<para>If you wish to start a program after &tde; has started, you may want to use the
put them under <filename class="directory">$<envar>TDEDIR</envar>/env/</filename>, where $<envar>TDEDIR</envar> is the prefix &tde; is installed (you can find this out using the command
written there applies to the development list as well.</para></important></para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I get access to &tde; <acronym>SVN</acronym>?</para>
<para>How do I get access to &tde; <acronym>GIT</acronym>?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>The &tde; project uses <acronym>SVN</acronym> to develop the
<para>The &tde; project uses <acronym>GIT</acronym> to develop the
core parts of the software. Usually, when you have changed one of the
parts (⪚ fixed a bug), and you want to commit this change, the best
way is to create a patch against a current snapshot and send this
patch to the developer/maintainer of the respective program.</para>
<para>If you are doing this more or less regularly, there are instructions here on how to get write access to the <acronym>SVN</acronym> repository: <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/documentation/other/developer-faq.html#q1.8">
http://developer.kde.org/documentation/other/developer-faq.html#q1.8</ulink>. But be aware that more users will slow
down <acronym>SVN</acronym> access for all developers, so we want to
keep the number of people with direct <acronym>SVN</acronym> access
reasonably small. But feel free to ask!</para>
<para>If you are doing this more or less regularly, then contact the developers
to obtain write access to the <acronym>GIT</acronym> repository:
<para>Can I have read-only access to the <acronym>SVN</acronym> repository?</para>
<para>Can I have read-only access to the <acronym>GIT</acronym> repository?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Yes. Instructions on how to get anonymous, read-only <acronym>SVN</acronym> access are here: <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/source/anonsvn.html">
<para>Are there any <acronym>SVN</acronym> mirror sites for &tde;?</para>
<para>Are there any <acronym>GIT</acronym> mirror sites for &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>No, there are currently no anonymous <acronym>SVN</acronym> mirror sites for &tde;. If you're interested in setting one up, please contact <email>sysadmin@kde.org</email>
<para>No, currently there are no anonymous <acronym>GIT</acronym> mirror sites for &tde;.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<!--<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I go about translating &tde; programs into my native
language?</para>
@ -169,7 +156,7 @@ Translators' and Documenters' Web Site</ulink> to see whether your
program is already translated (most are). Otherwise you will find
information there on how to do it yourself.</para>
<para>Just choose the desired application from the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu and drag and drop it to the Desktop.
</para>
<para>For applications not listed in the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu,
</para>
<para>For applications not listed in the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu,
use the &RMB; on the desktop and choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Create New</guimenuitem><guisubmenu>File</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Link to Application...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and fill in the configuration for the application you want to link to.
</para>
@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ use the &RMB; on the desktop and choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Create New</gui
</question>
<answer>
<para>First, make sure you are allowed to <command>mount</command>/<command>umount</command> the relevant device as a user.
<para>First, make sure you are allowed to <command>mount</command>/<command>umount</command> the relevant device as a user.
</para>
<para>Then you can add any device via &RMB; on the desktop and then choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Create New</guimenu><guimenuitem>Link to Device</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and then selecting the device of the type you wish to control from the desktop. Fill in the settings for the device in the dialog that appears and click <guilabel>OK</guilabel>. You can use the resulting desktop icon to mount/unmount the device from the desktop.
<para>Then you can add any device via &RMB; on the desktop and then choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Create New</guimenu><guimenuitem>Link to Device</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and then selecting the device of the type you wish to control from the desktop. Fill in the settings for the device in the dialog that appears and click <guilabel>OK</guilabel>. You can use the resulting desktop icon to mount/unmount the device from the desktop.
</para>
</answer>
@ -46,14 +46,13 @@ use the &RMB; on the desktop and choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Create New</gui
<answer>
<para>The icons can be found only in <filename
class="directory">$<envar>TDEDIRS</envar>/share/icons</filename> or <filename
class="directory">$<envar>HOME</envar>/.kde/share/icons</filename> or
<filename class="directory">$<envar>HOME</envar>/.kde2/share/icons</filename>. To use icons
class="directory">$<envar>HOME</envar>/.trinity/share/icons</filename>. To use icons
stored in other locations, you must either copy them into one of the
above-mentioned fixed &tde; locations or make symlinks.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<!--<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I use the mouse scroll wheel in &tde;?</para>
</question>
@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ above-mentioned fixed &tde; locations or make symlinks.</para>
<para>Mouse wheel support comes with &Qt; 2.0 and above, so &tde; based on
that will automatically support the use of the mouse scroll wheel if your system is configured correctly. Check your &X-Server; settings support the use of a scrollwheel if it is not working.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaentry>-->
<qandaentry>
<question>
@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ that will automatically support the use of the mouse scroll wheel if your system
<para>&tde; comes with a program called &kstart;.
