<chapter id="faq"> <chapterinfo> <!-- <authorgroup> TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS </authorgroup> --> <date>2002-09-22</date> <releaseinfo>3.1</releaseinfo> </chapterinfo> <title>Questions and Answers</title> <qandaset> <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, just 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> directory (this may be <filename>~/.kde3</filename> on your system, depending on how &kde; 3 was installed). Don't 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> directory 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 directory <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 directory <filename class="directory">~/.kde/share/cache/http/</filename> contains the browser cache.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>The Navigation Panel uses the files and subdirectories in <filename class="directory">~/.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng</filename></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Any directory specific view settings are put into <literal role="extension">.directory</literal> files in the individual directories.</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>Empty Contents </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> dialog launched by <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Konqueror </guimenuitem></menuchoice> you will be presented with a dialog box that lets you disable the cache, clear it or set its size, and change the cacheing 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 Center <menuchoice><guimenu>Network</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> page.</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> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> </chapter>