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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kinfocenter/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kinfocenter/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f3659e6b590 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/kinfocenter/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,516 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY infocenter "<application +>KInfoCenter</application +>"> +<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +<!ENTITY % British-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 centre.</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 centre</quote +>) provides you with a centralised and convenient overview of your &kde; and system settings. </para> + +<para +>The information centre is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information centre organises 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 centre itself. For information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module" +>Info Centre 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 Centre</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 dialogue 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 centre, 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 Centre 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 centre.</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 Centre</title> + +<para +>You can exit the info centre 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 centre. </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/dma/index.html" +>DMA-Channels</ulink +></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/devices/index.html" +>Devices</ulink +></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/ioports/index.html" +>IO-Ports</ulink +></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/interrupts/index.html" +>Interrupts</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/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/partitions/index.html" +>Partitions</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/scsi/index.html" +>SCSI</ulink +></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para +><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/samba/index.html" +>Samba Status Information</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 Licence</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> + +<para +>Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email +>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email +></para +> +&underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> + +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +End: +--> |