To start an <application>xterm</application> on the second desktop and then activate it use:
instead. &konqueror; will ask for your password and connect to the
instead. &konqueror; will ask for your password and connect to the
server.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I specify the startup folder for &konqueror;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Using the &RMB;, click on the Home icon and choose
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. Under the
<guilabel>Application</guilabel> tab you will probably find something like
<command>kfmclient openProfile filemanagement</command>; just append
<filename class="directory">file:/whereever/you/want</filename> with the
folder you would like &konqueror; to start in.</para>
<para>With the desktop Home icon, using the &RMB;, select the icon and choose
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. Select the
<guilabel>URL</guilabel> tab. Type <filename class="directory">/whereever/you/want</filename>
with the folder you would like &konqueror; to start in.</para>
<para>From within &konqueror; the process is similar. Ensure the Navigation Panel is active
(press <keycap>F9</keycap>). From the Navigation Panel tabs, select the Home icon.
In the Navigation Panel directory, use the &RMB; to select the top level <filename class="directory">Home Folder</filename> and select <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -76,11 +73,11 @@ folder you would like &konqueror; to start in.</para>
<para>Where did the delete entry from my right-click context menu go?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>In &tde; 3.4 the delete context menu entries that bypass the
trashcan are no longer displayed by default. To enable them, go to
<para>The Delete context menu entry that bypasses the
Trash can is not displayed by default. To enable that menu option, go to
<para>Does &tde; support transparency and other visual effects provided by the new composite extension to X.org?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para> Yes! An exciting new feature for &tde; 3.4 is support for the new X composite extension. This allows for effects such as translucency and drop shadows for all windows, easily configurable through &twin;'s configuration dialog. This requires you to be using X.org version 6.8.0 or newer and have:
<para>Yes. &tde; supports for the X composite extension and provides its own compositor. This allows for effects such as translucency and drop shadows for all windows, easily configurable through &twin;'s configuration dialog. For those using an xorg.conf file, be sure the following is included:
<screen>
Section "Extensions"
@ -23,15 +23,16 @@ Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
</screen>
In your <filename>xorg.conf</filename>. If you have an nvidia graphics card and use the nvidia driver you can improve the performance of these effects by also adding the RenderAccel option to the Device section for your graphics card:
<!-- This option is enabled by default -->
<!--Those users with an Nvidia graphics card and driver can improve the performance of these effects by adding the RenderAccel option to the Device section for the graphics card:
<screen>
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-fx5200"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
</screen>
Once you have configured X.org correctly, transparency and other effects can be enabled through the <menuchoice><guimenu>Desktop</guimenu><guimenuitem>Window Behavior</guimenuitem></menuchoice> &kcontrolcenter; module, under the <guilabel>Translucency</guilabel> tab.
</screen>-->
After correctly configuring xorg.conf, transparency and other effects can be enabled through the <menuchoice><guimenu>Desktop</guimenu><guimenuitem>Window Behavior</guimenuitem></menuchoice> &kcontrolcenter; module, under the <guilabel>Translucency</guilabel> tab.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ them into the menu?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Use &kmenuedit;. To access it use the &RMB; on the
<guibutton>K</guibutton> button and select <guimenu>Menu Editor</guimenu>.</para>
<guibutton>T</guibutton> button and select <guimenu>Menu Editor</guimenu>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -63,15 +64,17 @@ folders.</para>
<para>How do I exit &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Simply click on the <guibutton>K</guibutton> button and select
<guimenu>Logout</guimenu>. In addition, if you
<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on an
empty area of the desktop, you will be presented with a menu
containing logout as one of the options.
<para>On the panel (kicker) use the &LMB; to select the <guibutton>T</guibutton>
button and select <guimenu>Log Out...</guimenu>. Another method is to use the &RMB;
to select an empty area of the desktop, which opens a popup menu,
containing <guimenu>Log Out...</guimenu> as one of the options.
Another option is to use a keyboard shortcut, which on many systems is
A fourth option is to add the <application>Lock/Logout</application> button applet.
<note><para>Depending on your configuration of the &X-Window;, <keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;&Backspace;</keycombo>
might also do the trick by killing the X server, but its use prevents
session management and cannot be recommended.</para></note></para>
might also exit &tde; by killing the X server, but using that shortcut prevents
session management and is recommended only for emergencies.</para></note></para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -88,14 +91,13 @@ connected, it will just sit there (idling).</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Is it really necessary to upgrade to the latest version?</para>
<para>Is it really necessary to update to the latest version?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>We recommend to always use the latest stable release. If you
don't, it will probably be difficult to get answers to your
questions. If you have a problem with an old version, the answer will
probably be <quote>Please upgrade and try again</quote>. Note that
new versions also sometimes fix security problems.</para>
<para>We recommend updating to the latest stable release, or at least to stay within
a release version. Otherwise, getting answers to questions might be challenging.
