<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <title >Protocols</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Lauri.Watts;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >Protocols</keyword> <keyword >IOSlaves</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <sect1 id="protocols"> <title >Protocols</title> <para >On the left of the panel you will see a list of the IOSlaves that are installed on your system. IOSlaves are how &kde; applications <quote >talk</quote > to other computers, other applications, or act on files.</para> <para >Clicking on an IOSlave name will display some help information about that IOSlave, such as how to use it, and what it does.</para> <para >The protocols module is purely informational, you cannot change any settings here.</para> </sect1> </article>