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diff --git a/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/customizing-desktop.docbook b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/customizing-desktop.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a8ed7cb42 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/customizing-desktop.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,347 @@ +<chapter id="customizing-desktop"> +<chapterinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Juan Carlos</firstname> +<surname>Torres</surname> +</author> +</authorgroup> +</chapterinfo> + +<title>Customizing the Appearance of your &tde; Desktop</title> + +<para>Changing the appearance of your &tde; desktop can be done quite easily and +flexibly by either individually controlling different parts of the visual +appearance or by using a predefined theme. This guide explains the various +customizable parts of &tde; and how to control their appearance.</para> + +<sect1 id="background"> +<title>Background</title> +<para>The desktop background, more commonly known as the wallpaper, allows you +to display certain images on your desktop. The settings for the background are +found in the &kcontrolcenter;, or by <mousebutton>right</mousebutton>-clicking +on the desktop and selecting <guilabel>Configure Desktop...</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>In &tde;, you have the option to use no picture, a single picture, or a +slideshow of images. If <guilabel>No picture</guilabel> is chosen to be the +desktop background, the <guilabel>Colors</guilabel> options are used instead. +You can also choose whether to use a single +background on all virtual desktops or to apply a different background for each +desktop. This is done by selecting <guilabel>All desktops</guilabel> or the +specific desktop name from the drop-down menu.</para> + +<para>Other background images can be downloaded using the +<guibutton>Get New Wallpapers</guibutton> button on the right or you can visit +the <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=1x2x3x4x5x6x7"> +Wallpapers section</ulink> of the kde-look.org website.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="colors"> +<title>Colors</title> +<para>The <guilabel>Colors</guilabel> settings of the &kcontrolcenter; allow you to control the +colors that are used for various window elements, such as window titlebars, +window backgrounds, text, and buttons. You can change the color of each window +element by selecting the element from the drop down list and choosing a color +for it. You can then save your changes by clicking on +<guibutton>Save Scheme...</guibutton>. This will save your settings in a Color +Scheme file. Color schemes are text files, with a <literal +role="extension">.kcsrc</literal> extension, that contain +entries for each window widget and its color, in RGB format. It is also very +easy to add color schemes that you have downloaded by clicking on +<guibutton>Import Scheme...</guibutton> and pointing to the <literal +role="extension">.kcsrc</literal> file. With color schemes, you can save the +changes you have done in one convenient file or easily change to a predefined +color setting, without having to change each window element separately.</para> + +<para>Additional color schemes can be downloaded from <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=28">the Color Schemes +section</ulink> of kde-look.org.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="icons"> +<title>Icons</title> +<para>An icon theme contains the images used to represent actions, files, +devices, and applications. Managing icon themes is easily done through the Icons +module in the &kcontrolcenter;. Simply select the icon theme you want to use and +click on <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to switch to the new theme. To install new +icon themes, all you need to do is to click on <guibutton>Install New +Theme...</guibutton> and browse to the location of the icon theme archive. There +is no need to extract the contents of the archive into a directory. In fact, the +Icons module only accepts archived icon themes. To remove an icon theme, simply +select the theme from the list and click on <guibutton>Remove Theme</guibutton>. +Note that you cannot remove the icon theme that you are currently using. You +need to switch to some other theme before the current one will become removable. +You also cannot remove icon themes that were installed by the administrator +(<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>) or by your distribution's +package manager.</para> +<para>Other icon themes can be found in <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=27">the Icon Themes +subsection</ulink> of kde-look.org.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="splash-screen"> +<title>Splash Screen</title> + +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="splash-screen.png" format="PNG" /> +</imageobject> +<textobject><phrase>The default &tde; splash screen</phrase></textobject> +<caption><para>The default &tde; splash screen</para></caption> +</mediaobject> + +<para>The splash screen is the animated image or screen that is displayed while +&tde; loads after you log in. Each user can have a different splash screen. +Changing the splash screen for the current user can be done in the Splash +Screen module of the &kcontrolcenter;. Select the splash screen you want to +use and click on <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>. You can also test what a splash +screen will look like by selecting the splash screen and clicking on +<guibutton>Test</guibutton>. Installing a new splash theme is very easy. Just +click on <guibutton>Add...