Each release always contains bug fixes and enhancements. Often a problem with an old version
has been fixed in a more recent release. Newer versions also fix security problems. Only seldom are bug and security fixes backported to older releases.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -115,10 +117,9 @@ focus.</para></step>
button mouse and are emulating a three button mouse, push both buttons
simultaneously.</para></step>
</procedure>
<para>For more information about using the clipboard in &tde; please see the &klipper; hand book, accessed by typing <userinput><command>help:/klipper</command></userinput>
into the &konqueror; address bar. </para>
<para>The standard keyboard shortcuts for copying is <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>, to cut is <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>, and to paste is <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
<para>&tde; provides a multiple layer clipboard called &klipper;. Refer to the <ulink
url="help:/klipper">&klipper; handbook</ulink> for further information.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -128,27 +129,19 @@ into the &konqueror; address bar. </para>
<guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Click on the <guibutton>K</guibutton> button and select
<para>Click on the <guibutton>T</guibutton> button and select
/path/to/some/soundfile</replaceable></option></userinput>. Try various
formats, ogg, mp3 and wav. Any error messages there might be useful in
formats, ogg, mp3 and wav. Any error messages there might be useful in
pointing you in the right direction.</para>
<para>Try setting the &arts; output method to <acronym>OSS</acronym>. In the
@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ conjunction with using <command>artsplay</command> in a second terminal can give
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
I've upgraded to the latest version of &tde; keeping my old configuration, and my system sounds don't work anymore!</para></question>
I've updated to the latest version of &tde; keeping my previous configuration and my system sounds don't work anymore!</para></question>
<answer><para>
Assuming you've installed &arts; correctly and you still have the codecs installed your previous &tde; installation needed, chances are this is a small problem with your <filename>knotifyrc</filename>. To confirm this, try creating an entirely new user and seeing if system notifications work under the new account. If they do, try moving your <filename>$<envar>TDEHOME</envar>/share/config/knotifyrc</filename> out of the way for your original user to see if this solves the problem.
Assuming you've installed &arts; correctly and you still have the codecs installed your previous &tde; installation needed, possibly there is a problem with your <filename>knotifyrc</filename>. To confirm this, try temporarily
renaming the file. A new one will be created when starting &tde;.
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> by
default) and type:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><command>man:<replaceable>command</replaceable></command> for man pages. It
<para><command>man:<replaceable>command</replaceable></command> for man pages. It
even unpacks on the fly if the man pages are gzipped.</para>
</listitem>
@ -35,14 +35,10 @@ application help pages.</para>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>You can also enter any of these in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> text
<para>You can enter any of these in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> text
box in &konqueror;.</para>
<para>Or you can use the <application>&tde; Help Center</application> if you are using &tde;
2. Simply start the <application>&tde; Help Center</application> by clicking on the icon (the blue
book with the yellow key) on the toolbar. Once the <application>&tde; Help Center</application> has
loaded, the window on the left will contain an entry called
<guilabel>Unix manual pages</guilabel>. Click once on this entry, and
you can browse through all the installed manual pages on your
<para>Uou can use the <application>&tde; Help Center</application>. Start the <application>&tde; Help Center</application> by selecting <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>TDE menu</guimenu>. Once the <application>&tde; Help Center</application> has loaded, the window on the left will contain an entry called
<guilabel>Unix manual pages</guilabel>. Select that entry to browse through all the installed manual pages on your
<para>&konqueror; is &tde;'s open source, standards compliant webbrowser.
It's home page is
<ulink
url="http://www.konqueror.org">http://www.konqueror.org</ulink> where a
&konqueror; specific <acronym>FAQ</acronym> can be found.</para>
<para>&konqueror; is &tde;'s default web browser. Please refer to
the <ulink url="help:/konqueror/index.html">
Konqueror Handbook</ulink> for detailed information.</para>
<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>Where does the name &konqueror; come from?</para></question>
<answer><para>It's a word play on the other browsers' names. After the Navigator and the Explorer comes the Conqueror; it's spelled with a K to show that it's part of &tde;. The name change also moves away from <quote>kfm</quote> (the &tde; file manager, &konqueror;'s predecessor) which represented only file management.</para></answer>
<answer><para>It's a word play on the other browsers' names. After the Navigator
and the Explorer comes the Conqueror.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>Can I run &konqueror; without running &tde;?</para></question>
<answer><para>Yes. Just install &Qt;, tdelibs and tdebase, and from your favorite window manager just launch &konqueror;. It should work just fine, but if it doesn't (&tde; developers don't test that case often), report it to http://bugs.kde.org and try running "tdeinit" before running &konqueror;, it usually helps.
