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diff --git a/ktip/tips b/ktip/tips new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5bf131356 --- /dev/null +++ b/ktip/tips @@ -0,0 +1,1176 @@ +<tip category="KDE|General"> +<html> +<P> +There is a lot of information about KDE on the +<A HREF="http://www.kde.org/">KDE web site</A>. There are +also useful sites for major applications like +<A HREF="http://www.konqueror.org/">Konqueror</A>, +<A HREF="http://www.koffice.org/">KOffice</A> and +<A HREF="http://www.kdevelop.org/">KDevelop</A>, or important +KDE utilities like +<A HREF="http://printing.kde.org/">KDEPrint</A>, +which can be put to its full usage even outside KDE... +</P> +<br> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/filesystems/desktop.png"> +</center> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General|I18N"> +<html> +<p> +KDE is translated into many languages. You can change the country and +language with the Control Center in "Regional & Accessibility" +->."Country/Region & Language". +</p> + +<p>For more information about KDE translations and translators, see <a +href="http://i18n.kde.org/">http://i18n.kde.org</a>. +</p> +<br> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/locale.png"> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Andrea Rizzi</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="KDE2"> +<html> +<p> +You can minimize all your windows on the current desktop at once and +thus reach the desktop itself by clicking on the desktop icon on the +panel.</p> + +<p>If you do not currently have the icon there, you can add it by right clicking on the panel, and then selecting Add to Panel->Special Button->Desktop Access. +<br> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/filesystems/desktop.png"> +</center> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix"> +<html> +<p> +If you temporarily need more screen real-estate, you can <strong>"fold +in" the panel</strong> by clicking on one of the arrows at the ends of +the panel. Alternatively, make it hide automatically by changing the +settings in the Control Center (Desktop->Panels, Hiding tab). +</p> + +<p>For more information about Kicker, the KDE Panel, see <a +href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix"> +<html> +<p> +The program Klipper, which is started by default and resides in the +system tray at the right end of the panel, keeps a number of text +selections around. These can be retrieved or even (in the case of +URLs, for example) be executed.</p> + +<p>You can find more information about using Klipper in <a +href="help:/klipper">the Klipper Handbook</a></p> +<br> +<center> +<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/klipper.png"> +</center> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix"> +<html> +<p> +The window list, which is accessible via an icon on the panel, provides a +quick overview of all windows on all virtual desktops. Alternatively, +press Alt+F5 to display the window list.</p><br> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/window_list.png"> +</center> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror"> +<html> +<p>The <b>"Location" label</b> in Konqueror is draggable.</p> +<p>This means you can create shortcuts (e.g. on the desktop or the panel) +by dragging it there with the mouse. You can also drop it on to Konsole or +edit fields to get the URL typed in there (as you can with links or files +displayed in Konqueror).</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>For quick access to KDEPrint Manager type +<strong>"print:/manager"</strong>... -- <em>"Type where?"</em>, + you may ask. Type it...</p> +<ul> + <li>...either in Konqueror's <i>address field</i>,</li> + <li>...or in a <i>Run Command</i> dialog, + opened by pressing <strong>Alt+F2</strong>.</li> +</ul> +</p> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png"> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KDE2|Desktop"> +<html> +<p> +Double-clicking on the titlebar of any window "shades" it, which means +that only the titlebar stays visible. Double-clicking the titlebar a +second time will make the window visible again.<br> +Of course, you can change this behavior within the Control Center. +</p> +<p>For more information about ways to manipulate windows in KDE, take +a look at <a href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html">the KDE User Guide</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Desktop"> +<html> +<p> +You can cycle through the windows on a virtual desktop by holding the +Alt key and pressing Tab or Shift+Tab.</p><br> +<center><img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/kcmkwm.png"></center></p> + +<p>For more information, see <a +href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html">the KDE +User Guide</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Keyboard"> +<html> +<p> +You can assign <b>keyboard shortcuts</b> to your favorite applications in the +KDE menu editor (K-menu->Settings->Menu Editor). Select the application +(e.g. Konsole), then click on the image next to "Current shortcut +key:". Press the key combination you want (say, Ctrl+Alt+K). +<p>That is it: now you can fire up Konsoles with Ctrl+Alt+K.