<?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 % English "INCLUDE"> ]> <article id="splashscreen" lang="&language;"> <title>Splash Screen</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname> <surname>Mahfouf</surname> <affiliation> <address>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;</address> </affiliation> </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2010-09-25</date> <releaseinfo>&kde; 4.5</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>System Settings</keyword> <keyword>splash screen</keyword> <keyword>theme</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <!--sect1 id="kcm_splashscreen"> <title>Splash Screen Theme Manager</title> --> <para>This module provides an interface to install and view splash screen themes.</para> <para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of the splash screen manager</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="splash-main.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>The splash screen manager module</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </para> <para>On the left you can see the list of already installed splash screens. The current splash screen name is highlighted.</para> <para>On the right is displayed a preview of the current splash screen with some information about it below the preview.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Get New Themes...</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> You need to be connected to the Internet to use this action. A dialog will display a list of themes from the <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink> website. Clicking the <guibutton>Install</guibutton> button associated with a theme will install this theme locally. </para> <para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Installing a new theme</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="get-new-theme.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Installing a new theme</phrase> </textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> </para> <para> This new theme is immediately available after you close the System Settings Add-On Installer dialog and is highlighted. The preview displays the picture. You need to click the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> biutton to make this theme your current splash-screen theme. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Install Theme File...</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Instead of installing a theme directly as above you might have a tarball of a theme locally that you want to install. Clicking on this button will open a file dialog and you choose the tarball of the theme you want to install. The installer then unpacks the theme locally and makes it immediately available in the themes list. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Remove Theme</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Removing a theme means removing the theme files from your disk. A message box warns you before doing anything and indicates to you what it will remove. Clicking on <guibutton>Delete</guibutton> in this message box will remove the splash screen theme from your disk. Clicking <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> will abort the remove action. If you choose <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>, the theme is then no longer available in the list. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Test Theme</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> This shows you the theme and the associated icons as they will be displayed as splash screen when &kde; starts. Clicking on the splash screen hides it. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <!--/sect1--> </article> <!-- Local Variables: mode: xml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: vim:tabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab kate: space-indent on; indent-width 2; tab-width 2; indent-mode none; -->