Fix tdebase entities, text strings for future maintenance of handbook files. This partially resolves bug report 694.
Update konqueror user agent strings. This partially resolves bug report 774.
Update TDM help options. This resolves bug report 618.
Fix KTips branding issues and obsolete web addresses. This resolves bug report 842.
<para>Are there any <acronym>SVN</acronym> mirror sites for &kde;?</para>
<para>Are there any <acronym>SVN</acronym> mirror sites for &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>No, there are currently no anonymous <acronym>SVN</acronym> mirror sites for &kde;. If you're interested in setting one up, please contact <email>sysadmin@kde.org</email>
<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>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I go about translating &kde; programs into my native
<para>How do I go about translating &tde; programs into my native
language?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Look at the <ulink url="http://i18n.kde.org">The &kde;
<para>Look at the <ulink url="http://i18n.kde.org">The &tde;
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>
@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ 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
stored in other locations, you must either copy them into one of the
above-mentioned fixed &kde; locations or make symlinks.</para>
above-mentioned fixed &tde; locations or make symlinks.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I use the mouse scroll wheel in &kde;?</para>
<para>How do I use the mouse scroll wheel in &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Mouse wheel support comes with &Qt; 2.0 and above, so &kde; based on
<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>
@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ that will automatically support the use of the mouse scroll wheel if your system
<para>How do I launch applications in a particular desktop?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>&kde; comes with a program called &kstart;.
<para>&tde; comes with a program called &kstart;.
To start an <application>xterm</application> on the second desktop and then activate it use:
@ -27,26 +27,26 @@ lists</ulink>) or newsgroups.</para>
<answer>
<para>So you have heard the rumors. Or you have seen the screenshots.
And you are dying to get hold of &kde;. But you know next to nothing
And you are dying to get hold of &tde;. But you know next to nothing
about this whole <quote>alternative OS</quote> business. Don't worry!
You only need to do some (well, maybe not some) reading, that's
all!</para>
<para>&kde; does not run on any version of &Microsoft; &Windows; or OS/2 (yet). To run
&kde;, you need to have a &UNIX; system. Please refer to <xref
<para>&tde; does not run on any version of &Microsoft; &Windows; or OS/2 (yet). To run
&tde;, you need to have a &UNIX; system. Please refer to <xref
linkend="platform"/> for more details.</para>
<para>Decide on a platform and set it up for your system. This
<acronym>FAQ</acronym> can not help you with this, since &kde;<ulink
<acronym>FAQ</acronym> can not help you with this, since &tde;<ulink
url="http://www.kde.org"> runs on many &UNIX;</ulink> platforms. </para>
<!-- Taken out because we can not help with all platforms and KDEisnotLINUX -->
<para>Finally, you are ready to commence the &kde; installation.
Please start reading from the next section. To get &kde;, please
<para>Finally, you are ready to commence the &tde; installation.
Please start reading from the next section. To get &tde;, please
refer to <xref linkend="where-to-get-kde"/>. Last but not least, if
you encounter any problems while installing &kde;, please do not
hesitate to make use of the &kde; <link
you encounter any problems while installing &tde;, please do not
hesitate to make use of the &tde; <link
linkend="mailing-lists">mailing lists</link> and <link
linkend="newsgroups">newsgroups</link>. But do bear this in mind: no
question is too silly to ask, but some are too silly to answer,
@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ especially when they are already answered in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>What kind of hardware do I need to run &kde; ?</para>
<para>What kind of hardware do I need to run &tde; ?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>To run &kde; it is recommended that you have at least a pentium II processor, 64MB of memory and 500MB of free disk space for a basic installation. While &kde; may run on slower configurations than this, performance can be severely impaired. Generally, if your computer runs an &X-Server; already with other desktop environments or window managers it's probably fast enough to run &kde;.</para>
<para>To run &tde; it is recommended that you have at least a pentium II processor, 64MB of memory and 500MB of free disk space for a basic installation. While &tde; may run on slower configurations than this, performance can be severely impaired. Generally, if your computer runs an &X-Server; already with other desktop environments or window managers it's probably fast enough to run &tde;.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ especially when they are already answered in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
<para>You can find several kinds of binary and source packages for
different distributions and operating systems on the &kde-ftp;. The
binary packages are not made by the &kde; Team, but by the
binary packages are not made by the &tde; Team, but by the
distributors themselves, or some dedicated individuals. Please refer to
In addition, there are optional libraries that might improve &kde; if
In addition, there are optional libraries that might improve &tde; if
installed on your system. An example is OpenSSL which will enable
&konqueror; to browse web pages securely and is needed in a version
>=0.9.6. These should be provided by your distributor; if not, ask
@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ is available in each of the aforementioned package formats.</para>
<listitem>
<para>Required</para>
<para>This package contains shared libraries that are needed by all
&kde; applications.</para>
&tde; applications.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ is available in each of the aforementioned package formats.</para>
<listitem>
<para>Required</para>
<para>This package contains the base applications that form the core
of the K Desktop Environment like the window manager, the terminal
of the Trinity Desktop Environment like the window manager, the terminal
emulator, the control center, the file manager, and the panel.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ download manager &kget;, and several other network-related programs.</para>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>
Educational and entertaining applications for &kde;'s younger users.
Educational and entertaining applications for &tde;'s younger users.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ KDE accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer fro
<term>tdevelop</term>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>A complete Integrated Development Environment for &kde; and Qt</para>
<para>A complete Integrated Development Environment for &tde; and Qt</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ every package you want to install.</para></step>
<varlistentry>
<term>Installation of the source <filename>.tar.bz2</filename> files</term>
<listitem>
<para>Since there are always changes and updates to the way &kde; is compiled, please
<para>Since there are always changes and updates to the way &tde; is compiled, please
refer to <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/build/index.html">Download and Install from Source</ulink> for the most up to date installation instructions for the source packages.
</para>
<para>The general approach should work in most cases though.
@ -351,16 +351,16 @@ already are, just type <command>make
<para>Post-installation procedures</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>First of all, please make sure that you have added &kde;'s binary
<para>First of all, please make sure that you have added &tde;'s binary
installation folder (⪚ <filename
class="directory">/usr/local/kde/bin</filename>) to your <envar>PATH</envar>
and &kde;'s
and &tde;'s
library installation folder to your <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar> (only
necessary on systems that do not support rpath; on &Linux; &ELF;, it
should work without). This environment variable may be called
differently on some systems, ⪚ it is called
<envar>SHLIB_PATH</envar> on &IRIX;. Then set the environment variable
<envar>TDEDIR</envar> to the base of your &kde; tree, ⪚ <filename
<envar>TDEDIR</envar> to the base of your &tde; tree, ⪚ <filename
class="directory">/usr/local/kde</filename>.
<caution>
<para>Please bear in mind that it is unwise to set
<para>I upgraded &kde; and it seemed to go fine, but when I start it,
<para>I upgraded &tde; and it seemed to go fine, but when I start it,
I get a blank gray screen, and nothing happens. There are errors in
the console about DCOPserver. What's going on?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
&kde; uses several temporary files during its operation.
&tde; uses several temporary files during its operation.
