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diff --git a/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook b/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 20e4dedfe..000000000 --- a/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,256 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="file-manager"> - -<title>The File Manager</title> -<indexterm><primary>&konqueror;</primary><secondary>File -Management</secondary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>File Management</primary></indexterm> - -<mediaobject> -<imageobject> -<imagedata fileref="konq-simple.png" format="PNG" /> -</imageobject> -<caption><para>&konqueror; with simple settings</para></caption> -</mediaobject> - -<sect2 id="filemanager-intro"> -<title>Introduction</title> - -<para>&tde; includes a versatile and powerful file manager called -&konqueror; that allows you to do everything you want with the files -stored on your computer, your network, and even the Internet. There -are too many features of &konqueror; to describe here, so we will just -take an overview. For more details about what &konqueror; can -do, refer to the <ulink url="help:/konqueror">&konqueror; Handbook</ulink>.</para> -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="folder-structure"> -<title>Folders</title> - -<para>When you first open &konqueror; in file management mode, you can -see two panes: on the right is the folder view; on the left is the -sidebar. The folder view contains icons for -each item inside the current folder. These items can be -folders or files. Many file types can be <quote>previewed</quote> -without opening a new application to edit them in.<indexterm><primary>Previews</primary></indexterm> To preview a file, -hold the mouse cursor over the name of the file for about a second: a -popup window will appear, showing the contents of the file and other some -useful information, like file's size and which user owns the file.</para> - -<para>You can open any item by clicking on the icon for the -file. Folders will be opened in the same window; files will either be -opened in the appropriate program, or the file manager will ask you -what program to use. For instance, if do not have a word-processor set up to -open &Microsoft; Word documents, the file manager will -ask you what to do.</para> - -<para>You can go back to the last-opened folder by clicking on the -<guiicon>Back</guiicon><!--screenie --> button or go up one folder by clicking -the <guiicon>Up</guiicon><!--screenie --> button.</para> -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="the-navigation-panel"> -<title>The Navigation Panel (aka <quote>The Sidebar</quote>)</title> - -<indexterm><primary>Navigation Panel</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary>Sidebar</primary></indexterm> - -<mediaobject> -<imageobject> -<imagedata fileref="konq-sidebar.png" format="PNG" /> -</imageobject> -<caption><para>The &konqueror; sidebar</para></caption> -</mediaobject> - -<para>Navigating through the folders by using -the folder view can become impractical. The sidebar provides -shortcuts and special functions that make it easier to -find what you are searching for.</para> - -<para>On the left edge of the sidebar be several buttons, each - with a different icon, such as the following:</para> - -<!-- TODO: Add screenies of what each of these buttons looks like --> -<variablelist> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel></term> - -<listitem> -<para>As &konqueror; (the file manager) also serves as a very powerful -web browser, it also has a bookmark functionality. Here you will find the -same structure as in your <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Devices</guilabel></term> - -<listitem> -<para>Next the sidebar provides a list of all known devices -on your computer. These devices can be either physical drives — -such as your hard disk, &CD-ROM; drive, or floppy disk drive — -or virtual <quote>drives</quote> — such as remote shares or hard disk partitions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>History</guilabel></term> - -<listitem> -<para>&konqueror; will remember the web pages you have visited and list them -either by date or alphabetically in a tree structure. You can select the -behavior by right clicking on the <guilabel>History</guilabel> item and -selecting <guimenu>Sort by</guimenu>. Left click on an item (⪚ -<guilabel>www.kde.org</guilabel>) and &konqueror; will show you the documents you have visited. Left -clicking on a document (⪚ <guilabel>index.html</guilabel>) will open -the web site in the folder view.</para> -<para>Right clicking on a history item, like <menuchoice><guimenu>www.kde.org</guimenu><guimenuitem>index.html</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice>, opens a slightly different popup menu: you will also find the -item <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem>, which makes &konqueror; open the -site in a new window.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel></term> - -<listitem> -<para>The <guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel> item is in the sidebar's navigation -panel. You will find your home directory as the first entry. Below you will -find all folders of your home directory. Left clicking on any -folder in this view opens the folder in the folder view. Alternatively, you can also -work with the folders' context menus, create subfolders, and so on.