@ -26,31 +26,25 @@ lists</ulink>) or newsgroups.</para>
</question>
</question>
<answer>
<answer>
<para>So you have heard the rumors. Or you have seen the screenshots.
<para>You have heard rumors about &tde;. Or you have seen screenshots.
And you are dying to get hold of &tde;. But you know next to nothing
You want test &tde;. Yet you know next to nothing
about this whole <quote>alternative operating system</quote> business. Don't worry!
about this whole <quote>alternate operating system</quote> business. Don't worry!
You only need to do some (well, maybe not some) reading, that's
You only need to do some (well, maybe not some) reading, that's all!</para>
all!</para>
<para>&tde; does not run on any version of &Microsoft; &Windows;. To run
<para>&tde; does not run on any version of &Microsoft; &Windows; or OS/2 (yet). To run
&tde;, you need to have a &UNIX; operating system. Please refer to <xref
&tde;, you need to have a &UNIX; system. Please refer to <xref
linkend="platform"/> for more details.</para>
linkend="platform"/> for more details.</para>
<para>Decide on a platform and set it up for your system. This
<para>Decide on a platform and set it up for your system. This
<acronym>FAQ</acronym> can not help you with this, since &tde;<ulink
<acronym>FAQ</acronym> can not help you with this, since &tde; is intended
url="http://www.kde.org"> runs on many &UNIX;</ulink> platforms. </para>
to run on many &UNIX; platforms.</para>
<!-- Taken out because we can not help with all platforms and KDEisnotLINUX -->
<para>Finally, you are ready to commence the &tde; installation.
<para>To obtain &tde;, please refer to <xref linkend="where-to-get-tde"/>. If
Please start reading from the next section. To get &tde;, please
you encounter problems while installing &tde;, please do not
refer to <xref linkend="where-to-get-tde"/>. Last but not least, if
you encounter any problems while installing &tde;, please do not
hesitate to make use of the &tde; <link
hesitate to make use of the &tde; <link
linkend="mailing-lists">mailing lists</link> and <link
linkend="mailing-lists">mailing lists</link> and <link
linkend="newsgroups">newsgroups</link>. But do bear this in mind: no
linkend="newsgroups">newsgroups</link>. No question is too silly to ask, but
question is too silly to ask, but some are too silly to answer,
remember to first look for answers in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
especially when they are already answered in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
<para>Good luck and have fun!</para>
<para>Good luck and have fun!</para>
</answer>
</answer>
@ -61,7 +55,7 @@ especially when they are already answered in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
<para>What kind of hardware do I need to run &tde; ?</para>
<para>What kind of hardware do I need to run &tde; ?</para>
</question>
</question>
<answer>
<answer>
<para>To run &tde; it is recommended that you have at least a pentium II processor, 64MB of memory and 500MB of free disk space for a basic installation. While &tde; may run on slower configurations than this, performance can be severely impaired. Generally, if your computer runs an &X-Server; already with other desktop environments or window managers it's probably fast enough to run &tde;.</para>
<para>To run &tde; consider at least a Pentium III processor, 512MB of memory, and 500MB of free disk space for a basic installation. A full installation will require about 3GB of hard drive storage space. While &tde; will run on slower hardware, performance likely will require some patience. Generally, if your computer runs other desktop environments then the hardware probably is capable of running &tde;.</para>
</answer>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaentry>
@ -72,19 +66,15 @@ especially when they are already answered in this <acronym>FAQ</acronym>.</para>
<answer>
<answer>
<para>You can find several kinds of binary and source packages for
<para>You can find binary and source packages for
different distributions and operating systems on the &kde-ftp;. The
different distributions and operating systems on the
binary packages are not made by the &tde; Team, but by the
<ulink url="http://www.trinitydesktop.org/installation.php">Trinity web site</ulink>.
distributors themselves, or some dedicated individuals. Please refer to
The binary packages are made by dedicated members of the &tde; community.
<para>Various bindings for other languages, including &Java;, Perl, Python, ...</para>
<para>Various bindings for other languages, including &Java;, Perl, Python, ...</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdegames</term>
<term>tdegames</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
@ -174,29 +196,33 @@ server.</para>
&kpatience;.</para>
&kpatience;.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdegraphics</term>
<term>tdegraphics</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>Various graphics-related programs like &PostScript; previewer,
<para>Various graphics-related programs like &PostScript; previewer,
&DVI; previewer, and a drawing program.</para>
&DVI; previewer, and a drawing program.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdeutils</term>
<term>tdeutils</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>Various desktop tools like a calculator, an editor and other
<para>Various desktop tools like a calculator, an editor and other
nifty stuff.</para>
nifty stuff.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdemultimedia</term>
<term>tdemultimedia</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>Multimedia applications like a &CD; player and a mixer.</para>
<para>Multimedia applications like a &CD; player and a mixer.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdenetwork</term>
<term>tdenetwork</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
@ -205,20 +231,23 @@ nifty stuff.</para>
download manager &kget;, and several other network-related programs.</para>
download manager &kget;, and several other network-related programs.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdepim</term>
<term>tdepim</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>Personal information management tools. Contains the email client &kmail;, the newsreader &knode; and other related programs.</para>
<para>Personal information management tools. Contains the email client &kmail;, the newsreader &knode; and other related programs.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdeadmin</term>
<term>tdeadmin</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>System administration programs.</para>
<para>System administration programs.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdeedu</term>
<term>tdeedu</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
@ -228,15 +257,17 @@ Educational and entertaining applications for &tde;'s younger users.
