apps/doc/konqueror/faq.docbook

   1 <chapter id="faq">
   2 <chapterinfo>
   3 <authorgroup>
   4 <author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
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   7
   8 <date>2003-11-06</date>
   9 <releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>
  10 </chapterinfo>
  11
  12 <title>Questions and Answers</title>
  13
  14 <qandaset>
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  17 <qandaentry>
  18 <question><para>How can I browse web sites using non latin
  19  scripts?</para></question>
  20 <answer><para>Detailed instructions can be found at <ulink
  21 url="http://www.konqueror.org/i18n.html">http://www.konqueror.org/i18n.html</ulink></para></answer>
  22 </qandaentry>
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  24
  25 <qandaentry>
  26 <question><para>Can I run &konqueror; from another window
  27 manager?</para></question>
  28
  29 <answer><para>Just install &Qt;, kdelibs and kdebase, and from your favorite
  30 window manager, launch &konqueror;. It should work just fine, but if it
  31 doesn't (&kde; developers don't test that case often), report it to <ulink
  32 url="http://bugs.kde.org">http://bugs.kde.org</ulink> and try running
  33 <application>kdeinit</application> before running &konqueror;; it usually
  34 helps.</para></answer>
  35 </qandaentry>
  36
  37 <qandaentry>
  38 <question><para>Where does &konqueror; keep all its configuration
  39 data?</para></question>
  40 <answer><para>Generally in the <filename>~/.kde</filename> folder (this may
  41 be <filename>~/.kde3</filename> on your system, depending on how &kde; 3
  42 was installed). Don't alter these files unless you really know what you are
  43 doing.</para>
  44
  45 <itemizedlist>
  46
  47 <listitem><para>The <filename
  48 class="directory">~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/profiles</filename> folder
  49 holds individual files containing settings for each of your <link
  50 linkend="save-settings">profiles.  </link></para></listitem>
  51
  52 <listitem><para>Your bookmarks are held in <filename
  53 class="directory">~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml</filename></para></listitem>
  54 <listitem><para>Cookies are held in <filename
  55 class="directory">~/.kde/share/apps/kcookiejar/cookies</filename></para></listitem>
  56 <listitem><para>Your history, as used for the auto-completion feature,  is in
  57 <filename>~/.kde/share/config/konq_history</filename></para></listitem>
  58
  59 <listitem><para>In the folder <filename
  60 class="directory">~/.kde/share/config/</filename> the files
  61 <filename>konqiconviewrc</filename>, <filename>konqlistviewrc</filename> and
  62 <filename>konquerorrc</filename> hold a whole lot of general configuration
  63 settings.</para></listitem>
  64
  65 <listitem><para>The folder
  66 <filename class="directory">~/.kde/share/cache/http/</filename>
  67 contains the browser cache.</para></listitem>
  68
  69 <listitem><para>The Navigation Panel uses the files and subfolders in
  70 <filename
  71 class="directory">~/.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng</filename></para></listitem>
  72 </itemizedlist>
  73
  74 <para>Any folder specific view settings are put into <literal
  75 role="extension">.directory</literal> files in the individual
  76 folders.</para></answer>
  77 </qandaentry>
  78
  79 <qandaentry>
  80 <question><para>How do I clear out the history file?</para></question>
  81 <answer><para>There are two <quote>histories</quote>:</para>
  82 <itemizedlist>
  83 <listitem><para>One is used for text completion in the Location Toolbar text entry
  84 box. To clear this <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the text entry
  85 box and select <guimenuitem>Clear History
  86 </guimenuitem>.</para>
  87 </listitem>
  88 <listitem><para>The other is the log of visited locations. Select the History
  89 page in the Navigation Panel,
  90 <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on an entry and choose
  91 <guimenuitem>Remove Entry</guimenuitem> to remove just that entry or
  92 <guimenuitem>Clear History</guimenuitem> to delete all
  93 entries.</para></listitem>
  94
  95 </itemizedlist>
  96
  97 </answer>
  98 </qandaentry>
  99
 100 <qandaentry>
 101 <question><para>How do I enable, disable or clear the browser
 102 cache?</para></question> <answer>
 103 <para>If you select <guimenuitem>Cache</guimenuitem> in the dialog launched by
 104 selecting
 105 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Konqueror...
 106 </guimenuitem></menuchoice>, you will be presented with a dialog box that lets
 107 you disable the cache, clear it or set its size, and change the caching
 108 policy.</para>
 109 </answer>
 110 </qandaentry>
 111
 112 <qandaentry>
 113 <question><para>How can I change the timeout values used by &konqueror;
 114 when web browsing?</para></question> <answer>
 115 <para>In the Control Center <menuchoice><guimenu>Internet &amp; Network</guimenu>
 116 <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> page.</para>
 117 </answer>
 118 </qandaentry>
 119
 120 <qandaentry>
 121 <question><para>How do I set my <quote>home</quote> page - the page loaded
 122 on startup?</para></question>
 123 <answer><para>Start &konqueror; with the <guiicon>Web Browser</guiicon> icon
 124 on the panel.  Open the page you want to be loaded in any new <quote>Web
 125 Browser</quote> window and select <guimenuitem>Save View Profile "Web
 126 Browsing"</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu.</para>
 127
 128 <para>All new &konqueror; windows that are started with the <guiicon>Web
 129 Browser</guiicon> icon on the panel, or from the <guimenu>location</guimenu>
 130 menu, and new empty tabs, will now start at this page.</para>
 131
 132 <note><para>This does not change the behavior of the
 133 <guiicon>Home</guiicon> button on the &konqueror; toolbar, which will
 134 continue to take you to the &URI; defined in the &konqueror; configuration
 135 module. You can reach that module from within &konqueror;, via
 136 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
 137 Konqueror</guimenuitem><guilabel>Behavior</guilabel></menuchoice>.  By
 138 default this is set to <userinput>~</userinput>, which is your Home folder.
 139 You may set this to any &URI;, either local or remote, and pressing the
 140 <guiicon>Home</guiicon> icon on the toolbar will display it.</para></note>
 141
 142 <para>To have &konqueror; start up with no page loaded, use
 143 <userinput>about:blank</userinput>.</para>
 144 </answer>
 145 </qandaentry>
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 147 <qandaentry>
 148 <question><para>I can't find the answer to my question here.</para></question>
 149 <answer>
 150 <para>Take a look at <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org/faq.html">
 151 http://www.konqueror.org/faq.html</ulink> or
 152 <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html">
 153 http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html</ulink>.</para>
 154 </answer>
 155 </qandaentry>
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