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KDE2|Win2Unix"> +<html> +<p> +You can configure the number of virtual desktops by adjusting the "Number +of desktops" slider in the Control Center (Desktop->Multiple Desktops). +</p> + +<p>For more information about using virtual desktops, look at <a +href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html#using-multiple-desktops">the +KDE User Guide</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KDE|General"> +<html> +<p>The KDE project was founded in October 1996 and had its first release, +1.0, on July 12, 1998.</p> +<p>You can <em>support the KDE project</em> with work (programming, designing, +documenting, proof-reading, translating, etc.) and financial or +hardware donations. Please contact <a + href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> +if you are interested in donating, or <a +href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> if you would +like to contribute in other ways.</p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix"> +<html> +<p>KDE provides some shortcuts to change the size of a window:</p> +<table><tr> +<th>To maximize a window...</th> <th>click the maximize button...</th> +</tr><tr> +<td>...full-screen,</td> <td>...with the left mouse button</td> +</tr><tr> +<td>...vertically only,</td> <td>...with the middle mouse button</td> +</tr><tr> +<td>...horizontally only,</td> <td>...with the right mouse button</td> +</tr></table> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>You can stay up to date with new developments in KDE and releases +by regularly checking the web site <A + HREF="http://www.kde.org">http://www.kde.org</A>.</p> +<BR> +<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p align="center"><strong>KDEPrinting (I)</strong></p> +<p><strong>kprinter</strong>, KDE's new printing utility supports +different print subsystems. These subsystems differ very much +in their abilities.</p> +<p>Among the supported systems are: +<ul> +<li>CUPS, the new Common UNIX Printing System;</li> +<li>LPR/LPD, traditional BSD-style printing;</li> +<li>RLPR (no need for "printcap" editing or root privileges to +use network printers);</li> +<li>printing through an external program (generic).</li> +</ul> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p align="center"><strong>KDEPrinting (II)</strong></p> + +<p>Not all print subsystems provide equal abilities +for KDEPrint to build on.</p> +<p>The <A HREF="http://printing.kde.org/">KDEPrinting Team</A> +recommends installing a <A +HREF="http://www.cups.org/"><strong>CUPS-based</strong></A> +software as the underlying print subsystem.</p> +<p> CUPS provides easy usage, powerful features, broad printer +support and a modern design (based on IPP, the "Internet +Printing Protocol"). Its usefulness is proven for home users +as well as for large networks. +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +KDE is based on a well-designed C++ foundation. C++ is a programming +language well suited to desktop development. The KDE object model +extends the power of C++ even further. See + <a href="http://developer.kde.org/">http://developer.kde.org/</a> +for details.</p><br> +<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror"> +<html> +<p> +You can use Konqueror to <strong>browse through tar archives</strong>, +even compressed ones. You can extract files simply by dragging them +to another place, e.g. another Konqueror window or the desktop.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Keyboard"> +<html> +<p> +You can cycle through the virtual desktops by holding the Ctrl key and +pressing Tab or Shift+Tab.</p> +<p>For more information about using virtual desktops, look at <a +href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/windows-how-to-work.html#using-multiple-desktops">the +KDE User Guide</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>You can start <strong>kprinter</strong> as a standalone program +from any xterm, Konsole window or from the "Run Command" dialog (started +by pressing <i>Alt+F2</i>). Then select the file to print. You can print +as many items of different types as you want, all at once. +</p> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png"></center> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + + + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>You may at any time switch <strong>kprinter</strong> to another +print subsystem "on the fly" (and you do not need to be root to do it.) +</p> +<p>Laptop users who frequently change to different environments may find +<A HREF="ftp://truffula.com/pub/">RLPR</A> a useful complement to CUPS +(or any other print subsystem they use as their preferred one). +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General|Help"> +<html> +<P> +KDE's help system can display not only KDE's own HTML-based help, but +also info and man pages.</P> +<p>For more ways of getting help, see <a +href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/getting-help.html">the KDE User +Guide</a>.</p> + +<br> +<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png"></center> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Desktop"> +<html> +<P>Clicking with the right mouse button on panel icons or applets opens a +popup menu that allows you to move or remove the item, or add a new +one.