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author | toma <toma@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da> | 2009-11-25 17:56:58 +0000 |
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committer | toma <toma@283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da> | 2009-11-25 17:56:58 +0000 |
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Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features.
BUG:215923
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diff --git a/doc/faq/filemng.docbook b/doc/faq/filemng.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bfe6d1e98 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/faq/filemng.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,207 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" + "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> + +<chapter id="filemanager"> +<title>The File Manager</title> + +<para>&kde;'s file manager is &konqueror;. The +&konqueror; home page is located at <ulink +url="http://www.konqueror.org">http://www.konqueror.org</ulink> where a +&konqueror; specific <acronym>FAQ</acronym> can be found.</para> + +<qandaset> + + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>How can I change the appearance of a folder in +&konqueror;?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Right-click the folder, select <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>, +click on the large icon in the dialog which appears, and choose another +icon.</para> <para>To change the icon displayed for entries in the +<guimenu>K Menu</guimenu>, use the <application>Menu Editor</application>, +located at <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Menu +Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. +</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>How can I do non-anonymous &FTP; transfers with &konqueror;?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Normally, if you enter a &URL; like +<userinput>ftp://<replaceable>ftp.somehost.com</replaceable></userinput>, +&konqueror; will attempt an anonymous login to the &FTP; server. If you +want to login as a particular user, enter a &URL; like +<userinput>ftp://<replaceable>[email protected]</replaceable></userinput> +instead. &konqueror; will ask for your password and connect to the +server.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>How do I specify the startup folder for &konqueror;?</para> +</question> +<answer> + +<para>Using the &RMB;, click on the Home icon and choose +<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. Under the +<guilabel>Application</guilabel> tab you will probably find something like +<command>kfmclient openProfile filemanagement</command>; just append +<filename class="directory">file:/whereever/you/want</filename> with the +folder you would like &konqueror; to start in.</para> + +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>How do I rename files?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Simply <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the file and select +<guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem> or press the keyboard shortcut <keycap>F2</keycap> with a file selected.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>Where did the delete entry from my right-click context menu go?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>In &kde; 3.4 the delete context menu entries that bypass the +trashcan are no longer displayed by default. To enable them, go to +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +&konqueror;</guimenuitem></menuchoice > and select +<guilabel>Behaviour</guilabel> in the iconbar to the left. Tick the checkbox +<guilabel>Show 'Delete' context menu entries which bypass the +trashcan</guilabel>. +</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How do I configure the programs that &konqueror; uses to +open different types of files?</para></question> +<answer> +<para>In order to configure file associations, you should go to the +&kcontrolcenter; and choose the item <guimenuitem>File +Associations</guimenuitem> under the category <guimenu>KDE +Components</guimenu>.</para> +<para> +Suppose the default <acronym>PDF</acronym> viewer is now &kghostview; and +you would prefer to use <application>KPDF</application> as a viewer. You +would simply type <userinput>pdf</userinput> in the search box at the top of +the dialog, choose <guimenuitem>pdf</guimenuitem> in the +<guimenu>application</guimenu> group and move +<application>KPDF</application> up. In the <guilabel>Embedding</guilabel> +tab you can also choose which component other applications will use to +display files (for example, when viewing files in &konqueror; or using +&ark;'s embedded viewer). +</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>When I try to click on a folder in &konqueror;, I get the +message: <quote>There appears to be a configuration error. You have +associated Konqueror with inode/directory, but it cannot handle this file +type.</quote></para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>You need to make sure that the embedding settings for inode/directory +are correct: +<orderedlist> +<listitem><para>In &konqueror;, go to +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Konqueror</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and then to the <guilabel>File +Associations</guilabel> page.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Open +inode->directory in the tree view.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Click on +the +<guilabel>Embedding</guilabel> tab. Make sure that <guilabel>Left Click +Action</guilabel> is set to <guilabel>Show file in embedded +viewer</guilabel>, and by default <guilabel>Icon View (konq_iconview)</guilabel> +is at the top +of <guilabel>Services Preference Order.</guilabel></para></listitem> +</orderedlist> +</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> <question> <para>What are <option>%i</option> and +<option>%m</option> in the Execute line?</para> </question> <answer> +<para>They are used by all &kde; applications (since they are implemented in +<classname>KApplication</classname> and all good &kde; programs create a +<classname>KApplication</classname> object before they even look at the +command line arguments).</para> <para>A standard line for a &kde; +application looks like this: <userinput><command>foo</command> +<option>... %i %m -caption \"%c\"</option></userinput>. Pretty confusing, +-but it has been designed in that way so that it can integrate legacy, +non-&kde; applications as smoothly as possible. &konqueror;, when executing +the line above, will extend the command to +<userinput><command><replaceable>foo</replaceable></command> <option>-icon +something.png -miniicon something_mini.png -caption \"The +Foo\"</option></userinput>. Both the icon and the mini-icon as well as "The +Foo" are properties defined in the <filename>.desktop</filename> file. If +the icons are not defined, they simply default to the executable name +<replaceable>foo</replaceable>.</para> + +<para>This way a user can change these things in &kmenuedit; for his or her +applications. The <option>-caption</option> option is important, because no +user will accept that the menu item <guimenuitem>Editor</guimenuitem> starts +something called <guilabel>kedit-0.9pl4-build47</guilabel>. Instead, he +expects a window called <guilabel>Editor</guilabel>. Furthermore these +names are localized, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev> an American user launches +<guimenuitem>CD-Player</guimenuitem> and gets a window called +<guilabel>CD-Player</guilabel> while a German user launches +<guimenuitem>CD-Spieler</guimenuitem> and gets a window called +<guilabel>CD-Spieler</guilabel>.</para> + +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para>How do I make &konqueror; start up without a menu bar? +I can't save a view profile when the menu bar is invisible!</para> +</question> + +<answer><para>The easiest way to do this is to edit &konqueror;'s +configuration file manually. Add the following lines to +<filename>~/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc</filename>: +<programlisting> +[KonqMainWindow] +MenuBar=Disabled +</programlisting> +</para> + +<para>On restarting &konqueror;, the menubar should be hidden.</para> + +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +</qandaset> +</chapter> + +<!--Local variables: +mode: xml +sgml-omittag:nil +sgml-shorttag:nil +sgml-namecase-general:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:true +sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") +sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-local-catalogs:nil +sgml-local-ecat-files:nil +End: +--> |