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+<!--
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd">
+-->
+<chapter id="configure">
+<title>Configuring &tde;</title>
+
+<qandaset>
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>How do I set the language used by &tde;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>First ensure the appropriate tde-i18n language package is installed.</para>
+<para>Thereafter there are two ways to set the language &tde; uses in the
+messages it will display:</para>
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry><term>Using the <application>&tde; Control Center</application></term>
+<listitem><para>Open the <application>&tde; Control Center</application> and select
+<guimenu>Regional &amp; Accessibility</guimenu> then
+<guimenuitem>Country/Region &amp; Language</guimenuitem>. You can select your language and location
+here. If &tde; cannot find a translation in the first language
+chosen, it will fall back on the default language. This is usually
+(American) English by default.</para>
+<note><para>Using the <application>&tde; Control Center</application> is the preferred way of choosing
+languages in &tde;.</para></note></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry><term>Using the <envar>LANG</envar> environment variable</term>
+<listitem><para>The second method uses the standard locale setting on
+your system. To change the language, simply set the environment
+variable <envar>LANG</envar> accordingly. For example, if your shell
+is <application>bash</application>, execute
+<userinput><command>export</command> <envar>LANG</envar>=de</userinput>
+to set German as the language used.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>Is there any keyboard switcher for international keyboards for
+&tde;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>
+Yes, configure the switcher using the <application>&tde; Control Center</application>
+<menuchoice><guimenu>Regional &amp; Accessibility</guimenu><guimenuitem>
+Keyboard Layout</guimenuitem></menuchoice> configuration page.
+</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>How do I replace the standard text login screen with the
+&tde; login screen?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<note><para>Your &UNIX; distribution might have its own setup tools to
+change this (&eg; <application>YaST</application> on &SuSE; &Linux;). This will
+be the safest way to enable the &tde; login screen. However, if for some reason
+you do not wish to use these tools, the following instructions might be useful.</para></note>
+<para>First, ychange to the <quote>xdm runlevel</quote> (runlevel 5 on
+&RedHat; and &SuSE; systems) by editing your
+<filename>/etc/inittab</filename> file. In the file, there should be
+a line saying <userinput>id:3:initdefault:</userinput>. Change it to
+<userinput>id:5:initdefault:</userinput>. At the end of the file,
+comment out the following line:
+<literal>x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon</literal> and
+replace it with
+<userinput>x:5:respawn:<replaceable>/opt/trinity/</replaceable>bin/tdm
+-nodaemon</userinput>.
+<note><para>The location of &tdm; might differ on your
+system.</para></note></para>
+<para>For changes to take effect immediately, type <command>init
+5</command> (for &RedHat; systems) at the shell prompt.
+<caution><para>It is risky to initiate a graphical login without
+checking beforehand whether it works. If it fails to work, you would
+be in for a hard time getting back.</para></caution></para>
+</answer>
+<answer>
+<para>
+For FreeBSD, you should edit the file <filename>/etc/ttys</filename>
+and change one of the lines that look like
+<programlisting>ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</programlisting>
+to instead say <userinput>ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/tdm -nodaemon" xterm
+off secure</userinput>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>I would like to click the &LMB; anywhere on the
+desktop and have the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu displayed.</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>Use the &RMB; to select the desktop. From the popup menu, select
+<guisubmenu>Configure Desktop</guisubmenu>. From the icon list
+select the Behavior icon. Choose the behavior of mouse clicks on the desktop. To have
+the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu open from a single &LMB; click, change
+the entry labeled <guilabel>Left button</guilabel> to say
+<guilabel>Application Menu</guilabel>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>Where do I find additional &tde; themes?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>Go to <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>How do I change &MIME; Types?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>When using &konqueror;, open a &konqueror; window and choose
+<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
+Konqueror</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. From the icon list select
+<guilabel>File Associations</guilabel>. Find the mime type you want to change
+(&eg; <literal>text/english</literal> or
+<literal>image/gif</literal>), and set the application preference order
+to whatever you want.</para>
+<para>The same thing can be accomplished by using the <application>&tde; Control Center
+</application>. Select <menuchoice><guimenu>TDE Components</guimenu><guimenuitem>File Associations</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>&tde; (&tdm;) does not read my <filename>.bash_profile</filename>.</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>The login managers<application>xdm</application> and &tdm; do
+not run a login shell, so <filename>.profile</filename>,
+<filename>.bash_profile</filename>, &etc; are not
+sourced. When the user logs in, <application>xdm</application> runs
+<command>Xstartup</command> as root and then
+<command>Xsession</command> as user. The normal practice is to add
+statements in <filename>Xsession</filename> to source the user
+profile. Please edit your <filename>Xsession</filename> and
+<filename>.xsession</filename> files.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>How do I use &TrueType; fonts in &tde;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>Install &TrueType; font support into your &X-Window; configuration.