These are usually to be found in the following locations:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename>~/.DCOPserver-*</filename> (there are usually two of these; one is a symlink to the other)</para></listitem>
@ -669,14 +669,14 @@ These are usually to be found in the following locations:</para>
<command>cron</command> or shutdown script is emptying out the
<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> folder, then strange
things will happen. These files, and the symlinks, will all be
created automatically at the start of &kde; so you can safely remove
them <emphasis>while &kde; is not running</emphasis>.</para>
created automatically at the start of &tde; so you can safely remove
them <emphasis>while &tde; is not running</emphasis>.</para>
<para>If you are only getting a gray screen when you start &kde;, or if you get an error message telling you to <errorname>Check your installation</errorname>, then shut down X and delete all the files listed above, then try to restart X.</para>
<para>If you are only getting a gray screen when you start &tde;, or if you get an error message telling you to <errorname>Check your installation</errorname>, then shut down X and delete all the files listed above, then try to restart X.</para>
<para>Normally (&ie; when not upgrading between &kde; versions) it's
<para>Normally (&ie; when not upgrading between &tde; versions) it's
quite safe to leave these files intact, and you may shave a few
seconds off your &kde; startup time by doing so.</para>
seconds off your &tde; startup time by doing so.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ You should be able to download it from any
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I uninstall &kde; applications compiled from
<para>How do I uninstall &tde; applications compiled from
<para>Does &kde; support transparency and other visual effects provided by the new composite extension to X.org?</para>
<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 &kde; 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! 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:
<screen>
Section "Extensions"
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Once you have configured X.org correctly, transparency and other effects can be
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>What about &kde; programs that do not have icons? How do I get
<para>What about &tde; programs that do not have icons? How do I get
them into the menu?</para>
</question>
<answer>
@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ them into the menu?</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Does &kde; have a graphical &FTP; client?</para>
<para>Does &tde; have a graphical &FTP; client?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Yes, and it is none other than your favorite file
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ folders.</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I exit &kde;?</para>
<para>How do I exit &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Simply click on the <guibutton>K</guibutton> button and select
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ new versions also sometimes fix security problems.</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I copy and paste in &kde;?</para>
<para>How do I copy and paste in &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>The simplest method is to use your mouse:</para>
@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ 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 &kde; please see the &klipper; hand book, accessed by typing <userinput><command>help:/klipper</command></userinput>
<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>
</answer>
@ -148,17 +148,17 @@ allows people remote access over the Net to pick up the latest source
code and even to check in new files if they have permission. It is
also open source (you pay for support if you want it), and since it is
free it is the system of choice for people writing more free products,
such as &kde;.</para>
such as &tde;.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Does &kde; support dual screen (Xinerama)?</para>
<para>Does &tde; support dual screen (Xinerama)?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Yes, you need to have a multi-headed X server
(⪚ MetroX or XFree86 4.0 and above) and a &kde; >= 2.2.1
(⪚ MetroX or XFree86 4.0 and above) and a &tde; >= 2.2.1
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ such as &kde;.</para>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I check which version of &kde; I am using?</para>
<para>How do I check which version of &tde; I am using?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Fire up your <application>&kde; Control
Center</application>. It comes up with an Info Screen including the version of &kde;
The &kde; version is also included in the application's
<para>Fire up your <application>&tde; Control
Center</application>. It comes up with an Info Screen including the version of &tde;
The &tde; version is also included in the application's
<guimenuitem>About</guimenuitem> dialog.
</para>
</answer>
@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ The &kde; version is also included in the application's
<para>How do I add applications to the &kde; panel (&kicker;)?</para>
<para>How do I add applications to the &tde; panel (&kicker;)?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>There are several ways to add an application to the panel, of
@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ you prefer from
install it using the &kcontrolcenter;.</para>
<para>In order to change only the &kmenu; icon you can overwrite the
<filename>kmenu.png</filename> image for every size in an icon theme set.
So, for &kde; default icons this would be <filename>$<envar>TDEDIR</envar>/share/icons/default.kde/<replaceable>size</replaceable>/apps/kmenu.png</filename>,
So, for &tde; default icons this would be <filename>$<envar>TDEDIR</envar>/share/icons/default.kde/<replaceable>size</replaceable>/apps/kmenu.png</filename>,
where <replaceable>size</replaceable> is one of the sizes included in the
&kde; icon theme.
&tde; icon theme.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ After an upgrade my &kmenu; appears to be empty! How can I get my menu back?
</question>
<answer>
<para>
In &kde; 3.2 and later local modifications to the &kmenu; are stored
In &tde; 3.2 and later local modifications to the &kmenu; are stored
</filename>. Try moving this file out of the way and then issuing the
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ back?</para>
<para>The panel disappearing is usually due to it crashing. This is
most often caused by loading an applet that has a fatal bug or due to
a bad installation of &kde; and/or the panel.</para>
a bad installation of &tde; and/or the panel.</para>
<para>The easiest way to get the panel back is to launch the
<guilabel>Run Command</guilabel> window by pressing <keycombo
@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ it by hand, start by removing the applet entry groups.</para>
<para>Where did the Icon Zooming option that used to be in &kicker; go?
</para></question>
<answer><para>
Icon zooming was not actively maintained and had caused severe bugs and usability issues. It was replaced in &kde; 3.4 by the new mouse over effects, which combine esthetics with useful information.
Icon zooming was not actively maintained and had caused severe bugs and usability issues. It was replaced in &tde; 3.4 by the new mouse over effects, which combine esthetics with useful information.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ tray?</para>
in the system tray, run <userinput><command>ksystraycmd </command>
<option>--hidden</option> <command>konsole</command></userinput>. For
more information about <command>ksystraycmd</command>, see the section
<quote>Advanced Window Management</quote> in the &kde;
<quote>Advanced Window Management</quote> in the &tde;
User Guide.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ User Guide.</para>
<question><para>How do I use the &Windows; key to open the &kmenu;?</para>
</question>
<answer><para>Previous versions of &kde; provided a trick to allow you to
<answer><para>Previous versions of &tde; provided a trick to allow you to
use the &Windows; key both as a modifier (so you could have shortcuts
like <keycombo action="simul"><keysym>Win</keysym><keycap>R</keycap>
</keycombo>), and as a regular key (so that pressing
<keysym>Win</keysym> on its own could open the &kmenu;). This feature
was removed for reasons of usability and accessibility, as well as
keeping the code clean. For current versions of &kde;, you have two
keeping the code clean. For current versions of &tde;, you have two
options: either use a different shortcut to open the &kmenu; (the
default is <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F1</keycap>
</keycombo>), or remap the <keysym>Win</keysym> key to be a regular
@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ able to popup the &kmenu; by pressing the <keysym>Win</keysym> key.</para>
settings: Create a file <filename>~/.kde/env/win-key.sh</filename>
(create the directory if it doesn't exist), and add the
<command>xmodmap</command> command you used previously to it. The
change should now be applied every time you start &kde;.</para>
change should now be applied every time you start &tde;.</para>
<para>&kde; uses the &arts; sound system which is complex and powerful,
<para>&tde; uses the &arts; sound system which is complex and powerful,
making it difficult for some users to troubleshoot when things go
wrong. Here are some tips to help you diagnose what it's doing when your
sound misbehaves :</para>
@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ sound misbehaves :</para>
<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How can I troubleshoot sound related problems in &kde;?</para>
<para>How can I troubleshoot sound related problems in &tde;?</para>
</question>
<answer><para> To check that sound is working independently of &arts;, make
sure that <command>artsd</command> isn't running and then try playing sound
through <application>XMMS</application> or another multimedia application
that isn't a part of &kde;. If that application doesn't play sound, then
your general sound setup is probably broken and it's not a &kde;
that isn't a part of &tde;. If that application doesn't play sound, then
your general sound setup is probably broken and it's not a &tde;
problem.</para>
<para>Try playing sound with
@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ conjunction with using <command>artsplay</command> in a second terminal can give
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
I've upgraded to the latest version of &kde; keeping my old configuration, and my system sounds don't work anymore!</para></question>
I've upgraded to the latest version of &tde; keeping my old 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 &kde; 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, 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.
<para>&konqueror; is &kde;'s open source, standards compliant webbrowser.
