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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/konqueror/path-complete.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/konqueror/path-complete.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7d2bd6da42b --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/konqueror/path-complete.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +<chapter id="path-complete"> + +<chapterinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author +>&Pamela.Roberts;</author> +<othercredit role="translator" +><firstname +>John</firstname +><surname +>Knight</surname +><affiliation +><address +><email +>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email +></address +></affiliation +><contrib +>Conversion to British English</contrib +></othercredit +> +</authorgroup +> <date +>2003-11-05</date +> <releaseinfo +>3.2</releaseinfo +> </chapterinfo> + + +<title +>Automatic Text Completion</title +> + +<para +>You can get &konqueror; to help you enter a path or &URL; into the Location Toolbar by enabling one of the <guimenuitem +>Text Completion</guimenuitem +> features. To do this <mousebutton +>right</mousebutton +> click on a clear part of the Location Toolbar text entry box and select <guisubmenu +>Text Completion</guisubmenu +> from the pop up menu. This will let you choose between the following options:</para> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guimenuitem +>None</guimenuitem +></term> +<listitem +><para +>What you get is what you type.</para +></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guimenuitem +>Manual</guimenuitem +></term> +<listitem +><para +>When you have typed part of a path or &URL;, pressing <keycombo action="simul" +>&Ctrl;<keycap +>E</keycap +></keycombo +> will complete the entry if it is possible to do so unambiguously.</para +></listitem +> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guimenuitem +>Automatic</guimenuitem +></term> +<listitem +><para +>As you type into the Location Toolbar window &konqueror; will automatically extend what you type to complete one possible path or &URL;, highlighting the characters it has added. Continue typing if that is not what you wanted or press &Enter; to accept it.</para +></listitem> + </varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guimenuitem +>Dropdown List</guimenuitem +></term> +<listitem +><para +>A drop-down window will appear as you type, showing the possible matches to what you have typed so far. When the path or &URL; that you want appears in the window double click on it with the &LMB;. You can also use the <keysym +>Down Arrow</keysym +> and <keysym +>Up Arrow</keysym +> keys to select it then press &Enter;.</para +></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guimenuitem +>Short Automatic</guimenuitem +></term> +<listitem +><para +>This is like Automatic mode except that it only extends what you have typed as far as the next <keycap +>/</keycap +> symbol in the path or &URL;. Press <keycombo action="simul" +>&Ctrl;<keycap +>E</keycap +></keycombo +> to accept the suggestion, &Enter; when the complete path or &URL; is shown.</para +></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +<para +>You should try out these different modes and pick the one that suits you best.</para> +<para +>The history of recently visited &URL;s that &konqueror; uses for the Text Completion function can be viewed and edited in the <guilabel +>History </guilabel +> page of the <link linkend="sidebar" +>Navigation Panel</link +>.</para> + + +</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: +--> |