</para>
</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdeaccessibility</term>
<term>tdeaccessibility</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional but recommended</para>
<para>
<para>
KDE accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer front end.
&tde; accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer front end.
</para>
</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdetoys</term>
<term>tdetoys</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
@ -244,13 +275,15 @@ KDE accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer fro
<para>Toys!</para>
<para>Toys!</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdevelop</term>
<term>tdevelop</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>A complete Integrated Development Environment for &tde; and Qt</para>
<para>A complete Integrated Development Environment for &tde; and &Qt;</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdewebdev</term>
<term>tdewebdev</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
@ -258,18 +291,19 @@ KDE accessibility programs such as a screen magnifier and speech synthesizer fro
<para>Web development applications. Contains such applications as &quanta;, an integrated web development environment and other applications useful in web development</para>
<para>Web development applications. Contains such applications as &quanta;, an integrated web development environment and other applications useful in web development</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>tdesdk</term>
<term>tdesdk</term>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>Optional</para>
<para>KDE Software Development Kit. Contains a collection of applications and tools used by KDE Developers.</para>
<para>&tde; Software Development Kit. Contains a collection of applications and tools used by &tde; Developers.</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</variablelist>
<para>&arts; and then tdelibs should be installed before everything
<para>Information about compiling all packages is available at the
else, and tdeaddons last. The other packages can be installed in any
<para>Since there are always changes and updates to the way &tde; is compiled, please
<para>Be sure the <envar>TDEDIR</envar> environment variable is correctly set.</para>
refer to <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org/build/index.html">Download and Install from Source</ulink> for the most up to date installation instructions for the source packages.
</listitem>
</para>
</varlistentry>
<para>The general approach should work in most cases though.
</para>
<varlistentry>
<para>The source <filename>.tar.bz2</filename> package installs into <filename
make; make install</command> to install into <filename
class="directory">/home/me</filename>. Replace <replaceable>/home/me</replaceable> with your home directory, generally defined in <envar>$HOME</envar></para></step>
<step performance="required"><para>Add the following to your init files. Please note that if
it is not necessary for you to set <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar>, it
<listitem><para><filename>~/.kde/tmp-<replaceable>hostname</replaceable></filename> which is normally a symlink to the next file:</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>$HOME/.trinity/tmp-<replaceable>hostname</replaceable></filename>, which normally is a symlink to the next file:</para></listitem>
<para>If the symlinks get broken, usually because a
<para>If the symlinks get broken, such as when
<command>cron</command> or shutdown script is emptying out the
<command>cron</command> or a shutdown script is emptying the
<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> folder, then strange
<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> folder, then strange
things will happen. These files, and the symlinks, will all be
things will happen. These files, and the symlinks, will all be
created automatically at the start of &tde; so you can safely remove
created automatically at the start of &tde; so you can safely remove
@ -674,7 +560,7 @@ them <emphasis>while &tde; is not running</emphasis>.</para>
<para>If you are only getting a gray screen when you start &tde;, or if you get an error message telling you to <errorname>Check your installation</errorname>, then shut down X and delete all the files listed above, then try to restart X.</para>
<para>If you are only getting a gray screen when you start &tde;, or if you get an error message telling you to <errorname>Check your installation</errorname>, then shut down X and delete all the files listed above, then try to restart X.</para>
<para>Normally (&ie; when not upgrading between &tde; versions) it's
<para>Normally (&ie; when not updating between &tde; versions) it's
quite safe to leave these files intact, and you may shave a few
quite safe to leave these files intact, and you may shave a few
seconds off your &tde; startup time by doing so.</para>
seconds off your &tde; startup time by doing so.</para>
</answer>
</answer>
@ -682,32 +568,32 @@ seconds off your &tde; startup time by doing so.</para>
<qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<question>
<para>Is TDE backwards or binary compatible with KDE 3?</para>
<para>Is &tde; backwards or binary compatible with KDE 3?</para>
</question>
</question>
<answer>
<answer>
<para>While many programs designed on KDE 3 will compile on Trinity, binary
<para>While many programs originally designed for KDE 3 will compile on Trinity, binary
compatibility with KDE 3 is not a goal of the TDE project.</para>
