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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/konqueror/save-settings.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/konqueror/save-settings.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..75cee3aa13d --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdebase/konqueror/save-settings.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,164 @@ +<chapter id="save-settings"> + +<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 +>2003-11-06</date +> <releaseinfo +>3.2</releaseinfo +> </chapterinfo> + +<title +>Saving Settings & Profiles</title> +<sect1 id="save-settings-general"> +<title +>General Settings</title> +<para +>When you close down &konqueror; your current <guimenu +>View</guimenu +> menu settings (such as the <guimenuitem +>View Mode</guimenuitem +>, <guimenuitem +>Use index.html</guimenuitem +> and <guimenuitem +>Show Hidden Files </guimenuitem +> items) are automatically saved as the default options to be used next time &konqueror; is started.</para> + +<para +>But you can also specify different <guimenu +>View</guimenu +> menu settings for an individual folder. To do this check the <guimenuitem +>View Properties Saved in Folder</guimenuitem +> box in the <guimenu +>Settings</guimenu +> menu, change the <guimenu +>View</guimenu +> settings to whatever you want then uncheck the <guimenuitem +>View Properties saved in Folder</guimenuitem +> box. Doing this creates a <filename +>.directory</filename +> file in that folder to hold the folder <guimenu +>View</guimenu +> settings. Use the <menuchoice +><guimenu +> Settings</guimenu +><guimenuitem +>Remove Folder Properties</guimenuitem +> </menuchoice +> option to remove the folder specific settings (or just delete the <filename +>.directory</filename +> file).</para> +<note +><para +>One nice use of this feature is if you have a folder full of pictures. You can set that particular folder to display thumbnails of the pictures (by choosing <guimenuitem +>Icon View</guimenuitem +> and <menuchoice +> <guisubmenu +>Preview</guisubmenu +><guimenuitem +>Show Previews</guimenuitem +> </menuchoice +> from the <guimenu +>View</guimenu +> menu) when you open it, while not displaying images as thumbnails in other folders.</para +></note> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="save-settings-view-profiles"> +<title +>View Profiles</title> +<para +>&konqueror; can save a whole set of options as a <quote +>View Profile</quote +>. Some view profiles are part of the standard &konqueror; installation, such as <property +>Web Browsing</property +> and <property +>File Management</property +>, but you can add your own, too.</para> + +<para +>To modify a view profile (say, the <property +>Web Browsing</property +> profile), load the profile with <menuchoice +><guimenu +>Settings</guimenu +><guisubmenu +>Load View Profile</guisubmenu +><guimenuitem +>Web Browsing</guimenuitem +> </menuchoice +>, and change the &konqueror; settings to whatever you want. Now select <menuchoice +><guimenu +>Settings</guimenu +><guimenuitem +>Save View Profile "Web Browsing"...</guimenuitem +></menuchoice +>. In the dialogue which appears, you can change the name of the profile, which will create a new profile with that name, or you can leave the name as it is to modify the current profile. If you select <guilabel +>Save URLs in profile</guilabel +>, the current &URL; will be loaded when you load that view profile. This functions in a similar way to the <quote +>Home Page</quote +> in many web browsers. If you want &konqueror; to start up with an empty window enter <userinput +>about:blank</userinput +> into the location bar before saving the profile.</para> + +<note +><para +>You can create a desktop icon to start &konqueror; with your new profile. First create a desktop icon by dragging the &konqueror; icon from the <guimenu +>K</guimenu +> menu onto the desktop and selecting <guimenuitem +>Copy Here</guimenuitem +>. Then <mousebutton +>right</mousebutton +> click on the new icon, select <guimenuitem +>Properties...</guimenuitem +> and change <guilabel +>Program Name</guilabel +> in the <guilabel +>Execute</guilabel +> tab page to <userinput +><command +>kfmclient</command +> <option +>openProfile <replaceable +>MyNewProfile</replaceable +></option +></userinput +>, <replaceable +>MyNewProfile</replaceable +> being what you called the new profile. Then in the <guilabel +>General</guilabel +> tab page change the name to something like <filename +>MyNewProfile</filename +> and pick a more suitable icon.</para +></note> + +</sect1> +</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: +--> |