<chapter id="save-settings"> <chapterinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Pamela.Roberts;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >John</firstname ><surname >Knight</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> <date >2003-11-06</date > <releaseinfo >3.2</releaseinfo > </chapterinfo> <title >Saving Settings & Profiles</title> <sect1 id="save-settings-general"> <title >General Settings</title> <para >When you close down &konqueror; your current <guimenu >View</guimenu > menu settings (such as the <guimenuitem >View Mode</guimenuitem >, <guimenuitem >Use index.html</guimenuitem > and <guimenuitem >Show Hidden Files </guimenuitem > items) are automatically saved as the default options to be used next time &konqueror; is started.</para> <para >But you can also specify different <guimenu >View</guimenu > menu settings for an individual folder. To do this check the <guimenuitem >View Properties Saved in Folder</guimenuitem > box in the <guimenu >Settings</guimenu > menu, change the <guimenu >View</guimenu > settings to whatever you want then uncheck the <guimenuitem >View Properties saved in Folder</guimenuitem > box. Doing this creates a <filename >.directory</filename > file in that folder to hold the folder <guimenu >View</guimenu > settings. Use the <menuchoice ><guimenu > Settings</guimenu ><guimenuitem >Remove Folder Properties</guimenuitem > </menuchoice > option to remove the folder specific settings (or just delete the <filename >.directory</filename > file).</para> <note ><para >One nice use of this feature is if you have a folder full of pictures. You can set that particular folder to display thumbnails of the pictures (by choosing <guimenuitem >Icon View</guimenuitem > and <menuchoice > <guisubmenu >Preview</guisubmenu ><guimenuitem >Show Previews</guimenuitem > </menuchoice > from the <guimenu >View</guimenu > menu) when you open it, while not displaying images as thumbnails in other folders.</para ></note> </sect1> <sect1 id="save-settings-view-profiles"> <title >View Profiles</title> <para >&konqueror; can save a whole set of options as a <quote >View Profile</quote >. Some view profiles are part of the standard &konqueror; installation, such as <property >Web Browsing</property > and <property >File Management</property >, but you can add your own, too.</para> <para >To modify a view profile (say, the <property >Web Browsing</property > profile), load the profile with <menuchoice ><guimenu >Settings</guimenu ><guisubmenu >Load View Profile</guisubmenu ><guimenuitem >Web Browsing</guimenuitem > </menuchoice >, and change the &konqueror; settings to whatever you want. Now select <menuchoice ><guimenu >Settings</guimenu ><guimenuitem >Save View Profile "Web Browsing"...</guimenuitem ></menuchoice >. In the dialogue which appears, you can change the name of the profile, which will create a new profile with that name, or you can leave the name as it is to modify the current profile. If you select <guilabel >Save URLs in profile</guilabel >, the current &URL; will be loaded when you load that view profile. This functions in a similar way to the <quote >Home Page</quote > in many web browsers. If you want &konqueror; to start up with an empty window enter <userinput >about:blank</userinput > into the location bar before saving the profile.</para> <note ><para >You can create a desktop icon to start &konqueror; with your new profile. First create a desktop icon by dragging the &konqueror; icon from the <guimenu >K</guimenu > menu onto the desktop and selecting <guimenuitem >Copy Here</guimenuitem >. Then <mousebutton >right</mousebutton > click on the new icon, select <guimenuitem >Properties...</guimenuitem > and change <guilabel >Program Name</guilabel > in the <guilabel >Execute</guilabel > tab page to <userinput ><command >kfmclient</command > <option >openProfile <replaceable >MyNewProfile</replaceable ></option ></userinput >, <replaceable >MyNewProfile</replaceable > being what you called the new profile. Then in the <guilabel >General</guilabel > tab page change the name to something like <filename >MyNewProfile</filename > and pick a more suitable icon.</para ></note> </sect1> </chapter> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag: nil sgml-shorttag: t sgml-minimize-attributes: nil sgml-general-insert-case: lower sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") End: -->