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+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
+"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
+<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"
+> <!-- change language only here -->
+]>
+
+<book lang="&language;">
+<bookinfo>
+<title
+>The &kcontrolcenter;</title>
+
+<authorgroup>
+<author
+><firstname
+>Michael</firstname
+> <surname
+>McBride</surname
+> <affiliation
+><address
+><email
+>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email
+></address
+></affiliation>
+</author>
+</authorgroup>
+
+<legalnotice
+>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
+
+<date
+>2002-02-02</date>
+<releaseinfo
+>3.00.00</releaseinfo>
+
+<abstract>
+<para
+>This documentation describes &kde;'s control centre.</para>
+</abstract>
+
+<keywordset>
+<keyword
+>KDE</keyword>
+<keyword
+>kcontrol</keyword>
+<keyword
+>configuration</keyword>
+<keyword
+>settings</keyword>
+<keyword
+>module</keyword>
+</keywordset>
+
+</bookinfo>
+
+<chapter id="introduction">
+<title
+>The &kcontrolcenter;</title>
+
+<para
+>The &kcontrolcenter; (from now on referred to simply as <quote
+>the control centre</quote
+>) provides you with a centralised and convenient way to configure all of your &kde; settings. </para>
+
+<para
+>The control centre is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the control centre organises all of these programs into a convenient location. </para>
+
+<tip>
+<para
+>Each control centre module can be executed individually </para>
+
+<para
+>See section entitled <link linkend="control-center-run-indiv"
+>Running individual control centre modules</link
+> for more information. </para>
+</tip>
+
+<para
+>The control centre groups the configuration modules into categories, so they are easy to locate. Within each category, the control centre shows all the modules in a list, so it is easier to find the right configuration module. </para>
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="control-center">
+<title
+>Using The &kcontrolcenter;</title>
+
+<para
+>This next section details the use of the control centre itself. For information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module"
+>Control Centre Modules</link
+> </para>
+
+<sect1 id="control-center-starting">
+<title
+>Starting the &kcontrol;</title>
+
+<para
+>The &kcontrolcenter; can be started 3 ways: </para>
+
+<orderedlist
+>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>By selecting <menuchoice
+><guimenu
+>K Button</guimenu
+><guimenuitem
+>Control 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
+>kcontrol</command
+></userinput
+>, and click <guibutton
+>Run</guibutton
+>. </para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem>
+<para
+>You can type <command
+>kcontrol &amp;</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="control-center-screen"
+>
+<title
+>The &kcontrolcenter; Screen</title>
+
+<para
+>When you start the control centre, you are presented with a window, which can be divided into 3 functional parts. </para>
+
+<screenshot>
+<screeninfo
+>Screenshot</screeninfo>
+<mediaobject>
+<imageobject
+> <imagedata fileref="screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
+</imageobject>
+<textobject
+> <phrase
+>Screenshot</phrase
+> </textobject>
+<caption>
+<para
+>The &kde; Control Centre Screen</para>
+</caption>
+</mediaobject>
+</screenshot
+>
+
+<para
+>Across the top is a menubar. The menubar will provide you with quick access to most of &kcontrolcenter;'s features. The menus are detailed in <link linkend="control-center-menus"
+>The &kde; Control Centre Menus</link
+>. </para>
+
+<para
+>Along the left hand side, is a column. This is a where you choose which module to configure. 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 &kcontrolcenter; 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="control-center-menus">
+<title
+>The &kcontrol; Menus</title>
+
+<para
+>This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does. </para>
+
+<sect2 id="control-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 control centre.</action>
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="control-center-menu-view">
+<title
+><guimenu
+>View</guimenu
+> Menu</title>
+
+<para
+>These options determine how the module selection looks and behaves. </para>
+
+<variablelist
+>
+<varlistentry
+>
+<term
+><menuchoice
+><guimenu
+>View</guimenu
+> <guimenuitem
+>Mode</guimenuitem
+> </menuchoice
+></term>
+
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Determines whether to use <guimenuitem
+>Tree</guimenuitem
+> view, or <guimenuitem
+>Icon</guimenuitem
+> view for your modules. </para>
+
+<para
+>With <guimenuitem
+>Tree</guimenuitem
+> view, each submenu appears as an indented list. </para>
+
+<para
+>With <guimenuitem
+>Icon</guimenuitem
+> view, when you click on a category, the categories disappear and are replaced with the module list. You then use the <guiicon
+>up</guiicon
+> button to return to the categories. </para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry
+>
+<term
+><menuchoice
+><guimenu
+>View</guimenu
+><guisubmenu
+>Icon size</guisubmenu
+> </menuchoice
+></term
+>
+
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Using this option, you can choose <guimenuitem
+>Small</guimenuitem
+>, <guimenuitem
+>Medium</guimenuitem
+>, or <guimenuitem
+>Large</guimenuitem
+> icons to select your modules. </para>
+
+<note
+><para
+>This menu item only controls the icon size if you are in <guimenuitem
+>Icon View</guimenuitem
+>. If you choose <guimenuitem
+>Tree View</guimenuitem
+>, the <guimenuitem
+>Small</guimenuitem
+> icon size will be used, no matter what size was previously selected in <guimenuitem