<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
@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ url="http://www.konqueror.org">http://www.konqueror.org</ulink> where a
<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 &kde;. The name change also moves away from <quote>kfm</quote> (the &kde; 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; 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>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>Can I run &konqueror; without running &kde;?</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 (&kde; 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 &kde; application. </para>
<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>
</qandaentry>
@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ could cause this?</para></question>
support. Adding the following to <filename>/etc/profile</filename> or any
other script that is sourced on login should solve this problem:
<screen>
export KDE_NO_IPV6=true
export TDE_NO_IPV6=true
</screen>
for bourne compatible shells, and for C-style shells:
<note><para>At the time of writing, for most installations of &kde; the entire search engine function in &khelpcenter; is disabled, and settings made in this &kcontrol; module will have no effect. We hope to have it back in a future release.</para></note>
<note><para>At the time of writing, for most installations of &tde; the entire search engine function in &khelpcenter; is disabled, and settings made in this &kcontrol; module will have no effect. We hope to have it back in a future release.</para></note>
<para>&kde; comes with a lot of documentation for applications and
<para>&tde; comes with a lot of documentation for applications and
components. While it is possible to just browse the manuals until you
find that piece of information you're looking for, this may be a very
time-consuming task. To make this easier for you, &kde; offers
time-consuming task. To make this easier for you, &tde; offers
fulltext search using a program called
<application>ht://dig</application>. It works quite similar to search
engines on the web, in fact some search engines you know might even use
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ it. Just click on the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> tab in the
<para>However, to make use of this feature,
<application>ht://dig</application> has to be installed on your system
and &kde; has to be configured to make use of it. This control module
and &tde; has to be configured to make use of it. This control module
tries to help you doing the latter. If you haven't installed
<application>ht://dig</application> and it wasn't shipped with your
operating system you have to get ht://dig yourself. Have a look at
@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ to download and install it.</para>
<para>When you first start, you are in display mode only. To modify
your settings, click on <guibutton>Administrator Mode</guibutton>. If
you are logged in as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
you will go straight to the change dialog. If not, &kde; will ask for
you will go straight to the change dialog. If not, &tde; will ask for
a superuser password.</para>
<sect2 id="help-index-use">
<title>Use</title>
<para>There are two important things to tell &kde; so it can make use of the
<para>There are two important things to tell &tde; so it can make use of the
fulltext search engine:</para>
<itemizedlist>
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ KDE uses for fulltext search</para></listitem>
<para>&kde;, like all applications, needs to inform the user when a
problem occurs, a task is completed, or something has happened. &kde;
<para>&tde;, like all applications, needs to inform the user when a
problem occurs, a task is completed, or something has happened. &tde;
uses a set of <quote>System Notifications</quote> to keep the user
informed on what is happening.</para>
<para>Using this module, you can determine what &kde; does to communicate
<para>Using this module, you can determine what &tde; does to communicate
each event.</para>
<para>The panel consists of a large list of specific events which need
@ -51,27 +51,27 @@ the left of the notification name. These columns (from left to right) are:</par
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Print to standard error output</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>If an icon is present in this column, &kde; will send a message to the computers standard output.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If an icon is present in this column, &tde; will send a message to the computers standard output.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Display a message box</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>If an icon is present in this column, &kde; will open a message box and inform the user of the notification. This is probably the most commonly selected option for alerting users to an error.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If an icon is present in this column, &tde; will open a message box and inform the user of the notification. This is probably the most commonly selected option for alerting users to an error.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Log to a file</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>If an icon is present in this column, &kde; will write certain information to a file on disk for later retrieval. This is useful for tracking problems or important system changes.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If an icon is present in this column, &tde; will write certain information to a file on disk for later retrieval. This is useful for tracking problems or important system changes.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Play a sound</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>This does exactly what you think it does. If an icon is present in this column, &kde; will play a specific sound over the speakers. This is commonly used by games in &kde; for starting a new game, or other action within the game.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>This does exactly what you think it does. If an icon is present in this column, &tde; will play a specific sound over the speakers. This is commonly used by games in &tde; for starting a new game, or other action within the game.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guiicon>Flash the taskbar entry</guiicon></term>
<listitem><para>If an icon is present in this column, &kde; will cause the taskbar to flash until the user has clicked the taskbar entry. This is most useful when you want the user to look at the program (such as a new email message was received, or the users name was said on an IRC channel).</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If an icon is present in this column, &tde; will cause the taskbar to flash until the user has clicked the taskbar entry. This is most useful when you want the user to look at the program (such as a new email message was received, or the users name was said on an IRC channel).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ a message box appear in response to a system notification. One notification doe
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Play a sound</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &kde; will play a sound everytime this notification is initiated. To specify the sound, use the text box to the right of the checkbox to enter the folder location of the sound file you want &kde; to play. You can use the folder button (located to the far right of the dialog box) to browse your directory tree. To hear a test of your sound, simply click on the play button (small button directly to the right of <guilabel>Play a sound</guilabel>.)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &tde; will play a sound everytime this notification is initiated. To specify the sound, use the text box to the right of the checkbox to enter the folder location of the sound file you want &tde; to play. You can use the folder button (located to the far right of the dialog box) to browse your directory tree. To hear a test of your sound, simply click on the play button (small button directly to the right of <guilabel>Play a sound</guilabel>.)</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Log to a file</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &kde; 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>
@ -102,24 +102,24 @@ a message box appear in response to a system notification. One notification doe
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show a message in a pop up window</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &kde; will open a message box and inform the user of the notification. The text of the box can not be changed from this dialog. If you place a mark in the checkbox labeled <guilabel>Use a passive window that does not interrupt other work</guilabel>, &kde; will open the message box, but it will not change desktops and the message box will not appear until the user returns to the program sending the notification. If that box is left empty, the user must respond to the message box even if it means they have to stop working on another program.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &tde; will open a message box and inform the user of the notification. The text of the box can not be changed from this dialog. If you place a mark in the checkbox labeled <guilabel>Use a passive window that does not interrupt other work</guilabel>, &tde; will open the message box, but it will not change desktops and the message box will not appear until the user returns to the program sending the notification. If that box is left empty, the user must respond to the message box even if it means they have to stop working on another program.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Print a message to standard error output</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &kde; will send a message to the computer's standard output.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &tde; will send a message to the computer's standard output.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &kde; will cause the taskbar of the program sending the notification to flash until the user has clicked the taskbar entry.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this checkbox, &tde; will cause the taskbar of the program sending the notification to flash until the user has clicked the taskbar entry.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<tip><para>You can use the icon columns (located to the left of the notifications) to quickly select or deselect the options. Clicking in the column with the &LMB; will toggle the notification on and off.</para></tip>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Change all notifications in all &kde; applications</title>
<sect2><title>Change all notifications in all &tde; applications</title>
<para>You can alter more than one notification at a time by using the section of the dialog labeled <guilabel>Quick Controls</guilabel>.</para>
<para>The first item in this section is a checkbox labeled <guilabel>Apply to all applications</guilabel>. If there is a mark in this checkbox, any changes made in the <guilabel>Quick Controls</guilabel> area are applied to all applications (not just the selected application). If there is no mark in this checkbox, any changes are limited to the application selected at the top of the dialog.</para>
<para>The next line consists of a button and a drop down box. This is used to enable every notification of a single type. Simply select the notification type from the drop down box (on the right) and click the button labeled <guibutton>Turn On All</guibutton>. This will enable all notifications of that type.</para>
@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ a message box appear in response to a system notification. One notification doe
<para>If you click the button labeled <guibutton>Player settings</guibutton>, a small dialog box will appear with three radio buttons:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Use the &kde; sound system</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this radio button, &kde; will play all sound notifications through the &kde; sound system (&arts;). You can adjust the volume of system notifications using the slider.</para>
<note><para>The slider only affects &kde; system notifications. Changes to this slider will not affect other sounds on your computer.</para></note></listitem>
<term><guilabel>Use the &tde; sound system</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this radio button, &tde; will play all sound notifications through the &tde; sound system (&arts;). You can adjust the volume of system notifications using the slider.</para>
<note><para>The slider only affects &tde; system notifications. Changes to this slider will not affect other sounds on your computer.</para></note></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this radio button, &kde; will not use the &kde; sound system to play the sound. This is a good choice if the sound format you want to use is not supported by the &kde; notification system or if you don't use the &arts; sound daemon. After checking the radio box, enter the full path and name of the program you want to use into the text field. You can use the folder button (located along the right side) to browse the directory tree.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If a mark is in this radio button, &tde; will not use the &tde; sound system to play the sound. This is a good choice if the sound format you want to use is not supported by the &tde; notification system or if you don't use the &arts; sound daemon. After checking the radio box, enter the full path and name of the program you want to use into the text field. You can use the folder button (located along the right side) to browse the directory tree.</para></listitem>
or simply click and hold to drag it. You can also enable automatic selection of icons using the <guilabel>Automatically select icons</guilabel> checkbox, discussed below.</para>
@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ action="simul">&Ctrl;<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton></keycombo> click. If you r
<term><guilabel>Visual feedback on activation</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>When this option is
checked, &kde; gives you visual feedback whenever you click on something and activate it.</para></listitem>
checked, &tde; gives you visual feedback whenever you click on something and activate it.</para></listitem>
<para>&kde;, 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 &kde; is
<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>
<para>This module is divided into two tabs.</para>
@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ 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 &kde; 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>
<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>
@ -64,27 +64,27 @@ installed on feel more responsive. </para>
<sect3><title>Preloading</title>
<para>The subsection labeled <guilabel>Preloading</guilabel> also makes a tradeoff between memory and performance.</para>
<para><emphasis>Preloading</emphasis> refers to loading an instance of &konqueror; into memory before a user asks to start &konqueror;. The positive effect of this is that when a user asks &kde; to load &konqueror; the window appears instantly
<para><emphasis>Preloading</emphasis> refers to loading an instance of &konqueror; into memory before a user asks to start &konqueror;. The positive effect of this is that when a user asks &tde; to load &konqueror; the window appears instantly
because most of the application has been preloaded. The negative effect is that this instance of &konqueror; uses memory that
could be used by other programs. By default, when a user closes &konqueror;, &kde; does not close the instance.
could be used by other programs. By default, when a user closes &konqueror;, &tde; does not close the instance.
