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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/Makefile.am b/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8e045365e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +KDE_LANG = en +KDE_DOCS = kcontrol/filemanager diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..be620a8cf --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,297 @@ +<?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> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2002-10-16</date> +<releaseinfo>3.1</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KControl</keyword> +<keyword>file manager</keyword> +</keywordset> +</articleinfo> +<sect1 id="file-manager"> +<title>File Manager</title> + +<para>In this module, you can configure various aspects of +&konqueror;'s file manager functionality. </para> + +<note><para>&konqueror;'s web browser functionality has its <ulink +url="help:/kcontrol/khtml/index.html">own configuration +modules</ulink>.</para></note> + +<sect2 id="fileman-use"> +<title>Use</title> + +<para> The configuration options for the file manager are +organized under tabs as follows:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Appearance</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This tab contains options for customizing the appearance of +&konqueror; windows, such as the default font +text color.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Behavior</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This tab contains a couple of &konqueror; +global options.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Previews</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>On this tab, you can customize when &konqueror; should show +previews.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<sect3 id="fileman-appearance"> +<title>Appearance</title> + +<para>The following settings determine how text and colors are displayed in +&konqueror; File Manager mode windows.</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Standard font:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This is the font used to display text such as file names in +&konqueror; windows.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Font size:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> + +<para>Lets you control the size of text, while the <guilabel>Standard +Font</guilabel> setting determines the font face used.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Normal text color:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Determines the standard text color.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Height for icon text:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The maximum number of lines that can be used to draw icon text. Long lines are truncated at the end of the last line.</para> +<tip> <para>You can still see word-wrapped filenames by pausing the mouse pointer over the icon.</para></tip> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Width for icon text:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The maximum width for the icon text when &konqueror; is in multi-column view mode.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Underline filenames:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>When <guilabel>Underline filenames</guilabel> is checked, + filenames will be underlined so that they look like links on a web + page.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Display file sizes in bytes:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The final check box on this page determines how &konqueror; +displays file sizes, when you are in one of the file manager modes +that normally shows this information. If you check the +<guilabel>Display file sizes in bytes</guilabel> box then file sizes +are always shown in bytes. If you leave it unchecked then file sizes +are shown in bytes, kilobytes or megabytes, depending on their +size.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect3> + +<sect3 id="fileman-behav"> +<title>Behavior</title> + +<variablelist> +<title><guilabel>Misc Options</guilabel></title> +<varlistentry> +<term>Open folders in separate windows</term> +<listitem> <para>If this option is checked, a new +&konqueror; window will be created when you open a +folder, rather than simply showing that folder's contents in the + current +window.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term>Show network operations in a single window</term> +<listitem> +<para>If unchecked, and you download a +file, a dialog box will appear that shows the status of the +download.</para> + +<screenshot> + <screeninfo>Download Dialog Box</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject><imagedata fileref="kfileman2.png" + format="PNG"/></imageobject> + <textobject> <phrase>Download Dialog Box</phrase> </textobject> + <caption> + <para>Individual Download Dialog Box</para> + </caption> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>If you start a new transfer, another dialog box will +appear. (&Netscape; users will be familiar with +this behavior) </para> + +<para>If checked, all transfer status windows will be grouped +together under a single dialog box.</para> +<screenshot> + <screeninfo>Download Dialog Box</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject><imagedata fileref="kfileman1.png" + format="PNG"/></imageobject> + <textobject><phrase>Download Dialog Box</phrase></textobject> + <caption> + <para>Collected Download Dialog Box</para> + </caption> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>If you choose to use the Collected download dialog box, you can +delete transfers by clicking once on the transfer you want to cancel, +then clicking the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> Button on the +left.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show file tips</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> Here you can control if, when moving the mouse over a file, you +want to see a small popup window with additional information about +that file.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show previews in file tips</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Here you can control if the file tip should show a +thumbnail preview of the file. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Home URL</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is the &URL; (⪚ a +folder or a web page) where &konqueror; will jump to +when the <guibutton>Home</guibutton> button is pressed.</para><para>The +default is the users home folder, indicated with a +<literal>~</literal>.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<para>You can set a path that is your <guilabel>Home URL</guilabel> by +typing into the text field, or using the <guiicon>browse</guiicon> +icon. The default is <literal>~</literal> which is a standard +shortcut for your $<envar>HOME</envar> folder. When you choose the +<guiicon>home</guiicon> icon on your panel, in a file open or save +dialog, or from within &konqueror; in file manager mode, this is the +folder you will be shown.</para> + +<para>The <guilabel>Ask confirmation for</guilabel> setting tells +&konqueror; what to do when you choose to <quote>Delete</quote>, +<quote>Trash</quote>, or <quote>Shred</quote> a file in a &konqueror; +window. If any box is checked, &konqueror; asks for confirmation before +performing the corresponding action.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Previews</title> + +<para>&konqueror; 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 in the filemanager, 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> + +<para>In this module you can specify which <quote>protocols</quote> +you wish the previews to be available for. Creating the previews +requires that &konqueror; download at least part of the file, in order +to create the preview. &konqueror;, like the rest of &kde; is +entirely network transparent, and will treat a remote &FTP; folder +just as if it was on your local hard drive. This can result in a +delay, especially if you are viewing, for example, a folder full of +images over a slow network connection.</para> + +<para>For each protocol, you can independently enable or disable +previews. For example, you might enable previews for +<acronym>NFS</acronym> mounted drives if you have a fast network, but +disable them for &FTP; because your Internet connection is via a +modem.</para> + +<para>You can further refine the maximum size file that &konqueror; +will attempt to show a preview for. The default is 1 MB. In other +words, by default, if a file is 900 kB in size, and the protocol you +are viewing the folder with is enabled, then &konqueror; will +create a preview icon for it. If the file is 1.1 MB in size, +&konqueror; will not make a preview, even if the protocol is +enabled.</para> + +<para>You can turn on and off previews <quote>on the fly</quote> from +within &konqueror;, using the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu. For +example, if you normally want to see image previews on every protocol, +but find a particular server is very slow to send you the data, you +might turn it off for the present, and turn it on again later.</para> + +<para>You may also like to enable the checkbox <guilabel>Increase size +of previews relative to icons</guilabel>, in order to see more +information in the thumbnails.</para> + +<para>Many image files already contain a thumbnail. You can enable +the <guilabel>Use thumbnails embedded in files</guilabel> to make use +of these. This will save time waiting for thumbnails to be created +when viewing a folder full of images you have not previously seen in +&konqueror;.</para> + +</sect3> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +</article> diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/kfileman1.png b/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/kfileman1.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..0505d604d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/kfileman1.png diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/kfileman2.png b/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/kfileman2.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..6c8d17d75 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/filemanager/kfileman2.png |