+>Icon View</guimenuitem
+>. </para>
+</note>
+</listitem>
+
+</varlistentry
+>
+</variablelist
+>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="control-center-menu-mod">
+<title
+><guimenu
+>Modules</guimenu
+> Menu</title>
+
+<para
+>The modules menu is a shortcut to take you directly to any module in the control centre. </para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="control-center-menu-help">
+<title
+><guimenu
+>Help</guimenu
+> Menu</title>
+&help.menu.documentation; </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="control-center-exiting">
+<title
+>Exiting The &kde; Control Centre</title>
+
+<para
+>You can exit the control 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 control centre. </para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="control-center-run-indiv">
+<title
+>Running Individual Modules</title>
+
+<para
+>You can run individual modules without running kcontrol by selecting <menuchoice
+><guimenu
+>K Button</guimenu
+> <guisubmenu
+>Preferences</guisubmenu
+> </menuchoice
+> from the &kde; panel. You can then select the module you want to run in the submenus. </para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+</chapter>
+
+<!--*****************************************************************-->
+
+<chapter id="module">
+<title
+>The &kcontrol; Modules</title>
+
+<para
+>In order to make it as easy as possible, the &kcontrol; has organised similar options into groups. Each group is called a module. When you click on the name of a module in the left window, you will be presented with the options of the module on the right. </para>
+
+<para
+>Each module will have some or all of the following buttons: </para>
+
+<variablelist>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Help</term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>This button will give you help specific to the current module. The button will show you a short summary help page in the left window. At the bottom of that window, you can click on a link to get more detailed help. </para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+><guilabel
+>Use Defaults</guilabel
+></term
+>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>This button will restore this module to its default values. You must click <guibutton
+>OK</guibutton
+> to save the options. </para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+><guibutton
+>Apply</guibutton
+></term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>Clicking this button will save all changes to &kde;. If you have changed anything, clicking <guibutton
+>Apply</guibutton
+> will cause the changes to take effect. </para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+><guibutton
+>Reset</guibutton
+></term>
+<listitem>
+<para
+>This button will <quote
+>Reset</quote
+> the module. The exact effect will depend on the module. </para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry
+>
+
+</variablelist>
+
+<note>
+<para
+>You must save the options of one module using <guibutton
+>Apply</guibutton
+> before you can change to a different module. </para>
+<para
+>If you try to change without saving your options, you will be asked if you want to save your changes, or discard them. </para>
+</note>
+
+
+<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>
+
+<!-- Commented until fixed arrangement is made -->
+<!--
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>File Browsing</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="file-assoc"
+>File Associations</link
+>,
+<link linkend="file-manager"
+>File Manager</link
+>,
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Look and Feel</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="background"
+>Background</link
+>,
+<!- - <link linkend="borders"
+>Borders</link
+>,- ->
+<link linkend="color"
+>Colors</link
+>,
+<link linkend="desktop"
+>Desktop</link
+>,
+<link linkend="fonts"
+>Fonts</link
+>,
+<link linkend="icons"
+>Icons</link
+>,
+<!- - <link linkend="iconstyle"
+>Icon Style</link
+>, - ->
+<link linkend="key-bindings"
+>Key Bindings</link
+>,
+<link linkend="launch-feedback"
+>Launch feedback</link
+>,
+<link linkend="panel"
+>Panel</link
+>,
+<link linkend="screensaver"
+>Screensaver</link
+>,
+<link linkend="style"
+>Style</link
+>,
+<link linkend="sys-notify"
+>System Notifications</link
+>,
+<link linkend="taskbar"
+>Taskbar</link
+>,
+<link linkend="theme-manager"
+>Theme Manager</link
+>,
+<!- - <link linkend="numbername"
+>Virtual Desktops</link
+>,- ->
+<link linkend="window-behavior"
+>Window Behavior</link
+>,
+<link linkend="window-deco"
+>Window Decoration</link
+>.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Network</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="e-mail"
+>E-Mail</link
+>,
+<link linkend="lan-browsing"
+>LAN Browsing</link
+>,
+<link linkend="timeouts"
+>Preferences</link
+>, <!- - FIXME - ->
+<link linkend="socks"
+>SOCKS</link
+>,
+<link linkend="talk"
+>Talk Configuration</link>
+<link linkend="windows-shares"
+>Windows Shares</link>
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Peripherals</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="kbd"
+>Keyboard</link
+>,
+<link linkend="mouse"
+>Mouse</link>
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Personalization</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="accessibility"
+>Accessibility</link
+>,
+<link linkend="locale"
+>Country &amp; Language</link
+>,
+<link linkend="crypto"
+>Crypto</link
+>,
+<!- - <link linkend="kblayout"
+>Keyboard Layout</link
+>, - ->
+<link linkend="passwords"
+>Passwords</link>
+<link linkend="spell-checking"
+>Spell Checking</link
+>.