</P> +<p>For more information about customizing Kicker, the KDE Panel, see +<a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<P>If a toolbar is not large enough to display all buttons on it, you can +click on the small arrow at the far right end of the toolbar to see +the remaining buttons.</P> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +Need comprehensive info about KDEPrinting?<br> </p> +<p> Type <strong>help:/kdeprint/</strong> into a Konqueror address field +and get the + <a href="http://printing.kde.org/documentation/handbook/">KDEPrint Handbook</a> +displayed.</p> <p>This, plus more material (like a + <a href="http://printing.kde.org/faq/">FAQ</a>, various + <a href="http://printing.kde.org/documentation/tutorials/">Tutorials</a>, +a "TipsNTricks" section and the + <a href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-print/">kdeprint mailing list</a>) + are available at +<a href="http://printing.kde.org/">printing.kde.org</a>... +</p> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png"> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<P>You can run non-KDE applications without problems on a KDE +desktop. It is even possible to integrate them into the menu system. +The KDE program "KAppfinder" will look for known programs to integrate +them into the menu.</P> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General|Desktop"> +<html> +<p>You can quickly move the panel to another screen edge by "grabbing" it with +the left mouse button and moving it to where you want it.</p> +<p>For more information about personalizing Kicker, the KDE Panel, +take a look at <a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +If you need to kill some time, KDE comes with an extensive collection +of games.</p><br> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/package_games.png"> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="LookNFeel"> +<html> +<p>You can <strong>quickly change the background</strong> image of the +desktop by dragging a graphics image from a Konqueror window to the +desktop background.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="LookNFeel"> +<html> +<p>You can change the background color of the desktop by dragging a color +from a color selector in any application to the desktop background. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Panel"> +<html> +<p> +A fast way to get your favorite application onto your panel is to +right-click the panel (Panel Menu) and select Add to Panel->Application->whatever. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Panel"> +<html> +<p> +You can add more applets to your panel by selecting Panel +Menu->Add->Applet from the K menu. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Panel"> +<html> +<p> +You can add a little command line to your panel by selecting Panel +Menu->Add to Panel->Applet->Run Command from the K menu. +</p> +<p>For information about other applets available for the KDE Panel, +take a look at <a href="help:/kicker">the Kicker Handbook</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Panel|LookNFeel"> +<html> +<p>Want to see the local time of your friends or +business partners <b>around the world</b>?</p> +<p>Just press the middle mouse button on the <b>panel clock</b>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Panel|LookNFeel"> +<html> +<p>Your <b>panel clock</b> can be configured to display the time +in <b>plain</b>, <b>digital</b>, <b>analog</b> or <b>fuzzy-style</b> +mode.</p> +<p>See <a href="help:/kicker/clock-applet.html">the Kicker +Handbook</a> for more information.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Keyboard"> +<html> +<p> +If you know its name, you can <strong>execute any program</strong> by pressing +<strong>Alt+F2</strong> +and entering the program name in the command-line window provided.<p> +<br> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/apps/kmenu.png"> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Keyboard|Konqueror"> +<html> +<p> +You can <strong>browse any URL</strong> by pressing +<strong>Alt+F2</strong> and entering the URL in the +command-line window provided. +</p><br> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/filesystems/network.png"> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror|Keyboard"> +<html> +<p>If you are using Konqueror and want to type another location into +the location field below the toolbar to get there, you can clear the +whole field very quickly with the black button with a white cross +to the left of the "Location" label and start typing.</p> +<p>You can also press Ctrl+L to clear the location field and place the +text cursor there.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Keyboard|Help"> +<html> +<p> +You can access a <strong>man page</strong> by entering a +hash mark (#) and the name of the man page wherever you can enter +a URL, like in the location field of the web browser or the +<strong>Alt+F2</strong> command-line.