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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/colors/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/colors/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c47912da9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/colors/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;"> +<articleinfo> + +<authorgroup> +<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> +<author>&Mark.Donohoe; &Mark.Donohoe.mail;</author> +<author>&Martin.R.Jones; &Martin.R.Jones.mail;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2003-09-22</date> +<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KControl</keyword> +<keyword>color</keyword> +</keywordset> +</articleinfo> + +<sect1 id="color"> + +<title>Colors</title> +<sect2 id="color-intro"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para>The Color Selection module is comprised of 4 sections:</para> + +<orderedlist> +<listitem><para><link linkend="kcmdisplay-preview">The color scheme +preview</link>.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para><link linkend="kcmdisplay-widget-color">The current +<guilabel>Widget Color</guilabel></link>.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para><link linkend="kcmdisplay-color-schemes">The available Color +Schemes</link>.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para><link linkend="kcmdisplay-contrast">The contrast +slider</link>.</para></listitem> +</orderedlist> + +<note><para>A <emphasis>Widget</emphasis> is a commonly-used +programmer's term for referring to User Interface elements such as +buttons, menus, and scroll bars. You can think of them as the +fundamental pieces that are assembled to make your +application.</para></note> + +<sect3 id="kcmdisplay-preview"> +<title>Preview</title> + +<para>This section of the dialog demonstrates how a color scheme applies +to a sample selection of widgets. It provides you with a +<guilabel>preview</guilabel> of your current color choices.</para> + +<para>A color scheme consists of a set of 18 colors. </para> + +<para>Each of the widgets is labeled to help you identify how your +changes will impact the color scheme.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3 id="kcmdisplay-widget-color"> +<title><guilabel>Widget Color</guilabel></title> + +<para>The currently selected member of the color scheme is shown in the +combo box. This widget color can be changed by clicking on the colored +box below the combo box. A color selection dialog will then appear, from +which you may select a new color. When you are happy with your color +selection, press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> in the color selection +dialog. The color will be updated in the Preview Area.</para> + +<para>You may select any member of the color scheme from the +color combination box.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3 id="kcmdisplay-contrast"> +<title><guilabel>Contrast</guilabel> Slider</title> + +<para>The <guilabel>Contrast</guilabel> slider allows you to change the +contrast between different shadings of the selected colors.</para> + +<para>The preview area instantly updates to show the effect of your +change.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3 id="kcmdisplay-color-schemes"> +<title><guilabel>Color Scheme</guilabel></title> + +<para>Various color schemes are supplied with &kde;, and you are free to +define your own.</para> + +<para>The three major color components of each scheme are shown beside +the name in the list. To preview a scheme in the larger preview area, +click on its name in the list box. </para> + +<para>You can use the &kde;-supplied Color Schemes as a starting point +to devise your own Scheme. Click on the <guibutton>Save +Scheme...</guibutton> button to store the color scheme under a new name, +then modify it. </para> + +<para>When such a user-created Color Scheme is selected, changes to it +(as shown in the Preview) can be saved with the <guibutton>Save +Scheme...</guibutton> button; it can also be deleted with the +<guibutton>Remove Scheme</guibutton> button.</para> + +<note><para>The &kde;-supplied Schemes themselves cannot be changed or +deleted.</para></note> + +<para>You can use the <guibutton>Import Scheme...</guibutton> button to +add new entries to the list. This might be color schemes that you +have created on another computer and saved, or color schemes you have +downloaded from a website.</para> + +<para>You can choose if you want &kde; to apply the color scheme even +to non-&kde; applications by enabling the <guilabel>Apply colors to +non-KDE applications</guilabel>. Not all applications will allow +this, but most do.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +</article> |