This means that the next time a user wants &konqueror; loaded, it is nearly instantanous again.</para>
<para>The spinbox labeled <guilabel>Maximum number of instances kept preloaded:</guilabel> can be used to adjust the maximum number of preloaded instances. This option does not affect instances when they are loaded. It also does not limit the number of instances that can be used by active windows. It only affects the number of preloaded instances.</para>
<para>The checkbox labeled <guilabel>Preload an instance after &kde; startup</guilabel> does just what it says. It tells
&kde; to preload one instance of &konqueror; at the startup of &kde;.</para>
<note><para>This does extend the startup time for &kde;.</para></note>
<para>The final checkbox labeled <guilabel>Always try to have at least one preloaded instance</guilabel> signals to &kde; that you always want &kde; to have one preloaded, but not used, instance of &konqueror; available. This option will actually decrease performance on some machines (especially those with limited physical memory).</para>
<para>The checkbox labeled <guilabel>Preload an instance after &tde; startup</guilabel> does just what it says. It tells
&tde; to preload one instance of &konqueror; at the startup of &tde;.</para>
<note><para>This does extend the startup time for &tde;.</para></note>
<para>The final checkbox labeled <guilabel>Always try to have at least one preloaded instance</guilabel> signals to &tde; that you always want &tde; to have one preloaded, but not used, instance of &konqueror; available. This option will actually decrease performance on some machines (especially those with limited physical memory).</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>&kde; system performance options</title>
<sect2><title>&tde; system performance options</title>
<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 &kde; 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 &kde; and many times this scan is not needed as the configuration is current from the last time &kde; was started. When the configuration has changed &kde; 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. &kde; developers strongly suggest you do not disable this scan because of the potential to introduce instability into your system.</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>
<para>If you do select this option:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>&kde; will wait to perform the scan until after &kde; has started. This scan will be performed after the desktop is loaded.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the event of a crash, &kde; will not perform a backtrace because your problem may be related to the delayed scan.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>&tde; will wait to perform the scan until after &tde; has started. This scan will be performed after the desktop is loaded.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the event of a crash, &tde; will not perform a backtrace because your problem may be related to the delayed scan.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Switch this option off if any application is crashing as a delayed scan may be responsible for the crash.</para></listitem>
<para><acronym>KDEAP</acronym> (the &kde; Accessibility Project) aims to ensure that &kde;, as a desktop environment, is accessible to all users, including those of us with physical disabilities. In addition to the accessibility aids in the <link linkend="kcontrol-regional-and-accessibility">Control Center</link>, &kde; has several other accessibility tools, which are available in the &kde;-Accessibility package. This package may not be installed on your computer; if it is not, you can download it from here:</para>
<para><acronym>KDEAP</acronym> (the &tde; Accessibility Project) aims to ensure that &tde;, as a desktop environment, is accessible to all users, including those of us with physical disabilities. In addition to the accessibility aids in the <link linkend="kcontrol-regional-and-accessibility">Control Center</link>, &tde; has several other accessibility tools, which are available in the &tde;-Accessibility package. This package may not be installed on your computer; if it is not, you can download it from here:</para>
<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/apps/KDE3.x/accessibility/tdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.gz">tdeaccessibility-1.0.0.tar.gz</ulink>, or
<para><application>KTTS</application> is a &kde; application for the conversion of text into audible speech. Currently, since &kde; 3.4, you can use <application>KTTS</application> to speak any text from the &klipper;, the &kde; clipboard, any text from a plain text file (using &kate; or otherwise), speak any portion of text from a &HTML; page in &konqueror;, and much more.</para>
<para><application>KTTS</application> is a &tde; application for the conversion of text into audible speech. Currently, since &kde; 3.4, you can use <application>KTTS</application> to speak any text from the &klipper;, the &tde; clipboard, any text from a plain text file (using &kate; or otherwise), speak any portion of text from a &HTML; page in &konqueror;, and much more.</para>
<para>To get <application>KTTS</application> up-and-running you will need to start by running <command>kttsmgr</command>, the &kde; Text-to-Speech manager.</para>
<para>To get <application>KTTS</application> up-and-running you will need to start by running <command>kttsmgr</command>, the &tde; Text-to-Speech manager.</para>
<para>What follows is a brief description of a few of the base &kde; 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>
<!-- What are they?? (Phil) -->
<!-- Included a few here; may be a good idea to add to this in future -->
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>&konqueror;</term>
<listitem><para>&kde;'s file manager, web browser, <acronym>FTP</acronym> client and much more. &konqueror; is the canvas for all the latest &kde; technology, from KIO slaves (which provide mechanisms for file access) to component embedding, allowing it to be a universal viewing application, capable of displaying various image files as well as documents.</para>
<listitem><para>&tde;'s file manager, web browser, <acronym>FTP</acronym> client and much more. &konqueror; is the canvas for all the latest &tde; technology, from KIO slaves (which provide mechanisms for file access) to component embedding, allowing it to be a universal viewing application, capable of displaying various image files as well as documents.</para>
<listitem><para>&kde;'s advanced multi-view text editor. &kate; is excellent for things such as viewing the &HTML; source of a webpage to handling advanced coding in <acronym>C++</acronym>, <acronym>PHP</acronym> and <acronym>XML</acronym> with its powerful syntax highlighting engine and code folding capabilities. &kate; is a very speedy application, being capable of opening huge text files in a matter of seconds, as well as allowing you to view a hefty amount of multiple views in order to see more instances of the same document and/or more documents at any particular time.</para>
<listitem><para>&tde;'s advanced multi-view text editor. &kate; is excellent for things such as viewing the &HTML; source of a webpage to handling advanced coding in <acronym>C++</acronym>, <acronym>PHP</acronym> and <acronym>XML</acronym> with its powerful syntax highlighting engine and code folding capabilities. &kate; is a very speedy application, being capable of opening huge text files in a matter of seconds, as well as allowing you to view a hefty amount of multiple views in order to see more instances of the same document and/or more documents at any particular time.</para>
<listitem><para>The X terminal emulator for &kde;. &konsole;, like many &kde; applications, is extremely customizable; while you can create your own user sessions, you can also of course open &Linux; console sessions, shell sessions, as well as standard <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> and sudo sessions.</para>
<listitem><para>The X terminal emulator for &tde;. &konsole;, like many &tde; applications, is extremely customizable; while you can create your own user sessions, you can also of course open &Linux; console sessions, shell sessions, as well as standard <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> and sudo sessions.</para>
<listitem><para>The &kde; Panel, used for handling your currently running applications, a pager allowing you to switch between desktops, quick launch buttons to act as application launchers and much more.</para>
<listitem><para>The &tde; Panel, used for handling your currently running applications, a pager allowing you to switch between desktops, quick launch buttons to act as application launchers and much more.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>See <xref linkend="panel-and-desktop"/> for altering some of its settings.</para></listitem>
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><application>kdcop</application></term>
<!-- Mainly mentioned to raise awareness, for DCOP -->
<listitem><para>A <acronym>GUI</acronym> front-end to the powerful &DCOP; (Desktop COmmunications Protocol). &DCOP; provides a comprehensive protocol for interprocess communication between &kde; applications. While this is increasingly useful to &kde; programmers, it is also beneficial to the ordinary user who would want to create a script, or, say, a <application>SuperKaramba</application> theme.</para>
<listitem><para>A <acronym>GUI</acronym> front-end to the powerful &DCOP; (Desktop COmmunications Protocol). &DCOP; provides a comprehensive protocol for interprocess communication between &tde; applications. While this is increasingly useful to &tde; programmers, it is also beneficial to the ordinary user who would want to create a script, or, say, a <application>SuperKaramba</application> theme.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>In the User Guide <xref linkend="scripting-the-desktop"/> and <xref linkend="kdialog"/></para></listitem>
@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term>&kcontrol;</term>
<listitem><para>The control center for the K Desktop Environment. You can alter a myriad of different things, ranging from themes, fonts and screensavers, to Internet, security and system administration.</para>