</guibutton> and browse to the splash screen archive you +want to add. There is no need to extract the contents of the archive. Removing +splash screens is also easily done by selecting the splash screen and clicking +on <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>. Note that you cannot remove splash screens +installed by the administrator (<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>) +or by your distribution's package manager.</para> + +<para>Splash screen themes can be found on kde-look.org, in <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=35">the Splash Screens +section</ulink>. Take note that some splash screens require a specific &ksplash; +engine to be installed.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="win-deco"> +<title>Window Decorations</title> +<para>You can change the appearance of window borders, titlebars and buttons in +&tde; using window decorations. Some window decorations even have the capability +to apply effects such as translucency. Window decorations must be able to do all +these without sacrificing speed and performance. This is the reason why window +decorations come in source code that must be compiled, or as binary packages +that must be installed. Basically, Window decorations are plugins or small +programs that instruct &twin;, &tde;'s Window Manager, +how to display window frames.</para> + +<para>In order to add a new window decoration, you need to compile it from +source code. If a binary package for your distribution or system is provided, +you simply need to install it using your distribution's package manager. Please +refer to your distribution's manual for instructions on how to do this. Once the +window decoration has been installed, it can be accessed in the Window +Decorations settings in the &kcontrolcenter;. In the +<guilabel>Window Decoration</guilabel> tab, +a list of installed window decorations can be seen in the drop down box. Simply +select the decoration you want to use and click on <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>. +Different window decorations have different capabilities and settings. Play +around with the different options available. The <guilabel>Buttons</guilabel> tab allows you to +control the buttons on the window titlebar. Enable the <guilabel>Use custom +titlebar button positions</guilabel> check box in order to rearrange, remove, or +add buttons. To add buttons to the titlebar, drag an item from the list to the +titlebar preview above it. To remove a button, drag the button from the titlebar +preview to the item list. Simply drag buttons in the titlebar preview to +rearrange them.</para> + +<para>While all window decorations need to be compiled from source code, some +window decorations can load pixmap-based theme files that do not need to be +compiled. &tde; ships with a pixmap-based window decoration called the IceWM +window decoration. Another pixmap-based window decoration is <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=31447">deKorator</ulink>, +which can be found on kde-look.org. Please refer to your distribution's +documentation on how to install these. The advantage of using pixmap-based +window decorations is it is relatively easy to make themes for them, by using +images and editing a configuration file. The tradeoff is a slight loss of performance, +while this may be unnoticeable on very fast systems.</para> + +<para>To add an IceWM theme, select IceWM as the window decoration and click on +the <guilabel>Open &tde;'s IceWM theme folder</guilabel> link in the window +decoration description area. This will open a &konqueror; window +to <filename>$<envar>TDEHOME</envar>/share/apps/twin/icewm-themes</filename>. +Extract your IceWM theme to this folder. The theme will then be added to +the list of IceWM themes. Select the theme you want to use and click on +<guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.</para> + +<para>To add a deKorator theme after you've installed deKorator, select +deKorator from the window decorations list and go to the <guilabel>Themes</guilabel> +tab. Click on <guibutton>Install New Theme</guibutton> and locate +your deKorator theme archive. Make sure that the version of the deKorator theme +matches the deKorator version installed on your system. Once the theme has been +added, select the theme you want to use and click on <guibutton>Set Theme +Paths</guibutton>. Click on <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> for the changes to +take effect.</para> + +<para>Some more window decorations are available at kde-look.org under <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=17">the +Native &tde; 3.x</ulink> and <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=20">the +Native &tde; 3.2+</ulink> subsections. Themes for the <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=18">IceWM</ulink> and +<ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=21">deKorator</ulink> window +decorations have their own subsections under the Window Decorations +category.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="style"> +<title>Style</title> +<para>Widgets are the basic elements of a graphical user interface, such as +buttons, scrollbars, tabs, and menus. A widget style is a plugin or a small +program that instructs &tde; how widgets are displayed. Since widgets are the +very basic parts of an interface, they are frequently accessed and must be able +to respond very quickly. This is why widget styles must come as source code to +be compiled or as binary packages to be installed, just like window decorations. +Please refer to your distribution's documentation on how to compile from source +or install binary packages.