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diff --git a/kcontrol/krdb/ad/README b/kcontrol/krdb/ad/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1d921ca67 --- /dev/null +++ b/kcontrol/krdb/ad/README @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +KRDB V0.2 + +CHANGES V0.2 +- use QFontInfo +- general purpose files e.g. AAAMotif.ad thanks to Gerd + Knorr <kraxel@goldbach.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> + +The krdb utility provides a convenient way to manage the +resources of legacy applications on your KDE desktop. +Simply run krdb every time you want to update the resources +of your supported apps. + +You can easily write application default files for your own +applications. To see how, follow the example of the +supplied application default file for XV which specifies + +xv*foreground: FOREGROUND +xv*background: BACKGROUND +xv*highlight: HIGHLIGHT +xv*lowlight: LOWLIGHT +xv*monofont: FIXED_FONT + +The applications resources assign variables which will be +defined by krdb. The complete list of possible variables to +choose from is + +FOREGROUND, BACKGROUND, HIGHLIGHT, LOWLIGHT, +WINDOW_FOREGROUND, WINDOW_BACKGROUND, SELECT_FOREGROUND, +SELECT_BACKGROUND, INACTIVE_FOREGROUND, +INACTIVE_BACKGROUND, INACTIVE_BLEND, ACTIVE_FOREGROUND, +ACTIVE_BACKGROUND, ACTIVE_BLEND, FONT, BOLD_FONT, ITALIC_FONT, +FIXED_FONT, TITLE_FONT and FONTLIST. + +Their meaning should be obvious to anyone familiar with +KDE's desktop wide resources. Install your application +default file either in + +$(TDEDIR)/share/apps/tdedisplay/app-defaults + +or + +$(HOME)/.trinity/share/apps/tdedisplay/app-defaults + +so that it is available to krdb for reading. If you want to +override a system file simply copy it to your user +directory and make amendments. + +The krdb utility works by putting your current KDE color +and font scheme into preprocessor statements, concatenating +the specially written application default files and using +xrdb -merge to write to RESOURCE_MANAGER. Thus it gives a +simple way to make non-TDE applications fit in with the +desktop. + +krdb now comes with a set of general purpose configuration +files for the Motif, Xaw and TK toolkits. How well these +general purpose resources apply to specific applications +will depend on what other application defaults are +installed. If you want krdb general resource files to apply +most generally you should not have application specific +entries for similar resources in ~/.Xdefaults or in the +system app-defaults directory e.g. +/usr/lib/X11R6/app-defaults. |