The KDE User Guide The KDE User Guide 2 Contents I Introduction 1 1 Welcome to the KDE User Guide 2 1.1 What this book aims to be . 2 1.2 What this book is not . 2 1.3 Conventions used in this book . 3 1.4 System Locations . 3 1.5 Overview, or ‘Where to look in the User Guide’ . 4 II The Desktop 5 2 The Basics 6 2.1 Logging In and Logging Out . 7 2.1.1 Logging in Graphically . 7 2.1.2 Logging in via the Command Line . 7 2.1.3 Logging Out . 7 2.2 Getting Help . 8 2.2.1 User Manuals . 8 2.2.2 Context and ‘What’s This’ Help . 8 2.2.2.1 Tooltips . 8 2.2.2.2 ‘What’s This?’ . 9 2.2.3 Mailing Lists, Newsgroups and IRC . 9 2.2.3.1 Mailing Lists . 9 2.2.3.2 IRC . 10 2.2.4 More Resources . 10 2.3 Windows, How To Work Them . 10 2.3.1 Basic Window Management . 10 The KDE User Guide 2.3.1.1 Switching Between Windows . 11 2.3.1.2 Moving Windows . 11 2.3.1.3 Resizing Windows . 12 2.3.1.4 Hiding Windows . 13 2.3.1.5 Cascading Windows . 13 2.3.1.6 Uncluttering Windows . 13 2.3.1.7 Closing Windows . 14 2.3.2 Advanced Window Management . 14 2.3.2.1 kstart . 14 2.3.2.2 Other Special Window Settings . 15 2.3.2.3 The System Tray . 15 2.3.2.4 More Complex Uses of ksystraycmd . 16 2.3.2.5 Improving Reliability . 17 2.3.3 Using Multiple Desktops . 17 2.3.3.1 Switching Virtual Desktops . 17 2.3.3.2 Windows and Virtual Desktops . 17 2.4 The File Manager . 18 2.4.1 Introduction . 18 2.4.2 Folders . 19 2.4.3 The Navigation Panel (aka ‘The Sidebar’) . 21 2.4.4 Icons . 23 2.4.5 Links and Shortcuts . 23 2.4.6 The Trash . 23 3 The Panel and the Desktop 24 3.1 Kicker, the KDE Panel . 24 3.2 Configuring Kicker . 24 3.2.1 Customizing the icons on the panel . 24 3.2.2 Adding extras and applets . 25 3.2.3 The System Tray . 25 3.2.4 Removing Panel Items . 25 3.3 The Taskbar . 26 3.4 Using the Clipboard . 26 3.4.1 The Selection . 26 3.4.2 The Clipboard . 26 3.4.3 More Advanced Clipboard Use . 27 3.5 Related Information . 27 4 The KDE User Guide 4 Programs and Documents 28 4.1 Launching Programs . 28 4.2 Controlling Programs . 29 4.3 Opening and Saving Files . 29 4.3.1 The File Dialog . 30 4.4 Configuring Programs . 31 4.4.1 Application Configuration . 31 4.4.2 Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts . 32 4.4.3 Configuring Notifications . 32 4.4.4 Configuring Toolbars . 32 4.4.4.1 Customizing Toolbar Displays . 33 4.4.4.2 Customizing the Icons on the Toolbar . 33 III KDE Components 35 5 The KDE Control Center 36 5.1 Appearance & Themes . 37 5.2 Desktop . 38 5.3 Internet & Network . 39 5.4 KDE Components . 40 5.5 Peripherals . 41 5.6 Power Control . 42 5.7 Regional & Accessibility . 42 5.8 Security & Privacy . 43 5.9 System Administration . 44 6 The Base KDE Applications 45 6.1 Fundamentals . 45 6.2 Personal Information Management . 47 6.3 Network . 48 6.4 Office . 49 6.5 Graphics . 49 6.6 Multimedia . 50 5 The KDE User Guide 7 KDE Extragear Applications 52 7.1 Available in the KDE Extragear . 52 7.1.1 Multimedia . 52 7.1.2 Graphics . 53 7.1.3 Network . 54 7.1.4 Utilities . 54 7.2 Related Information . 54 8 Multimedia With KDE 56 8.1 Removable Disks . 56 8.1.1 Automount . 57 8.1.2 Mounting . 57 8.2 Playing Music . 57 8.2.1 Music Players . 57 8.3 Audio CD Ripping in KDE . 59 8.3.1 Ingredients . 60 8.3.2 Recipe . 60 8.4 Playing Movies . 63 9 KDE the Multiuser Desktop 64 9.1 About Your KDE Account . 64 9.2 Using KDE as Root . 64 9.3 Switching Sessions . 65 10 Networking with KDE 67 10.1 File Sharing . 67 10.1.1 How to share files with kpf . 67 10.2 Networking With Windows . 68 10.2.1 How It Works . 68 10.2.2 resLISa . 69 10.2.3 Configuration . 69 10.3 Shared Sessions . 70 11 Graphics, Printing, and Fonts 71 11.1 Setting Up a Printer . 71 11.2 Printing From Applications . 71 11.3 PDF Files . 71 11.4 Fonts - Installing and Configuring . 71 11.5 Creating Graphics . 72 6 The KDE User Guide 12 Customizing the Appearance of your KDE Desktop 73 12.1 Background . 73 12.2 Colors . 73 12.3 Icons . 74 12.4 Splash Screen . 75 12.5 Window Decorations . 76 12.6 Style . 77 12.7 KDE Theme . 77 12.8 Glossary . 78 13 Konsole Introduction 79 14 KDE Edutainment 81 14.1 Improve your language skills . 81 14.2 Mathematics . 82 14.3 Science . 83 14.4 Teaching Tools . 84 14.5 Miscellaneous . 84 14.6 Related Information . 85 15 Accessibility 86 15.1 KMouseTool . ..