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diff --git a/doc/konqueror/save-settings.docbook b/doc/konqueror/save-settings.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9fb248815 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/konqueror/save-settings.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +<chapter id="save-settings"> + +<chapterinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2003-11-06</date> +<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> +</chapterinfo> + +<title>Saving Settings & Profiles</title> +<sect1 id="save-settings-general"> +<title>General Settings</title> +<para>When you close down &konqueror; your current <guimenu>View</guimenu> +menu settings (such as the <guimenuitem>View Mode</guimenuitem>, +<guimenuitem>Use index.html</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Show Hidden Files +</guimenuitem> items) are not automatically saved as the default +options; however, you can have &konqueror; remember these settings by +selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save View +Profile "Web Browsing"...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and the current +setting will become the default option to be used the next time +&konqueror; is started.</para> + +<para>But you can also specify different <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu settings +for an individual folder. To do this check the <guimenuitem>View Properties +Saved in Folder</guimenuitem> box in the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu, +change the <guimenu>View</guimenu> settings to whatever you want then uncheck +the +<guimenuitem>View Properties saved in Folder</guimenuitem> box. Doing this +creates a <filename>.directory</filename> file in that folder to hold the +folder <guimenu>View</guimenu> settings. Use the <menuchoice><guimenu> +Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Remove Folder Properties</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> option to remove the folder specific +settings (or just delete the <filename>.directory</filename> file).</para> +<note><para>One nice use of this feature is if you have a folder full of +pictures. You can set that particular folder to display thumbnails of the +pictures (by choosing <guimenuitem>Icon View</guimenuitem> and <menuchoice> +<guisubmenu>Preview</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Previews</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> from the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu) when you open it, while +not displaying images as thumbnails in other folders.</para></note> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="save-settings-view-profiles"> +<title>View Profiles</title> +<para>&konqueror; can save a whole set of options as a <quote>View +Profile</quote>. Some view profiles are part of the standard &konqueror; +installation, such as <property>Web Browsing</property> and <property>File +Management</property>, but you can add your own, too.</para> + +<para>To modify a view profile (say, the <property>Web Browsing</property> +profile), load the profile with +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guisubmenu>Load View +Profile</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Web Browsing</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>, and +change the &konqueror; settings to whatever you want. Now select +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save View Profile "Web +Browsing"...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. In the dialog which appears, you can +change the name of the profile, which will create a new profile with that name, +or you can leave the name as it is to modify the current profile. If you select +<guilabel>Save URLs in profile</guilabel>, the current &URL; will be loaded +when you load that view profile. This functions in a similar way to the +<quote>Home Page</quote> in many web browsers. If you want &konqueror; to start +up with an empty window enter <userinput>about:blank</userinput> into the +location bar before saving the profile.</para> + +<note><para>You can create a desktop icon to start &konqueror; with your new +profile. First create a desktop icon by dragging the &konqueror; icon from the +<guimenu>K</guimenu> menu onto the desktop and selecting <guimenuitem>Copy +Here</guimenuitem>. Then <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the new +icon, select +<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> and change <guilabel>Program +Name</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Execute</guilabel> tab page to +<userinput><command>kfmclient</command> <option>openProfile +<replaceable>MyNewProfile</replaceable></option></userinput>, +<replaceable>MyNewProfile</replaceable> being what you called the new +profile. Then in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab page change the name to +something like <filename>MyNewProfile</filename> and pick a more +suitable icon.</para></note> + +</sect1> +</chapter> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-omittag: nil +sgml-shorttag: t +sgml-minimize-attributes: nil +sgml-general-insert-case: lower +sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") +End: +--> |