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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/faq/configtde.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/faq/configtde.docbook index 65168d58065..452e2bc04fd 100644 --- a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/faq/configtde.docbook +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/faq/configtde.docbook @@ -3,62 +3,24 @@ <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> <chapter id="configure"> -<title ->Configuring &kde;</title> +<title>Configuring &kde;</title> <qandaset> <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->How do I set the language used by &kde;?</para> +<para>How do I set the language used by &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> -<para ->There are two ways to set the language &kde; uses in the messages it will display:</para> +<para>There are two ways to set the language &kde; uses in the messages it will display:</para> <variablelist> -<varlistentry -><term ->Using the <application ->&kde; Control Centre</application -></term> -<listitem -><para ->Fire up the <application ->&kde; Control Centre</application -> and select <guimenu ->Regional & Accessibility</guimenu -> followed by <guimenuitem ->Country/Region & Language</guimenuitem ->. You can select your language and location here. If &kde; cannot find a translation in the first language chosen, it will fall back on the default language. This is usually (American) English by default.</para> -<note -><para ->Using the <application ->&kde; Control Centre</application -> is the preferred way of choosing languages in &kde;.</para -></note -></listitem> +<varlistentry><term>Using the <application>&kde; Control Centre</application></term> +<listitem><para>Fire up the <application>&kde; Control Centre</application> and select <guimenu>Regional & Accessibility</guimenu> followed by <guimenuitem>Country/Region & Language</guimenuitem>. You can select your language and location here. If &kde; cannot find a translation in the first language chosen, it will fall back on the default language. This is usually (American) English by default.</para> +<note><para>Using the <application>&kde; Control Centre</application> is the preferred way of choosing languages in &kde;.</para></note></listitem> </varlistentry> -<varlistentry -><term ->Using the <envar ->LANG</envar -> environment variable</term> -<listitem -><para ->The second method uses the standard locale setting on your system. To change the language, simply set the environment variable <envar ->LANG</envar -> accordingly. For example, if your shell is <application ->bash</application ->, execute <userinput -><command ->export</command -> <envar ->LANG</envar ->=de</userinput -> to set German as the language used.</para -></listitem> +<varlistentry><term>Using the <envar>LANG</envar> environment variable</term> +<listitem><para>The second method uses the standard locale setting on your system. To change the language, simply set the environment variable <envar>LANG</envar> accordingly. For example, if your shell is <application>bash</application>, execute <userinput><command>export</command> <envar>LANG</envar>=de</userinput> to set German as the language used.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </answer> @@ -66,280 +28,98 @@ <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->Is there any keyboard switcher for international keyboards for &kde;?</para> +<para>Is there any keyboard switcher for international keyboards for &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> -<para ->Yes, you can configure it using the <application ->&kde; Control Centre</application -> <guimenu ->Regional & Accessibility</guimenu -> <guimenuitem ->Keyboard Layout</guimenuitem -> configuration page. </para> +<para>Yes, you can configure it using the <application>&kde; Control Centre</application> <guimenu>Regional & Accessibility</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Keyboard Layout</guimenuitem> configuration page. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->How do I replace the standard text login screen with the &kde; login screen?</para> +<para>How do I replace the standard text login screen with the &kde; login screen?</para> </question> <answer> -<note -><para ->Your distribution/&UNIX; flavour may have its own setup tools to change this (⪚ <application ->YaST</application -> on &SuSE; &Linux;). This will be the safest way to enable the &kde; login screen. However, if for some reason you do not wish to use these tools, the following instructions may be useful.</para -></note> -<para ->First, you need to change to the <quote ->xdm runlevel</quote -> (runlevel 5 on &RedHat; and &SuSE; systems) by editing your <filename ->/etc/inittab</filename -> file. In the file, you should have a line saying <userinput ->id:3:initdefault:</userinput ->. Change it to <userinput ->id:5:initdefault:</userinput ->. Now, at the end of the file, comment out the following line: <literal ->x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon</literal -> and replace it with <userinput ->x:5:respawn:<replaceable ->/opt/kde/</replaceable ->bin/tdm -nodaemon</userinput ->. <note -><para ->The location of &tdm; may differ on your system.</para -></note -></para> -<para ->For changes to take effect immediately, type <command ->init 5</command -> (for &RedHat; systems) at the shell prompt. <caution -><para ->It is risky to initiate a graphical login without checking beforehand whether it works. If it fails to work, you would be in for a hard time getting back....</para -></caution -></para> +<note><para>Your distribution/&UNIX; flavour may have its own setup tools to change this (⪚ <application>YaST</application> on &SuSE; &Linux;). This will be the safest way to enable the &kde; login screen. However, if for some reason you do not wish to use these tools, the following instructions may be useful.