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diff --git a/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook b/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a56628cf8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,291 @@ +<sect1 id="file-manager"> + +<sect1info> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Christian</firstname> +<surname>Weickhmann</surname> +</author> +</authorgroup> +</sect1info> + +<title>The File Manager</title> +<indexterm><primary>&konqueror;</primary><secondary>File +Management</secondary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary>File Management</primary></indexterm> + +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="konq-simple.png" format="PNG" /> +</imageobject> +<caption><para>&konqueror; with simple settings</para></caption> +</mediaobject> + +<sect2 id="filemanager-intro"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para>&kde; includes a versatile and powerful file manager called +&konqueror; which allows you to do everything you want with the files +stored on your computer, your network, and even the Internet. There +are too many features of &konqueror; to describe here, so we will just +take an overview. If you want more details about what &konqueror; can +do, take a look at the &konqueror; Handbook<indexterm><primary>&konqueror;</primary><secondary>Handbook</secondary></indexterm> by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Konqueror +Handbook</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the &konqueror; menus; or, alternatively, you can use the help KIOslave in &konqueror; by entering <userinput>help:/konqueror</userinput> in the Location Toolbar.</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="folder-structure"> +<title>Folders</title> + +<para>When you first open &konqueror; in file management mode, you can +see two panes: on the right is the folder view; on the left is the +sidebar. The folder view contains icons for +each item inside the current folder. These items can be +folders or files. Many file types can be <quote>previewed</quote> +without opening a new application to edit them in.<indexterm><primary>Previews</primary></indexterm> To preview a file, +hold the mouse cursor over the name of the file for about a second: a +popup window will appear, showing the contents of the file and other some +useful information, like file's size and which user owns the file.</para> + +<para>You can open any item by clicking (just once – &kde; +does not use double-clicking in its default settings) on the icon for the +file. Folders will be opened in the same window; files will either be +opened in the appropriate program, or the file manager will ask you +what program to use. For instance, if do not have a word-processor set up to +open &Microsoft; Word documents, the file manager will +ask you what to do.</para> + +<para>You can go back to the last-opened folder by clicking on the +<guiicon>Back</guiicon><!--screenie --> button or go up one folder by clicking +the <guiicon>Up</guiicon><!--screenie --> button.</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="the-navigation-panel"> +<title>The Navigation Panel (aka <quote>The Sidebar</quote>)</title> + +<indexterm><primary>Navigation Panel</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary>Sidebar</primary></indexterm> + +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="konq-sidebar.png" format="PNG" /> +</imageobject> +<caption><para>The &konqueror; sidebar</para></caption> +</mediaobject> + +<para>Navigating through the folders by using +the folder view can become impractical. The sidebar provides +shortcuts and special functions that make it easier to +find what you are searching for.</para> + +<para>On the left edge of the sidebar you will find a number of buttons, each + with a different icon:</para> + +<!-- TODO: Add screenies of what each of these buttons looks like --> +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel></term> + +<listitem> +<para>As &konqueror; (the file manager) also serves as a very powerful +web browser, it also has a bookmark functionality. Here you will find the +same structure as in your <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Devices</guilabel></term> + +<listitem> +<para>Next the sidebar provides a list of all known devices +on your computer. These devices can be either physical drives — +such as your hard disk, &CD-ROM; drive, or floppy disk drive — +or virtual <quote>drives</quote> — such as remote shares or hard disk partitions.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>History</guilabel></term> + +<listitem> +<para>&konqueror; will remember the web pages you have visited and list them +either by date or alphabetically in a tree structure. You can select the +behavior by right clicking on the <guilabel>History</guilabel> item and +selecting <guimenu>Sort by</guimenu>. Left click on an item (⪚ +<guilabel>www.kde.org</guilabel>) and &konqueror; will show you the documents you have visited. Left +clicking on a document (⪚ <guilabel>index.html</guilabel>) will open +the web site in the folder view.</para> +<para>Right clicking on a history item, like <menuchoice><guimenu>www.kde.org</guimenu><guimenuitem>index.html</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice>, opens a slightly different popup menu: you will also find the +item <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem>, which makes &konqueror; open the +site in a new window.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel></term> + +<listitem> +<para>The <guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel> item is in the sidebar's navigation +panel. You will find your home directory as the first entry. Below you will +find all folders of your home directory. Left clicking on any +folder in this view opens the folder in the folder view. Alternatively, you can also +work with the folders' context menus, create subfolders, and so on.