</p><br> +<center> +<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png"> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Keyboard|Help"> +<html> +<p> +You can access an <strong>info page</strong> by entering a double hash mark (##) + and the +name of the info page wherever you can enter a URL, like in the URL +line of the web browser or the <strong>Alt+F2</strong> command-line. +</p> +<br> +<center> +<img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/khelpcenter.png"> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Keyboard|Desktop"> +<html> +<p> +If you cannot access the titlebar, you can still <strong>move a window</strong> +on the screen by holding the Alt key, clicking anywhere into the window +and "dragging" it with the mouse.</p><br> +<p>Of course, you can change this behavior by using the Control Center.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> Want KDE's printing power in non-KDE apps? </p> +<p> Then use <strong>'kprinter'</strong> as "print command". +Works with Netscape, Mozilla, Galeon, gv, Acrobat Reader, + StarOffice, OpenOffice.org, any GNOME application and many more...</p> +<p>See <a href="http://printing.kde.org/faq/kdeprint.phtml#out">printing.kde.org</a> +for more detailed hints... +</p> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png"> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Keyboard|Desktop"> +<html> +<p> +You can <strong>resize a window</strong> on the screen by holding the Alt key, +right-clicking anywhere into the window and moving the mouse.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +KDE's mail client (KMail) provides seamless <strong>PGP/GnuPG + integration</strong> +for encrypting and signing your email messages.</p> +<p>See <a href="help:/kmail/pgp.html">the KMail Handbook</a> for +instructions on setting up encryption.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +You can find KDE developers all over the world, e.g., in Germany, +Sweden, France, Canada, USA, Australia, Namibia, Argentina, and even in +Norway!</p> +<p> +To see where KDE developers can be found, take a look at <a href="http://worldwide.kde.org">worldwide.kde.org</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +KDE's CD player, KsCD, accesses the Internet CD database freedb to provide you +with title/track information. +</p> +<p>Full details of KsCD's functions are available in <a +href="help:/kscd">the KsCD Handbook</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Keyboard|Konsole"> +<html> +<p> +Some people open many terminal windows just to enter <em>one single</em> +command.</p> +<ul> +<li>Use <strong>Alt+F2</strong> for just firing up programs (Alt+F2 "kword") or +<li>use Konsole sessions ("New" in toolbar) if you need text output. +</ul> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="LookNFeel"> +<html> +<p> +You can change the color of the window titlebars by clicking on the title bar of the +color example in the <em>Appearance & Themes</em> module within the Control Center. +</p> +<p>This works for all of the other available colors too.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p align="center"><strong>KDE Command Line Printing (I)</strong></p> +<p> Want to print from command line, without missing KDE's printing power?</p> +<p> Type <strong>'kprinter'</strong>. Up pops the +KDEPrint dialog. Select printer, print options and +print files (note that you may select <em>different</em> +files of <em>different</em> types for <em>one</em> print job...). </p> +<p>This works from Konsole, any x-Terminal, or "Run Command" +(called by pressing <em>Alt+F2</em>)</p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p align="center"><strong>KDE Command Line Printing (II)</strong></p> +<p> +You may specify print files and/or name a printer from the command line: +<pre> +kprinter -d infotec \ + /home/kurt/paragliding.jpg \ + ../kdeprint-handbook.pdf \ + /opt/kde3/flyer.ps +</pre> + This prints 3 different files (from different folders) to printer "infotec". + </p> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png"> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="LookNFeel"> +<html> +<p> +The difference between window manager styles and old-fashioned themes is +that the former even reflect window titlebar color settings from the +Control Center and might implement different features.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +The K in KDE does not stand for anything. It is the character that comes +before L in the Latin alphabet, which stands for Linux. It was chosen +because KDE runs on many types of UNIX (and perfectly well on FreeBSD). +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>If you want to know when <b>the next release</b> of KDE is planned, +look for the release schedule on <a + href="http://developer.kde.org/">http://developer.kde.org</a>. If you only +find old release schedules, there will probably be some weeks/months of +intensive development left before the next release.</p><br> +<center><img src="hicolor/48x48/apps/konqueror.png"></center> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Desktop"> +<html> +<p> +Under the <em>"B II"</em> window decoration, the title bars +automatically move by themselves so they are always visible. You can +edit your title bar decoration by right clicking on your title bar and +selecting "Configure Window Behavior...".