="&footnoteregex;" />
+				<RegExpr attribute="idlink" String="&idlinkregex;"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="inlinelink" String="&inlinelinkregex;"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="reflinktarget" String="&reflinktargetregex;"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="inlineimage" String="&inlineimageregex;"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="refimage" String="&refimageregex;"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="autolink" String="&autolinkregex;"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="mailtolink" String="&mailtolinkregex;"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="strikeout" minimal="true" String="&strikeoutregex;"/>
+				<RegExpr attribute="linebreak" minimal="true" String="&linebreakregex;"/>
+			</context>
+		</contexts>
+
+		<itemDatas>
+			<itemData name="Normal Text" defStyleNum="dsNormal" />
+			<itemData name="common" defStyleNum="dsNormal" />
+			<itemData name="emphasis" defStyleNum="dsNormal" italic="true" />
+			<itemData name="strong" defStyleNum="dsNormal" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="diffheader1" defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#eeeeee" color="#800000" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="diffheader2" defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#eeeeee" color="#800000" />
+			<itemData name="diffheaderdiff" defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#eeeeee" color="#000000" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="difflineremove" defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#eeeeee" color="red" />
+			<itemData name="difflineadd" defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#eeeeee" color="blue" />
+			<itemData name="strongemphasis" defStyleNum="dsNormal" italic="true" bold="true"/>
+			<itemData name="ruler" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#e200e2" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="strikeout" defStyleNum="dsNormal" strikeOut="true" backgroundColor="#fafaaf" />
+			<itemData name="linebreak" defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#F8E0FF" />
+			<itemData name="h1" defStyleNum="dsFunction" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="h2" defStyleNum="dsFunction" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="h3" defStyleNum="dsFunction" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="h4" defStyleNum="dsFunction" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="h5" defStyleNum="dsFunction" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="blockquote" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="black" />
+			<itemData name="bq-emphasis" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="black" italic="true" />
+			<itemData name="bq-strong" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="black" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="bq-strongemphasis" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="black" italic="true" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="bullet" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#b700b7" />
+			<itemData name="bl-emphasis" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#b700b7" italic="true" />
+			<itemData name="bl-strong" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#b700b7" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="bl-strongemphasis" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#b700b7" bold="true" italic="true" />
+			<itemData name="numlist" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#b700b7" />
+			<itemData name="nl-emphasis" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#b700b7" italic="true" />
+			<itemData name="nl-strong" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#b700b7" bold="true" />
+			<itemData name="nl-strongemphasis" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="#b700b7" bold="true" italic="true" />
+			<itemData name="comment"  defStyleNum="dsComment" />
+			<itemData name="pre"  defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#eeeeee" />
+			<itemData name="prediff"  defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#eeeeee" />
+			<itemData name="code" defStyleNum="dsNormal" color="darkcyan" backgroundColor="#eeeeee" />
+			<itemData name="reflink" defStyleNum="dsOthers" color="blue"  />
+			<itemData name="idlink" defStyleNum="dsOthers" color="blue" italic="true" />
+			<itemData name="inlinelink" defStyleNum="dsOthers" color="blue" />
+			<itemData name="autolink" defStyleNum="dsOthers" underline="true" />
+			<itemData name="mailtolink" defStyleNum="dsOthers" underline="true" />
+			<itemData name="footnote" defStyleNum="dsOthers" italic="true" />
+			<itemData name="meta"  defStyleNum="dsComment" />
+			<itemData name="reflinktarget" defStyleNum="dsOthers" />
+			<itemData name="inlineimage" defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#fff8f8" color="blue" />
+			<itemData name="refimage" defStyleNum="dsNormal" backgroundColor="#fff8f8" color="blue" />
+		</itemDatas>
+
+    </highlighting>
+
+	 <general>
+		 <comments>
+			 <comment name="multiLine" start="&lt;!--" end="--&gt;" region="comment" />
+		 </comments>
+	 </general>
+
+ </language>
diff --git a/Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild b/Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild
index 9ab1905..b8f50f4 100755
--- a/Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdelibs/tdelibs.SlackBuild
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ echo $'--- tdecmshell/main.cpp
 +        kdError(780) << "Could not find \'" << path << "\'." << endl;
 ' | patch -N -p0 || true
 
-## allow for configuration files directory == /etc/tde
+## allow for configuration files directory == *tde*
 ## and plugins in $INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/tde
 for file in \
 tdecore/kstandarddirs.cpp \
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ patch -N -p0 << EOF || true
 +  text-align: left;
 EOF
 
+[[ $TDEVERSION == 14.0.12 ]] && {
 ## for jasper-3.0.0+
 patch -N -p0 << EOF || true
 --- kimgio/jp2.cpp
@@ -138,6 +139,13 @@ patch -N -p0 << EOF || true
  	jas_stream_close( stream );
 EOF
 
