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diff --git a/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook b/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook index f3a67c311..6957da0d0 100644 --- a/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook +++ b/doc/userguide/the-filemanager.docbook @@ -16,20 +16,18 @@ Management</secondary></indexterm> <title>Introduction</title> <para>&tde; includes a versatile and powerful file manager called -&konqueror; which allows you to do everything you want with the files +&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. If you want more details about what &konqueror; can -do, take a look at the &konqueror; Handbook<indexterm><primary>&konqueror;</primary><secondary>Handbook</secondary></indexterm> by selecting -<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Konqueror -Handbook</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the &konqueror; menus; or, alternatively, you can use the help KIOslave in &konqueror; by entering <userinput>help:/konqueror</userinput> in the Location Toolbar.</para> +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 +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> @@ -38,15 +36,14 @@ 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 (just once – &tde; -does not use double-clicking in its default settings) on the icon for the +<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 +<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> @@ -69,8 +66,8 @@ 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 you will find a number of buttons, each - with a different icon:</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> @@ -79,8 +76,8 @@ find what you are searching for.</para> <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 +<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> @@ -91,7 +88,7 @@ same structure as in your <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu.</para> <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 — +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> @@ -100,16 +97,16 @@ or virtual <quote>drives</quote> — such as remote shares or hard disk part <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 +<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 +</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> @@ -118,10 +115,10 @@ site in a new window.</para> <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 +<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> @@ -142,9 +139,9 @@ on the sidebar. The file will immediately be played.</para> <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 +<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> @@ -220,10 +217,10 @@ type of files selected, so it is called a <quote>context menu</quote>).</para> <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 +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 +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> @@ -246,18 +243,15 @@ deleted permanently.</para> <!-- Add links to "further reading" here --> <itemizedlist> -<title>Related Information</title> +<title>Related Information</title> -<listitem><para>As mentioned in the introduction, the &konqueror; -Handbook has much more information about the features available in -&konqueror;. You can read it in &khelpcenter; or by entering -<userinput>help:/konqueror</userinput> in &konqueror;'s -<guilabel>Location</guilabel> bar.</para> +<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> |