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authorDarrell Anderson <humanreadable@yahoo.com>2014-02-16 18:29:30 -0600
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Add new ktimer handbook in support of bug report 1867.
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
<!ENTITY kappname "&ktimer;">
<!ENTITY package "tdeutils">
+ <!ENTITY Stefan.Schimanski "<personname><firstname>Stefan</firstname><surname>Schimanski</surname></personname>">
+ <!ENTITY A.L.Spehr "<personname><firstname>A. L.</firstname><surname>Spehr</surname></personname>">
<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE">
<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
]>
@@ -10,9 +12,9 @@
<title>The &ktimer; Handbook</title>
<articleinfo>
-<title>The &ktimer; Handbook</title>
<authorgroup>
+<author><firstname>A. L.</firstname><surname>Spehr</surname></author>
<author>&tde-authors;</author>
<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
</authorgroup>
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@
<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date>
<copyright>
+<year>2010</year>
+<holder>A. L. Spehr</holder>
+</copyright>
+<copyright>
<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
</copyright>
@@ -36,29 +42,132 @@
<keywordset>
<keyword>TDE</keyword>
<keyword>tdeutils</keyword>
-<keyword>kcharselect</keyword>
+<keyword>ktimer</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>
-<sect1 id="apologies">
-<title>We Apologize</title>
-<para>No documentation has yet been written for &ktimer;.</para>
+<sect1 id="introduction">
+<title>Introduction</title>
+<para>&ktimer; allows you to enter several tasks and to set a timer for each of them.
+When the timer reaches zero, the task is executed. The timers for each task can be started,
+stopped, changed, or looped.</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="using-ktimer">
+<title>Using &ktimer;</title>
+
+<screenshot>
+<screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of &ktimer; when you start it for the first
+time</screeninfo>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="main.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>&ktimer; main window</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+
+<para>To start, first add a task by selecting <guibutton>New</guibutton>. Then type the
+command you wish to execute into the <guilabel>Command line:</guilabel> box. You can then
+adjust the settings, or start the timer countdown. When the time is up, the command
+will be run.</para>
+
+<screenshot>
+<screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of &ktimer; after you have told it to run &konqueror;.</screeninfo>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="first.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>add a task</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+
+<para>Let's use &konqueror; as an example. By default, &konqueror; will start in 100 seconds
+after the timer countdown is started.</para>
+
+<screenshot>
+<screeninfo>Here it is counting down: in 56 seconds &konqueror; will be run.</screeninfo>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="running.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>56 seconds to go</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+
+<para>Now let's start the task. Here it has been running for a bit and is partway through the
+countdown. In 56 seconds, &konqueror; will be started.</para>
+
+<para>See that sliding bar? You can use it to quickly increase or decrease the amount of time
+on a task.</para>
+
+<screenshot>
+<screeninfo>Let's add a second task.</screeninfo>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="two_at_once.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>start another &konqueror;, you can never have too many!</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+</screenshot>
+
+<para>Now two &konqueror;s are scheduled to be run. The top one will be run in 20 seconds,
+and the bottom one is currently stopped. You can add more commands. While you can never have
+too many &konqueror;s, you probably want to use other executables. Your own shell script, perhaps.</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="settings">
+<title>Settings</title>
+<para>
+
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guibutton>New</guibutton></term>
+ <listitem><para><action>Adds a new task.</action></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guibutton>Remove</guibutton></term>
+ <listitem><para><action>Removes the current task.</action></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guibutton>Help</guibutton></term>
+ <listitem><para><action>Opens the Handbook.</action></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
-<para>If you need help, please check <ulink url="http://www.trinitydesktop.org">The &tde;
-web site</ulink>, submit questions to the <ulink url="http://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php">
-&tde; mail lists</ulink>, or file a bug report at the <ulink url="http://bugs.trinitydesktop.org/">
-&tde; bug tracker</ulink>.</para>
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="credits">
+<title>Credits and License</title>
+
+<para>
+&ktimer;
+</para>
-<para>If you are interested in helping, please consider writing the help file.
-Submitting a basic text file is acceptable as the &tde-team; will convert the text.</para>
+<!--List all the copyright holders here-->
+<para>Program Copyright 2001 &Stefan.Schimanski;</para>
-<para>Thank you for helping and thank you for your patience.</para>
+<para>Documentation Copyright 2008 &A.L.Spehr;</para>
-&underFDL;
-&underGPL;
+<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
+&underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove -->
+&underGPL; <!-- GPL License -->
</sect1>
-&documentation.index;
</article>