</p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Keyboard"> +<html> +<p>If you do not like the default completion mode (e.g. in Konqueror), you +can right-click on the edit-widget and choose a different mode, e.g. +automatic or manual completion. Manual completion works in a similar +way to +completion in a UNIX shell. Use Ctrl+E to invoke it. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Panel"> +<html> +<p>If you want another panel, to make more space for your applets and +buttons, press right mouse button on the panel to invoke the panel menu +and select "Add to Panel->Panel->Panel".</p><p> +(You can then put anything on the fresh panel, adjust its size and +so on.)</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>If you want to contribute your own "tip of the day", please send it to +<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>, and we will be happy to + include +it in the next release.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror"> +<html> +<p> +If you drag a file from Konqueror or from the desktop to Konsole, you +will have the choice between pasting the URL or entering that folder.</p> +<p> +Choose the one you want, so you do not have to write the entire path +in the terminal window.</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Gerard Delafond</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +You can hide mixer devices in KMix by clicking on "Hide" in the +context menu that appears when you click with the right mouse button +on one of the sliders. +</p> +<p>Take a look at <a href="help:/kmix">the KMix Handbook</a> for more +KMix tips and tricks.</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Stefan Schimanski</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror"> +<html> +<p> +You can add your own "Web Shortcuts" to Konqueror by selecting +Settings->Configure Konqueror->Web Shortcuts. Click "New..." and +complete the fields. +</p> +<p>For further instructions, and details about the advanced features +available with Web Shortcuts, see <a +href="help:/konqueror/enhanced-browsing.html">the Konqueror Handbook</a>.</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Michael Lachmann and Thomas Diehl</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Win2Unix"> +<html> +<p> +Each UNIX user has a so-called Home folder in which his or her +files as well as user-dependent configuration files are saved. If you +work in a Konsole window, you can easily change to your home folder +by entering the <b>cd</b> command without any parameters. +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Win2Unix"> +<html> +<p> +You might wonder why there are very few (if any) files whose +names end in <code>.exe</code> or <code>.bat</code> on UNIX +systems. This is because filenames on UNIX do not need an +extension. Executable files in KDE are represented by the gear icon +in Konqueror. In the Konsole window, they are often colored red +(depending on your settings). +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix|General"> +<html> +<p> +If you want to make your desktop look more interesting, you can find +tons of themes, widget styles window decorations and more at <a href="http://kde-look.org/">kde-look.org</a>. +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KDE|Win2Unix"> +<html> +<p> +Did you know that you can use the middle mouse button to paste +text? Try selecting some text with the left mouse button and click +elsewhere with the middle mouse button. The selected text will be +pasted at the click position. This even works between different programs. +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Carsten Niehaus</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +Want to print by using "DragNDrop"? +</p> +<p> +Drag a file and drop it on the "Files" tab of an opened +<strong>kprinter</strong> dialog. </p> +<p>Then continue as you would normally: select a printer, job options, etc. +and click the "Print" button. +</p> +<center> +<img src="crystalsvg/48x48/devices/printer1.png"> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Kurt Pfeifle</em></p> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +If you need to calculate a distance on the screen, the program +<em>kruler</em> can be of great help.</p> +<p> +Furthermore, if you need to look closely at the ruler to count single +pixels, <em>kmag</em> may be very useful. (It is not part of the KDE base +installation but needs to be installed separately. It might already be +available on your distribution.) <em>kmag</em> works +just like <em>xmag</em>, with the difference that it magnifies on the fly. +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jesper Pedersen</em></p><br> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Multimedia"> +<html> +<p> +Sound in KDE is coordinated by the <b>artsd</b> sound server. You can +configure the sound server from the Control Center by selecting +Sound & Multimedia->Sound Server. +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jeff Tranter</em></p><br> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Multimedia"> +<html> +<p> +You can associate sounds, pop up windows, and more with KDE events. This can be configured +from the Control Center by selecting Sound & Multimedia->System