<?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 >&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> <date >2003-10-13</date> <releaseinfo >3.2</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >KControl</keyword> <keyword >session</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="sessions"> <title >Session Manager</title> <sect2 id="sessions-use"> <title >Use</title> <para >In this control module you can configure &kde;'s session manager.</para> <para >Session management refers to &kde;'s ability to save the state of applications and windows when you log out of &kde; and restore them when you log back in.</para> <para >The <guilabel >General</guilabel > section contains one setting:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Confirm logout</guilabel ></term> <listitem> <para >If this option is checked, when logging out, &kde; will display a dialogue asking for confirmation. In this dialogue you can also choose whether you want to restore your current session when you login the next time.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para >You may choose one of three options on what should happen when you log into &kde;:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Restore previous session</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >If this option is checked, &kde; will save your current session's state when you logout. &kde; will restore your session on the next login, so you can continue to work with a desktop just like you left it.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Restore manually saved session</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >Instead of restoring &kde; to the state it was when you logged out last, it will be restored to a specific state that you have saved manually. </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Start with an empty session</guilabel ></term> <listitem> <para >If you choose this option, &kde; will never restore sessions that it has saved.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para >You can configure what should happen by default when you log out of &kde;. These options are not possible on all operating systems, and they require the use of &kdm; as your login manager. </para> <para >The options available are self explanatory, if you are in doubt, leave the default settings. They are:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Login as different user</guilabel > (this is the default)</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Turn off computer</guilabel ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guilabel >Restart computer</guilabel ></para ></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para >Finally, you can enter a colon (<literal >:</literal >) separated list of applications that should not be saved in sessions, and therefore will not be started when restoring a session. For example <userinput >xterm:konsole</userinput >.</para> </sect2> </sect1> </article>