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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kcontrol/helpindex/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kcontrol/helpindex/index.docbook index d9a4ee29875..62a141f1118 100644 --- a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kcontrol/helpindex/index.docbook +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kcontrol/helpindex/index.docbook @@ -2,214 +2,83 @@ <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> -<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" -> <!-- change language only here --> +<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"> <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> -<author ->&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> -<author ->&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author> - -<othercredit role="translator" -><firstname ->Jonathan</firstname -><surname ->Riddell</surname -><affiliation -><address -><email ->kde-en-gb@jriddell.org</email -></address -></affiliation -><contrib ->Conversion to British English</contrib -></othercredit -> +<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> +<author>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author> + +<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>Jonathan</firstname><surname>Riddell</surname><affiliation><address><email>kde-en-gb@jriddell.org</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit> </authorgroup> -<date ->2002-10-17</date> -<releaseinfo ->3.1</releaseinfo> +<date>2002-10-17</date> +<releaseinfo>3.1</releaseinfo> <keywordset> -<keyword ->KDE</keyword> -<keyword ->KControl</keyword> -<keyword ->Help Index</keyword> -<keyword ->Index</keyword> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KControl</keyword> +<keyword>Help Index</keyword> +<keyword>Index</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="help-index"> -<title ->Help Index</title> - -<note -><para ->At the time of writing, for most installations of &kde; the entire search engine function in &khelpcenter; is disabled, and settings made in this &kcontrol; module will have no effect. We hope to have it back in a future release.</para -></note> - -<para ->&kde; comes with a lot of documentation for applications and components. While it is possible to just browse the manuals until you find that piece of information you're looking for, this may be a very time-consuming task. To make this easier for you, &kde; offers fulltext search using a program called <application ->ht://dig</application ->. It works quite similar to search engines on the web, in fact some search engines you now might even use it. Just click on the <guilabel ->Search</guilabel -> tab in the &khelpcenter;, enter the word you are looking for, click <guibutton ->Search</guibutton -> and enjoy!</para> - -<para ->However, to make use of this feature, <application ->ht://dig</application -> has to be installed on your system and &kde; has to be configured to make us of it. This control module tries to help you doing the latter. If you haven't installed <application ->ht://dig</application -> and it wasn't shipped with your operating system you have to get ht://dig yourself. Have a look at <ulink url="http://www.htdig.org" ->the ht://dig homepage</ulink -> on how to download and install it.</para> - -<para ->When you first start, you are in display mode only. To modify your settings, click on <guibutton ->Administrator Mode</guibutton ->. If you are logged in as <systemitem class="username" ->root</systemitem ->, you will go straight to the change dialogue. If not, &kde; will ask for a superuser password.</para> -<sect2 id="help-index-use" -> - -<title ->Use</title -> - -<para ->There are two important things to tell &kde; so it can make use of the fulltext search engine:</para> +<title>Help Index</title> + +<note><para>At the time of writing, for most installations of &kde; the entire search engine function in &khelpcenter; is disabled, and settings made in this &kcontrol; module will have no effect. We hope to have it back in a future release.</para></note> + +<para>&kde; comes with a lot of documentation for applications and components. While it is possible to just browse the manuals until you find that piece of information you're looking for, this may be a very time-consuming task. To make this easier for you, &kde; offers fulltext search using a program called <application>ht://dig</application>. It works quite similar to search engines on the web, in fact some search engines you now might even use it. Just click on the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> tab in the &khelpcenter;, enter the word you are looking for, click <guibutton>Search</guibutton> and enjoy!</para> + +<para>However, to make use of this feature, <application>ht://dig</application> has to be installed on your system and &kde; has to be configured to make us of it. This control module tries to help you doing the latter. If you haven't installed <application>ht://dig</application> and it wasn't shipped with your operating system you have to get ht://dig yourself. Have a look at <ulink url="http://www.htdig.org">the ht://dig homepage</ulink> on how to download and install it.</para> + +<para>When you first start, you are in display mode only. To modify your settings, click on <guibutton>Administrator Mode</guibutton>. If you are logged in as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, you will go straight to the change dialogue. If not, &kde; will ask for a superuser password.</para> +<sect2 id="help-index-use"> + +<title>Use</title> + +<para>There are two important things to tell &kde; so it can make use of the fulltext search engine:</para> <itemizedlist> -<listitem -><para ->where to find the <application ->ht://dig</application -> programs KDE uses for fulltext search</para -></listitem> -<listitem -><para ->where to search</para -></listitem> +<listitem><para>where to find the <application>ht://dig</application> programs KDE uses for fulltext search</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>where to search</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <sect3 id="help-index-use-progs"> -<title ->The <application ->ht://dig</application -> Programs</title> - -<para ->There are three programs &kde; needs that come with <application ->ht://dig</application ->: <command ->htdig</command ->, <command ->htsearch</command -> and <command ->htmerge</command ->. For each program you have to provide the full path including the program name, for example: <filename class="directory" ->/usr/bin/htdig</filename ->.