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diff --git a/doc/kdf/index.docbook b/doc/kdf/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..672ef81 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kdf/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,266 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kappname "&kdiskfree;"> + <!ENTITY package "kdeutils"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> + +<bookinfo> +<title>The &kdiskfree; Handbook</title> + +<authorgroup> +<author> +&Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail; +</author> + +<author> +&Michael.Kropfberger; &Michael.Kropfberger.mail; +</author> + +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> + +</authorgroup> + +<copyright> +<year>2000-2002</year> +<holder>&Jonathan.Singer;</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date>2003-09-16</date> +<releaseinfo>0.</releaseinfo> + +<abstract><para>&kdiskfree; displays available file devices, along with +information about them.</para> + +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>kdf</keyword> +<keyword>kdeutils</keyword> +<keyword>disks</keyword> +<keyword>devices</keyword> +<keyword>mount</keyword> +<keyword>unmount</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para>&kdiskfree; displays the available file devices (hard drive +partitions, floppy and &CD; drives, &etc;) along with information on +their capacity, free space, type and mount point. It also allows you +to mount and unmount drives and view them in a file manager.</para> + +<para>&kdiskfree; is similar to the &kcontrol; Disk-Free module <!-- +(<application>kcmdf</application>) -->, but takes up less screen +space. It is useful if you want to keep a &kdiskfree; window available at +all times.</para> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="using-kdf"> +<title>Using &kdiskfree;</title> + +<sect1 id="starting-kdf"> +<title>Starting &kdiskfree;</title> + +<para>Type <userinput><command>kdf</command></userinput> at a command +prompt or select <guimenuitem>Disk Free</guimenuitem> from the +<guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu> group in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> +menu. The standard &Qt; and &kde; command options are available, and +can be listed by entering <userinput><command>kdf</command> +<option>--help</option></userinput> at the command prompt.</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="main-window"> +<title>The Main window</title> + +<para>The main &kdiskfree; window displays the available file devices.</para> + +<para>Normally, the following pieces of information are included:</para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>&kdiskfree; Screen</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="kdf.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>&kdiskfree; Screen</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>an icon depicting the type of storage</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>device name</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>filesystem type</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>total size</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>mount point</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>free disk space</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>the percentage of space used as a number and as a +graph.</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para>In the picture above, four devices are shown: one reiserfs-formatted +hard drive partition mounted at the filesystem root (<filename +class="directory">/</filename>), two &CD-ROM;'s, and a floppy drive.</para> + +<para><mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> clicking on the header of a +particular column sorts the devices according to that variable. A +second <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click sorts in the opposite +order.</para> + +<para>Clicking on a row pops up a menu. If that device is not +currently mounted, the <guimenuitem>Mount Device</guimenuitem> option +is available. If the device is mounted, it can be unmounted by +choosing <guimenuitem>Unmount Device</guimenuitem>. Selecting +<guimenuitem>Open in File Manager</guimenuitem> opens a new window with a +graphical view of the files on that device.</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="the-menus"> +<title>The &kdiskfree; menu bar</title> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Update</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Immediately updates the display to reflect the current +status</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> + +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Closes</action> &kdiskfree;</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu and dialog</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>The standard &kde; dialog for setting shortcuts.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure KDiskFree...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem><para><action>Opens a configuration dialog.</action></para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Configure &kdiskfree; Screen</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="kdf_config.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>Configure &kdiskfree; Screen</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>This dialog has two tabbed windows, <guilabel>General Settings</guilabel> +and <guilabel>Mount Commands</guilabel></para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term>General Settings</term> <listitem><para>Click on the word +<guilabel>visible</guilabel> or <guilabel>hidden</guilabel> to turn +display of an data field on or off.</para> <para>Change the update +frequency by moving the slider. The value in the box on the left is +the interval (in seconds) between updates of the &kdiskfree; display to +reflect the current status.</para> <para>The File Manager setting +controls the command executed when the <guimenuitem>Open +Filemanager</guimenuitem> pop-up menu item is selected.</para> +<para>There are also two check boxes. One controls if a file manager +window will be automatically opened when a device is mounted. The +other causes an alert window to pop up if a disk gets critically +full.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Mount Commands</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Allows the user to specify the mount and unmount commands for a +given device, as well as the icon used to represent it. More information on +these commands can be found on the man page for <application>mount</application> (type +<userinput><command>man</command> <option>mount</option></userinput> at the +command prompt).</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect2> + +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="credits"> +<title>Credits and License</title> + +<para>&kdiskfree;</para> + +<para>Program Copyright © 1998-2000 &Michael.Kropfberger; &Michael.Kropfberger.mail;</para> + +<para>Documentation Copyright © 2000 &Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;</para> + +&underFDL; +&underGPL; + +</chapter> + +&documentation.index; +</book> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:nil +End: + +// vim:ts=2:sw=2:tw=78:noet +--> |