<chapter id="faq"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Pamela.Roberts;</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 >2003-11-06</date > <releaseinfo >3.2</releaseinfo > </chapterinfo> <title >Questions and Answers</title> <qandaset> <!-- Link is dead, unfortunately. I suppose this is a more general thing anyway <qandaentry> <question ><para >How can I browse web sites using non latin scripts?</para ></question> <answer ><para >Detailed instructions can be found at <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org/i18n.html" >http://www.konqueror.org/i18n.html</ulink ></para ></answer> </qandaentry> --> <qandaentry> <question ><para >Can I run &konqueror; from another window manager?</para ></question> <answer ><para >Just install &Qt;, kdelibs and kdebase, and from your favourite window manager, launch &konqueror;. It should work just fine, but if it doesn't (&kde; developers don't test that case often), report it to <ulink url="http://bugs.kde.org" >http://bugs.kde.org</ulink > and try running <application >kdeinit</application > before running &konqueror;, it usually helps.</para ></answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question ><para >Where does &konqueror; keep all its configuration data?</para ></question> <answer ><para >Generally in the <filename >~/.kde</filename > folder (this may be <filename >~/.kde3</filename > on your system, depending on how &kde; 3 was installed). Do not alter these files unless you really know what you are doing.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para >The <filename class="directory" >~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/profiles</filename > folder holds individual files containing settings for each of your <link linkend="save-settings" >profiles. </link ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Your bookmarks are held in <filename class="directory" >~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml</filename ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Cookies are held in <filename class="directory" >~/.kde/share/apps/kcookiejar/cookies</filename ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Your history, as used for the auto-completion feature, is in <filename >~/.kde/share/config/konq_history</filename ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >In the folder <filename class="directory" >~/.kde/share/config/</filename > the files <filename >konqiconviewrc</filename >, <filename >konqlistviewrc</filename > and <filename >konquerorrc</filename > hold a whole lot of general configuration settings.</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >The folder <filename class="directory" >~/.kde/share/cache/http/</filename > contains the browser cache.</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >The Navigation Panel uses the files and subfolders in <filename class="directory" >~/.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng</filename ></para ></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para >Any folder specific view settings are put into <literal role="extension" >.directory</literal > files in the individual folders.</para ></answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question ><para >How do I clear out the history file?</para ></question> <answer ><para >There are two <quote >histories</quote >:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para >One is used for text completion in the Location Toolbar text entry box. To clear this <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click on the text entry box and select <guimenuitem >Clear History </guimenuitem >.</para> </listitem> <listitem ><para >The other is the log of visited locations. Select the History page in the Navigation Panel, <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click on an entry and choose <guimenuitem >Remove Entry</guimenuitem > to remove just that entry or <guimenuitem >Clear History</guimenuitem > to delete all entries.</para ></listitem> </itemizedlist> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question ><para >How do I enable, disable or clear the browser cache?</para ></question > <answer> <para >If you select <guimenuitem >Cache</guimenuitem > in the dialogue launched by selecting <menuchoice ><guimenu >Settings</guimenu ><guimenuitem >Configure Konqueror... </guimenuitem ></menuchoice >, you will be presented with a dialogue box that lets you disable the cache, clear it or set its size, and change the caching policy.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question ><para >How can I change the timeout values used by &konqueror; when web browsing?</para ></question > <answer> <para >In the Control Centre <menuchoice ><guimenu >Internet & Network</guimenu > <guimenuitem >Preferences</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > page.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question ><para >How do I set my <quote >home</quote > page - the page loaded on startup?</para ></question> <answer ><para >Start &konqueror; with the <guiicon >Web Browser</guiicon > icon on the panel. Open the page you want to be loaded in any new <quote >Web Browser</quote > window and select <guimenuitem >Save View Profile "Web Browsing"</guimenuitem > from the <guimenu >Settings</guimenu > menu.</para> <para >All new &konqueror; windows that are started with the <guiicon >Web Browser</guiicon > icon on the panel, or from the <guimenu >location</guimenu > menu, and new empty tabs, will now start at this page.</para> <note ><para >This does not change the behaviour of the <guiicon >Home</guiicon > button on the &konqueror; toolbar, which will continue to take you to the &URI; defined in the &konqueror; configuration module. You can reach that module from within &konqueror;, via <menuchoice ><guimenu >Settings</guimenu ><guimenuitem >Configure Konqueror</guimenuitem ><guilabel >Behaviour</guilabel ></menuchoice >. By default this is set to <userinput >~</userinput >, which is your Home folder. You may set this to any &URI;, either local or remote, and pressing the <guiicon >Home</guiicon > icon on the toolbar will display it.</para ></note> <para >To have &konqueror; start up with no page loaded, use <userinput >about:blank</userinput >.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question ><para >I can't find the answer to my question here.</para ></question > <answer> <para >Take a look at <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org/faq.html" > http://www.konqueror.org/faq.html</ulink > or <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html" > http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html</ulink >.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset> </chapter> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag: nil sgml-shorttag: t sgml-minimize-attributes: nil sgml-general-insert-case: lower sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") End: -->