<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >John</firstname ><surname >Knight</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> <date >2002-02-12</date> <releaseinfo >3.00.00</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >KControl</keyword> <keyword >system notification</keyword> <keyword >notification</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="sys-notify"> <title >System Notification Settings</title> <para >&kde;, like all applications, needs to inform the user when a problem occurs, a task is completed, or something has happened. &kde; uses a set of <quote >System Notifications</quote > to keep the user informed on what is happening.</para> <para >Using this module, you can determine what &kde; does to communicate each event.</para> <para >The panel consists of a large list of specific events which need to be communicated to the user. This list is organised into a tree, so that you can rapidly find the notification you are looking for.</para> <para >To configure a notification, simply click on a group, which will open up a subgroup. You can click on subgroups, which may lead to more subgroups, or it may lead to a list of notifications.</para> <para >Once you have found the notification you are looking for, double-click on the notification.</para> <para >You will be presented with 4 options:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Log to file</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >This will tell &kde; to add the notification to the end of a file. Once you place a mark in front of this option, you can enter a filename at the bottom of the module. If you click on the <guiicon >folder</guiicon > to the right of the blank, you can browse through your filesystem and select the file you want.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Play sound</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >When this notification is activated, &kde; will play a sound. Once you place a mark in front of this option, you can enter a filename at the bottom of the module. </para> <para >If you click on the <guiicon >folder</guiicon > to the right of the blank, you can browse through your filesystem and select the file you want.</para> <para >By clicking the arrow button to the right of the <guiicon >folder</guiicon > button, you can hear the sound.</para> <para >Maybe you want to use a special media player to play sound files, ⪚ because you use sound files in a special format or you don't use the &arts; sound daemon. In that case, check the <guilabel >Use external player</guilabel > option and enter the full path and name of the program you want to use into the text field.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Show messagebox</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >When this notification is activated, a message box appears in the middle of the screen to inform the user of the message.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Standard error output</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >When this notification is activated, the message is sent to the standard output.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <tip ><para >You are not limited to choosing one option, you can use any combination of these four options for each notification.</para ></tip> <para >You can turn off (or on) all sounds at once, for all installed applications, with the <guibutton >Enable All Sounds</guibutton > or <guibutton >Disable All Sounds</guibutton > Button. Which of these you see depends on the current status.</para> </sect1> </article>