This is of course the same for any other &tde; application. </para>
<answer><para>Yes. Install &Qt;, tdelibs, and tdebase. From your window manager launch &konqueror;. It should work just fine, but if it doesn't (&tde; developers don't often test that use case), report the problem to <ulink
url="http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/">http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/</ulink>. Before reporting a bug, try running "tdeinit" before running &konqueror;. This is of course the same for any other &tde; application running in
a non &tde; setup.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>Why doesn't &konqueror; show the contents of an image's <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> attribute in a tooltip?</para></question>
<answer><para>
There is no standard that states the <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> attribute should appear as a tooltip. The specification calls for <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> to be displayed in place of the image, as in text-mode only browsers such at lynx or w3m. Abusing the <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> attribute is bad for accessibility. Tooltips are supposed to come from the <sgmltag class="attribute">TITLE</sgmltag> attribute and this is implemented in &konqueror;
There is no standard that states the <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> attribute should appear as a tooltip. The specification calls for <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> to be displayed in place of the image, as in text-mode only browsers such at lynx or w3m. Abusing the <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> attribute is bad for accessibility. Tooltips are supposed to come from the <sgmltag class="attribute">TITLE</sgmltag> attribute and this is implemented in &konqueror;.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -36,11 +37,11 @@ There is no standard that states the <sgmltag class="attribute">ALT</sgmltag> at
<para>How do I use &konqueror; as a web browser with a proxy?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>&konqueror; can be used with &HTTP; and &FTP; proxies. To set
up the proxy server in &konqueror;, just select
<para>&konqueror; can be used with &HTTP; and &FTP; proxies. To set
and then in the <application>Bookmark Editor</application> select
<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem>. Then select
the browser you would like to import bookmarks from. In the Open dialog,
<para>To import bookmarks from another browser into &konqueror;, from the menu
bar select <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu>, then select <guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem>.
In the <application>Bookmark Editor</application>, select
<guimenu>File</guimenu> then select <guimenuitem>Import</guimenuitem>. Select
the browser from which you would like to import bookmarks. In the Open dialog,
navigate to the location of the folder or file your bookmarks are
contained in and click <guilabel>Open</guilabel>
located.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>How can I make &konqueror; only show certain bookmarks in the bookmarks toolbar?</para></question>
<answer><para>In &konqueror; go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &konqueror;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Then select <guilabel>Web Behaviour</guilabel> from the icon list. Under the <guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel> heading, place a check in the box next to <guilabel>Show only marked bookmarks in bookmark toolbar</guilabel>. Now in the <application>Bookmark Editor</application> an option to <guilabel>Show in Toolbar</guilabel> appears on clicking with the &RMB; on any bookmark entry or in the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu when the entry is highlighted. Folders can also be shown in the bookmarks toolbar in much the same way.</para></answer>
&konqueror;...</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. Then select <guilabel>Web Behaviour</guilabel> from the icon list. Under the <guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel> heading, place a check in the box next to <guilabel>Show only marked bookmarks in bookmark toolbar</guilabel>.</para>
<para>In the <application>Bookmark Editor</application> an option to <guilabel>Show in Toolbar</guilabel> appears on clicking with the &RMB; on any bookmark entry or in the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu when the entry is highlighted. Folders can also be shown in the bookmarks toolbar in much the same way.</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
@ -71,21 +74,22 @@ contained in and click <guilabel>Open</guilabel>
Why does &konqueror; display a plain grey square when I try to view flash animations, even though the flash plugin is installed?
</para></question>
<answer><para>
Under the latest versions of X.org, having the composite extension loaded can cause problems with the flash plugin. Try disabling the composite extension and see if normal flash operation is restored.
Under the latest versions of X.org, having the composite extension loaded can cause problems with the flash plugin. Try disabling the composite extension and see whether normal flash operation is restored.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -187,7 +180,7 @@ Under the latest versions of X.org, having the composite extension loaded can ca
@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ the left of the notification name. These columns (from left to right) are:</par
<sect2><title>Change a single notification</title>
<para>To make a change to a notification, click on the name of the notification once with the &LMB;. The notification will be highlighted.
Now click on the button labeled
<guibutton>More options</guibutton> so you can see all the checkboxes.</para>
<guibutton>More options</guibutton> so you can see all the checkboxes.</para>
<tip><para>You can have more than one event triggered by a single notification. As an example, it is easy to have a sound played and
a message box appear in response to a system notification. One notification does not prevent other notifications from operating.</para></tip>
<para>The following list details each of the notification types and how to use them.</para>
<para>The following list details each of the notification types and how to use them.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ a message box appear in response to a system notification. One notification doe
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Log to a file</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &tde; will write certain information to a file on disk for later retrieval. To specify the log file to use, enter the pathname in the text box to the right of the checkbox. You can use the folder button (located to the far right of the dialog box) to browse your directory tree.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &tde; will write certain information to a file on disk for later retrieval. To specify the log file to use, enter the pathname in the text box to the right of the checkbox. You can use the folder button (located to the far right of the dialog box) to browse your directory tree.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Execute a program</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, a separate program will be executed when this notification is performed. To specify the program to execute, enter the pathname in the text box to the right of the checkbox. You can use the folder button (located to the far right of the dialog box) to browse your directory tree.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, a separate program will be executed when this notification is performed. To specify the program to execute, enter the pathname in the text box to the right of the checkbox. You can use the folder button (located to the far right of the dialog box) to browse your directory tree.</para></listitem>
@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Browser, Word Processor, &etc;) are displayed on the &kmenu;.