+<!--Please take a look at <ulink
+url="http://x.themes.org/">x.themes.org</ulink> for the fonts, and
+<ulink url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">xfsft:
+&TrueType; Font Support For X11</ulink> or <ulink
+url="http://X-TT.dsl.gr.jp/">X-&TrueType; Server Project Home
+Page</ulink> for the font servers.-->
+</para>
+<para>If you have a bunch of &TrueType; fonts from &Microsoft;
+&Windows;, edit the <filename>xorg.conf</filename> file to get the
+fonts from the font folder. Then configure &tde; to use these new
+fonts with the <filename>Font Administrator</filename> utility.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>Is it possible to enter, show, and work with the Euro Symbol in
+&tde;?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>Yes. Open the <application>&tde; Control Center</application> and select
+<guimenu>Regional &amp; Accessibility</guimenu>, then
+<guimenuitem>Keyboard Layout</guimenuitem>. Select the <guimenuitem>Xkb Options</guimenuitem>
+tab and enable the <guilabel>Enable xkb options</guilabel> check box. Choose a compose key.
+Enable <guilabel>Adding Eurosign to certain keys</guilabel> and select the desired key.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question><para>How do I run a program at &tde; startup?</para></question>
+<answer><para>There are several ways to do that. If you want to
+run some scripts that set environment variables (for
+example, to start <command>gpg-agent</command>, <command>ssh-agent</command> and others), place the
+scripts into <filename class="directory">$<envar>TDEHOME</envar>/env/</filename>. Make sure their names end in
+<literal role="extension">.sh</literal>. $<envar>TDEHOME</envar> is
+usually a folder named <filename class="directory">.trinity</filename>
+(notice the period at the beginning) in your home
+folder. If you want scripts to be executed for all &tde; users, you can
+put them under <filename class="directory">$<envar>TDEDIR</envar>/env/</filename>, where $<envar>TDEDIR</envar> is the prefix &tde; is installed (you can find this out using the command
+<userinput><command>tde-config --prefix</command></userinput>).</para>
+<para>If you wish to start a program after &tde; has started, you may want to use the
+<filename class="directory">Autostart</filename> folder. To add
+entries to the <filename class="directory">Autostart</filename> folder:
+<orderedlist>
+<listitem><para>Open &konqueror;.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><para>Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Autostart</guimenuitem>
+</menuchoice> from the menubar.</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><para>Right-click in the window view area and select <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Create New</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>File</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Link to
+Application</guimenuitem>
+</menuchoice></para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem><para>Click on the <guilabel>Application</guilabel> tab in
+the window that appears and enter the name of the command to run in
+the <guilabel>Command</guilabel> text box.</para>
+</listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+
+<qandaentry>
+<question>
+<para>How can I allow more than one user to be logged in a at a time? Can &tde; do <quote>fast user switching</quote>?</para>
+</question>
+<answer>
+<para>Yes, when starting &tde; through the graphical login mode. When starting &tde;
+from the command line using <filename>startx</filename>, then toggle to a different console
+to login in.</para>
+<para>To enable more than one user to log in at one time on the same
+computer (sometimes referred to as <quote>fast user switching</quote>)
+configure the program that logs you in to allow more than one
+session (or, in &X-Window; terms, <quote>display</quote>) at a time.</para>
+<para>In &tde;, this program is called &tdm; which stands for <quote>&tde;
+Display Manager</quote>. If you are not using &tdm; as your login screen
+then you will need to consult the documentation for the software you are using on how to
+accomplish multiple sessions.</para>
+<para>By default, this will be configured at installation time automatically
+if &tdm; supports virtual terminals on your system (currently Linux only).
+If it was not configured automatically, consult the &tdm; manual, section
+<ulink url="help:/tdm/tdmrc-xservers.html">Specifying permanent &X-Server;s</ulink>.
+After modifying tdmrc, you will have to restart &tdm;; just
+invoke <command>killall -HUP tdm</command>.</para>
+</answer>
+</qandaentry>
+</qandaset>
+</chapter>