<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY infocenter "<application >KInfoCenter</application >"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title >The &infocenter;</title> <authorgroup> <author ><firstname >Michael</firstname > <surname >McBride</surname > <affiliation ><address ><email >mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email ></address ></affiliation> </author> </authorgroup> <date >2002-07-03</date> <releaseinfo >3.10.00</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para >This documentation describes &kde;'s information centre.</para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >kinfocenter</keyword> <keyword >system</keyword> <keyword >information</keyword> <keyword >module</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title >The &infocenter;</title> <para >The &infocenter; (from now on referred to simply as <quote >the information centre</quote >) provides you with a centralised and convenient overview of your &kde; and system settings. </para> <para >The information centre is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information centre organises all of these programs into a convenient location. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="info-center"> <title >Using The &infocenter;</title> <para >This next section details the use of the information centre itself. For information on individual modules, please see <link linkend="module" >Info Centre Modules</link > </para> <sect1 id="information-center-starting"> <title >Starting the &infocenter;</title> <para >The &infocenter; can be started 3 ways: </para> <orderedlist > <listitem> <para >By selecting <menuchoice ><guimenu >K Button</guimenu ><guisubmenu >System</guisubmenu ><guimenuitem >Info Centre</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > from the &kde; Panel. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para >By pressing <keycombo action="simul" >&Alt;<keycap >F2</keycap ></keycombo >. </para> <para >This will bring up a dialogue box. Type <userinput ><command >kinfocenter</command ></userinput >, and click <guibutton >Run</guibutton > or press <keycap >Enter</keycap >. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para >You can type <command >kinfocenter &</command > at any command prompt. </para> </listitem > </orderedlist > <para >All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="information-center-screen" > <title >The &infocenter; Screen</title> <para >When you start the information centre, you are presented with a window, which can be divided into 3 functional parts. </para> <para >Across the top is a menubar. The menubar will provide you with quick access to most of &infocenter;'s features. The menus are detailed in <link linkend="info-center-menus" >The &kde; Info Centre Menus</link >. </para> <para >Along the left hand side, is a column. This is a where you choose which module to investigate. You can learn how to navigate through the modules in the section called <link linkend="module-intro" >Navigating Modules</link >. </para> <para >The main panel shows you some system information. </para> <!-- <para> In this example, we are running &kde; 2.99, we started &infocenter; as user <systemitem class="username" >adridg</systemitem >, the computer is named <systemitem class="systemname" >aramis</systemitem >, it is a FreeBSD system, Version 4.4-RELEASE, on a Pentium. </para > --> </sect1> <sect1 id="info-center-menus"> <title >The &infocenter; Menus</title> <para >This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does. </para> <sect2 id="info-center-menu-file"> <title ><guimenu >File</guimenu > Menu</title> <para >The <guimenu >File</guimenu > menu has a single entry. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term ><menuchoice ><shortcut > <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;<keycap >Q</keycap ></keycombo > </shortcut > <guimenu >File</guimenu > <guimenuitem >Quit</guimenuitem > </menuchoice ></term> <listitem> <para> <action >Closes the info centre.</action> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="info-center-menu-help"> <title ><guimenu >Help</guimenu > Menu</title> &help.menu.documentation; </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="info-center-exiting"> <title >Exiting The &kde; Information Centre</title> <para >You can exit the info centre one of three ways: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para >Select <menuchoice ><guimenu >File</guimenu > <guimenuitem >Quit</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > from the menu bar. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para >Type <keycombo action="simul" >&Ctrl;<keycap >Q</keycap ></keycombo > on the keyboard. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para >Click on the <guiicon >Close</guiicon > button on the frame surrounding the info centre. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1> </chapter> <!--*****************************************************************--> <chapter id="module"> <title >The &infocenter; Modules</title> <sect1 id="module-intro"> <title >Navigating Modules</title> <para >This is a list of the <emphasis >standard</emphasis > configuration modules (sorted by category) provided by the <application role="package" >&kde; base</application > package. Please note that there may be many more modules on your system if you have installed additional software. </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/dma/index.html" >DMA-Channels</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/devices/index.html" >Devices</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/ioports/index.html" >IO-Ports</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/interrupts/index.html" >Interrupts</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/memory/index.html" >Memory</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/nics/index.html" >Network Interfaces</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pci/index.html" >PCI</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/pcmcia/index.html" >PCMCIA</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/partitions/index.html" >Partitions</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/processor/index.html" >Processor</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/protocols/index.html" >Protocols</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/scsi/index.html" >SCSI</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/samba/index.html" >Samba Status Information</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/sound/index.html" >Sound</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/usb/index.html" >USB Devices</ulink ></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para ><ulink url="help:/kinfocenter/xserver/index.html" >X-Server</ulink ></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1> <!--****************************************--> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title >Credits and Licence</title> <para >&infocenter;</para> <para >Program copyright 1997-2001 The &infocenter; Developers</para> <para >Contributors:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para >Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email >hoelzer@kde.org</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Matthias Elter <email >elter@kde.org</email ></para ></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para >Documentation <trademark class="copyright" >copyright 2000 Michael McBride</trademark > <email >mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email ></para> <para >Contributors:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem ><para >Paul Campbell <email >paul@taniwha.com</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Helge Deller <email >deller@kde.org</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Mark Donohoe </para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Pat Dowler</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Duncan Haldane <email >duncan@kde.org</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Steffen Hansen <email >stefh@mip.ou.dk</email >.</para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel <email >hoelzer@kde.org</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Martin Jones <email >mjones@kde.org</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Jost Schenck <email >jost@schenck.de</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Jonathan Singer <email >jsinger@leeta.net</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Thomas Tanghus <email >tanghus@earthling.net</email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Krishna Tateneni <email >tateneni@pluto.njcc.com ></email ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para >Ellis Whitehead <email >ewhitehe@uni-freiburg.de</email ></para ></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para >Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></para > &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml End: -->