you to
determine which special menu items appear in the &kmenu;.</para>
<para>The <guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel>
menu allows you to quickly select from the same bookmarks that are available in &konqueror;.</para>
menu allows you to quickly select from the same bookmarks that are available in &konqueror;.</para>
<para>The <guilabel>Find</guilabel> menu offers access to the &kfind; application to search for local files, and a quick link to a search engine to search for things on the Internet.</para>
<para>The <guilabel>Konqueror Profiles</guilabel> menu allows you to
launch &konqueror; with any of your configured profiles.</para>
@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ directly from the TDE menu.</para>
the printer(s) attached to your system.</para>
<para>The <guilabel>Quick Browser</guilabel> menu gives you quick links to locations on your hard drive.</para>
<para>The <guilabel>Recent Documents</guilabel> menu lists the most recently edited documents and will automatically
launch the application to edit or view this document.</para>
launch the application to edit or view this document.</para>
<para>The <guilabel>System</guilabel> menu allows you quick access to
some commonly visited places, including your Home folder, and the
Trash. You may find this useful instead of having a separate entry for
<para>&tde;, is used on a wide variety of computers by a wide variety of users. Under the category of
performance, this dialog box allows each user to adjust options which may make the computer that &tde; is
installed on feel more responsive.</para>
installed on feel more responsive.</para>
<para>This module is divided into two tabs.</para>
@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ installed on feel more responsive. </para>
<sect3><title>&konqueror; instances</title>
<para>The first section of this dialog is labeled <guilabel>Minimize Memory Usage</guilabel> and has three options which determine maximum number of instances of &konqueror; that can be open on one machine at any one time.</para>
<note><para>Do not confuse &konqueror; instances, with &konqueror; windows or tabs. The number of konqueror instances is determined by &tde; not by the user. You can think of instances as the hidden data of your &konqueror; windows and tabs. One &konqueror; instance can contain the data for multiple windows or tabs. Your choice on the following radio buttons does not limit the number of windows you can open at one time, but rather, how many instances of &konqueror; you can have open.</para>
<para>The reason the choices you make in this dialog box are important is evident when something goes wrong and &konqueror; is forced to close an instance. <emphasis>All &konqueror; windows associated with a &konqueror; instance must be closed immediatly (without time to save data or bookmark locations).</emphasis> Therefore, the more instances you can have open at one time, the less likely a problem in one instance will affect all of your work. Each instance requires more memory which can be a problem on systems with less system memory.</para></note>
<note><para>Do not confuse &konqueror; instances, with &konqueror; windows or tabs. The number of konqueror instances is determined by &tde; not by the user. You can think of instances as the hidden data of your &konqueror; windows and tabs. One &konqueror; instance can contain the data for multiple windows or tabs. Your choice on the following radio buttons does not limit the number of windows you can open at one time, but rather, how many instances of &konqueror; you can have open.</para>
<para>The reason the choices you make in this dialog box are important is evident when something goes wrong and &konqueror; is forced to close an instance. <emphasis>All &konqueror; windows associated with a &konqueror; instance must be closed immediatly (without time to save data or bookmark locations).</emphasis> Therefore, the more instances you can have open at one time, the less likely a problem in one instance will affect all of your work. Each instance requires more memory which can be a problem on systems with less system memory.</para></note>
<para>Your options are:</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term>For file browsing only (recommended)</term>
<listitem><para>If this option is selected, you can have as many as you want &konqueror; instances open that are browsing the web, but only one instance of &konqueror; for file management.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If this option is selected, you can have as many as you want &konqueror; instances open that are browsing the web, but only one instance of &konqueror; for file management.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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<para>Click on the tab labeled <guilabel>System</guilabel>.</para>
<para>Currently there is only one option labeled <guilabel>Disable system configuration startup check</guilabel>.
</para>
<para>When &tde; starts, it checks several directories for changes to configuration. Most of these changes relate to installation and uninstalling applications to the computer. This scan extends the startup time for &tde; and many times this scan is not needed as the configuration is current from the last time &tde; was started. When the configuration has changed &tde; uses this scan to update various datafiles to ensure a smooth user experience.</para>
<para>When &tde; starts, it checks several directories for changes to configuration. Most of these changes relate to installation and uninstalling applications to the computer. This scan extends the startup time for &tde; and many times this scan is not needed as the configuration is current from the last time &tde; was started. When the configuration has changed &tde; uses this scan to update various datafiles to ensure a smooth user experience.</para>
<warning><para>You are given the option to skip this initial scan during startup. &tde; developers strongly suggest you do not disable this scan because of the potential to introduce instability into your system.</para>
<term><guilabel>Use persistent connections to proxy</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Use persistent connection to your proxy server. Keeps connection to proxy open, helps lower bandwidth/speed up connection. Enabling this option will require the proxy server's cooperation, if the proxy server does not support this, it will bring your internet to a stop.</para>
<para>Use persistent connection to your proxy server. Keeps connection to proxy open, helps lower bandwidth/speed up connection. Enabling this option will require the proxy server's cooperation, if the proxy server does not support this, it will bring your internet to a stop.</para>
<para>What follows is a brief description of a few of the base &tde; applications. For more information on any of the applications you should check the links recommended with each respective entry.</para>
