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+Mini HOWTO create a "User-Agent" description file for KDE
+=========================================================
+
+This mini HOWTO describes the procedure for creating a new user-agent 
+description file to extend the ones that come pre-packaged with KDE. 
+The purpose of a user agent description file is to fake or spoof sites 
+that refuse to render pages with the default KDE user-agent identification.
+
+In order to create new user-agent description files, simply follow the
+normal desktop file specifications set by the "DESKTOP ENTRY STANDARD"
+augmented with the following requirements:
+
+REQUIREMENTS:
+=============
+The following properties as defined by the DESKTOP ENTRY STANDARD
+must be set as shown below:
+
+Name=UADescription (XXXX)
+Type=Service
+ServiceTypes=UserAgentStrings
+
+Though the (XXXX) value shown above can be any text, it is a good idea 
+to make it a short identification of the browser being emulated.  However,
+there is NO requirement on what the text should be.  It can even be left 
+out. It is only meant to give people a quick idea which browser is being
+emulated by your desktop file.
+
+NEW PROPERTIES:
+===============
+X-KDE-UA-TAG
+FIELD:        REQUIRED
+TYPE:         QString
+TRANSLATE:    NO
+DESCRIPTION:
+An abbreviation of the actual browser-brand and is used
+to group the entries whenever necessary. Currently there are 5
+approximations: IE, NN, MOZ, OP, MISC. These represent Internet
+Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Opera and Miscellaneous
+respectively. NOTE: you can enter any value here as it is just
+a place holder that would be automatically replaced with the
+actual user-agent name (X-KDE-UA-NAME).
+
+X-KDE-UA-FULL
+FIELD:        REQUIRED
+TYPE:         QString
+TRANSLATE:    NO
+DESCRIPTION:
+The full user-agent description that will be sent to the remote
+site. It can contain the following keywords that would be replaced
+with the appropriate value as defined by "uname":
+
+appSysName          the name of the operating system (ex: Linux).
+appPlatform         the name of the platform.  Currently hardcoded to "X11".
+appLanguage         the language values as set in the control panel (ex: en, en-US).
+appSysRelease       the version of the operating system (ex: 2.2.18).
+appKDERelease       the current release number as set by KDE (ex: 2.1.9 >=20010310).
+appMachineType      the processor or machine type (ex: i686).
+
+NOTE: if you use any of these values and want them to be replaced
+automatically, make sure you include the X-KDE-UA-DYNAMIC-ENTRY field
+and set its value to 1 (for true).
+
+X-KDE-UA-NAME
+FIELD:        REQUIRED
+TYPE:         QString
+TRANSLATE:    YES
+DESCRIPTION:
+The actual name of the browser or user-agent.
+
+X-KDE-UA-VERSION
+FIELD:        REQUIRED
+TYPE:         QString
+TRANSLATE:    YES
+DESCRIPTION:
+The actual version of the browser or user-agent.
+
+X-KDE-UA-SYSNAME
+FIELD:        OPTIONAL
+TYPE:         QString
+TRANSLATE:    YES
+DESCRIPTION:
+The system name (for example Linux) where the browser
+identification was obtained from.
+
+X-KDE-UA-SYSRELEASE
+FIELD:        OPTIONAL
+TYPE:         QString
+TRANSLATE:    YES
+DESCRIPTION:
+The system version (for example 2.4.1) where the browser
+identification was obtained from.
+
+X-KDE-UA-DYNAMIC-ENTRY
+FIELD:        OPTIONAL
+TYPE:         BOOLEAN (0/1)
+TRANSLATE:    NO
+DESCRIPTION:
+A boolean that indicates whether the keywords described under
+X-KDE-UA-FULL should be translated.  Make sure this field is
+there with its value set to "1" if you want the keywords to
+be replaced appropriately.
+
+
+EXAMPLES:
+=========
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=UADescription (IE 5.5 on Win 98)
+Type=Service
+ServiceTypes=UserAgentStrings
+X-KDE-UA-TAG=IE
+X-KDE-UA-FULL=Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98)
+X-KDE-UA-NAME=Internet Explorer
+X-KDE-UA-VERSION=5.5
+X-KDE-UA-SYSNAME=Windows
+X-KDE-UA-SYSRELEASE=98
+
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=UADescription (NN 4.76 on current)
+Type=Service
+ServiceTypes=UserAgentStrings
+X-KDE-UA-TAG=NN
+X-KDE-UA-FULL=Mozilla/4.76 (appPlatform; U; appSysName appSysRelease appMachineType)
+X-KDE-UA-NAME=Netscape Navigator
+X-KDE-UA-VERSION=4.76
+X-KDE-UA-DYNAMIC-ENTRY=1
+
+The first entry is a description file for Internet Explorer running on
+a Windows 98 machine while the second one is an example of a description
+file for Netscape browser using the "keyword" based approach to describe 
+the fields that should be replaced dynamically based on the current system 
+settings. Note that all "keyword" based desktop files should always set
+X-KDE-UA-DYNAMIC-ENTRY to 1.
+
+Enjoy,
+Dawit A.