Notifications. +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jeff Tranter</em></p><br> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Multimedia"> +<html> +<p> +Most non-KDE sound applications that do not know about the sound server can be +run using the <b>artsdsp</b> command. When the application is run, accesses to +the audio device will be redirected to the <b>artsd</b> sound server. +</p> + +<p> +The command format is:<br> +<b>artsdsp</b> <em>application</em> <em>arguments</em> ... +</p> +<p align="right"><em>Contributed by Jeff Tranter</em></p><br> +</html> +</tip> + + +<tip category="Panel"> +<html> +<p> +By holding down the <b>Shift</b> button while moving a container (button +or applet) on the Panel, the container can then be used to push forward +other containers. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +KDE's 'kioslaves' do not just work in Konqueror: you can use network +URLs in any KDE application. For example, you can enter a URL like +ftp://www.server.com/myfile in the Kate Open dialog, and Kate will +open the file and save changes back to the FTP server when you click +on 'Save.' +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Network"> +<html> +<p> +You can use Konqueror to access your files on any server that you have +ssh access to. Just enter fish://<em>username</em>@<em>hostname</em> in +Konqueror's location bar. +</p> +<p> +In fact, all KDE applications support fish:// URLs - try entering one +in the Open dialog of Kate, for instance +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KMail"> +<html> +<p> +KMail, the KDE email client, has built-in support for several popular +spam filtering apps. To set up automatic spam filtering in KMail, +configure your favorite spam filter as you like it, then go to +Tools->Anti-spam wizard in KMail. +</p> +<p> +For more information, look at <a +href="help:/kmail/the-anti-spam-wizard.html">the KMail Handbook +Anti-Spam Wizard chapter</a>. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KWin"> +<html> +<p> +You can make a window go below other windows by middle-clicking on its titlebar. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p> +KDE applications offer short "What's This?" help texts for many +features. Just click on the question mark on the window titlebar, and +then click on the item you need help on. (In some themes, the button +is a lowercase "i" instead of a question mark). +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="KWin"> +<html> +<p> +KDE supports several different window focus modes: take a look in the +Control Center, under Desktop->Window Behavior. For example, if you +use the mouse a lot, you might prefer the "Focus follows mouse" setting. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror"> +<html> +<p> +Konqueror can continuously scroll webpages up or down: just press +Shift+Up Arrow or Shift+Down Arrow. Press the key combination again to +increase the speed, or any other key to stop the scrolling. +</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General|Help"> +<html> +<p>You can use Konqueror's help:/ kioslave to have quick and easy +access to an application's handbook by typing <b>help:/</b>, directly +followed by the application name, in the Location bar. So, for example +to view the handbook for kwrite simply type help:/kwrite.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="LookNFeel"> +<html> +<p>Thanks to the <a href="http://svg.kde.org" title="ksvg">KSVG +project</a>, KDE now has full support for the Scalable Vector Graphics +(SVG) image filetypes. You can view these images in Konqueror and even +set an SVG image as a background for your desktop.</p> + +<p>There is also a great bunch of <a +href="http://kdelook.org/index.php?xcontentmode=7" title="kdelook +SVG">SVG wallpapers</a> for your desktop background available at <a +href="http://kdelook.org" title="kdelook">kde-look.org</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror"> +<html> +<p>Konqueror's Web Shortcuts feature lets you submit a query directly +to a search engine without having to visit the website +first. For example, entering <b>gg:konqueror</b> in Location bar and +pressing Enter will search Google for items relating to Konqueror.</p> + +<p>To see what further Web Shortcuts are available, and to make your +own, from Konqueror just select Settings->Configure Konqueror... which +will open the Settings dialog box, and then just click on the Web +Shortcuts icon.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="accessbility"> +<html> +<p>KDE is always looking to improve its accessibility, and with the +launch of KTTS (KDE Text-to-Speech) you now have the power to convert +strings of text into audible speech. </p> + +<p>KTTS is constantly improving, and currently provides support to +speak all or any portion of plain text files (as viewed in Kate), HTML +pages in Konqueror, text in the KDE clipboard, as well as speech of +KDE notifications (KNotify).</p> + +<p>To start the KTTS system, you can either select KTTS in the KDE +menu, or hit Alt+F2 to run a command and then type <b>kttsmgr</b>. For +more information on KTTS, check the <a href="help:/kttsd" title="KTTSD +Handbook">KTTSD Handbook</a>.