<para>What follows is a brief description of a few of the base &tde; applications. For more information on any of the applications you should check the links recommended with each respective entry.</para>
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<itemizedlist>
<title>Related Information</title>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://kde-apps.org">http://kde-apps.org</ulink> -- The largest directory of third-party &tde; applications.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://kde-apps.org">http://kde-apps.org</ulink> -- mdash; The largest directory of third-party &tde; applications.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>As you may have noticed, a wealth of information is accessible from the respective handbooks themselves, which can be accessed either by using the help KIO slave in &konqueror; (that is, type <userinput>help:/<replaceable>application</replaceable></userinput> in the Location toolbar), or by selecting it in the &khelpcenter;.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>You can also likely find out quite a bit of information from the &tde; website, itself, at <ulink url="http://kde.org">http://kde.org</ulink>.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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<title>Personal Information Management</title>
<para>&tde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> (Personal Information Manager) is a sub-project of &tde;, and it aims to provide an application suite to manage personal information. It has several components, but these can all be brought under one application -- &kontact;, which is the personal information manager. Below is an overview of a few of its popular components; that is, a few of the applications that integrate into it.</para>
<para>&tde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> (Personal Information Manager) is a sub-project of &tde;, and it aims to provide an application suite to manage personal information. It has several components, but these can all be brought under one application -- mdash; &kontact;, which is the personal information manager. Below is an overview of a few of its popular components; that is, a few of the applications that integrate into it.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
<term>&kget;</term>
<listitem><para>A manager for your downloads which integrates with &konqueror;. &kget; allows you to group your downloads, pause and resume them, as well as several other things.</para>
<listitem><para>A manager for your downloads which integrates with &konqueror;. &kget; allows you to group your downloads, pause and resume them, as well as several other things.</para>
<listitem><para>An image viewer program which supports a number of different image filetypes including <acronym>JPEG</acronym>, <acronym>GIF</acronym>, <acronym>PNG</acronym>, <acronym>TIFF</acronym> and many others. <application>Kview</application> has full integration with &tde; and it can be embedded into &konqueror; for viewing image files on your diskdrive as well as your <acronym>FTP</acronym> site or webserver, using its &URL; open support. Other features include a few image manipulations such as zoom, rotate, grayscale and flip.</para>
<listitem><para>An image viewer program which supports a number of different image filetypes including <acronym>JPEG</acronym>, <acronym>GIF</acronym>, <acronym>PNG</acronym>, <acronym>TIFF</acronym> and many others. <application>Kview</application> has full integration with &tde; and it can be embedded into &konqueror; for viewing image files on your diskdrive as well as your <acronym>FTP</acronym> site or webserver, using its &URL; open support. Other features include a few image manipulations such as zoom, rotate, grayscale and flip.</para>
<listitem><para>A simple and easy-to-use paint program, with features such as basic painting (drawing diagrams and finger painting), image manipulation and icon editing.</para>
<listitem><para>A simple and easy-to-use paint program, with features such as basic painting (drawing diagrams and finger painting), image manipulation and icon editing.</para>
<listitem><para>An easy-to-use music player for &tde;. &juk; is playlist and meta-data focused, allowing you to quickly search through the dynamic playlist provided. Some of the features include &CD; cover-art fetching from <trademark class="registered">Google</trademark> images, <application>MusicBrainz</application> integration for file identification over the Internet, and multiple audio backends, including &arts;, <application>GStreamer</application> and <application>aKode</application>.</para>
<listitem><para>An easy-to-use music player for &tde;. &juk; is playlist and meta-data focused, allowing you to quickly search through the dynamic playlist provided. Some of the features include &CD; cover-art fetching from <trademark class="registered">Google</trademark> images, <application>MusicBrainz</application> integration for file identification over the Internet, and multiple audio backends, including &arts;, <application>GStreamer</application> and <application>aKode</application>.</para>
<listitem><para>A media player capable of playing <acronym>WAV</acronym>, <application>Ogg Vorbis</application>, as well as DivX encoded <acronym>AVI</acronym>s and other media formats. &noatun; features audio effects, a six-band graphic equalizer, a full plugin architecture, network transparency, and various look and feels.</para>
<listitem><para>A media player capable of playing <acronym>WAV</acronym>, <application>Ogg Vorbis</application>, as well as DivX encoded <acronym>AVI</acronym>s and other media formats. &noatun; features audio effects, a six-band graphic equalizer, a full plugin architecture, network transparency, and various look and feels.</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Login Manager</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure the &tde; login manager, &tdm;. &tdm; is
a powerful login manager with a large range of options. It supports user switching, remote graphical logins and has a fully customizable appearance. For more information, see the &tdm; handbook.</para></listitem>
a powerful login manager with a large range of options. It supports user switching, remote graphical logins and has a fully customizable appearance. For more information, see the &tdm; handbook.</para></listitem>
<para>These are applications that are directly associated with &tde;, the project, but do not appear and are not shipped with the main &tde; distribution. This can be down to a number of reasons, but a common case is either down to a duplication of functionality, or because they're simply too specialised. Perhaps the most popular occurence however is that the developers themselves may not want it to appear in the main &tde; distribution; choosing, rather, to handle their own release schedules. Nevertheless, the applications in Extragear are distinguished by &tde;, and many are increasingly popular.</para>