<listitem><para>The control center for the Trinity Desktop Environment. You can alter a myriad of different things, ranging from themes, fonts and screensavers, to Internet, security and system administration.</para>
<listitem><para>The &kde; help system is used to provide access to the base &UNIX; help pages (man or info) as well as the native &kde; documentation provided by the &kde; documentation team or the application authors. You should be able to access all of the &kde; application handbooks from here.</para>
<listitem><para>The &tde; help system is used to provide access to the base &UNIX; help pages (man or info) as well as the native &tde; documentation provided by the &tde; documentation team or the application authors. You should be able to access all of the &tde; application handbooks from here.</para>
<listitem><para>For information on the &kde; Documentation team, how to possibly join and help &kde;, see: <ulink url="http://kde.org/documentation">http://kde.org/documentation</ulink></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>For information on the &tde; Documentation team, how to possibly join and help &tde;, see: <ulink url="http://kde.org/documentation">http://kde.org/documentation</ulink></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
@ -121,9 +121,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<title>Related Information</title>
<listitem><para><ulink url="http://kde-apps.org">http://kde-apps.org</ulink> -- The largest directory of third-party &kde; applications.</para></listitem>
<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>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 &kde; website, itself, at <ulink url="http://kde.org">http://kde.org</ulink>.</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>
</sect1>
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<title>Personal Information Management</title>
<para>&kde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> (Personal Information Manager) is a sub-project of &kde;, 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 -- &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>
<term>&kontact;</term>
<listitem><para>This serves as the medium by which the rest of the applications in &kde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> can integrate with one another. All of the applications in &kde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> can be displayed inside here, and you can easily choose which ones to display. It also contains a Summary page by which you can get a brief overview of events and information in the other components.</para>
<listitem><para>This serves as the medium by which the rest of the applications in &tde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> can integrate with one another. All of the applications in &tde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> can be displayed inside here, and you can easily choose which ones to display. It also contains a Summary page by which you can get a brief overview of events and information in the other components.</para>
<listitem><para>The contacts component. &kaddressbook; enables you to manage your contacts efficiently and comfortably; contacts can be easily exported and imported from a plethora of different address book standards, and it can be efficiently integrated with &kopete;, &kde;'s multi-protocol instant messenger. Other features include support for all international character sets and advanced search functions.</para>
<listitem><para>The contacts component. &kaddressbook; enables you to manage your contacts efficiently and comfortably; contacts can be easily exported and imported from a plethora of different address book standards, and it can be efficiently integrated with &kopete;, &tde;'s multi-protocol instant messenger. Other features include support for all international character sets and advanced search functions.</para>
<para>There are several network-related applications in &kde;. Below is a description of a few of these.</para>
<para>There are several network-related applications in &tde;. Below is a description of a few of these.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
<itemizedlist>
<title>Related Information</title>
<listitem><para>Several more &kde; network applications can be found in the &kde; Extragear; see <xref linkend="extragear-network"/>, under <xref linkend="extragear-components"/>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Several more &tde; network applications can be found in the &tde; Extragear; see <xref linkend="extragear-network"/>, under <xref linkend="extragear-components"/>.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
<title>Graphics</title>
<para>&kde; has several graphics-related applications, ranging from <acronym>PDF</acronym> viewers to applications enabling you to take screenshots. Below is a delineation, as well as some related links, for a few of them.</para>
<para>&tde; has several graphics-related applications, ranging from <acronym>PDF</acronym> viewers to applications enabling you to take screenshots. Below is a delineation, as well as some related links, for a few of them.</para>
<variablelist>
@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><application>KPDF</application></term>
<listitem><para>An advanced <acronym>PDF</acronym> viewer, based on <application>xpdf</application>, for &kde;. <application>KPDF</application> contains a number of ways to search through the document (standard find dialog, thumbnail filter, etc.) and has other features such as hands-free reading.</para>
<listitem><para>An advanced <acronym>PDF</acronym> viewer, based on <application>xpdf</application>, for &tde;. <application>KPDF</application> contains a number of ways to search through the document (standard find dialog, thumbnail filter, etc.) and has other features such as hands-free reading.</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 &kde; 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>Several more advanced &kde; graphics applications can be found in the &kde; Extragear; under the <xref linkend="extragear-components"/>, see <xref linkend="extragear-graphics"/> for a list of a few of them.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Several more advanced &tde; graphics applications can be found in the &tde; Extragear; under the <xref linkend="extragear-components"/>, see <xref linkend="extragear-graphics"/> for a list of a few of them.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>&juk;</term>
<listitem><para>An easy-to-use music player for &kde;. &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>Several more advanced &kde; multimedia applications can be found in the &kde; Extragear; under the <xref linkend="extragear-components"/>, see <xref linkend="extragear-multimedia"/> for a list of a few of them.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Several more advanced &tde; multimedia applications can be found in the &tde; Extragear; under the <xref linkend="extragear-components"/>, see <xref linkend="extragear-multimedia"/> for a list of a few of them.</para></listitem>
<para>This section allows you to modify your widget style. A variety of
styles come with &kde;, and more can be downloaded from <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>. This is also
styles come with &tde;, and more can be downloaded from <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>. This is also
where you would enable or disable interface options such as transparent
menus, showing icons on buttons and tooltips. Some styles have more
configuration options than others.</para>
@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ configuration options than others.</para>
<term><guilabel>Theme Manager</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This is where you can create and manage themes that are made up of
personalized settings. They are a combination of desktop background, colors, &kde; widget styles, icons, fonts and what Screensaver you'd like to display . This allows you to save your favorite
personalized settings. They are a combination of desktop background, colors, &tde; widget styles, icons, fonts and what Screensaver you'd like to display . This allows you to save your favorite
<quote>looks</quote> and apply them with the click of a mouse button.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ manually. See <xref linkend="hand-editing-config-files" /> for more
information about how to do this.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>If you enjoy modifying the appearance of your &kde; desktop,
<listitem><para>If you enjoy modifying the appearance of your &tde; desktop,
you can find plenty of themes and styles at <ulink url="http://kde-look.org">kde-look.org</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ you can find plenty of themes and styles at <ulink url="http://kde-look.org">kde
<title>Desktop</title>
<para>This is where you will find settings to configure the appearance and
behavior of your &kde; desktop.</para>
behavior of your &tde; desktop.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ like to see icons for.</para>
<listitem>
<para>This is where you would configure the number of virtual desktops or
workspaces you would like to have, and what you would like them to be
called. By default &kde; has 4 virtual desktops, and you can configure up to
called. By default &tde; has 4 virtual desktops, and you can configure up to
20. You can also enable switching between virtual desktops using the scroll
button on your mouse.</para>
</listitem>
@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ button on your mouse.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Panels</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Here you can modify options to do with &kicker; and other &kde;
<para>Here you can modify options to do with &kicker; and other &tde;
panels. Among the options are size, position, length and hiding. You can
also modify the appearance of the panel with transparency, background images
and icon zooming. This is also where you would configure various menu
@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ mouse buttons.</para>
