<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> <chapter id="filemanager"> <title>The File Manager and Web Browser</title> <para>The file manager and web browser of &kde; is &konqueror;. The &konqueror; home page is located at <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org">http://www.konqueror.org</ulink> where a &konqueror; specific <acronym>FAQ</acronym> can be found.</para> <qandaset> <qandaentry> <question> <para>How do I use &konqueror; as a web browser with a proxy?</para> </question> <answer> <para>&konqueror; can be used with &HTTP; and &FTP; proxies. To set up the proxy server in &konqueror;, just select <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guisubmenu>Configure &konqueror;...</guisubmenu></menuchoice> from the &konqueror; menu and go to the <guilabel>Proxy</guilabel> tab.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>How can I change the appearance of a folder in &konqueror;?</para> </question> <answer> <para>Right-click the folder, select <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>, click on the large icon in the dialog which appears, and choose another icon.</para> <para>To change the icon displayed for entries in the <guimenu>K Menu</guimenu>, use the <application>Menu Editor</application>, located at <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Menu Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>How can I do non-anonymous &FTP; transfers with &konqueror;?</para> </question> <answer> <para>Normally, if you enter a &URL; like <userinput>ftp://<replaceable>ftp.somehost.com</replaceable></userinput>, &konqueror; will attempt an anonymous login to the &FTP; server. If you want to login as a particular user, enter a &URL; like <userinput>ftp://<replaceable>username@ftp.somehost.com</replaceable></userinput> instead. &konqueror; will ask for your password and connect to the server.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>What are <option>%i</option> and <option>%m</option> in the Execute line?</para> </question> <answer> <para>They are used by all &kde; applications (since they are implemented in <classname>KApplication</classname> and all good &kde; programs create a <classname>KApplication</classname> object before they even look at the command line arguments).</para> <para>A standard line for a &kde; application looks like this: <userinput><command>foo</command> <option>... %i %m -caption \"%c\"</option></userinput>. Pretty confusing, but it has been designed in that way so that it can integrate legacy, non-&kde; applications as smoothly as possible. &konqueror;, when executing the line above, will extend the command to <userinput><command><replaceable>foo</replaceable></command> <option>-icon something.png -miniicon something_mini.png -caption \"The Foo\"</option></userinput>. Both the icon and the mini-icon as well as "The Foo" are properties defined in the <filename>.desktop</filename> file. If the icons are not defined, they simply default to the executable name <replaceable>foo</replaceable>.</para> <para>This way a user can change these things in &kmenuedit; for his or her applications. The <option>-caption</option> option is important, because no user will accept that the menu item <guimenuitem>Editor</guimenuitem> starts something called <guilabel>kedit-0.9pl4-build47</guilabel>. Instead, he expects a window called <guilabel>Editor</guilabel>. Furthermore these names are localized, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev> an American user launches <guimenuitem>CD-Player</guimenuitem> and gets a window called <guilabel>CD-Player</guilabel> while a German user launches <guimenuitem>CD-Spieler</guimenuitem> and gets a window called <guilabel>CD-Spieler</guilabel>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>How do I specify the startup folder for &konqueror;?</para> </question> <answer> <para>Using the &RMB;, click on the Home icon and choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. Under the <guilabel>Application</guilabel> tab you will probably find something like <command>kfmclient openProfile filemanagement</command>; just append <filename class="directory">file:/whereever/you/want</filename> with the folder you would like &konqueror; to start in.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question id="nsbookmark"> <para>How do I import &Netscape; bookmarks?</para> </question> <answer> <para>There is no need to import anything at all. &Netscape; bookmarks are automatically available under the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu in &konqueror; with no configuration on your part necessary. The <application>Bookmark Editor</application> is able to convert &Netscape; bookmarks to the format used by &konqueror;, if you want this.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>How do I fool a site into believing &konqueror; is &Netscape; or some other browser?</para> </question> <answer> <para>In &konqueror;, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Konqueror...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and in the configuration dialog, select <guilabel>Browser Identification</guilabel>. Default and site-specific browser identifications can be set from here.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>How do I configure &konqueror; to run &Java; applets?</para> </question> <answer> <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &konqueror;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from &konqueror;'s menubar and then select <guilabel>Java & Javascript</guilabel>. Set the <guilabel>Path to Java executable</guilabel> correctly. If it doesn't work, please check the <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org/javahowto/">Konqueror + Java HOWTO</ulink>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>What is this new <guilabel>Smart</guilabel> policy for JavaScript web popups?</para> </question> <answer> <para>This new policy attempts to block intrusive JavaScript popup windows. If the user does not click on a button or submit a form to trigger the popup, then the popup is not permitted. Some sites will open a second new window from within the first and in that case, the second window will not show. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>Why doesn't my banking site work with &konqueror;? It pops up a new window with the login screen in other browsers, but not in &konqueror;.</para> </question> <answer> <para> Make sure you have Javascript enabled, and the default JavaScript web popups policy set to <guilabel>Ask</guilabel> or <guilabel>Allow</guilabel>. The <guilabel>Smart</guilabel> policy is not always sufficient for some banks. Many banks also require &Java; support. You can find more help on enabling this at <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org/">http://www.konqueror.org/</ulink>. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>Why can't &konqueror; render &GIF; images?</para> </question> <answer> <para>It is because you did not enable &GIF; support in &Qt;. Please see <xref linkend="gif"/> for more details.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para>How do I rename files?</para> </question> <answer> <para>Simply <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the file and select <guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem> or click once on an already selected file. The default keyboard shortcut to rename a file is <keycap>F2</keycap>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset> </chapter>