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Sidebar Media Player</guilabel></term> + +<listitem> +<!-- TODO: think of a better solution for marking up the file --> +<!-- formats. It should probably involve entities --> +<para>Try dragging a music file (like <acronym>MP3</acronym>, Ogg, or +<literal role="extension">.wav</literal> files) +on the sidebar. The file will immediately be played.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Newsticker</guilabel></term> +<!-- I don't have this button. Ought to check what it depends on --> +<listitem> +<para>Newsticker will display a customisable list of news sources. Right-click +either on the <guilabel>Configure button</guilabel> or on one of the +newssource buttons (e.g. KDE News, which is usually predefined) to add a new +newsticker source.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Network</guilabel></term> + +<listitem> +<para>Here you can browse the services provided by other computers on +the network. The &lisa;-Daemon has to be started in order to work +correctly. The network browser allows you to see a variety of services +provided by a computer. You can easily browse <acronym>SMB</acronym> +shares, &HTTP; sites, or transfer files via the secure FISH +layer.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Root Directory</guilabel></term> + +<listitem> +<para>Everything on a &UNIX;-based system is organized in a file +system tree. This tree must have a root and here it is. The +<guilabel>Root Directory</guilabel> function is like the +<guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel> function. The only difference is +that every folder is being displayed, not only your home +directory.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Services</guilabel></term> + +<listitem> +<para>This is somehow the "rest". Try browsing through the different +items. If an Audio &CD; is in your &CD; or <acronym>DVD</acronym> +drive you will be able to find everything on it and even more in the +<guilabel>Audio CD Browser</guilabel> item (you can even compress +audio files and save them on your hard drive with this +function).</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="filemanager-icons"> +<title>Icons</title> + +<para> +To select only one icon hold down the &Ctrl; key and click on the icon +you want to select. If you want to select more than one icon, hold +down &Ctrl; while you click on each of the items you want to select. +Once one or more icons are selected you can do what you want with +them. If you want to move or copy items, select them and then drag them +(with the left mouse button down) to the desired location. When +you release the mouse button a menu will come up offering you to +<guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem><indexterm><primary>Moving +Files</primary></indexterm>, +<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem><indexterm><primary>Copying +Files</primary></indexterm>, or <guimenuitem>Link</guimenuitem> the +selected items. You can also <guimenuitem>Cancel</guimenuitem> your +action. +</para> + +<para>Many other actions can be applied to the selected items by +right-clicking on one of the selected items, and choosing the action +from the menu which appears. (The exact contents of this menu depend on the +type of files selected, so it is called a <quote>context menu</quote>).</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="links"> +<title>Links and Shortcuts</title> + +<para> +As already mentioned above you can link files or folders anywhere. It means +that the linked folder will appear and behave just like the original in +another location without consuming additional space on your harddrive. +So if you, for example, have a number of documents, and only a few are used +regularly, you can easily group them in a folder and create links in it. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="trash"> +<title>The Trash</title> + +<indexterm><primary>Trash</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary><quote>Recycle Bin</quote></primary></indexterm> + +<para>Before a file is deleted in the &kde; file manager it will be +moved to the <filename>Trash</filename> folder to give you the +possibility of getting it back if you deleted it by accident. The +trash bin will show all deleted items. You can select the one to be +recovered and move it to its original place as described in <xref +linkend="filemanager-icons" />. If you right click on the trash bin and select +<guimenuitem>Empty trash bin</guimenuitem> the files in it will be +deleted permanently.</para> + +<!-- Add links to "further reading" here --> +<itemizedlist> +<title>Related Information</title> + +<listitem><para>As mentioned in the introduction, the &konqueror; +Handbook has much more information about the features available in +&konqueror;. You can read it in &khelpcenter; or by entering +<userinput>help:/konqueror</userinput> in &konqueror;'s +<guilabel>Location</guilabel> bar.</para> +</listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + + +</sect2> +</sect1> + +<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file +Local variables: +mode: xml +sgml-omittag:nil +sgml-shorttag:nil +sgml-namecase-general:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-always-quote-attributes:t +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:true +sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "sect1") +sgml-exposed-tags:nil +sgml-local-catalogs:nil +sgml-local-ecat-files:nil +End: +--> + + |