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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/desktopbehavior/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/desktopbehavior/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6ebfe57ec --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/desktopbehavior/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@ +<?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>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> +<author>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2005-02-20</date> +<releaseinfo>3.4</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KControl</keyword> +<keyword>desktop</keyword> +</keywordset> +</articleinfo> + +<sect1 id="desktop"> + +<title>Desktop Behavior</title> + +<sect2 id="desktop-desktop"> +<title><guilabel>Desktop</guilabel> Tab</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show icons on desktop</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Uncheck this option if you do not want to have icons on the +desktop. Without icons the desktop may be somewhat faster, but you +will no longer be able to drag files to the desktop.</para> +<para>This will not remove any files already stored on the desktop, +they will instead be hidden.</para> + +<para>If this is enabled, you may also enable the ability to <guilabel>Allow programs in desktop window</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>Enabling this option allows you to set a program as your desktop +background, for example <command>xearth</command>, or &kworldclock;</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show tooltips</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Check this option if you would like to see tooltips for icons on +the desktop as you hover the mouse over them. These tooltips display +information about the file represented by the icon. Depending on the +type of file, the information can range from simple file size and +creation dates for unfamiliar file types, to complete meta information +such as the content of tags for music files.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Menu Bar at Top of Screen:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This option determines whether there is a menu across +the top of the &tde; Desktop similar to the style of &MacOS;.</para> + +<para>The default is <guilabel>None</guilabel>. If you select +<guilabel>Desktop menu bar</guilabel> one static menu is shown at the +top of the screen, displaying the desktop menu. Finally there is +<guilabel>Current application's menu bar (Mac OS-style)</guilabel>. +If this option is selected, applications won't have their menu bar +attached to their own window anymore. Instead, there is one menu bar +at the top of the screen which shows the menus of the currently active +application. You might recognize this behavior from &MacOS;. +</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Mouse button actions:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> + +<para>The mouse button section allows you to determine what happens when +you click one of the three mouse buttons on the Desktop (where there is +no window).</para> + +<note><para>Not all mice have three buttons. Two button mice can +usually activate the <mousebutton>Middle</mousebutton> button by +pressing both the <mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> and +<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> mouse buttons at the same +time.</para></note> + +<para>For each of the three mouse buttons, you can select:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term>No Action</term> +<listitem><para>When you use this mouse button, nothing +happens.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term>Window list menu</term> +<listitem><para>This brings up a submenu with all the virtual desktops. +Under each virtual desktop, you can select any window currently located +on that desktop. Once selected, &tde; will switch to that desktop, and +place the focus on that window.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term>Desktop Menu.</term> +<listitem><para>This brings up a submenu with commands specific to +&tde;. You can create icons, edit bookmarks, cut and paste, +run commands, configure &tde;, arrange icons, lock the session and log +out of &tde;. The exact content of the menu varies depending on the +current status of &tde;.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term>Application Menu</term> +<listitem><para>This brings up the <guimenu>Application</guimenu> Menus +(also know as the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> Menus), so you can start a new +application.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term>Custom Menu 1</term> +<term>Custom Menu 2</term> +<listitem> +<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> +<!-- 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) --> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="desktop-behavior-file-icons"> +<title><guilabel>File Icons</guilabel></title> + +<para>First are two options regarding the placement of icons:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Automatically line up icons</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If this option is enabled, &tde; will align icons on a +grid on the desktop. If it is not enabled, you may drop icons +anywhere, and they will not be aligned for you.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show hidden files</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If this option is enabled, then all hidden files will +appear on the desktop. Generally this only clutters your desktop area, +but if you are often working with hidden files or folders, this can +be useful.</para> +<warning><para>Be very careful when deleting or modifying hidden files. +Many of these files are configuration files and are essential for the +correct operation of your computer.</para></warning> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<para>The &tde; desktop has a preview feature for many file types, +including <acronym>HTML</acronym> files, images, &PostScript; and +<acronym>PDF</acronym>, sound, web archives (if you have the +appropriate &konqueror; plugin installed) and text files.</para> + +<para>if you enable previews for one of these, files of that particular +file type will not be represented by standard icons on the desktop, but +will instead be shown as miniature previews. On slow computers, the +previews can take some time to show up, so you might not want to enable +this feature.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="desktop-behavior-device-icons"> +<title><guilabel>Device Icons</guilabel></title> + +<para>On some operating systems (&Linux; and FreeBSD, so far) &tde; can +dynamically display icons for each <firstterm>mountable</firstterm> +device you have available. This could be &CD-ROM; drives, floppy disk +drives, or network shares.</para> + +<para>If you enable this, you can choose what kind, if any, of these +devices you would like quick access icons to be displayed for.</para> + +</sect2> +</sect1> + +</article>
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