<para>These are applications that are directly associated with &tde;, the project, but do not appear and are not shipped with the main &tde; distribution. This can be down to a number of reasons, but a common case is either down to a duplication of functionality, or because they're simply too specialised. Perhaps the most popular occurence however is that the developers themselves may not want it to appear in the main &tde; distribution; choosing, rather, to handle their own release schedules. Nevertheless, the applications in Extragear are distinguished by &tde;, and many are increasingly popular.</para>
<sect1 id="extragear-components">
<title>Available in the &tde; Extragear</title>
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<varlistentry>
<term><application>K3b</application></term>
<listitem><para>The definitive &CD;/<acronym>DVD</acronym> burning application for &tde;. With <application>K3b</application> you can create data, video, and audio (it comes with plugins for <acronym>WAV</acronym>, <acronym>MP3</acronym>, <acronym>FLAC</acronym>, and <application>Ogg Vorbis</application>) &CD;s. Projects can be saved and loaded, &CD;-ripping is supported, and you can appropriately make &CD;/<acronym>DVD</acronym> copies.</para>
<listitem><para>The definitive &CD;/<acronym>DVD</acronym> burning application for &tde;. With <application>K3b</application> you can create data, video, and audio (it comes with plugins for <acronym>WAV</acronym>, <acronym>MP3</acronym>, <acronym>FLAC</acronym>, and <application>Ogg Vorbis</application>) &CD;s. Projects can be saved and loaded, &CD;-ripping is supported, and you can appropriately make &CD;/<acronym>DVD</acronym> copies.</para>
<para>Internet Relay Chat (<acronym>IRC</acronym>) has been around far longer than most <acronym>IM</acronym>
systems, and is still widely used. It is mainly designed for group (many-to-many) communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication.</para>
<para>The #kde channel is under Freenode, the <acronym>IRC</acronym> server, which provides an interactive environment for coordination and support of peer-directed projects, including -- and placing particular stress upon -- those relating to free software and open source projects, such as &tde;.</para>
<para>The #kde channel is under Freenode, the <acronym>IRC</acronym> server, which provides an interactive environment for coordination and support of peer-directed projects, including -- mdash; and placing particular stress upon -- mdash; those relating to free software and open source projects, such as &tde;.</para>
<para>While &kopete; has a <acronym>IRC</acronym> plugin, and handles both channels and nicks well,
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<para>The requirements are &kmail;, &kaddressbook; and &kopete;
(<application>Konversation</application> should do as well). Make sure &kmail; is configured and
fully functional for email, and Kopete is well configured for IRC,
Jabber and/or MSN and/or any other protocol.</para>
Jabber and/or MSN and/or any other protocol.</para>
<para>If an email comes in from a contact you know, the first thing
you have to do is to add it to your address book. This can be achieved
@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ see that it shows an extra field <guilabel>Presence</guilabel>, followed by the
status. This status will automatically update as soon as the contact
goes away, offline, online, and so on. Now go to &kmail;, select another email and return to the original email (in other words: reload
the current email). You can now see behind the email address the
current state of your contact.</para>
current state of your contact.</para>
<para>If you want to chat with this person, just right click the
address in &kmail; and choose <guilabel>Chat With...</guilabel>. Your
<para>For &UNIX; operating systems there are often different users, which in turn might have different privileges. The conventional method is to have an ordinary user account, whose files are generally stored in <filename>/home/username</filename>, and then to also have a <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> account. The <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, or Super User, account has system-wide privileges, being able to modify any file on the system.</para>
<para>For &UNIX; operating systems there are often different users, which in turn might have different privileges. The conventional method is to have an ordinary user account, whose files are generally stored in <filename>/home/username</filename>, and then to also have a <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> account. The <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, or Super User, account has system-wide privileges, being able to modify any file on the system.</para>
<para>Although this means that it is easy to perform administrative tasks without hassle, it also means that there are no security restrictions imposed upon it. Thus, a small typographical error or other mistake can result in irrevocable damage.</para>
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<para>Some &Linux; distributions have tried to stress this point so much that they have disabled the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> account altogether, and instead use the <command>sudo</command> model. Nevertheless, the basic security model in <command>sudo</command> is the same as <command>su</command>, and thus they share the same security strengths and weaknesses, essentially.</para>
<para>If you should ever need to run a program with Super User privileges, then it is always recommend that you use &tdesu;. From &konsole; or from hitting <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>, enter <userinput>tdesu <replaceable>application</replaceable></userinput>, and the application will be run with the appropriate Super User privileges.</para>
<para>If you should ever need to run a program with Super User privileges, then it is always recommend that you use &tdesu;. From &konsole; or from hitting <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>, enter <userinput>tdesu <replaceable>application</replaceable></userinput>, and the application will be run with the appropriate Super User privileges.</para>
<para>Even if you have set up your system to use <command>sudo</command>, or you are on a distribution that uses <command>sudo</command>, such as &kubuntu;, you should still use &tdesu;. The program will be appropriately modified by the developers to use the correct settings. You should not, however, ever use <command>sudo <replaceable>application</replaceable></command> to run an application with <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> permissions; it can derange permissions of certain configuration files for a program. Running a graphical applications as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> in general is not a good idea, but using &tdesu; will always be your safest bet with it.</para>
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educational software on <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org">the TDE-Edu
website</ulink>. What follows is an overview of a few of them.
