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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/keyboard/Makefile.am b/doc/kcontrol/keyboard/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 000000000..16b3221e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/keyboard/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +KDE_LANG = en +KDE_DOCS = kcontrol/keyboard diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/keyboard/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/keyboard/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..489443264 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/keyboard/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +<?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>2002-02-12</date> +<releaseinfo>3.00.00</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KControl</keyword> +<keyword>keyboard</keyword> +</keywordset> +</articleinfo> +<sect1 id="kbd"> +<title>Keyboard</title> + +<para>This module allows you to choose how your keyboard works.</para> + +<para>The actual effect of setting these options depends upon the +features provided by your keyboard hardware and the X server on which +&kde; is running. As an example, you may find that changing the key +click volume has no effect because that feature is not available on your +system. </para> + +<sect2 id="kbd-use"> +<title>Advanced</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Enable keyboard repeat</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>When this option is selected, pressing and holding down a key +emits the same character repeatedly until the key is released. Pressing +and holding the key will have the same effect as pressing it multiple +times in succession. </para> +<tip><para> Almost all users will want to have this option enabled, because it +makes navigating through documents with the arrow keys significantly +easier. </para></tip> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>NumLock on KDE Startup</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>You can choose to either always <guilabel>Turn on</guilabel> or +<guilabel>Turn off</guilabel> the NumLock when &kde; starts, or you can +choose to have &kde; leave NumLock at whatever it was set to before KDE +started up.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Key click volume:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>If supported, this option allows you to hear audible clicks from +your computer's speakers when you press the keys on your keyboard. In +essence, this simulates the <quote>click</quote> of a mechanical +type-writer. You can change the loudness of the key click feedback by +dragging the slider button or by clicking the up/down arrows on the +spin-button. Setting the volume to 0% turns off the key +click.</para> +<para>Many computers won't support this function.</para> +<tip><para>Very few people would choose to enable this option, since it +generally annoys everyone else in the room. However, if your heart +yearns for the pre-soft-key era, this may help you to re-experience the +warm sentimentality of days-gone-by.</para> +</tip> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +</article> |