<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "Visual Guide to &kde;"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title >The &kde; Visual Guide</title> <authorgroup> <corpauthor >The KDE Team </corpauthor> <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 >2000-10-04</date> <releaseinfo >2.00.00</releaseinfo> <copyright> <year >2000</year> <holder >The KDE Team</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice >&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <abstract ><para >A visual guide to &kde;'s interface. This is a very early version of the document. Eventually, this will be a graphical tour of &kde;.</para ></abstract> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >Visual</keyword> <keyword >Dictionary</keyword> <keyword >Guide</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="visual-dictionary"> <!-- Translators please note: If you have already translated the visual --> <!-- dictionary on the i18n website, please make sure the translations here --> <!-- match that file exactly. --> <title >&kde; Visual Dictionary of terms</title> <para >This project was started to help unify the vocabulary used in &kde; documentation.</para> <para >We provide this for you here as an aid to learning your way around the &kde; Graphical User Interface. These names have been standardised within &kde; documentation, so that you will always find interface items referred to in the same way.</para> <tip ><para >The term <quote >Widget</quote > refers to the basic building block of a computer program's interface.</para> <para >Each widget operates in a similar manner each time it is used, but the effect that the widget has depends on its place within the program.</para ></tip> <!-- TODO: Widgets to add: combo buttons (eg, the 'back' button in konq), popup menus/context menus, passive popups, sidebar buttons? Perhaps list deprecated names, for search/replace purposes? --> <sect1 id="widget-table"> <title >Listing of Common &kde; Widgets</title> <para >Currently, this guide consists of a table of the names of the graphical elements often found in &kde; documentation, and an example of each one. </para> <para >Our hope, eventually, is to make this a much more complete document, which will take you on a visual tour of &kde;.</para> <informaltable> <tgroup cols="2"> <tbody> <row> <entry >Button</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict12.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Check Boxes</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict13.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Colour Selector</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict9.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Combo Box</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict2.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Dialogue Box</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict6.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Drop Down Box</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict1.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Icon List</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict16.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >List Box</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict7.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Menubar</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict4.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Progress Bar</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict17.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Radio Buttons</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict10.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Scroll Bar</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict18.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Slider</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict15.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Spin Box</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict11.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Status Bar</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict20.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Text Box</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict14.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Toolbar</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict3.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Tree View</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict19.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> <row> <entry >Window Titlebar</entry> <entry> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="pict5.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> </entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title >Credits and Licences</title> <para >&kappname;</para> <para >Documentation by the KDE Documentation Team.</para> &underFDL; </chapter> </book>
