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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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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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<article lang="&language;">
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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<author>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2005-02-20</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.4</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>desktop</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="desktop">
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<title>Desktop Behavior</title>
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<sect2 id="desktop-desktop">
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<title><guilabel>Desktop</guilabel> Tab</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show icons on desktop</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Uncheck this option if you do not want to have icons on the
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desktop. Without icons the desktop may be somewhat faster, but you
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will no longer be able to drag files to the desktop.</para>
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<para>This will not remove any files already stored on the desktop,
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they will instead be hidden.</para>
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<para>If this is enabled, you may also enable the ability to <guilabel>Allow programs in desktop window</guilabel>.</para>
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<para>Enabling this option allows you to set a program as your desktop
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background, for example <command>xearth</command>, or &kworldclock;</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show tooltips</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Check this option if you would like to see tooltips for icons on
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the desktop as you hover the mouse over them. These tooltips display
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information about the file represented by the icon. Depending on the
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type of file, the information can range from simple file size and
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creation dates for unfamiliar file types, to complete meta information
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such as the content of tags for music files.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Menu Bar at Top of Screen:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This option determines whether there is a menu across
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the top of the &tde; Desktop similar to the style of &MacOS;.</para>
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<para>The default is <guilabel>None</guilabel>. If you select
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<guilabel>Desktop menu bar</guilabel> one static menu is shown at the
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top of the screen, displaying the desktop menu. Finally there is
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<guilabel>Current application's menu bar (Mac OS-style)</guilabel>.
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If this option is selected, applications won't have their menu bar
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attached to their own window anymore. Instead, there is one menu bar
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at the top of the screen which shows the menus of the currently active
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application. You might recognize this behavior from &MacOS;.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Mouse button actions:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The mouse button section allows you to determine what happens when
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you click one of the three mouse buttons on the Desktop (where there is
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no window).</para>
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<note><para>Not all mice have three buttons. Two button mice can
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usually activate the <mousebutton>Middle</mousebutton> button by
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pressing both the <mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> and
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<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> mouse buttons at the same
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time.</para></note>
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<para>For each of the three mouse buttons, you can select:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>No Action</term>
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<listitem><para>When you use this mouse button, nothing
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happens.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Window list menu</term>
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<listitem><para>This brings up a submenu with all the virtual desktops.
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Under each virtual desktop, you can select any window currently located
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on that desktop. Once selected, &tde; will switch to that desktop, and
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place the focus on that window.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Desktop Menu.</term>
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<listitem><para>This brings up a submenu with commands specific to
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&tde;. You can create icons, edit bookmarks, cut and paste,
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run commands, configure &tde;, arrange icons, lock the session and log
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out of &tde;. The exact content of the menu varies depending on the
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current status of &tde;. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Application Menu</term>
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<listitem><para>This brings up the <guimenu>Application</guimenu> Menus
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(also know as the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> Menus), so you can start a new
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application.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Custom Menu 1</term>
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<term>Custom Menu 2</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>You may also configure up to two custom menus. If you choose either of these, the <guibutton>Edit...</guibutton> becomes available, allowing you to edit the contents of the custom menus.</para>
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<!-- FIXME: Need to find out what else can be added here (for instance, it lets me type 'emacsclient' which isn't available in the TDE menu) -->
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="desktop-behavior-file-icons">
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<title><guilabel>File Icons</guilabel></title>
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<para>First are two options regarding the placement of icons:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Automatically line up icons</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this option is enabled, &tde; will align icons on a
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grid on the desktop. If it is not enabled, you may drop icons
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anywhere, and they will not be aligned for you.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show hidden files</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this option is enabled, then all hidden files will
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appear on the desktop. Generally this only clutters your desktop area,
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but if you are often working with hidden files or folders, this can
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be useful.</para>
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<warning><para>Be very careful when deleting or modifying hidden files.
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Many of these files are configuration files and are essential for the
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correct operation of your computer.</para></warning>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>The &tde; desktop has a preview feature for many file types,
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including <acronym>HTML</acronym> files, images, &PostScript; and
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<acronym>PDF</acronym>, sound, web archives (if you have the
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appropriate &konqueror; plugin installed) and text files.</para>
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<para>if you enable previews for one of these, files of that particular
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file type will not be represented by standard icons on the desktop, but
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will instead be shown as miniature previews. On slow computers, the
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previews can take some time to show up, so you might not want to enable
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this feature.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="desktop-behavior-device-icons">
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<title><guilabel>Device Icons</guilabel></title>
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<para>On some operating systems (&Linux; and FreeBSD, so far) &tde; can
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dynamically display icons for each <firstterm>mountable</firstterm>
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device you have available. This could be &CD-ROM; drives, floppy disk
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drives, or network shares.</para>
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<para>If you enable this, you can choose what kind, if any, of these
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devices you would like quick access icons to be displayed for.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article> |