+## Backport for markdown syntax highlighting in kate
+sed -i 's|mandoc.xml|& markdown.xml|' kate/data/CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i 's|mandoc.xml.*$|&\n<Definition name="Markdown" url="http://git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/tdelibs/plain/kate/data/markdown.xml" version="1.3"/>|' kate/data/update-files.xml
+}
+## and add modified markdown.xml for all TDE versions
+cp $SB_SRCDIR/markdown.xml kate/data/
+
 listdocs_fn
 
 chown_fn
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@ sed -i 's|tde_message_fatal( "Spell checker|message( "Spell checker|' ../CMakeLi
     WITH_PCSC
     WITH_PKCS
     WITH_UDEVIL
-are 14.1.0 options and will be ignored by 14.0.n builds
+are 14.1.0 options and will be ignored by 14.0.? builds
 comment
 
 cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
@@ -172,7 +180,6 @@ cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$COMPILER_CXX \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_TDE \
-    -DSYSCONF_INSTALL_DIR=$SYS_CNF_DIR \
     -DLIB_SUFFIX=$LIBDIRSUFFIX \
     -DPLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR \
     -DDEFAULT_SPELL_CHECKER=${DEF_SP_CHKR:-"ASPELL"} \
diff --git a/Core/tdesdk/tdesdk.SlackBuild b/Core/tdesdk/tdesdk.SlackBuild
index 2de8122..c416db9 100755
--- a/Core/tdesdk/tdesdk.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdesdk/tdesdk.SlackBuild
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ chown_fn
 
 cd_builddir_fn
 
+## man pages bug reporting URLs
+sed -i "s|http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org|https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/$PRGNAM/issues|" ../cervisia/cervisia.1.in
+sed -i "s|http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org|https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/$PRGNAM/issues|" ../scripts/tdesvn-build
+
 cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$SLKRCFLAGS" \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$SLKRCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild b/Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild
index dddd136..ad0d229 100755
--- a/Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdeutils/tdeutils.SlackBuild
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ chown_fn
 
 cd_builddir_fn
 
+## Add man pages for development builds
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && {
+MANDIR=-DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/man
+sed -i "s|http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org|https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/$PRGNAM/issues|" ../doc/man/*/*.1
+}
+
 ## TDEFileReplace has been moved from tdewebdev for R14.1.0
 [[ $TDEVERSION == 14.1.0 ]] && TDEFileReplace="-DBUILD_TDEFILEREPLACE=ON"
 cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
@@ -64,6 +70,7 @@ cmake ${G_NINJA:-} ${CMAKE_OPTS:-} \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_TDE \
     -DLIB_SUFFIX=$LIBDIRSUFFIX \
     -DPLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_TDE/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR \
+    ${MANDIR:-} \
     -DWITH_DPMS="ON" \
     -DWITH_XSCREENSAVER="OFF" \
     -DWITH_SENSORS="ON" \
@@ -104,6 +111,8 @@ make_fn
 
 installdocs_fn
 
+[[ $TDEVERSION != 14.0.12 ]] && mangzip_fn
+
 strip_fn
 
 mkdir_install_fn
diff --git a/Core/tdewebdev/tdewebdev.SlackBuild b/Core/tdewebdev/tdewebdev.SlackBuild
index 4654224..7f78dd5 100755
--- a/Core/tdewebdev/tdewebdev.SlackBuild
+++ b/Core/tdewebdev/tdewebdev.SlackBuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ getsource_fn
 
 untar_fn
 
-## override hard coded trinity references - PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR is derived from SYS_CNF_DIR,
+## override hard coded trinity references - PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR is derived from TDE_CNF_DIR,
 ## and is relative to the TDE libraries directory
 sed -i "s|FileName=trinity|FileName=$PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR|" quanta/data/config/plugins.rc
 sed -i "s|/opt/trinity|$INSTALL_TDE|" */*.tdevelop
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d218d4d..d91ec30 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-[<img src="https://ray-v.github.io/TDE-aarch64-gui.png">](https://ray-v.github.io/TDE-aarch64-gui.png)
+[<img src="https://ray-v.github.io/TDE-aarch64-gui.png">](https://ray-v.github.io/TDE-aarch64-gui.png "TDE desktop")  
 ... a TDE desktop, cross compiled for aarch64, running on a RPi3.
 
 ---
 ***Build TDE [Trinity Desktop Environment]***  
 .. for Slackware [x86_64/i586+/arm], and [Slarm64](http://slarm64.org/download.html) [aarch64].  
-See 'Cross compiling for RPi3' for building for arm_hf and aarch64.
+See [*Cross compiling for RPi3*](#xcompiling) for building for arm_hf and aarch64.
 
 For a native build, run **./BUILD-TDE.sh** - a dialog based script with a series of screens for user input,  
 which will build the release version 14.0.12, or the development versions 14.0.x, 14.1.0.
 
-[<img src="https://ray-v.github.io/TDE-version.png">](https://ray-v.github.io/TDE-version.png)
+[<img src="https://ray-v.github.io/TDE-version.png">](https://ray-v.github.io/TDE-version.png "TDE version")  
+... select TDE version
 
 The Required packages will need to be installed as they are built, because they provide dependencies for other TDE packages.
 
@@ -99,8 +100,7 @@ Once any git repository has been cloned, further downloads are updates only[2],
 The git repositories are cloned to 'src/cgit'
 
 ---
-
-***Cross compiling for RPi3***
+<a id="xcompiling"></a>***Cross compiling for RPi3***
 
 Cross compiling a number of packages for the Raspberry Pi3 based on these scripts is detailed in the html page in the gh-pages branch:
 ```
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ Includes:
 
 [4] The README for a [native build for Raspberry Pi3](./README-Raspberry-Pi3.md) is out-of-date and cross compiling is a better option.
 
+[5] The speex build for version 1.2.0 has been retained, but speex v1.2.1 is available as a Slackware 15.0 package and should be used for tdenetwork and amarok builds.
+
 ---
 
 See https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/How_to_Build_TDE_Core_Modules for more information