<term><guilabel>Window Behavior</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This is where you would configure options related to the behavior of
&kde;'s window manager, &twin;. &twin; is extremely configurable and has
&tde;'s window manager, &twin;. &twin; is extremely configurable and has
advanced features such as focus stealing prevention and different focus
policies such as focus follows mouse. You can also configure what actions
you would like to bind to certain keys and mouse events.</para>
@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ their specific role within an application.</para>
<title>Internet & Network</title>
<para>This section is where you would configure settings to do with internet
and networking under &kde;.</para>
and networking under &tde;.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ unless you really knew what you were doing.</para>
<listitem>
<para>Desktop Sharing allows you to invite someone to share your session
with you, or can enable you to log in remotely to your machine from another
location. You would then use a VNC client like &kde;'s Remote Desktop
location. You would then use a VNC client like &tde;'s Remote Desktop
Connection application to control your desktop over the network. This is
extremely useful if you want someone to help you perform a task. </para>
@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ forward messages to another location.</para>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Proxy</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>This is where you would configure &kde; to connect to a proxy server
<para>This is where you would configure &tde; to connect to a proxy server
rather than directly to the internet. Once again you would generally leave
these options at their defaults unless you really knew what you were
doing. If you do use a proxy server your network administrator will be able
@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ fonts.</para>
<listitem>
<para>Here you can set up different profiles for your Wireless card, to be
able to quickly switch settings if you connect to multiple networks. You can
select a profile to be loaded on &kde; startup.</para>
select a profile to be loaded on &tde; startup.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
@ -436,9 +436,9 @@ select a profile to be loaded on &kde; startup.</para>
</authorgroup>
</sect1info>
<title>&kde; Components</title>
<title>&tde; Components</title>
<para>This section is where you can modify advanced &kde; options such as
<para>This section is where you can modify advanced &tde; options such as
file associations and default applications.</para>
<variablelist>
@ -475,18 +475,18 @@ options. For more information, consult the &konqueror; handbook.</para>
<listitem><para>This module allows you to erase traces which
KDE leaves on your system such as command histories or
TDE leaves on your system such as command histories or
browser caches.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -873,18 +873,18 @@ have installed. By default, it displays personal fonts. To modify system-wide fo
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Linux Kernel</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If you run &kde; on &Linux; there is a &kcontrol; module to create or modify
<listitem><para>If you run &tde; on &Linux; there is a &kcontrol; module to create or modify
configuration files for a &Linux; kernel. This configurator is compatible with kernels previous to 2.5.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Login Manager</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This module allows you to configure the &kde; login manager, &tdm;. &tdm; is
<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>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Paths</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This dialog allows you to configure the default locations where certain
important files are kept. The <guilabel>Desktop</guilabel> directory contains all the files on your desktop. The <guilabel>Autostart</guilabel> directory contains files or links to files that you want run when &kde; starts, and the <guilabel>Documents</guilabel> directory is the default location &kde; applications will open or save documents to.</para></listitem>
important files are kept. The <guilabel>Desktop</guilabel> directory contains all the files on your desktop. The <guilabel>Autostart</guilabel> directory contains files or links to files that you want run when &tde; starts, and the <guilabel>Documents</guilabel> directory is the default location &tde; applications will open or save documents to.</para></listitem>
<para>These are applications that are directly associated with &kde;, the project, but do not appear and are not shipped with the main &kde; 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 &kde; distribution; choosing, rather, to handle their own release schedules. Nevertheless, the applications in Extragear are distinguished by &kde;, 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 &kde; Extragear</title>
<title>Available in the &tde; Extragear</title>
<!-- Begin Multimedia -->
<sect2 id="extragear-multimedia">
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>&amarok;</term>
<listitem><para>An advanced and comprehensive music player with the capability to play <acronym>MP3</acronym>, <acronym>WAV</acronym>, and <acronym>OGG</acronym> audio filetypes and others. There is not room here to mention all of &amarok;'s features, but by default, &amarok; can automatically fetch cover art, embed song lyrics, and display aesthetically pleasing visualizations. &amarok; remains, as much of &kde; does, highly customizable; it contains a powerful scripting interface, and the context browser can be stylised easily using &CSS;. &amarok; also supports several backends, including <application>GStreamer</application>, <application>xine</application>, <acronym>NMM</acronym>, <acronym>MAS</acronym>, <application>aKode</application> and &arts;.</para>
<listitem><para>An advanced and comprehensive music player with the capability to play <acronym>MP3</acronym>, <acronym>WAV</acronym>, and <acronym>OGG</acronym> audio filetypes and others. There is not room here to mention all of &amarok;'s features, but by default, &amarok; can automatically fetch cover art, embed song lyrics, and display aesthetically pleasing visualizations. &amarok; remains, as much of &tde; does, highly customizable; it contains a powerful scripting interface, and the context browser can be stylised easily using &CSS;. &amarok; also supports several backends, including <application>GStreamer</application>, <application>xine</application>, <acronym>NMM</acronym>, <acronym>MAS</acronym>, <application>aKode</application> and &arts;.</para>
<listitem><para>The definitive &CD;/<acronym>DVD</acronym> burning application for &kde;. 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>
<listitem><para>A photo management application which can conveniently organize and import digital photos. Features include complete tagging functionality, a plugin system, and a fully-featured comment system. &digikam; also makes use of <acronym>KIPI</acronym> (&kde; Image Plugin Interface), therefore contributing to the initiative to create a common plugin infrastructure, which allows development of image plugins that can be shared among graphical applications in &kde; (others include <application>Gwenview</application>, <application>ShowImg</application> and <application>KimDaBa</application>).</para>
<listitem><para>A photo management application which can conveniently organize and import digital photos. Features include complete tagging functionality, a plugin system, and a fully-featured comment system. &digikam; also makes use of <acronym>KIPI</acronym> (&tde; Image Plugin Interface), therefore contributing to the initiative to create a common plugin infrastructure, which allows development of image plugins that can be shared among graphical applications in &tde; (others include <application>Gwenview</application>, <application>ShowImg</application> and <application>KimDaBa</application>).</para>
<listitem><para>Another advanced image viewer which can load and save all image formats supported by &kde;, as well as being able to display the <application>GIMP</application> (*.<acronym>xcf</acronym>) image filetype. <application>Gwenview</application> can perform a few graphical manipulations (rotate, mirroring) and has full support for KIO slaves (allowing you to use it via &FTP;). Other features also include file management operations, such as copy, paste, move and delete.</para>
<listitem><para>Another advanced image viewer which can load and save all image formats supported by &tde;, as well as being able to display the <application>GIMP</application> (*.<acronym>xcf</acronym>) image filetype. <application>Gwenview</application> can perform a few graphical manipulations (rotate, mirroring) and has full support for KIO slaves (allowing you to use it via &FTP;). Other features also include file management operations, such as copy, paste, move and delete.</para>
<listitem><para>A feature-rich image viewer, written for &kde;, which can display numerous formats, including <acronym>JPEG</acronym>, <acronym>PNG</acronym>, [animated] <acronym>GIF</acronym> and <acronym>MNG</acronym>. It consists of a tree-view frame, a directory/preview frame, and a view frame. The (larger) view frame can be exchanged with the (smaller) directory/preview frame. It can preview and display images from multiple directories and search for identical images. <application>ShowImg</application> also features a full-screen mode, zooming, sorting, drag and drop with &konqueror;, and support for images in compressed archives.</para>
<listitem><para>A feature-rich image viewer, written for &tde;, which can display numerous formats, including <acronym>JPEG</acronym>, <acronym>PNG</acronym>, [animated] <acronym>GIF</acronym> and <acronym>MNG</acronym>. It consists of a tree-view frame, a directory/preview frame, and a view frame. The (larger) view frame can be exchanged with the (smaller) directory/preview frame. It can preview and display images from multiple directories and search for identical images. <application>ShowImg</application> also features a full-screen mode, zooming, sorting, drag and drop with &konqueror;, and support for images in compressed archives.</para>