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Sidebar Media Player</guilabel></term> - -<listitem> -<!-- TODO: think of a better solution for marking up the file --> -<!-- formats. It should probably involve entities --> -<para>Try dragging a music file (like <acronym>MP3</acronym>, Ogg, or -<literal role="extension">.wav</literal> files) -on the sidebar. The file will immediately be played.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Newsticker</guilabel></term> -<!-- I don't have this button. Ought to check what it depends on --> -<listitem> -<para>Newsticker will display a customisable list of news sources. Right-click -either on the <guilabel>Configure button</guilabel> or on one of the -newssource buttons (e.g. TDE News, which is usually predefined) to add a new -newsticker source.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Network</guilabel></term> - -<listitem> -<para>Here you can browse the services provided by other computers on -the network. The &lisa;-Daemon has to be started in order to work -correctly. The network browser allows you to see a variety of services -provided by a computer. You can easily browse <acronym>SMB</acronym> -shares, &HTTP; sites, or transfer files via the secure FISH -layer.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Root Directory</guilabel></term> - -<listitem> -<para>Everything on a &UNIX;-based system is organized in a file -system tree. This tree must have a root and here it is. The -<guilabel>Root Directory</guilabel> function is like the -<guilabel>Home Directory</guilabel> function. The only difference is -that every folder is being displayed, not only your home -directory.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><guilabel>Services</guilabel></term> - -<listitem> -<para>This is somehow the "rest". Try browsing through the different -items. If an Audio &CD; is in your &CD; or <acronym>DVD</acronym> -drive you will be able to find everything on it and even more in the -<guilabel>Audio CD Browser</guilabel> item (you can even compress -audio files and save them on your hard drive with this -function).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -</variablelist> -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="filemanager-icons"> -<title>Icons</title> - -<para> -To select only one icon hold down the &Ctrl; key and click on the icon -you want to select. If you want to select more than one icon, hold -down &Ctrl; while you click on each of the items you want to select. -Once one or more icons are selected you can do what you want with -them. If you want to move or copy items, select them and then drag them -(with the left mouse button down) to the desired location. When -you release the mouse button a menu will come up offering you to -<guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem><indexterm><primary>Moving -Files</primary></indexterm>, -<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem><indexterm><primary>Copying -Files</primary></indexterm>, or <guimenuitem>Link</guimenuitem> the -selected items. You can also <guimenuitem>Cancel</guimenuitem> your -action. -</para> - -<para>Many other actions can be applied to the selected items by -right-clicking on one of the selected items, and choosing the action -from the menu which appears. (The exact contents of this menu depend on the -type of files selected, so it is called a <quote>context menu</quote>).</para> -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="links"> -<title>Links and Shortcuts</title> - -<para> -As already mentioned above you can link files or folders anywhere. It means -that the linked folder will appear and behave just like the original in -another location without consuming additional space on your harddrive. -So if you, for example, have a number of documents, and only a few are used -regularly, you can easily group them in a folder and create links in it. -</para> - -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="trash"> -<title>The Trash</title> - -<indexterm><primary>Trash</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm><primary><quote>Recycle Bin</quote></primary></indexterm> - -<para>Before a file is deleted in the &tde; file manager it will be -moved to the <filename>Trash</filename> folder to give you the -possibility of getting it back if you deleted it by accident. The -trash bin will show all deleted items. You can select the one to be -recovered and move it to its original place as described in <xref -linkend="filemanager-icons" />. If you right click on the trash bin and select -<guimenuitem>Empty trash bin</guimenuitem> the files in it will be -deleted permanently.</para> - -<!-- Add links to "further reading" here --> -<itemizedlist> -<title>Related Information</title> - -<listitem><para>The <ulink url="help:/konqueror">&konqueror; Handbook</ulink> -has much more information about the features available in -&konqueror;.</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</sect2> -</sect1> |