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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY kappname "&kpager;">
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<!ENTITY package "tdebase">
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &kpager; Handbook</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Dirk.Doerflinger; &Dirk.Doerflinger.mail;</author>
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<othercredit role="developer">
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&Antonio.Larrosa.Jimenez; &Antonio.Larrosa.Jimenez.mail;
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<!-- <contrib>Developer</contrib> -->
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</othercredit>
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<othercredit role="developer">
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&Matthias.Elter;
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&Matthias.Elter.mail;
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<!-- <contrib>Developer</contrib> -->
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</othercredit>
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<othercredit role="developer">
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&Matthias.Ettrich; &Matthias.Ettrich.mail;
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<!-- <contrib>Developer</contrib> -->
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</othercredit>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<copyright>
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<year>2000</year>
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<holder>&Dirk.Doerflinger;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<date>2001-01-28</date>
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<releaseinfo>0.02.00</releaseinfo>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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&kpager; gives you a thumbnail view of all virtual desktops.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>pager</keyword>
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<keyword>kpager</keyword>
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<keyword>desktop</keyword>
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<keyword>overview</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>&kpager; gives you a thumbnail sketch of all your desktops. It is a handy
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tool to let you see, resize or close windows on any desktop and move windows
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around within or between desktops.</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="using-kpager">
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<title>Using &kpager;</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of &kpager;</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Screenshot</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<sect1 id="kpager-features">
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<title>More &kpager; features</title>
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<para>&kpager; can show all virtual desktops and the applications within them.
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It
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can be used to chose an application or even to move applications within virtual
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desktops or to others.</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="commands">
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<title>Command Reference</title>
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<sect1 id="kpager-mainwindow">
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<title>The main &kpager; window</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>Using the mouse</title>
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<para>In &kpager; you can activate applications by clicking them with the
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<mousebutton>left</mousebutton> button.</para>
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<para>The <mousebutton>middle</mousebutton> button of the mouse can be used for
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dragging applications within &kpager;. Applications can either be moved within a
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virtual desktop or to another one.</para>
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<para>Clicking the <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> mouse button anywhere in
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&kpager; will open a context menu.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>The Context Menu</title>
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<para>The context menu depends on where the <mousebutton>right</mousebutton>
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mouse button is clicked: If it is clicked on the empty background of &kpager;,
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it
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only has two items: <guimenuitem>Configure KPager</guimenuitem> and
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>. Otherwise, if clicked on a window, there are
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also the name and the icon of the application, and
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<guimenuitem>Minimize</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Maximize</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>To Desktop</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> are
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displayed. See below for a detailed description of the menu items.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenuitem>Maximize</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Maximizes the application window to the whole
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desktop. This item only appears if right clicked on an application
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window.</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenuitem>Minimize</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Iconifies the application. This item only appears if
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right clicked on an application window.</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenuitem>To Desktop</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Sends the application window to the chosen virtual
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desktop. This item only appears if right clicked on an application
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window.</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Closes the clicked application. This item only appears
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if right clicked on an application window.</action></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenuitem>Configure Pager</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Opens</action> the <link
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linkend="kpager-settings">settings
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dialog</link>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Quits</action> &kpager;.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="kpager-settings">
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<title>The Settings Dialog</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of the settings dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="settings.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Screenshot</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>In the settings dialog you will find five check boxes and two groups of
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radio buttons.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Enable Window Dragging</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this box is checked, you can drag windows inside of &kpager;
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with the &MMB;.
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Windows can be dragged over the desktop or even to another
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desktop.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show Name</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this box is checked, the names of the desktops are shown in
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the main view of &kpager;.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show Number</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this box is checked, the numbers of the desktops are shown in
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the main view of &kpager;. If it is checked together with the <guilabel>Show
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Name</guilabel> box, the name is displayed with ordinals, <abbrev>e.g.</abbrev>
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<guilabel>1. Desktop</guilabel>.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show Background</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this box is checked, the wallpaper of each desktop - if set -
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will be shown as backgrounds in &kpager;, too.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show Windows</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this box is checked, the applications on the desktops are
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shown in &kpager; as small views. Otherwise, &kpager; will remain empty, just
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for
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choosing the virtual desktops.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Type of Window</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This group of radio buttons sets the kind of view for the
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application window views. <guilabel>Plain</guilabel> will show just empty
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rectangles with the proportions of the application window,
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<guilabel>Icon</guilabel> will show them with their standard icon and
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<guilabel>Pixmap</guilabel> with a small view of the contents of the application
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window. Note that using the pixmap mode is only recommended for very fast
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machines.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Layout</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>In this group the layout of the &kpager; main view can be
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set. <guilabel>Classical</guilabel> will show &kpager; in a 2xn grid like pager
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applications in some other window managers, <guilabel>Horizontal</guilabel> will
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show the virtual desktops in a horizontal view and <guilabel>Vertical</guilabel>
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in a vertical row, which may perfectly fit on the side of the
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desktop.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="faq">
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<title>Questions and Answers</title>
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<qandaset id="faq-questions">
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Why could I need &kpager;?</para>
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</question>
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<answer><para>&kpager; can be used as an alternative to the pager applet in the
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panel. It has the advantage of being resizeable and within this able to show
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icon or pixmap views of the running applications, move the windows across
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desktops and run outside of the panel.</para></answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>How can I change the behavior of &kpager;?</para>
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</question>
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<answer><para>Clicking the <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> mouse button
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anywhere within &kpager; lets you chose <guilabel>Configure</guilabel> from the
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context menu for displaying the <link linkend="kpager-settings">settings
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dialog</link></para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>Windows are transparent by default, how do I turn this off?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>Currently, you cannot turn that option off within the config dialog, but
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you can do it manually like this:</para>
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<para>Open the file <filename>$TDEHOME/share/config/kpagerrc</filename> with any
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text editor like &kedit; or <application>vi</application>. If you have no
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rights to write that file, you may need to do it as root or contact your system
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administrator. In this file you will have to add a new key with the name
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<userinput>windowTransparentMode</userinput> with a number as value. Values
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are:</para>
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<simplelist>
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<member>0 - No transparent windows at all.</member>
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<member>1 - Only maximized windows are transparent.</member>
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<member>2 - all windows are transparent (default).</member>
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</simplelist>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaset>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="credits">
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<title>Credits and License</title>
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<para>
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&kpager;
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</para>
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<para>
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Program copyright 2000 Antonio Larrosa <email>larrosa@kde.org</email>
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</para>
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<para>
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Documentation copyright 2000 by Dirk Doerflinger
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<email>ddoerflinger@web.de</email>
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</para>
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&underFDL;
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&underGPL;
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</chapter>
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<appendix id="installation">
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<title>Installation</title>
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<sect1 id="getting-kpager">
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<title>How to obtain &kpager;</title>
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&install.intro.documentation;
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="requirements">
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<title>Requirements</title>
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<para>As &kpager; is part of the &package; package, you will just need an
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installation of the main &tde; packages.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="compilation">
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<title>Compilation and Installation</title>
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&install.compile.documentation;
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</sect1>
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</appendix>
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&documentation.index;
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</book>
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