<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> <chapter id="configure"> <title >Configuring &kde;</title> <qandaset> <qandaentry> <question> <para >How do I set the language used by &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> <para >There are two ways to set the language &kde; uses in the messages it will display:</para> <variablelist > <varlistentry ><term >Using the <application >&kde; Control Centre</application ></term > <listitem ><para >Fire up the <application >&kde; Control Centre</application > and select <guimenu >Personalisation</guimenu > followed by <guimenuitem >Country and Language</guimenuitem >. You can select your language and location here. If &kde; cannot find a translation in the first language chosen, it will fall back on the default language. This is usually (American) English by default.</para > <note ><para >Using the <application >&kde; Control Centre</application > is the preferred way of choosing languages in &kde;.</para ></note ></listitem > </varlistentry > <varlistentry ><term >Using the <envar >LANG</envar > environment variable</term > <listitem ><para >The second method uses the standard locale setting on your system. To change the language, simply set the environment variable <envar >LANG</envar > accordingly. For example, if your shell is <application >bash</application >, execute <userinput ><command >export</command > <envar >LANG</envar >=de</userinput > to set German as the language used.</para ></listitem > </varlistentry > </variablelist> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Is there any keyboard switcher for international keyboards for &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> <para > Yes, you can configure it using the <application >&kde; Control Centre</application > <guimenu >Peripherals</guimenu > <guimenuitem >Keyboard</guimenuitem > <guimenuitem >Layout</guimenuitem > configuration dialogue. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >How do I replace the standard text login screen with the &kde; login screen?</para> </question> <answer> <para >First, you need to change to the <quote >xdm runlevel</quote > (runlevel 5 on &RedHat; systems, 3 on &SuSE;) by editing your <filename >/etc/inittab</filename > file. In the file, you should have a line saying <userinput >id:3:initdefault:</userinput >. Change it to <userinput >id:5:initdefault:</userinput >. Now, at the end of the file, comment out the following line: <literal >x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon</literal > and replace it with <userinput >x:5:respawn:<replaceable >/opt/kde/</replaceable >bin/kdm -nodaemon</userinput >. <note ><para >The location of &kdm; may differ on your system.</para ></note ></para> <para >For changes to take effect immediately, type <command >init 5</command > (for &RedHat; systems) at the shell prompt. <caution ><para >It is risky to initiate a graphical login without checking beforehand whether it works. If it fails to work, you would be in for a hard time getting back....</para ></caution ></para> </answer> <answer> <para > For FreeBSD, you should edit the file <filename >/etc/ttys</filename > and change one of the lines that look like <programlisting >ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</programlisting > to instead say <userinput >ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</userinput >.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >I would like to click the &LMB; anywhere on the desktop and have the <guimenu >K</guimenu > menu displayed.</para> </question> <answer> <para >Open the <application >&kde; Control Centre</application > and choose <menuchoice ><guisubmenu >LookNFeel</guisubmenu > <guisubmenu >Desktop</guisubmenu ></menuchoice >. You can now choose the behaviour of mouse clicks on the desktop. To have the <guimenu >K</guimenu > menu open from a single &LMB; click, change the entry labelled <guilabel >Left button</guilabel > to say <guilabel >Application Menu</guilabel >.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Where do I find information regarding &kde; themes?</para> </question> <answer> <para >Go to <ulink url="http://kde.themes.org/" >http://kde.themes.org/</ulink > or <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org" >http://www.kde-look.org</ulink >.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >How do I change &MIME; Types?</para> </question> <answer> <para >If you are using &konqueror;, do this instead: first, open a &konqueror; window and choose <menuchoice ><guimenu >Edit</guimenu ><guimenuitem >File Type</guimenuitem ></menuchoice >. Find the type you want to change (⪚ <literal >text/english</literal > or <literal >image/gif</literal >), click the &RMB;, select <guilabel >General</guilabel >, and set the application preference order to whatever you want.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >&kde; (&kdm;) does not read my <filename >.bash_profile</filename >!</para> </question> <answer> <para >The login managers<application >xdm</application > and &kdm; do not run a login shell, so <filename >.profile</filename >, <filename >.bash_profile</filename >, <abbrev >etc.</abbrev > are not sourced. When the user logs in, <application >xdm</application > runs <command >Xstartup</command > as root and then <command >Xsession</command > as user. So the normal practice is to add statements in <filename >Xsession</filename > to source the user profile. Please edit your <filename >Xsession</filename > and <filename >.xsession</filename > files.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >How do I use &TrueType; fonts in &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> <para >You need to install &TrueType; font support into your &X-Window; configuration. Please take a look at <ulink url="http://x.themes.org/" >x.themes.org</ulink > for the fonts, and <ulink url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/" >xfsft: &TrueType; Font Support For X11</ulink > or <ulink url="http://X-TT.dsl.gr.jp/" >X-&TrueType; Server Project Home Page</ulink > for the font servers.</para> <para >If you have a bunch of &TrueType; fonts from &Microsoft; &Windows;, edit the <filename >XF86Config</filename > file to get the fonts from the font folder. Then just tell &kde; to use these new fonts with the font administrator utility.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Is it possible to enter, show and work with the Euro Symbol in &kde;?</para> </question> <answer> <para >Yes and no. For details, look here: <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.phtml" >http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.phtml</ulink >.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset> </chapter>
