Handbook</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the &konqueror; menus; or, alternatively, you can use the help KIOslave in &konqueror; by entering <userinput>help:/konqueror</userinput> in the Location Toolbar.</para>
take an overview. For more details about what &konqueror; can
do, refer to the <ulink url="help:/konqueror">&konqueror; Handbook</ulink>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="folder-structure">
<title>Folders</title>
<para>When you first open &konqueror; in file management mode, you can
see two panes: on the right is the folder view; on the left is the
see two panes: on the right is the folder view; on the left is the
sidebar. The folder view contains icons for
each item inside the current folder. These items can be
folders or files. Many file types can be <quote>previewed</quote>
@ -38,15 +36,14 @@ hold the mouse cursor over the name of the file for about a second: a
popup window will appear, showing the contents of the file and other some
useful information, like file's size and which user owns the file.</para>
<para>You can open any item by clicking (just once – &tde;
does not use double-clicking in its default settings) on the icon for the
<para>You can open any item by clicking on the icon for the
file. Folders will be opened in the same window; files will either be
opened in the appropriate program, or the file manager will ask you
what program to use. For instance, if do not have a word-processor set up to
open &Microsoft; Word documents, the file manager will
ask you what to do.</para>
<para>You can go back to the last-opened folder by clicking on the
<para>You can go back to the last-opened folder by clicking on the
<guiicon>Back</guiicon><!--screenie --> button or go up one folder by clicking
the <guiicon>Up</guiicon><!--screenie --> button.</para>
</sect2>
@ -69,8 +66,8 @@ the folder view can become impractical. The sidebar provides
shortcuts and special functions that make it easier to
find what you are searching for.</para>
<para>On the left edge of the sidebar you will find a number of buttons, each
with a different icon:</para>
<para>On the left edge of the sidebar be several buttons, each
with a different icon, such as the following:</para>
<!-- TODO: Add screenies of what each of these buttons looks like -->
<variablelist>
@ -79,8 +76,8 @@ find what you are searching for.</para>
<term><guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>As &konqueror; (the file manager) also serves as a very powerful
web browser, it also has a bookmark functionality. Here you will find the
<para>As &konqueror; (the file manager) also serves as a very powerful
web browser, it also has a bookmark functionality. Here you will find the
same structure as in your <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -91,7 +88,7 @@ same structure as in your <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu.</para>
<listitem>
<para>Next the sidebar provides a list of all known devices
on your computer. These devices can be either physical drives —
such as your hard disk, &CD-ROM; drive, or floppy disk drive —
such as your hard disk, &CD-ROM; drive, or floppy disk drive —
or virtual <quote>drives</quote> — such as remote shares or hard disk partitions.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -100,16 +97,16 @@ or virtual <quote>drives</quote> — such as remote shares or hard disk part
<term><guilabel>History</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>&konqueror; will remember the web pages you have visited and list them
either by date or alphabetically in a tree structure. You can select the
behavior by right clicking on the <guilabel>History</guilabel> item and
selecting <guimenu>Sort by</guimenu>. Left click on an item (⪚
<guilabel>www.kde.org</guilabel>) and &konqueror; will show you the documents you have visited. Left
clicking on a document (⪚ <guilabel>index.html</guilabel>) will open
<para>&konqueror; will remember the web pages you have visited and list them
either by date or alphabetically in a tree structure. You can select the
behavior by right clicking on the <guilabel>History</guilabel> item and
selecting <guimenu>Sort by</guimenu>. Left click on an item (⪚
<guilabel>www.kde.org</guilabel>) and &konqueror; will show you the documents you have visited. Left
clicking on a document (⪚ <guilabel>index.html</guilabel>) will open
the web site in the folder view.</para>
<para>Right clicking on a history item, like <menuchoice><guimenu>www.kde.org</guimenu><guimenuitem>index.html</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>, opens a slightly different popup menu: you will also find the
item <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem>, which makes &konqueror; open the
</menuchoice>, opens a slightly different popup menu: you will also find the
item <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem>, which makes &konqueror; open the
site in a new window.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -118,10 +115,10 @@ site in a new window.</para>
<term><guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>The <guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel> item is in the sidebar's navigation
panel. You will find your home directory as the first entry. Below you will
find all folders of your home directory. Left clicking on any
folder in this view opens the folder in the folder view. Alternatively, you can also
<para>The <guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel> item is in the sidebar's navigation
panel. You will find your home directory as the first entry. Below you will
find all folders of your home directory. Left clicking on any
folder in this view opens the folder in the folder view. Alternatively, you can also
work with the folders' context menus, create subfolders, and so on.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -142,9 +139,9 @@ on the sidebar. The file will immediately be played.</para>
<term><guilabel>Newsticker</guilabel></term>
<!-- I don't have this button. Ought to check what it depends on -->
<listitem>
<para>Newsticker will display a customisable list of news sources. Right-click
either on the <guilabel>Configure button</guilabel> or on one of the
newssource buttons (e.g. TDE News, which is usually predefined) to add a new
<para>Newsticker will display a customisable list of news sources. Right-click
either on the <guilabel>Configure button</guilabel> or on one of the
newssource buttons (e.g. TDE News, which is usually predefined) to add a new
newsticker source.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -220,10 +217,10 @@ type of files selected, so it is called a <quote>context menu</quote>).</para>
<title>Links and Shortcuts</title>
<para>
As already mentioned above you can link files or folders anywhere. It means
that the linked folder will appear and behave just like the original in
As already mentioned above you can link files or folders anywhere. It means
that the linked folder will appear and behave just like the original in
another location without consuming additional space on your harddrive.
So if you, for example, have a number of documents, and only a few are used
So if you, for example, have a number of documents, and only a few are used
regularly, you can easily group them in a folder and create links in it.
</para>
@ -246,18 +243,15 @@ deleted permanently.</para>
<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
<itemizedlist>
<title>Related Information</title>
<title>Related Information</title>
<listitem><para>As mentioned in the introduction, the &konqueror;
Handbook has much more information about the features available in
&konqueror;. You can read it in &khelpcenter; or by entering
<userinput>help:/konqueror</userinput> in &konqueror;'s
Darrell Anderson
12 years ago
