<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&kinfocenter;"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The &infocenter;</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Michael</firstname> <surname>McBride</surname> <affiliation><address><email>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email></address></affiliation> </author> </authorgroup> <date>2002-07-03</date> <releaseinfo>3.10.00</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para>This documentation describes &kde;'s information center.</para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>kinfocenter</keyword> <keyword>system</keyword> <keyword>information</keyword> <keyword>module</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>The &infocenter;</title> <para> The &infocenter; (from now on referred to simply as <quote>the information center</quote>) provides you with a centralized and convenient overview of your &kde; and system settings. </para> <para> The information center is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information center organizes all of these programs into a convenient location. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="info-center"> <title>Using The &infocenter;</title> <para> This next section details the use of the information center itself. For information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module">Info Center Modules</link> </para> <sect1 id="information-center-starting"> <title>Starting the &infocenter;</title> <para> The &infocenter; can be started 3 ways: </para> <orderedlist> <listitem> <para> By selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>K Button</guimenu><guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Info Center</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the &kde; Panel. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> By pressing <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>. </para> <para> This will bring up a dialog box. Type <userinput><command>kinfocenter</command></userinput>, and click <guibutton>Run</guibutton> or press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> You can type <command>kinfocenter &</command> at any command prompt. </para> </listitem> </orderedlist> <para> All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="information-center-screen"> <title>The &infocenter; Screen</title> <para> When you start the information center, you are presented with a window, which can be divided into 3 functional parts. </para> <para> Across the top is a menubar. The menubar will provide you with quick access to most of &infocenter;'s features. The menus are detailed in <link linkend="info-center-menus">The &kde; Info Center Menus</link>. </para> <para> Along the left hand side, is a column. This is a where you choose which module to investigate. You can learn how to navigate through the modules in the section called <link linkend="module-intro">Navigating Modules</link>. </para> <para> The main panel shows you some system information. </para> <!-- <para> In this example, we are running &kde; 2.99, we started &infocenter; as user <systemitem class="username">adridg</systemitem>, the computer is named <systemitem class="systemname">aramis</systemitem>, it is a FreeBSD system, Version 4.4-RELEASE, on a Pentium. </para> --> </sect1> <sect1 id="info-center-menus"> <title>The &infocenter; Menus</title> <para> This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does. </para> <sect2 id="info-center-menu-file"> <title><guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> <para> The <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu has a single entry. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><menuchoice> <shortcut> <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></term> <listitem> <para> <action>Closes the info center.</action> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="info-center-menu-help"> <title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> &help.menu.documentation; </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="info-center-exiting"> <title>Exiting The &kde; Information Center</title> <para> You can exit the info center one of three ways: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> Select <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu bar. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Type <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> on the keyboard. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Click on the <guiicon>Close</guiicon> button on the frame surrounding the info center. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1> </chapter> <!--*****************************************************************--> <chapter id="module"> <title>The &infocenter; Modules</title> <sect1 id="module-intro"> <title>Navigating Modules</title> <para> This is a list of the <emphasis>standard</emphasis> configuration modules (sorted by category) provided by the <application role="package">&kde; base</application> package. Please note that there may be many more modules on your system if you have installed additional software. </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/devices/index.html">Devices</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/dma/index.html">DMA-Channels</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/interrupts/index.html">Interrupts</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/ioports/index.html">IO-Ports</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/memory/index.html">Memory</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/nics/index.html">Network Interfaces</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/opengl/index.html">OpenGL</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/partitions/index.html">Partitions</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pci/index.html">PCI</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pcmcia/index.html">PCMCIA</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/processor/index.html">Processor</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/protocols/index.html">Protocols</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/samba/index.html">Samba Status Information</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/scsi/index.html">SCSI</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/sound/index.html">Sound</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/usb/index.html">USB Devices</ulink></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/xserver/index.html">X-Server</ulink></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1> <!--****************************************--> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para>&infocenter;</para> <para>Program copyright 1997-2001 The &infocenter; Developers</para> <para>Contributors:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email>hoelzer@kde.org</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Matthias Elter <email>elter@kde.org</email></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Documentation <trademark class="copyright">copyright 2000 Michael McBride</trademark> <email>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email></para> <para>Contributors:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Paul Campbell <email>paul@taniwha.com</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Helge Deller <email>deller@kde.org</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Mark Donohoe </para></listitem> <listitem><para>Pat Dowler</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Duncan Haldane <email>duncan@kde.org</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Steffen Hansen <email>stefh@mip.ou.dk</email>.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email>hoelzer@kde.org</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Martin Jones <email>mjones@kde.org</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Jost Schenck <email>jost@schenck.de</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Jonathan Singer <email>jsinger@leeta.net</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Thomas Tanghus <email>tanghus@earthling.net</email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Krishna Tateneni <email>tateneni@pluto.njcc.com></email></para></listitem> <listitem><para>Ellis Whitehead <email>ewhitehe@uni-freiburg.de</email></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml End: -->