</para -> - -<para ->Where exactly these programs are installed depends on your operating system or your distribution. However, there are some good guesses you might want to try:</para> +<title>The <application>ht://dig</application> Programs</title> + +<para>There are three programs &kde; needs that come with <application>ht://dig</application>: <command>htdig</command>, <command>htsearch</command> and <command>htmerge</command>. For each program you have to provide the full path including the program name, for example: <filename class="directory">/usr/bin/htdig</filename>.</para> + +<para>Where exactly these programs are installed depends on your operating system or your distribution. However, there are some good guesses you might want to try:</para> <itemizedlist> -<listitem -><para -><command ->htdig</command -> and <command ->htmerge</command -> are often found in <filename class="directory" ->/usr/bin/</filename -> or in something like <filename class="directory" ->/usr/local/www/htdig/bin/</filename ->.</para -></listitem> - -<listitem -><para ->the <command ->htsearch</command -> command is often found in a sub folder called <filename class="directory" ->cgi-bin</filename ->, for example <filename class="directory" ->/usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/</filename ->.</para> +<listitem><para><command>htdig</command> and <command>htmerge</command> are often found in <filename class="directory">/usr/bin/</filename> or in something like <filename class="directory">/usr/local/www/htdig/bin/</filename>.</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para>the <command>htsearch</command> command is often found in a sub folder called <filename class="directory">cgi-bin</filename>, for example <filename class="directory">/usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin/</filename>.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> -<tip -><para ->To find out where for example <command ->htdig</command -> is installed you can always type <command ->whereis htdig</command -> on the console. <command ->whereis</command -> will look for the specified command in the standard execution path folders. However, folders like <filename class="directory" ->cgi-bin</filename -> are often not in the standard execution path.</para -></tip> +<tip><para>To find out where for example <command>htdig</command> is installed you can always type <command>whereis htdig</command> on the console. <command>whereis</command> will look for the specified command in the standard execution path folders. However, folders like <filename class="directory">cgi-bin</filename> are often not in the standard execution path.</para></tip> </sect3> <sect3 id="help-index-use-scope"> -<title ->Scope and Search Paths</title> - -<para ->In this section you can choose which help resources should be indexed, &ie; made available to the search engine.</para> - -<para ->In the <guilabel ->Scope</guilabel -> frame you can select some typical resources you want to be indexed, &ie; the &kde; help files, and the information offered by the <command ->man</command -> and <command ->info</command -> commands. Note that some of those may still be disabled, which means that support for them has not been added yet.</para> - -<para ->Maybe you have additional files you want to access using the &khelpcenter; fulltext search feature. For example, you might have an <acronym ->HTML</acronym -> reference installed in <filename ->/home/jdoe/docs/selfhtml</filename ->. By adding this path to the list of additional search paths you make this documentation available to &khelpcenter;'s fulltext search, too. Just click on the <guibutton ->Add</guibutton -> button and a file dialogue will ask you for an additional search folder. Select <filename class="directory" ->/home/jdoe/docs/selfhtml</filename -> and click <guibutton ->OK</guibutton ->. To remove an additional search path, just select it and click <guibutton ->Delete</guibutton ->.</para> - -<important -><para ->Your changes to the scope and additional search paths will not take effect if you don't click on the <guibutton ->Build index</guibutton -> button.</para -></important> +<title>Scope and Search Paths</title> + +<para>In this section you can choose which help resources should be indexed, &ie; made available to the search engine.</para> + +<para>In the <guilabel>Scope</guilabel> frame you can select some typical resources you want to be indexed, &ie; the &kde; help files, and the information offered by the <command>man</command> and <command>info</command> commands. Note that some of those may still be disabled, which means that support for them has not been added yet.</para> + +<para>Maybe you have additional files you want to access using the &khelpcenter; fulltext search feature. For example, you might have an <acronym>HTML</acronym> reference installed in <filename>/home/jdoe/docs/selfhtml</filename>. By adding this path to the list of additional search paths you make this documentation available to &khelpcenter;'s fulltext search, too. Just click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button and a file dialogue will ask you for an additional search folder. Select <filename class="directory">/home/jdoe/docs/selfhtml</filename> and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. To remove an additional search path, just select it and click <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>.</para> + +<important><para>Your changes to the scope and additional search paths will not take effect if you don't click on the <guibutton>Build index</guibutton> button.</para></important> </sect3> </sect2> |