From ae2a03c2941bf92573f89b88ef73f8aa842bea0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdetoys@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/kodo/index.docbook | 225 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 225 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/kodo/index.docbook (limited to 'doc/kodo/index.docbook') diff --git a/doc/kodo/index.docbook b/doc/kodo/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..20cd0be --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kodo/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,225 @@ + + + + + +]> + + + +The &kodometer; Handbook + + +&Armen.Nakashian; &Armen.Nakashian.mail; + + + + + + + +19992001 +&Armen.Nakashian; + + +&FDLNotice; + +2003-09-17 +3.2 + + +&kodometer; is a little gadget to measure your desktop mileage + + + +KDE +KOdometer +odometer +mouse +mileage + + + + +Introduction + + +What is &kodometer;? + + +&kodometer; measures your desktop mileage. It tracks the +movement of your mouse pointer across your desktop, and renders it in +inches/feet/miles! It can do cm/meters/km too. The most exciting +feature is the tripometer, and its utter uselessness. + + +The next version will be USEFUL! + + + + + + + +On screen operation + + +A labeled screen-shot of &kodometer; in action + + + + + +A labeled screen-shot of &kodometer; in action +A screen shot. Note the fashionable lack of a +titlebar. + + + + +The Odometer is the total distance traveled by the +mouse since the last odometer reset. The +Tripometer is the distance traveled by the mouse +since it last stopped moving. + + + +Menu Options + + +If you've gotten this far, you probably already know that there is a +&RMB; mouse button context menu on &kodometer;, which contains a number of +choices. + + + + +Enable + + +Toggle mileage tracking. This is good if you want to cheat on your +mileage. Note: This is illegal in most countries + + + + + +Metric Display + + +Because &kodometer; was written by an American, it obnoxiously assumes you +want to use Inches/Feet/Miles for measurement. If you come from some +more modern country in Europe, to use metric measurements, turn on this +option. + + + + + +Auto Reset Trip + + +This option will cause &kodometer; to set the Tripometer back to zero every +time it starts up. + + + + +Reset Trip + + +Set the tripometer to zero. + + + + + +Reset Odometer + + +Set the odometer back to zero. You might get in trouble for +this! + + + + +About Mousepedometa + + +Pops up a little dialog box with information on who to blame for the +program. + + + + + +Help + + +This menu entry opens up the &kodometer; help - this very document. + + + + + +Quit + + +Quit &kodometer; + + + + + + + + + + +How It Works + +&X-Window; displays are usually configured with a screen-size +variable. That is, how big your screen is in real-world measurements, +not pixels. &kodometer; grabs this value and uses it come up with a +&dpi; (dots per inch) value for your display, and thus +can relate the number of pixels you've traversed to the number of inches +the pointer appears to have moved on the screen. + +But lets be real! Its horribly inaccurate! +&kodometer; makes no pretense of being even remotely accurate. In fact, +someone has measured the movement of their mouse across the screen with +a ruler, and found that the distance algorithm is almost 25% off! +The original author's response to this complaint was who +cares?. + + + +Credits and Licenses + +&kodometer; Copyright © 1998-2001, &Armen.Nakashian;. + +Documentation copyright 1998 &Armen.Nakashian;, with small updates +and markup cleanup for &kde; 2.2, &Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail; + + +&underFDL; +&underGPL; + + + +&documentation.index; + + + + -- cgit v1.2.1