</para></note> +<para>First, you need to change to the <quote>xdm runlevel</quote> (runlevel 5 on &RedHat; and &SuSE; systems) by editing your <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> file. In the file, you should have a line saying <userinput>id:3:initdefault:</userinput>. Change it to <userinput>id:5:initdefault:</userinput>. Now, at the end of the file, comment out the following line: <literal>x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon</literal> and replace it with <userinput>x:5:respawn:<replaceable>/opt/kde/</replaceable>bin/tdm -nodaemon</userinput>. <note><para>The location of &tdm; may differ on your system.</para></note></para> +<para>For changes to take effect immediately, type <command>init 5</command> (for &RedHat; systems) at the shell prompt. <caution><para>It is risky to initiate a graphical login without checking beforehand whether it works. If it fails to work, you would be in for a hard time getting back....</para></caution></para> </answer> <answer> -<para ->For FreeBSD, you should edit the file <filename ->/etc/ttys</filename -> and change one of the lines that look like <programlisting ->ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</programlisting -> to instead say <userinput ->ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/tdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</userinput ->.</para> +<para>For FreeBSD, you should edit the file <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> and change one of the lines that look like <programlisting>ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</programlisting> to instead say <userinput>ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/tdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</userinput>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->I would like to click the &LMB; anywhere on the desktop and have the <guimenu ->K</guimenu -> menu displayed.</para> +<para>I would like to click the &LMB; anywhere on the desktop and have the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu displayed.</para> </question> <answer> -<para ->Open the <application ->&kde; Control Centre</application -> and choose <menuchoice -><guisubmenu ->Desktop</guisubmenu -> <guisubmenu ->Behaviour</guisubmenu -></menuchoice ->. You can now choose the behaviour of mouse clicks on the desktop. To have the <guimenu ->K</guimenu -> menu open from a single &LMB; click, change the entry labelled <guilabel ->Left button</guilabel -> to say <guilabel ->Application Menu</guilabel ->.</para> +<para>Open the <application>&kde; Control Centre</application> and choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Desktop</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>Behaviour</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. You can now choose the behaviour of mouse clicks on the desktop. To have the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu open from a single &LMB; click, change the entry labelled <guilabel>Left button</guilabel> to say <guilabel>Application Menu</guilabel>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->Where do I find information regarding &kde; themes?</para> +<para>Where do I find information regarding &kde; themes?</para> </question> <answer> -<para ->Go to <ulink url="http://kde.themes.org/" ->http://kde.themes.org/</ulink -> or <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org" ->http://www.kde-look.org</ulink ->.</para> +<para>Go to <ulink url="http://kde.themes.org/">http://kde.themes.org/</ulink> or <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->How do I change &MIME; Types?</para> +<para>How do I change &MIME; Types?</para> </question> <answer> -<para ->If you are using &konqueror;, do this instead: first, open a &konqueror; window and choose <menuchoice -><guimenu ->Settings</guimenu -><guimenuitem ->Configure Konqueror</guimenuitem -></menuchoice ->, then <guilabel ->File Associations</guilabel ->. Find the type you want to change (⪚ <literal ->text/english</literal -> or <literal ->image/gif</literal ->), and set the application preference order to whatever you want.</para> +<para>If you are using &konqueror;, do this instead: first, open a &konqueror; window and choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Konqueror</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then <guilabel>File Associations</guilabel>. Find the type you want to change (⪚ <literal>text/english</literal> or <literal>image/gif</literal>), and set the application preference order to whatever you want.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->&kde; (&tdm;) does not read my <filename ->.bash_profile</filename ->!</para> +<para>&kde; (&tdm;) does not read my <filename>.bash_profile</filename>!</para> </question> <answer> -<para ->The login managers<application ->xdm</application -> and &tdm; do not run a login shell, so <filename ->.profile</filename ->, <filename ->.bash_profile</filename ->, &etc; are not sourced. When the user logs in, <application ->xdm</application -> runs <command ->Xstartup</command -> as root and then <command ->Xsession</command -> as user. So the normal practice is to add statements in <filename ->Xsession</filename -> to source the user profile. Please edit your <filename ->Xsession</filename -> and <filename ->.xsession</filename -> files.</para> +<para>The login managers<application>xdm</application> and &tdm; do not run a login shell, so <filename>.profile</filename>, <filename>.bash_profile</filename>, &etc; are not sourced. When the user logs in, <application>xdm</application> runs <command>Xstartup</command> as root and then <command>Xsession</command> as user. So the normal practice is to add statements in <filename>Xsession</filename> to source the user profile. Please edit your <filename>Xsession</filename> and <filename>.xsession</filename> files.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->How do I use &TrueType; fonts in &kde;?