</para> + +<para>Once a widget style has been installed, it will be added to the list of +available styles in the <guilabel>Style</guilabel> module in the &kcontrolcenter;. +The <guilabel>Style</guilabel> tab allows +you to select a widget style from the list and to configure it if the style has +a <guibutton>Configure...</guibutton> feature. Different styles have different options. A preview of the +selected style is available at the lower portion of the tab. The +<guilabel>Effects</guilabel> tab +controls different visual effects for some widgets like comboboxes and tooltips. +The <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel> tab gives some options on the general appearance of toolbars.</para> + +<para>Additional widget styles can be found in <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode= +8x9x10x11x12x13x14x15x16">the different &tde; subsections of the +Themes/Styles</ulink> of kde-look.org. Take note that styles come in source +code or binary package forms. They are not &tde; theme files.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="kde-theme"> +<title>&tde; Theme</title> +<para>&tde; allows you to save the different changes you made to your desktop's +appearance in one file, using the Theme Manager in &kcontrolcenter;. Once you +have set up your desktop the way you want, click on <guibutton>Create New +Theme...</guibutton>. Enter the details you want to give your theme, such as theme +name, author, version, &etc;, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> when done. +This will add your theme to the list of available themes and save your settings +in a &tde; theme. A &tde; theme (<literal role="extension">.kth</literal> file) +instructs &tde; on what window decoration, style, or color scheme to use for +that particular theme. To add a &tde; theme from an outside source, click on +<guibutton>Install New Theme...</guibutton> and locate the &tde; theme file. +Removing a theme is easily done by clicking on <guibutton>Remove +Theme</guibutton>. If you made changes to your theme, you have to either create +a new theme name for it, or remove the previous version first to be able to use +the same theme name.</para> + +<para>The following are the settings that are saved and indicated in a &tde; +Theme:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para> +Background</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +Screen Saver</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +Icon Theme</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +System Notifications</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +Color Scheme</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +Cursor Theme</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +Window Decoration</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +&konqueror; background (File Management)</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +Panel background</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +Style</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +Fonts</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para>One very important thing to consider when using or installing a &tde; +Theme is that it only indicates what settings to use for the above. A &tde; +Theme includes only system notifications, desktop background, panel background, +&konqueror; background, and the color scheme in its package. The other +components must be installed separately if they do not already come with +&tde;.</para> + +<para>&tde; Themes can be downloaded from the <ulink +url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=8">Theme-Manager +subsection</ulink> of +kde-look.org, under the Themes/Styles section.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="desktop-glossary"> +<title>Glossary</title> + +<glosslist> +<glossentry id="gloss-background"> +<glossterm>Background</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>Background/wallpaper image or color for the +desktop</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-color-scheme"> +<glossterm>Color Scheme</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>(<literal role="extension">.kcsrc</literal>) +Configuration file that indicates what colors to use +for certain widgets</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-icons"> +<glossterm>Icons</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>Images representing applications, files, +devices, &etc;</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-splash-screen"> +<glossterm>Splash Screen</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>Animated image or screen that displays while &tde; +loads after logging in</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-win-deco"> +<glossterm>Window Decoration</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>Plugins or small programs that instruct the window +manager how to display window frames</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-style"> +<glossterm>Style</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>Plugin or a small program that instructs &tde; +how widgets are displayed</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-kde-theme"> +<glossterm>&tde; Theme</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>(<literal role="extension">.kth</literal>) +A file that contains instructions on what settings to use for +different GUI components</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-widgets"> +<glossterm>Widgets</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>Basic elements that build up a graphical user +interface: buttons, scrollbars, menus, tabs, &etc;</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> + +</glosslist> +</sect1> + + +</chapter> |