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diff --git a/doc/tdeprint/tech-overview.docbook b/doc/tdeprint/tech-overview.docbook index 7a81a48a2..40eacc2d0 100644 --- a/doc/tdeprint/tech-overview.docbook +++ b/doc/tdeprint/tech-overview.docbook @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ non-programmers can comprehend.</para> <para>&tdeprint; is a new and revolutionary tool to give easy access to -printing services for both &kde; users and &kde; developers.</para> +printing services for both &tde; users and &tde; developers.</para> <sect1 id="brief-description"> <title>A Brief Description of &tdeprint;</title> @@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ other print data.</para> <title>What it <emphasis>is</emphasis></title> <para>&tdeprint; is an intermediate layer between the spooling and the data processing print subsystem (as installed), and the application that -seeks to print. &tdeprint; provides a common interface for &kde; -developers and &kde; users, to various supported print subsystems. At +seeks to print. &tdeprint; provides a common interface for &tde; +developers and &tde; users, to various supported print subsystems. At the same time, it is customizable, and highly configurable.</para> -<para>&tdeprint; is easy to use for both &kde; developers and end-users. +<para>&tdeprint; is easy to use for both &tde; developers and end-users. Developers can port their applications, with minimal changes, to use &tdeprint; instead of the old &Qt; print <quote>system</quote>. Users can easily choose and configure their print subsystem.</para> -<para>For a reference to new &kde; users: &Qt; is the basic library and -graphical toolkit, which is used by all &kde; applications; &Qt; is +<para>For a reference to new &tde; users: &Qt; is the basic library and +graphical toolkit, which is used by all &tde; applications; &Qt; is developed by TrollTech, a Norwegian software company.</para> </sect2> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ developed by TrollTech, a Norwegian software company.</para> <para>&tdeprint; allows users and/or administrators, depending on their rights, access to printing subsystems (&CUPS;, <acronym>LPD</acronym>, <acronym>RLPR</acronym>, <application>LPRng</application>, -<application>PDQ</application> &etc;) through a &kde; graphical user +<application>PDQ</application> &etc;) through a &tde; graphical user interface (&GUI;). Using &tdeprint;, they can print, administer jobs, printers and the printing daemon, all in a comfortable manner.</para> @@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ on.</para> <sect2 id="what-developers-can-do"> -<title>What &kde; developers can do with it...</title> +<title>What &tde; developers can do with it...</title> -<para>If a &kde; developer needs printing access for his application, he -does not code the printing functions from scratch. Before &kde; 2.2 this +<para>If a &tde; developer needs printing access for his application, he +does not code the printing functions from scratch. Before &tde; 2.2 this service was provided by the <classname>QPrinter</classname> class, a library function of the &Qt; Toolkit. The <classname>QPrinter</classname> class relied on the out-moded @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ compatibility with <acronym>LPD</acronym> and other legacy, or less elaborate, print systems. It also <quote>leaves the door open</quote> for any new development that might occur.</para> -<para>For &kde; developers to use the new &tdeprint; class in their +<para>For &tde; developers to use the new &tdeprint; class in their applications, they require only minimal changes to their code: for every call of <classname>QPrinter</classname>, they just need to change this to <classname>KPrinter</classname>. Replacing one (!) letter in a few @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ extensions to the standard &tdeprint; will feel right at home.</para> <para>This last mentioned feature has not been used widely inside -&kde; so far, as developers are not yet fully aware of &tdeprint;'s +&tde; so far, as developers are not yet fully aware of &tdeprint;'s power. Expect more of this in the near future. One example I discovered is the &kcron; application. It lets you edit the crontab through a &GUI;. The developers have implemented a printing feature @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ in the following screenshots.</para> <para>This shot shows a sample from the &kcron; utility. <screenshot> <screeninfo>&kcron; utility: a small sample of a system's cronjobs as -shown through the &kde; <acronym>GUI</acronym>&GUI;.</screeninfo> +shown through the &tde; <acronym>GUI</acronym>&GUI;.</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="kcron_to_be_printed.png" |