</para> +<para>How do I use &TrueType; fonts in &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> -<para ->You need to install &TrueType; font support into your &X-Window; configuration. Please take a look at <ulink url="http://x.themes.org/" ->x.themes.org</ulink -> for the fonts, and <ulink url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/" ->xfsft: &TrueType; Font Support For X11</ulink -> or <ulink url="http://X-TT.dsl.gr.jp/" ->X-&TrueType; Server Project Home Page</ulink -> for the font servers.</para> +<para>You need to install &TrueType; font support into your &X-Window; configuration. Please take a look at <ulink url="http://x.themes.org/">x.themes.org</ulink> for the fonts, and <ulink url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">xfsft: &TrueType; Font Support For X11</ulink> or <ulink url="http://X-TT.dsl.gr.jp/">X-&TrueType; Server Project Home Page</ulink> for the font servers.</para> -<para ->If you have a bunch of &TrueType; fonts from &Microsoft; &Windows;, edit the <filename ->XF86Config</filename -> file to get the fonts from the font folder. Then just tell &kde; to use these new fonts with the font administrator utility.</para> +<para>If you have a bunch of &TrueType; fonts from &Microsoft; &Windows;, edit the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file to get the fonts from the font folder. Then just tell &kde; to use these new fonts with the font administrator utility.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> -<para ->Is it possible to enter, show and work with the Euro Symbol in &kde;?</para> +<para>Is it possible to enter, show and work with the Euro Symbol in &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> -<para ->Yes and no. For details, look here: <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.php" ->http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.php</ulink ->.</para> +<para>Yes and no. For details, look here: <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.php">http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.php</ulink>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> -<question -><para ->How do I run a program at &kde; startup?</para -></question> +<question><para>How do I run a program at &kde; startup?</para></question> -<answer -><para ->There are many ways to do that. If what you want to do is to run some scripts that would set some environment variables (for example, to start <command ->gpg-agent</command ->, <command ->ssh-agent</command -> and others), you can put these scripts into <filename class="directory" ->$<envar ->TDEHOME</envar ->/env/</filename -> and make sure their names end in <literal role="extension" ->.sh</literal ->. $<envar ->TDEHOME</envar -> is usually a folder named <filename class="directory" ->.kde</filename -> (note the period at the beginning) in your home folder. If you want scripts to be executed for all &kde; users, you can put them under <filename class="directory" ->$<envar ->TDEDIR</envar ->/env/</filename ->, where $<envar ->TDEDIR</envar -> is the prefix &kde; was installed to (you can find this out using the command <userinput -><command ->tde-config</command -> --prefix</userinput ->).</para> -<para ->If you wish to start a program after &kde; has started, you may want to use the <filename class="directory" ->Autostart</filename -> folder. To add entries to the <filename class="directory" ->Autostart</filename -> folder: <orderedlist> -<listitem -><para ->Open &konqueror;.</para> +<answer><para>There are many ways to do that. If what you want to do is to run some scripts that would set some environment variables (for example, to start <command>gpg-agent</command>, <command>ssh-agent</command> and others), you can put these scripts into <filename class="directory">$<envar>TDEHOME</envar>/env/</filename> and make sure their names end in <literal role="extension">.sh</literal>. $<envar>TDEHOME</envar> is usually a folder named <filename class="directory">.kde</filename> (note the period at the beginning) in your home folder. If you want scripts to be executed for all &kde; users, you can put them under <filename class="directory">$<envar>TDEDIR</envar>/env/</filename>, where $<envar>TDEDIR</envar> is the prefix &kde; was installed to (you can find this out using the command <userinput><command>tde-config</command> --prefix</userinput>).</para> +<para>If you wish to start a program after &kde; has started, you may want to use the <filename class="directory">Autostart</filename> folder. To add entries to the <filename class="directory">Autostart</filename> folder: <orderedlist> +<listitem><para>Open &konqueror;.</para> </listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Select <menuchoice -><guimenu ->Go</guimenu -><guimenuitem ->Autostart</guimenuitem -> </menuchoice -> from the menubar.</para> +<listitem><para>Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Autostart</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> from the menubar.</para> </listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Right-click in the window view area and select <menuchoice -><guisubmenu ->Create New</guisubmenu -><guisubmenu ->File</guisubmenu -><guimenuitem ->Link to Application</guimenuitem -> </menuchoice -></para> +<listitem><para>Right-click in the window view area and select <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Create New</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>File</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Link to Application</guimenuitem> </menuchoice></para> </listitem> -<listitem -><para ->Click on the <guilabel ->Application</guilabel -> tab in the window that appears and enter the name of the command to run in the <guilabel ->Command</guilabel -> text box.</para> +<listitem><para>Click on the <guilabel>Application</guilabel> tab in the window that appears and enter the name of the command to run in the <guilabel>Command</guilabel> text box.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </para> |