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Power Control</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="battery-monitor"
+>Battery Monitor</link
+>,
+<link linkend="energy"
+>Energy</link
+>,
+<link linkend="powerctrl"
+>Laptop Power Control</link
+>,
+<link linkend="lowbatcrit"
+>Low Battery Critical</link
+>,
+<link linkend="lowbatwarn"
+>Low Battery Warning</link>
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Sound</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="midi"
+>Midi</link
+>,
+<link linkend="mixer"
+>Mixer</link
+>,
+<link linkend="sndserver"
+>Sound Server</link
+>,
+<link linkend="bell"
+>System Bell</link>
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>System</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="datetime"
+>Date and Time</link
+>,
+<link linkend="konsole"
+>&konsole;</link
+>,
+<link linkend="login-manager"
+>Login Manager</link
+>,
+<link linkend="print-manager"
+>Printing Manager</link
+>,
+<link linkend="sessions"
+>Session Manager</link
+>,
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry>
+<term
+>Web Browsing</term>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+<link linkend="cookie"
+>Cookies</link
+>,
+<link linkend="ebrowse"
+>Enhanced Browsing</link
+>,
+<link linkend="konq-browsing"
+>Konqueror Browser</link
+>,
+<link linkend="nsplugins"
+>Netscape Plugins</link
+>,
+<link linkend="proxies"
+>Proxies &amp; Cache</link
+>,
+<link linkend="stylesheets"
+>Stylesheets</link
+>,
+<link linkend="user-agent"
+>User Agent</link
+>,
+</para>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+</variablelist
+>-->
+</sect1>
+
+
+
+<!--****************************************-->
+
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="laptop">
+<title
+>Laptop Modules Notes</title>
+
+<para
+>In order to use the laptop modules, you must have the kernel <acronym
+>APM</acronym
+> package installed in your kernel. Useful information on how to do this can be found at <ulink url="http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/apm.html"
+> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/apm.html</ulink
+> and in the Battery Powered Linux mini-HOWTO at <ulink url="http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Battery-Powered.html"
+> http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Battery-Powered.html</ulink
+>. </para>
+
+<para
+>If you want the <guimenuitem
+>suspend</guimenuitem
+> and <guimenuitem
+>standby</guimenuitem
+> menu commands to work then you should install the &Linux; <application
+>apmd</application
+> package (version 2.4 or later). If you want to use them from non-root accounts you must mark the <application
+>apm</application
+> command <quote
+>set uid root</quote
+>. </para>
+
+<para
+>To do this, log on as <systemitem class="username"
+>root</systemitem
+> and enter: </para>
+
+<screen
+><prompt
+>%</prompt
+><userinput
+><command
+>chown</command
+> <option
+>root
+/usr/bin/apm</option
+>;<command
+>chmod</command
+> <option
+>+s
+/usr/bin/apm</option
+></userinput
+>
+</screen>
+
+<warning>
+<para
+>By doing this you will allow any user of your system to put it into suspend or standby states - if you are the only user, this should not be a problem. </para>
+
+<para
+>Also note that any program which has <systemitem class="username"
+>root</systemitem
+> access, can be a potential security problem. You should carefully determine if there are any security concerns <emphasis
+>before</emphasis
+> giving any program <systemitem class="username"
+>root</systemitem
+> permissions. </para>
+</warning>
+
+</chapter>
+
+<chapter id="credits">
+<title
+>Credits and Licence</title>
+
+<para
+>&kcontrol;</para>
+<para
+>Program copyright 1997-2001 The &kcontrolcenter; 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:
+-->
+