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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/cache/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/cache/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7392d63fc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/cache/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;"> +<articleinfo> + +<authorgroup> +<author><firstname></firstname><surname></surname></author> + +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2003-10-12</date> +<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KControl</keyword> +<keyword>Konqueror</keyword> +<keyword>Cache</keyword> +</keywordset> +</articleinfo> + +<sect1 id="cache"> +<title>Cache</title> + +<para>This module allows you to control the size of the local cache +folder used by &konqueror;. Note that each user account on your +computer has a separate cache folder, and this folder is not +shared with other web browsers such as &Netscape;.</para> + +<para>Storing local copies of web pages that you have visited allows +&konqueror; to quickly load their contents on subsequent visits. It +will only be necessary to reload the contents from the original site +if they have changed since your last visit, or if you click the reload +button in &konqueror;.</para> + +<para>If you really don't want any of the web pages you visit to be +stored on your computer, you can disable &konqueror;'s disk cache by +clearing the checkbox labeled <guilabel>Use cache</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>You can set here how aggressively &konqueror; keeps the cache up +to date. <guilabel>Keep cache in sync</guilabel> means that &konqueror; +will hit the cache for all objects, downloading them if they are not +there, and then display the item from the cache. <guilabel>Use cache +whenever possible</guilabel> means that &konqueror; will try the cache, +and if an object is not there, it will directly download it for display. +<guilabel>Offline browsing mode</guilabel> means that &konqueror; will +try the cache, and if an object is not there, it will not attempt to +download it from the Internet.</para> + +<para>You can control the size of the cache by typing a number into the +text box labeled <guilabel>Disk cache size</guilabel>. This is the +average amount of space in kilobytes that the cache folder is allowed +to use. When the cache grows too large, &konqueror; will delete older +files to reduce the size of the cache folder.</para> + +<para>This is however, only an average, and during a browsing session +the cache could become substantially larger.</para> + +<para>You can use the <guibutton>Clear Cache</guibutton> button to empty +the cache at any time.</para> +</sect1> + +</article> |