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<chapter id="configure">
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<title
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>Configuring &kde;</title>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>How do I set the language used by &kde;?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>There are two ways to set the language &kde; uses in the messages it will display:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry
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><term
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>Using the <application
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>&kde; Control Centre</application
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></term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Fire up the <application
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>&kde; Control Centre</application
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> and select <guimenu
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>Regional & Accessibility</guimenu
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> followed by <guimenuitem
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>Country/Region & Language</guimenuitem
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>. You can select your language and location here. If &kde; cannot find a translation in the first language chosen, it will fall back on the default language. This is usually (American) English by default.</para>
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<note
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><para
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>Using the <application
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>&kde; Control Centre</application
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> is the preferred way of choosing languages in &kde;.</para
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></note
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry
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><term
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>Using the <envar
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>LANG</envar
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> environment variable</term>
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<listitem
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><para
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>The second method uses the standard locale setting on your system. To change the language, simply set the environment variable <envar
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>LANG</envar
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> accordingly. For example, if your shell is <application
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>bash</application
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>, execute <userinput
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><command
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>export</command
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> <envar
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>LANG</envar
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>=de</userinput
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> to set German as the language used.</para
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></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>Is there any keyboard switcher for international keyboards for &kde;?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>Yes, you can configure it using the <application
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>&kde; Control Centre</application
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> <guimenu
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>Regional & Accessibility</guimenu
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> <guimenuitem
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>Keyboard Layout</guimenuitem
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> configuration page. </para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>How do I replace the standard text login screen with the &kde; login screen?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<note
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><para
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>Your distribution/&UNIX; flavour may have its own setup tools to change this (⪚ <application
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>YaST</application
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> on &SuSE; &Linux;). This will be the safest way to enable the &kde; login screen. However, if for some reason you do not wish to use these tools, the following instructions may be useful.</para
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></note>
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<para
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>First, you need to change to the <quote
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>xdm runlevel</quote
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> (runlevel 5 on &RedHat; and &SuSE; systems) by editing your <filename
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>/etc/inittab</filename
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> file. In the file, you should have a line saying <userinput
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>id:3:initdefault:</userinput
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>. Change it to <userinput
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>id:5:initdefault:</userinput
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>. Now, at the end of the file, comment out the following line: <literal
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>x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon</literal
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> and replace it with <userinput
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>x:5:respawn:<replaceable
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>/opt/kde/</replaceable
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>bin/kdm -nodaemon</userinput
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>. <note
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><para
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>The location of &kdm; may differ on your system.</para
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></note
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></para>
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<para
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>For changes to take effect immediately, type <command
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>init 5</command
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> (for &RedHat; systems) at the shell prompt. <caution
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><para
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>It is risky to initiate a graphical login without checking beforehand whether it works. If it fails to work, you would be in for a hard time getting back....</para
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></caution
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></para>
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</answer>
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<answer>
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<para
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>For FreeBSD, you should edit the file <filename
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>/etc/ttys</filename
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> and change one of the lines that look like <programlisting
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>ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</programlisting
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> to instead say <userinput
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>ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm off secure</userinput
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>.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>I would like to click the &LMB; anywhere on the desktop and have the <guimenu
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>K</guimenu
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> menu displayed.</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>Open the <application
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>&kde; Control Centre</application
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> and choose <menuchoice
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><guisubmenu
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>Desktop</guisubmenu
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> <guisubmenu
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>Behaviour</guisubmenu
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></menuchoice
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>. You can now choose the behaviour of mouse clicks on the desktop. To have the <guimenu
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>K</guimenu
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> menu open from a single &LMB; click, change the entry labelled <guilabel
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>Left button</guilabel
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> to say <guilabel
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>Application Menu</guilabel
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>.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>Where do I find information regarding &kde; themes?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>Go to <ulink url="http://kde.themes.org/"
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>http://kde.themes.org/</ulink
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> or <ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org"
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>http://www.kde-look.org</ulink
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>.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>How do I change &MIME; Types?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>If you are using &konqueror;, do this instead: first, open a &konqueror; window and choose <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Settings</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Configure Konqueror</guimenuitem
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></menuchoice
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>, then <guilabel
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>File Associations</guilabel
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>. Find the type you want to change (⪚ <literal
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>text/english</literal
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> or <literal
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>image/gif</literal
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>), and set the application preference order to whatever you want.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>&kde; (&kdm;) does not read my <filename
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>.bash_profile</filename
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>!</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>The login managers<application
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>xdm</application
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> and &kdm; do not run a login shell, so <filename
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>.profile</filename
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>, <filename
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>.bash_profile</filename
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>, &etc; are not sourced. When the user logs in, <application
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>xdm</application
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> runs <command
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>Xstartup</command
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> as root and then <command
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>Xsession</command
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> as user. So the normal practice is to add statements in <filename
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>Xsession</filename
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> to source the user profile. Please edit your <filename
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>Xsession</filename
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> and <filename
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>.xsession</filename
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> files.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>How do I use &TrueType; fonts in &kde;?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>You need to install &TrueType; font support into your &X-Window; configuration. Please take a look at <ulink url="http://x.themes.org/"
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>x.themes.org</ulink
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> for the fonts, and <ulink url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/"
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>xfsft: &TrueType; Font Support For X11</ulink
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> or <ulink url="http://X-TT.dsl.gr.jp/"
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>X-&TrueType; Server Project Home Page</ulink
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> for the font servers.</para>
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<para
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>If you have a bunch of &TrueType; fonts from &Microsoft; &Windows;, edit the <filename
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>XF86Config</filename
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> file to get the fonts from the font folder. Then just tell &kde; to use these new fonts with the font administrator utility.</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para
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>Is it possible to enter, show and work with the Euro Symbol in &kde;?</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para
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>Yes and no. For details, look here: <ulink url="http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.php"
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>http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.php</ulink
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>.</para>
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</answer>
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<question
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><para
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>How do I run a program at &kde; startup?</para
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></question>
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<answer
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><para
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>There are many ways to do that. If what you want to do is to run some scripts that would set some environment variables (for example, to start <command
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>gpg-agent</command
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>, <command
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>ssh-agent</command
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> and others), you can put these scripts into <filename class="directory"
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>$<envar
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>KDEHOME</envar
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>/env/</filename
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> and make sure their names end in <literal role="extension"
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>.sh</literal
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>. $<envar
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>KDEHOME</envar
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> is usually a folder named <filename class="directory"
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>.kde</filename
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> (note the period at the beginning) in your home folder. If you want scripts to be executed for all &kde; users, you can put them under <filename class="directory"
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>$<envar
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>KDEDIR</envar
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>/env/</filename
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>, where $<envar
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>KDEDIR</envar
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> is the prefix &kde; was installed to (you can find this out using the command <userinput
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><command
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>kde-config</command
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> --prefix</userinput
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>).</para>
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<para
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>If you wish to start a program after &kde; has started, you may want to use the <filename class="directory"
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>Autostart</filename
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> folder. To add entries to the <filename class="directory"
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>Autostart</filename
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> folder: <orderedlist>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Open &konqueror;.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Select <menuchoice
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><guimenu
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>Go</guimenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Autostart</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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> from the menubar.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Right-click in the window view area and select <menuchoice
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><guisubmenu
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>Create New</guisubmenu
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><guisubmenu
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>File</guisubmenu
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><guimenuitem
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>Link to Application</guimenuitem
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> </menuchoice
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</listitem>
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<listitem
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><para
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>Click on the <guilabel
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>Application</guilabel
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> tab in the window that appears and enter the name of the command to run in the <guilabel
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>Command</guilabel
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> text box.</para>
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