compatibility with KDE 3 is not a goal of &tde; developers.</para>
</answer>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<question>
<para>Is TDE backwards or binary compatible with previous releases of TDE?</para>
<para>Is &tde; backwards or binary compatible with previous releases of &tde;?</para>
</question>
</question>
<answer>
<answer>
<para>Possibly, but binary compatibility is not a project goal with major point
<para>Possibly, but binary compatibility is not a project goal with major point
releases. A package that built on a previous version of TDE but no longer builds
releases. A package that built on a previous version of &tde; but no longer builds
on the current release should be brought to the attention of the developers.</para>
on the current release should be brought to the attention of the developers.</para>
</answer>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<question>
<para>Is my KDE3 profile directory compatible with Trinity?</para>
<para>Is my KDE3 profile directory compatible with Trinity?</para>
</question>
</question>
<answer>
<answer>
<para>Not quite but don't worry. Some "scrubbing" cleanup is required to migrate
<para>Not quite but don't worry. Some "scrubbing" cleanup is required to migrate
a KDE3 profile. For new users or those with little customization we recommend
a KDE3 profile. For new users or those with little customization we recommend
creating a fresh profile. For those long-time users who cringe at the thought
creating a fresh profile. For those long-time users who cringe at the thought
of recreating their desktop, we provide a migratekde3 shell script. That script
of recreating their desktop, we provide a migratekde3 shell script. That script
copies a $HOME/.kde3 profile directory to $HOME/.trinity and performs the required
copies a $HOME/.kde3 profile directory to $HOME/.trinity and performs the required
@ -716,7 +602,7 @@ with no warranties or guarantees. (The script works really well, actually. :-))<
</answer>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<!--<qandaentry>
<question>
<question>
<para>Compiling tdebase gives me a <errorname>bin/sh: msgfmt: command
<para>Compiling tdebase gives me a <errorname>bin/sh: msgfmt: command
not found</errorname> error!</para>
not found</errorname> error!</para>
@ -727,9 +613,9 @@ part of the &GNU; i18n package <application>gettext</application>.
You should be able to download it from any
You should be able to download it from any
&GNU; mirror.</para>
&GNU; mirror.</para>
</answer>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaentry>-->
<qandaentry>
<!--<qandaentry>
<question>
<question>
<para>How do I uninstall &tde; applications compiled from
<para>How do I uninstall &tde; applications compiled from
source?</para>
source?</para>
@ -745,9 +631,9 @@ one by one.</para>
consider a program such as &GNU; <application>stow</application>, found at
consider a program such as &GNU; <application>stow</application>, found at
@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ do this by typing a new name into the text entry box or get &konqueror; to
<sect1 id="multiple">
<sect1 id="multiple">
<title>Selecting Multiple Files</title>
<title>Selecting Multiple Files</title>
<para>You sometimes want to delete, copy or move a number of files that are
<para>You sometimes want to delete, copy or move a number of files that are
similar in some way. For example you may wish to move all of the .png graphics
similar in some way. For example you may wish to move all of the .png graphics
files from one folder to another. &konqueror; makes this easy by letting you
files from one folder to another. &konqueror; makes this easy by letting you
select multiple files based on similarities in their file names.</para>
select multiple files based on similarities in their file names.</para>
<para>Use the Menubar
<para>Use the Menubar
@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ the wildcard characters <keycap>*</keycap>, which matches any number
of characters, and <keycap>?</keycap> which matches a single
of characters, and <keycap>?</keycap> which matches a single
character. Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and &konqueror; will
character. Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and &konqueror; will
highlight all files with matching names. For example;</para>
highlight all files with matching names. For example;</para>
<itemizedlist>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para> <userinput><filename>flag*.png</filename></userinput> will
<listitem><para> <userinput><filename>flag*.png</filename></userinput> will
select all filenames starting with the letters <quote>flag</quote> and ending
select all filenames starting with the letters <quote>flag</quote> and ending
@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>*</keycap></keycombo> to do this.</para>
<para>You can also select multiple files and folders by holding the <keycap>&Ctrl;</keycap> button while you click on each individual file or folder. This enables you to then move or copy multiple files and folders to a different location at one time by using the same method above.</para>
<para>You can also select multiple files and folders by holding the <keycap>&Ctrl;</keycap> button while you click on each individual file or folder. This enables you to then move or copy multiple files and folders to a different location at one time by using the same method above.</para>
<para>A number of useful shortcut keys can be used in list, tree and text
<para>A number of useful shortcut keys can be used in list, tree and text