</para>
<para>View the handbook of each application by typing <userinput>help:/<appname></userinput> in &konqueror;'s Location Toolbar, or by selecting it in &khelpcenter;.</para>
<para>View the handbook of each application by typing <userinput>help:/<appname></userinput> in &konqueror;'s Location Toolbar, or by selecting it in &khelpcenter;.</para>
<sect1 id="languages">
<title>Improve your language skills</title>
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<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>&kbruch;</term>
<listitem><para>An application with several exercise types in order to enhance your calculating with fractions. Different tasks include exercises to find the sum of two fractions, the conversion of fractions into the respective decimal, the comparison (with less than, more than) of fractions, and more.</para>
<listitem><para>An application with several exercise types in order to enhance your calculating with fractions. Different tasks include exercises to find the sum of two fractions, the conversion of fractions into the respective decimal, the comparison (with less than, more than) of fractions, and more.</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term>&kig;</term>
<listitem><para>A great application with interactive geometry. Ideal for teachers attempting to draw a graph on the computer, or students who wish to find out more and investigate with graphs and curves. Currently many things are supported, and you can very easily construct several things from parabolas and hyperbolas, to ellipses.</para>
<listitem><para>A great application with interactive geometry. Ideal for teachers attempting to draw a graph on the computer, or students who wish to find out more and investigate with graphs and curves. Currently many things are supported, and you can very easily construct several things from parabolas and hyperbolas, to ellipses.</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term>&kspread;</term>
<listitem><para>The spreadsheet component. &kspread; is a scriptable spreadsheet program which provides both table-oriented sheets and support for complex mathematical formulas and statistics. Features include Hyperlinks, cell data validity checking with configurable warnings/actions, scripting and specific cell customization.</para>
<listitem><para>The spreadsheet component. &kspread; is a scriptable spreadsheet program which provides both table-oriented sheets and support for complex mathematical formulas and statistics. Features include Hyperlinks, cell data validity checking with configurable warnings/actions, scripting and specific cell customization.</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term>&krita;</term>
<listitem><para>The painting and image manipulation component. &krita; contains both ease-of-use, fun features like guided painting, as well as high-end features like support for 16-bit images, <acronym>CMYK</acronym> and even OpenEXR <acronym>HDR</acronym> images.</para>
<listitem><para>The painting and image manipulation component. &krita; contains both ease-of-use, fun features like guided painting, as well as high-end features like support for 16-bit images, <acronym>CMYK</acronym> and even OpenEXR <acronym>HDR</acronym> images.</para>
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<varlistentry>
<term>&kexi;</term>
<listitem><para>The data management component. It can be used for creating database schemas, inserting data, performing queries, and processing data. Forms can be created to provide a custom interface to your data. All database objects -- tables, queries and forms -- are stored in the database, making it easy to share data and database design.</para>
<listitem><para>The data management component. It can be used for creating database schemas, inserting data, performing queries, and processing data. Forms can be created to provide a custom interface to your data. All database objects -- mdash; tables, queries and forms -- mdash; are stored in the database, making it easy to share data and database design.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/kexi/">http://www.koffice.org/kexi/</ulink> and <ulink url="http://kexi-project.org">http://kexi-project.org</ulink>.</para></listitem>
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<varlistentry>
<term>&kchart;</term>
<listitem><para>The chart drawing component; it is used to embed charts into one of the other &koffice; components. It's easy to use, highly customizable allowing all of the parameters to be changed, and has a flexible layout.</para>
<listitem><para>The chart drawing component; it is used to embed charts into one of the other &koffice; components. It's easy to use, highly customizable allowing all of the parameters to be changed, and has a flexible layout.</para>
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<sect3 id="special-window-settings">
<title>Other Special Window Settings</title>
<para>While you can use &kstart; to assign particular window settings, &tde; also allows you to alter these -- as well as other similar settings -- from the program window itself. Simply select the left-most button in the window titlebar (or just hit <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo> once the window is focued), and then go to <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Advanced</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Special Window Settings...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. As you can see, from here you change various things from its geometry upon startup, to whether it should have a border or not.</para>
<para>While you can use &kstart; to assign particular window settings, &tde; also allows you to alter these -- mdash; as well as other similar settings -- mdash; from the program window itself. Simply select the left-most button in the window titlebar (or just hit <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo> once the window is focued), and then go to <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Advanced</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Special Window Settings...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. As you can see, from here you change various things from its geometry upon startup, to whether it should have a border or not.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="system-tray">
@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ hints and will be updated if the icon changes. The window title is
shown as a tooltip if you hold the mouse over the icon.
<application>ksystraycmd</application> follows standard &tde;
behaviour so the target window can be shown and hidden by clicking the
tray icon, and a standard context menu is available.</para>
tray icon, and a standard context menu is available.</para>
Darrell Anderson
12 years ago