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author | Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@yahoo.com> | 2014-02-02 03:12:44 -0600 |
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committer | Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@yahoo.com> | 2014-02-02 03:12:44 -0600 |
commit | 6ff11968a5e16fd1fc48956d1cebb7f50d530c73 (patch) | |
tree | 17fdafc0735eac8581b86b4522a3b62a5d095fab /doc/khelpcenter | |
parent | e725197d944a48f55c584edc52701b3adfbd9fd7 (diff) | |
download | tdebase-6ff11968a5e16fd1fc48956d1cebb7f50d530c73.tar.gz tdebase-6ff11968a5e16fd1fc48956d1cebb7f50d530c73.zip |
Disabled kcontrol/helpindex.html that was part of the old htmlsearch kcontrol module,
deleted doc/kcontrol/tdm handbook that was a duplicate of doc/tdm handbook,
nominal update of khelpcenter handbook.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/khelpcenter')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/khelpcenter/help.docbook | 105 |
1 files changed, 75 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/doc/khelpcenter/help.docbook b/doc/khelpcenter/help.docbook index a2ab707e3..fd6e68d34 100644 --- a/doc/khelpcenter/help.docbook +++ b/doc/khelpcenter/help.docbook @@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ contents of either pane. </para> <para> -The <guilabel>Contents</guilabel> pane is further divided into two -tabs, one containing a <link linkend="contents-menu">menu</link> -showing all the help information &khelpcenter; is aware of, and the -other contains the &tde; <link linkend="kde-glossary">glossary</link> -of terms. +The <guilabel>Contents</guilabel> pane includes three tabs, the +<guilabel>Contents</guilabel> tab selects the <guilabel>Contents</guilabel> pane, +the <guilabel>Glossary</guilabel> tab opens the &tde; +<link linkend="tde-glossary">glossary</link> of terms, and the <guilabel>Search Options</guilabel> +tab allows searching all help handbooks. </para> <sect3 id="contents-menu"> @@ -234,7 +234,16 @@ installation, configuration and customization, and use. </varlistentry> <varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Application manuals</guilabel></term> +<term><guilabel>&tde; Administrator Guide</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>A reference guide to &tde; features, structure, framework +and configurations useful to administrators. The information also is useful +to single-user systems. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Application Manuals</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Native &tde; application documentation. &tde; applications have @@ -252,6 +261,15 @@ application you are looking for. </varlistentry> <varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Applet Manuals</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Similar to Application Manuals but for applets that run in the &tde; panel. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Unix manual pages</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> @@ -422,6 +440,57 @@ some time.</para></listitem> </sect2> +<sect2 id="tde-glossary"> +<title>The Glossary</title> + +<para> +The glossary provides a quick reference point, where you can look up +the definitions of words that may be unfamiliar to you. These range +from &tde; specific applications and technologies, through to general +&UNIX; computing terms. +</para> + +<para> +In the left hand pane you will see a tree view, with two choices: +<guilabel>Alphabetically</guilabel> or <guilabel>By topic</guilabel>. +Both contain the same entries, sorted differently, to allow you to +quickly find the item of interest. +</para> + +<para> +Navigate down the tree views to the left, and items you select will be +displayed on the right. +</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="tde-search-options"> +<title>Search Options</title> + +<para>&tde; comes with a lot of documentation for applications and +components. While possible to just browse the manuals until you +find that piece of information you're looking for, this may be a very +time-consuming task. To make this easier for you, &tde; offers +full text search using a program called +<application>ht://dig</application>. It works quite similar to search +engines on the web and some search engines might even use +<application>ht://dig</application>.</para> + +<para>To use <application>ht://dig</application>, select the <guilabel>Search +Options</guilabel> tab in the &khelpcenter; <guilabel>Contents</guilabel> pane, +enter the word you are looking for, then select the <guibutton>Search</guibutton>.</para> + +<para>However, to use this feature, <application>ht://dig</application> +must be installed on your system. If you haven't installed +<application>ht://dig</application> and the package wasn't shipped with your +operating system you have to get ht://dig yourself. Use your package manager +to search for the package.</para> + +<para>To build the search index, at the bottom of the <guilabel>Contents</guilabel> pane, +select the <guilabel>Build Search Index button</guilabel>.</para> + +</sect2> + <sect2 id="man-and-info"> <title>The <application>Man</application> and <application>Info</application> sections</title> @@ -478,30 +547,6 @@ one page long.</para> </sect3> </sect2> -<sect2 id="kde-glossary"> -<title>The &tde; glossary</title> - -<para> -The glossary provides a quick reference point, where you can look up -the definitions of words that may be unfamiliar to you. These range -from &tde; specific applications and technologies, through to general -&UNIX; computing terms. -</para> - -<para> -In the left hand pane you will see a tree view, with two choices: -<guilabel>Alphabetically</guilabel> or <guilabel>By topic</guilabel>. -Both contain the same entries, sorted differently, to allow you to -quickly find the item of interest. -</para> - -<para> -Navigate down the tree views to the left, and items you select will be -displayed on the right. -</para> - -</sect2> - <sect2 id="menu-and-toolbar-ref"> <title>The menus and toolbar</title> |