<listitem><para><application>KimDaBa</application> (&kde; Image Database) attempts to provide an efficient solution for the organization of hundreds (or even thousands) of images. Having been highly optimized for annotating images, <application>KimDaBa</application> can help you locate an image in a matter of seconds.</para>
<listitem><para><application>KimDaBa</application> (&tde; Image Database) attempts to provide an efficient solution for the organization of hundreds (or even thousands) of images. Having been highly optimized for annotating images, <application>KimDaBa</application> can help you locate an image in a matter of seconds.</para>
<listitem><para>A fully-featured <acronym>IRC</acronym> client which supports per channel encoding, downloading and resuming file transfers, nick completion and highlighting, as well as tight integration with &kontact; and the rest of &kde;.</para>
<listitem><para>A fully-featured <acronym>IRC</acronym> client which supports per channel encoding, downloading and resuming file transfers, nick completion and highlighting, as well as tight integration with &kontact; and the rest of &tde;.</para>
<listitem><para>A &kde; frontend for <application>MLDonkey</application>, a powerful <acronym>P2P</acronym> file-sharing tool. Highly configurable, real-time graphical bandwidth and network statistics, and much more.</para>
<listitem><para>A &tde; frontend for <application>MLDonkey</application>, a powerful <acronym>P2P</acronym> file-sharing tool. Highly configurable, real-time graphical bandwidth and network statistics, and much more.</para>
<listitem><para>Displays for every network interface an icon in the systray. Tooltips and an info dialog provide further information about the interface. Passive popups inform about interface changes and a traffic plotter is also integrated.</para>
<listitem><para>A &kde; recipe tool that can manage a recipe database with an easy-to-use interface. Full support for creating and removing ingredients as well as units; helps with diets, can calculate the amount of calories, vitamins, carbohydrates etc. Other advantages are its flexilibity and potential to extend further.</para>
<listitem><para>A &tde; recipe tool that can manage a recipe database with an easy-to-use interface. Full support for creating and removing ingredients as well as units; helps with diets, can calculate the amount of calories, vitamins, carbohydrates etc. Other advantages are its flexilibity and potential to extend further.</para>
<listitem><para>It should be stressed that the above is but a preview of what is available in the &kde; extragear. To view all of the applications and utilities available there visit <ulink url="http://extragear.kde.org">http://extragear.kde.org</ulink>, where a briefer summary of each application is provided.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>It should be stressed that the above is but a preview of what is available in the &tde; extragear. To view all of the applications and utilities available there visit <ulink url="http://extragear.kde.org">http://extragear.kde.org</ulink>, where a briefer summary of each application is provided.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>The handbooks for the majority of applications in extragear can be viewed from <ulink url="http://docs.kde.org">http://docs.kde.org</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Once again, you can find a plethora of other [third-party] &kde; applications at the popular <ulink url="http://kde-apps.org">http://kde-apps.org</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Once again, you can find a plethora of other [third-party] &tde; applications at the popular <ulink url="http://kde-apps.org">http://kde-apps.org</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<para>Most applications come with a comprehensive user manual<indexterm><primary>User Manual</primary><secondary>Handbook</secondary></indexterm>, which you can
reach various ways:</para>
<para>Most applications come with a user manual<indexterm><primary>User Manual</primary><secondary>Handbook
</secondary></indexterm>, which can be reached in various ways:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>By pressing <keycap>F1</keycap> inside the application.</para>
<para>By pressing <keycap>F1</keycap> while inside the application.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>From the menu bar:
@ -27,16 +19,12 @@ reach various ways:</para>
</replaceable></guimenuitem></menuchoice></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>By browsing to it in &khelpcenter;<indexterm><primary>&khelpcenter;</primary></indexterm></para>
<para>By browsing in &khelpcenter;<indexterm><primary>&khelpcenter;</primary></indexterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>By using the help KIOslave in &konqueror;. So, in the Location Toolbar, simply type <userinput>help:/<replaceable>Application name</replaceable></userinput>
<para>By using the help KIOslave in &konqueror;. For example, in the Location bar, type <userinput>help:/<replaceable>Application name</replaceable></userinput>, where <replaceable>Application name</replaceable> is the name of the application.
<para>There is a #kde channel on Freenode (irc.freenode.net) for support and other general talk about &kde;. As usual, you can access this channel by using any of &kde;'s popular IRC clients which include <application>konversation</application>, &ksirc;, as well as &kopete;. For more information, check the <xref linkend="irc"/> section.</para>
<para>There is a #trinity channel on Freenode (irc.freenode.net) for support and other general talk about &tde;.
Access this channel by using any of &tde;'s popular IRC clients, which include <application>Konversation</application>,
&ksirc; and &kopete;. For more information, check the <xref linkend="irc"/> section.</para>
<para>The paramount resource for &kde; icandy, including themes, window decorations, wallpapers, mouse themes and icons for your &kde; desktop. Note also that the site contains a howto section on how to install the most common of these.</para>
<para>The RSS feed news resource to stay informed about &tde;.</para>
<para>The official &kde; Wiki. From here you can have access to a plethora of information ranging from frequently asked questions and HOWTOs to tips and tricks. The wiki should never, however, be used as a substitute for the respective application's handbook or the official &kde; documentation.</para>
<para>The &tde; Wiki. The wiki should not be used as a substitute for the
respective application's handbook or official &tde; documentation.</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>
<para>Some of the operating systems that run &kde; come with a graphical <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> login enabled. Despite this, you should never log in to &kde; as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, and you should never need to. Your system is far more open to attack, particularly if you are browsing the Internet as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, and you dramatically increase your chances of damaging your system.</para>
<para>Some of the operating systems that run &tde; come with a graphical <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> login enabled. Despite this, you should never log in to &tde; as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, and you should never need to. Your system is far more open to attack, particularly if you are browsing the Internet as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, and you dramatically increase your chances of damaging your system.</para>
<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>The &kde; Edutainment Project offers children, families, and teachers some
<para>The &tde; Edutainment Project offers children, families, and teachers some
educational programs. You can find applications to help you improve
your language skills and train your vocabulary, like &kvoctrain; and
&kwordquiz;; or Scientific programs, like the
very advanced &kstars; (a planetarium) and &kig; (interactive
geometry), which will bring you to the edge of knowledge. Have fun learning
touch-typing with &ktouch;. Teachers will find an easy way to make
their lessons with &keduca;. You can find a complete list of &kde;
educational software on <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org">the KDE-Edu
their lessons with &keduca;. You can find a complete list of &tde;
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>
@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ website</ulink>. What follows is an overview of a few of them.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>&kstars;</term>
<listitem><para>A desktop Planetarium for &kde;. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids.</para>
<listitem><para>A desktop Planetarium for &tde;. It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time. The display includes 130,000 stars, 13,000 deep-sky objects,all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousands of comets and asteroids.</para>
<listitem><para>&kgeography; is a geography learning tool for &kde;. You can browse the maps by clicking in a map division to see its name and you can also answer several types of questions where the program shows you a map division or a capital for example and you have to guess its name.</para>
<listitem><para>&kgeography; is a geography learning tool for &tde;. You can browse the maps by clicking in a map division to see its name and you can also answer several types of questions where the program shows you a map division or a capital for example and you have to guess its name.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Website: <ulink url="http://kgeography.berlios.de/">http://kgeography.berlios.de/</ulink> and <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/kgeography">http://edu.kde.org/kgeography</ulink></para></listitem>
@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ website</ulink>. What follows is an overview of a few of them.
