From 7574a7287e2e121c9d5c91a5f4ea38c5b3ae2a04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timothy Pearson Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 02:28:57 -0600 Subject: Additional kde to tde renaming --- doc/kdeprint/tech-overview.docbook | 74 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/kdeprint/tech-overview.docbook') diff --git a/doc/kdeprint/tech-overview.docbook b/doc/kdeprint/tech-overview.docbook index 96b3888e9..7a81a48a2 100644 --- a/doc/kdeprint/tech-overview.docbook +++ b/doc/kdeprint/tech-overview.docbook @@ -1,25 +1,25 @@ Technical Overview -This chapter aims to give a technical overview of &kdeprint; which +This chapter aims to give a technical overview of &tdeprint; which non-programmers can comprehend. -&kdeprint; is a new and revolutionary tool to give easy access to +&tdeprint; is a new and revolutionary tool to give easy access to printing services for both &kde; users and &kde; developers. -A Brief Description of &kdeprint; +A Brief Description of &tdeprint; -You can access the functions of &kdeprint; in different ways: +You can access the functions of &tdeprint; in different ways: through the Printing Manger in the &kcontrol;, through the kprinter command or through the dialog that pops up if you want to print. - + What it is <emphasis>not</emphasis> -&kdeprint; is not a replacement for the -printing subsystem itself. &kdeprint; does not +&tdeprint; is not a replacement for the +printing subsystem itself. &tdeprint; does not therefore give provision for spooling, and it does not do the basic processing of &PostScript; or other print data. @@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ other print data. What it <emphasis>is</emphasis> -&kdeprint; is an intermediate layer between the spooling and the +&tdeprint; is an intermediate layer between the spooling and the data processing print subsystem (as installed), and the application that -seeks to print. &kdeprint; provides a common interface for &kde; +seeks to print. &tdeprint; provides a common interface for &kde; developers and &kde; users, to various supported print subsystems. At the same time, it is customizable, and highly configurable. -&kdeprint; is easy to use for both &kde; developers and end-users. +&tdeprint; is easy to use for both &kde; developers and end-users. Developers can port their applications, with minimal changes, to use -&kdeprint; instead of the old &Qt; print system. Users +&tdeprint; instead of the old &Qt; print system. Users can easily choose and configure their print subsystem. For a reference to new &kde; users: &Qt; is the basic library and @@ -48,24 +48,24 @@ developed by TrollTech, a Norwegian software company. -&kdeprint; -- Different Usage for Different People +&tdeprint; -- Different Usage for Different People -&kdeprint; has different faces for different people. +&tdeprint; has different faces for different people. -What users and administrators can do with &kdeprint; +What users and administrators can do with &tdeprint; -&kdeprint; allows users and/or administrators, depending on their +&tdeprint; allows users and/or administrators, depending on their rights, access to printing subsystems (&CUPS;, LPD, RLPR, LPRng, PDQ &etc;) through a &kde; graphical user -interface (&GUI;). Using &kdeprint;, they can print, administer jobs, +interface (&GUI;). Using &tdeprint;, they can print, administer jobs, printers and the printing daemon, all in a comfortable manner. Experienced users will like the capability to plug any working filter for the print data between the output of their application and the input, into the chosen print subsystem. Some examples for this -already ship with plain vanilla &kdeprint;. Read +already ship with plain vanilla &tdeprint;. Read on. @@ -80,34 +80,34 @@ service was provided by the QPrinter class, a library function of the &Qt; Toolkit. The QPrinter class relied on the out-moded Line Printer Daemon (LPD). The -&kdeprint; library bases itself firmly on the more modern Common &UNIX; +&tdeprint; library bases itself firmly on the more modern Common &UNIX; Printing System (&CUPS;), while at the same time keeping backward compatibility with LPD and other legacy, or less elaborate, print systems. It also leaves the door open for any new development that might occur. -For &kde; developers to use the new &kdeprint; class in their +For &kde; developers to use the new &tdeprint; class in their applications, they require only minimal changes to their code: for every call of QPrinter, they just need to change this to KPrinter. Replacing one (!) letter in a few spots, and automatically they are done; their application can then use -all of the features of the new &kdeprint; library. +all of the features of the new &tdeprint; library. More ambitious developers, or ones with special requirements, can -do more: despite &kdeprint;'s feature-rich framework, they are still able +do more: despite &tdeprint;'s feature-rich framework, they are still able to customize the print dialog of their application by creating an additional Tab, where their -extensions to the standard &kdeprint; will feel right at home. +extensions to the standard &tdeprint; will feel right at home. This last mentioned feature has not been used widely inside -&kde; so far, as developers are not yet fully aware of &kdeprint;'s +&kde; 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 that lets you (or root) choose if you want to print the whole of crontab (for all users) or -just the part that is marked. You can see the effects on &kdeprint; +just the part that is marked. You can see the effects on &tdeprint; in the following screenshots. This shot shows a sample from the &kcron; utility. @@ -127,22 +127,22 @@ cron table or just the marked part of it. The dialog to configure &kcron;'s printing options: the additional tab titled Cron Options is from inside -&kcron;, not &kdeprint;; it is a special extension added by the +&kcron;, not &tdeprint;; it is a special extension added by the &kcron; developers for printing purposes, not originating from, but -executed by &kdeprint;. Developers of other applications are free +executed by &tdeprint;. Developers of other applications are free to implement their own goodies, if they feel need for it. -&kcron;'s addition to the &kdeprint; dialog. +&kcron;'s addition to the &tdeprint; dialog. -&kcron;'s addition to the &kdeprint; dialog. +&kcron;'s addition to the &tdeprint; dialog. -&kcron;'s addition to the &kdeprint; dialog. +&kcron;'s addition to the &tdeprint; dialog. @@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ format="PNG"/> -What &kdeprint; offers to everybody... +What &tdeprint; offers to everybody... -&kdeprint;'s easy-to-use interface for all supported print subsystems +&tdeprint;'s easy-to-use interface for all supported print subsystems of course does not eliminate basic traditional weaknesses of some of those systems. But it smooths some rough edges. Different users may use different printing systems on the same box. A user is free to even @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ working remotely over any distance (like every TCP/IP based protocol), LPD lacks bi-directional communication, authentication, access control and encryption support. -&kdeprint; can use &CUPS; to support: +&tdeprint; can use &CUPS; to support: @@ -188,14 +188,14 @@ eavesdropping, or at least make it much more difficult. -This makes &kdeprint; a much more robust and reliable solution +This makes &tdeprint; a much more robust and reliable solution than using the venerable LPD. -How to access &kdeprint; +How to access &tdeprint; -You get access to &kdeprint;, or parts of it, in four different +You get access to &tdeprint;, or parts of it, in four different ways: @@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ window: this also opens the printing dialog. fileref="kcontrol-icon.png" format="PNG"/> button, starting &kcontrol;, and then go to SystemPrinting -Manager. This opens the &kdeprint; +Manager. This opens the &tdeprint; administration which is part of the &kcontrolcenter; and also lets you switch to other parts of the &kcontrol; from a command line (&konsole; or mini-CLI) type kcmshell . -This opens just the &kdeprint; part of &kcontrol; to change your settings +This opens just the &tdeprint; part of &kcontrol; to change your settings -- cgit v1.2.1