</p> + +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>Though KDE is a very stable desktop environment, programs may +occasionally freeze or crash, particularly if you are running the +development version of a program, or a program made by a +third-party. In this case, you can forcibly kill the program if need +be.</p> + +<p>Pressing <b>Ctrl+Alt+Esc</b> will bring up the skull-and-crossbones +cursor, and once you click on a window with it the program will be +automatically killed. Note, however, that this is an untidy way of +shutting down the program which may result in data being lost, and +some partner processes may still remain running. This should only be +used as a last resort.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Kontact"> +<html> +<p>KMail is KDE's email client, but did you know that you can +integrate it -- along with other programs -- to bring them all under +one roof? Kontact was made to be a Personal Information Management +suite, and it integrates all components under it seamlessly.</p> + +<p>Other possible programs to integrate with Kontact include +KAddressBook (for handling Contacts), KNotes (for keeping notes), +KNode (to keep up-to-date with the latest news), and KOrganizer (for a +comprehensive calender).</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>You can use the mouse wheel to quickly perform a number of tasks; +here are a few you might not have known of: + +<ul><li>Ctrl+Mouse-Wheel in the Konqueror web browser to change the font-size, +or in Konqueror file manager to change icon size.</li> + +<li>Shift+Mouse-Wheel for fast scrolling in all KDE applications.</li> + +<li>Mouse-Wheel over the taskbar in Kicker to quickly alternate between +different windows.</li> + +<li>Mouse-Wheel over the Desktop Previewer and Pager to change +desktop.</li></ul></p> + +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror"> +<html> +<p>By pressing F4 in Konqueror you can open a terminal at your current +location.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>Although KDE will automatically restore your KDE programs that were +left open after you logged out, you can specifically tell KDE to start +particular applications on start up; see the <a +href="help:/khelpcenter/faq/configure.html#id2574142" title="Autostart +FAQ">FAQ entry</a> for more information.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Kontact"> +<html> +<p>You can integrate Kontact, KDE's Personal Information Management +suit, with Kopete, KDE's Instant Messenger client, so that you can +view contacts' online status, as well as respond to them easily from +KMail itself. For a step-by-step guide, check <a +href="help:/khelpcenter/userguide/integrated-messaging.html" +title="Integrated Messaging">the KDE User Guide</a>.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Kontact"> +<html> +<p>By entering <b>kmail --composer</b> in Konsole you can +have KMail only open up the composer window, so that you do not have to +open the entire email client when you only want to send an email to +someone.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="General"> +<html> +<p>While remembering passwords may be tedious, and writing them down +on paper or in a text file may be insecure and untidy, KWallet is an +application that can save and manage all of your passwords in strongly +encrypted files, and permit access to them with the use of one master +password.</p> + +<p>KWallet can be accessed from kcontrol, KDE's Control Center; from +there, simply go to Security & Privacy->KDE Wallet. For more +information on KWallet and on how to use it, check <a +href="help:/kwallet" title="kwallet">the handbook</a>.</p> + +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Desktop"> +<html> +<p>By pressing the Middle Mouse-Button on the desktop you can get a +brief list of all the windows on each desktop. From here you can also + unclutter or cascade the windows.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Desktop"> +<html> +<p>Different virtual desktops can be customized individually, to a +certain extent. For example, you can specify a particular background +for a given desktop: Take a look in KDE's Control Center, under +Appearance & Themes->Background, or right-click on the desktop and +select Configure Desktop.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Konqueror"> +<html> +<p>While tabbed browsing in Konqueror is very useful, you can take +this one step further if you choose to have a split view in order to +view two locations at the same time. To access this feature, in +Konqueror select Window->Split View, with either Top-Bottom or +Left/Right, depending upon your choice.</p> + +<p>This setting will also only apply to a particular tab, rather than +all tabs you have, so you can choose to have the split view for only +some of the tabs where you might think it is useful.</p> +</html> +</tip> + +<tip category="Keyboard"> +<html> +<p> +You can let KDE turn the <b>NumLock</b> ON or OFF at startup. +</p> +<p> +Open the Control Center, select Peripherals->Keyboard and make your + choice. +</p> +<p> +<hr><br><br> +<i>This is the last tip in the tips database. Clicking "Next" will take you back to + the first tip.</i> +</p> +</html> +</tip> |