<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> <chapter id="tips"> <title >Useful tips</title> <qandaset> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Reading man pages in &kde;</para> </question> <answer> <para >Pop up the minicli window (<keycombo action="simul" >&Alt;<keycap >F2</keycap ></keycombo > by default) and type <command >man:<replaceable >command</replaceable ></command >. It even unpacks on the fly if the man pages are gzipped.</para> <para >Or you can use the <application >&kde; Help Centre</application > if you are using &kde; 2. Simply start the <application >&kde; Help Centre</application > by clicking on the icon (the blue book with the yellow key) on the toolbar. Once the <application >&kde; Help Centre</application > has loaded, the window on the left will contain an entry called <guilabel >Unix manual pages</guilabel >. Click once on this entry, and you can browse through all the installed manual pages on your system.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Move or resize windows quickly</para> </question> <answer> <para >To move a window, use <keycombo action="simul" >&Alt;<mousebutton >left</mousebutton ></keycombo > mouse button. <keycombo action="simul" >&Alt;<mousebutton >right</mousebutton ></keycombo > mouse button will resize the window. Last but not least, <keycombo action="simul" >&Alt;<mousebutton >middle</mousebutton ></keycombo > mouse button raises/lowers the window. The <application >&kde; Control Centre</application > allows you to change these mouse bindings.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Killing windows in &kde;</para> </question> <answer> <para > </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para ></para> </question> <answer> <para >These kind of locks tend to occur when an application locks up while it has a so called <quote >mouse/keyboard grab</quote >. When that happens you can try to select a virtual text console with <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap >F1</keycap ></keycombo > and login. With the following command you will get a list of all running processes:</para> <screen ><userinput > <command >ps</command > <option >-aux</option > | <command >more</command ></userinput ></screen> <para ></para> <screen ><userinput > <command >kill</command > <option >-9</option > <replaceable >pid</replaceable ></userinput ></screen> <para ></para> <para ></para> <para >Good candidates to kill are: the application you were working with, &kicker;, &klipper; and &kdesktop;.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <!-- fixme: how to do in KDE2.x <qandaentry> <question> <para >Switching window managers on the fly in &kde; 1.x</para> </question> <answer> <para >If you want to switch your window manager on the fly, type the following into a terminal window: <command >kwmcom go:<replaceable >blackbox</replaceable ></command >. This switches to Blackbox, but you can substitute any window manager you like.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> --> </qandaset> </chapter>