<!-- <?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 Center</application></term> <listitem><para>Fire up the <application>&kde; Control Center</application> and select <guimenu>Personalization</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 Center</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 Center</application> <guimenu>Peripherals</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Keyboard</guimenuitem> <guimenuitem>Layout</guimenuitem> configuration dialog. </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 Center</application> and choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>LookNFeel</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>Desktop</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. You can now choose the behavior of mouse clicks on the desktop. To have the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu open from a single &LMB; click, change the entry labeled <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>