<varlistentry>
<term><application>&blinken;</application></term>
<listitem><para>&blinken; is a Simon Says game for &kde;. The player should remember the sequence of lights in the correct order and is then presented with an identical sequence with one extra step.</para>
<listitem><para>&blinken; is a Simon Says game for &tde;. The player should remember the sequence of lights in the correct order and is then presented with an identical sequence with one extra step.</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 &kde;.</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>While &kopete; has a <acronym>IRC</acronym> plugin, and handles both channels and nicks well,
@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ power-<acronym>IRC</acronym> client before, you should have no trouble using
you would like to do is to give a reaction on it, but not by
email. So you switch to your instant messaging client and/or IRC
client and look if that person is online via MSN, Jabber or IRC. Well
&kde; 3.3 has made that a lot easier. A step-by-step manual:</para>
&tde; 3.3 has made that a lot easier. A step-by-step manual:</para>
<para>The requirements are &kmail;, &kaddressbook; and &kopete;
(<application>Konversation</application> should do as well). Make sure &kmail; is configured and
<!-- Section needs a +lot+ of work. I couldn't do any of the Mac equivalents, as I haven't used it before. More entries could be put in, too. -->
<para>&kde; has many applications, often prefixed with (or containing) the letter k. The names are generally self-explanatory, but it can still be difficult sometimes to find the appropriate packages. Migrates from operating systems such as <trademark class="registered">Microsoft Windows</trademark> or <trademark class="registered">Apple Macintosh</trademark> might have some difficulty in locating an application for a particular job. Below is a table with an expansion on the &kmenu; and the respective Win/Mac equivalent.</para>
<para>&tde; has many applications, often prefixed with (or containing) the letter k. The names are generally self-explanatory, but it can still be difficult sometimes to find the appropriate packages. Migrates from operating systems such as <trademark class="registered">Microsoft Windows</trademark> or <trademark class="registered">Apple Macintosh</trademark> might have some difficulty in locating an application for a particular job. Below is a table with an expansion on the &kmenu; and the respective Win/Mac equivalent.</para>
<entry><para>The Personal Information Manager is &kontact;; all other &kde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> applications integrate into it.</para></entry>
<entry><para>The Personal Information Manager is &kontact;; all other &tde; <acronym>PIM</acronym> applications integrate into it.</para></entry>
</row>
@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ viewer/player and web browser</para></entry>
<itemizedlist>
<title>Related Information</title>
<listitem><para>Many more &kde; applications are available from the &kde; extragear (see <xref linkend="extragear-applications" /> for more information) or from <ulink url="http://kde-apps.org">http://kde-apps.org</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Many more &tde; applications are available from the &tde; extragear (see <xref linkend="extragear-applications" /> for more information) or from <ulink url="http://kde-apps.org">http://kde-apps.org</ulink>.</para></listitem>
Misconfigured networking can often be the cause of &kde; applications launching slowly, or in the worst case not launching at all. Your &X-Server; has a very powerful client/server interface and is very network aware.
Misconfigured networking can often be the cause of &tde; applications launching slowly, or in the worst case not launching at all. Your &X-Server; has a very powerful client/server interface and is very network aware.
</para>
<para>
X uses the hostname to create both a unique key for authorization, and to figure out where (via $<envar>DISPLAY</envar>) to send
action="simul">&Alt;	</keycombo></primary></indexterm>: see <xref
action="simul">&Alt;	</keycombo></primary></indexterm> as described in <xref
linkend="switching-between-windows" />.</para>
<para>
<indexterm><primary>Shade</primary></indexterm>
Shading windows is very similar to minimizing them, but this
time, only the titlebar of the window is shown. To shade a window,
double-click on the titlebar. To restore the window, just double-click
on the titlebar again.</para>
Shading windows is similar to minimizing, but the titlebar of the window
remains on the screen. To shade a window, use the mouse to "double-click"
on the titlebar. To restore the window, again "double-click" on the titlebar.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="cascade-windows">
<title>Cascading Windows</title>
<para>Sometimes you might have a whole lot of windows open and all over the place. By selecting to cascade windows &kde; will automatically line them up as a succession from the top-left of your screen. To use this option use your &MMB; on the desktop, and then select <guimenuitem>Cascade Windows</guimenuitem>.</para>
<para>Sometimes you might have a whole lot of windows open and all over the place. By selecting to cascade windows &tde; will automatically line them up as a succession from the top-left of your screen. To use this option use your &MMB; on the desktop, and then select <guimenuitem>Cascade Windows</guimenuitem>.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="unclutter-windows">
<title>Uncluttering Windows</title>
<para>By selecting to unclutter your opened windows &kde; will attempt to use the maximum available space of the desktop in order to display as much of each window as possible. For example, should you have four windows open and you request that they be uncluttered, they will each be placed in a corner of the desktop, regardless of where they were originally. To use this option once again use your &MMB; on the desktop and then select <guimenuitem>Unclutter Windows</guimenuitem>.</para>
<para>By selecting to unclutter your opened windows &tde; will attempt to use the maximum available space of the desktop in order to display as much of each window as possible. For example, should you have four windows open and you request that they be uncluttered, they will each be placed in a corner of the desktop, regardless of where they were originally. To use this option once again use your &MMB; on the desktop and then select <guimenuitem>Unclutter Windows</guimenuitem>.</para>
</sect3>
@ -223,7 +208,7 @@ the application and close its window. Once again, you have the choice
of a few options:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Click on the rightmost button on the window titlebar.<!-- TODO: -->
<para>Click on the right-most button on the window titlebar.<!-- TODO: -->
<!-- Screenie --> If you are editing a document with that application,
you will be asked whether you want to <guibutton>Save</guibutton> your
changes, <guibutton>Discard</guibutton> them, or
@ -238,7 +223,7 @@ same choice of <guibutton>Save</guibutton>,
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para> <mousebutton>Right</mousebutton>-click on the respective window in &kicker;, the &kde; panel, and then select <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>. You will be prompted with an option to save any documents that were being edited.</para>
<para> <mousebutton>Right</mousebutton>-click on the respective window in &kicker;, the &tde; panel, and then select <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>. You will be prompted with an option to save any documents that were being edited.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@ -266,7 +251,7 @@ closer look:
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<note><para>This screenshot shows the titlebar which appears in the
default &kde; configuration. The exact appearance on your system may
default &tde; configuration. The exact appearance on your system may
be slightly different, but the functions are similar.</para>
</note>
-->
@ -281,20 +266,15 @@ vertical/horizontal maximization. Or is this advanced? -->
<para>kstart</para>
<sect3 id="kstart">
<sect3info>
<author>
&Richard.J.Moore;
&Richard.J.Moore.mail;
</author>
</sect3info>
<title>&kstart;</title>
<para>The simplest way to access the advanced window management
facilities in &kde; is to use a little known
utility called &kstart;, which is included in &kde; since version 2.1 &kstart; lets you control the way an application interacts with
facilities in &tde; is to use a little known
utility called &kstart;, which is included in &tde; since version 2.1 &kstart; lets you control the way an application interacts with
the window manager. The command is usually
used to define special behavior for commonly-used applications, but
it can also be useful for integrating non-&kde; applications into your
it can also be useful for integrating non-&tde; applications into your
desktop.</para>
<para>Using &kstart; is easy: you simply put
@ -310,7 +290,7 @@ before a command. To begin, let's look at how we might use
should be fairly obvious - the kcalc window will stay on top of all
the others and be visible on every virtual desktop. A feature that is
less obvious is that this command will work with any NET compliant
environment, not just &kde;.</para>
environment, not just &tde;.</para>
<para>We can pass arguments to programs we invoke with &kstart; as normal, for
example:
@ -325,25 +305,19 @@ example:
World</computeroutput> with <application>xmessage</application> and
ensures that the window will be shown on the first virtual desktop and
will be omitted from the taskbar. The fact that this program is
written using the Xt toolkit rather than being a native &kde;
written using the Xt toolkit rather than being a native &tde;
application does not cause any problem for
&kstart;, hopefully this illustrates how
&kstart; can be used to integrate foreign
applications into your &kde; desktop.</para>
applications into your &tde; desktop.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="special-window-settings">
<title>Other Special Window Settings</title>
<para>While you can use &kstart; to assign particular window settings, &kde; also allows you to alter these -- as well as other similar settings -- from the program window itself. Simply select the leftmost 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 -- 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>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="system-tray">
<sect3info>
<author>
&Richard.J.Moore;
&Richard.J.Moore.mail;
</author>
</sect3info>
<title>The System Tray</title>
@ -355,7 +329,7 @@ quick access to commands. A window that has an item in the system tray
usually disappears from the task manager when minimised with the tray
icon providing a replacement. Normally tray icons are specifically
developed as part of an application, but as with window decorations,
&kde; provides a tool for changing this:
&tde; provides a tool for changing this:
<application>ksystraycmd</application>.</para>
<para>To begin with, we'll take the standard application &kcalc; and turn
@ -368,7 +342,7 @@ command:
<para>The icon shown in the tray is the one specified in the window
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 &kde;
<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>
Darrell Anderson
12 years ago