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<chapter id="configure">
<title>Configuring &kde;</title>

<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I set the language used by &kde;?</para>
</question>

<answer>
<para>There are two ways to set the language &kde; uses in the
messages it will display:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>Using the <application>&kde; Control Center</application></term>
<listitem><para>Fire up the <application>&kde; Control Center</application> and select
<guimenu>Personalization</guimenu> followed by <guimenuitem>Country
and Language</guimenuitem>.  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>
<note><para>Using the <application>&kde; Control Center</application> is the preferred way of choosing
languages in &kde;.</para></note></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Using the <envar>LANG</envar> environment variable</term>
<listitem><para>The second method uses the standard locale setting on
your system.  To change the language, simply set the environment
variable <envar>LANG</envar> accordingly.  For example, if your shell 
is <application>bash</application>, execute
<userinput><command>export</command> <envar>LANG</envar>=de</userinput>
to set German as the language used.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Is there any keyboard switcher for international keyboards for
&kde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
Yes, you can configure it using the <application>&kde; Control Center</application>
<guimenu>Peripherals</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Keyboard</guimenuitem>
<guimenuitem>Layout</guimenuitem> configuration dialog.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I replace the standard text login screen with the
&kde; login screen?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>First, you need to change to the <quote>xdm runlevel</quote> (runlevel 5 on
&RedHat; systems, 3 on &SuSE;) by editing your
<filename>/etc/inittab</filename> file.  In the file, you should have
a line saying <userinput>id:3:initdefault:</userinput>.  Change it to
<userinput>id:5:initdefault:</userinput>.  Now, at the end of the file,
comment out the following line:
<literal>x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon</literal> and
replace it with
<userinput>x:5:respawn:<replaceable>/opt/kde/</replaceable>bin/kdm
-nodaemon</userinput>.
<note><para>The location of &kdm; may differ on your
system.</para></note></para>
<para>For changes to take effect immediately, type <command>init
5</command> (for &RedHat; systems) at the shell prompt. 
<caution><para>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></caution></para>
</answer>
<answer>
<para>
For FreeBSD, you should edit the file <filename>/etc/ttys</filename>
and change one of the lines that look like
<programlisting>ttyv8   "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon"  xterm   off secure</programlisting>
to instead say <userinput>ttyv8   "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm
off secure</userinput>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>

<para>I would like to click the &LMB; anywhere on the
desktop and have the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu displayed.</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Open the <application>&kde; Control Center</application> and
choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>LookNFeel</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Desktop</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.  You
can now choose the behavior of mouse clicks on the desktop.  To have
the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu open from a single &LMB; click, change
the entry labeled <guilabel>Left button</guilabel> to say
<guilabel>Application Menu</guilabel>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Where do I find information regarding &kde; themes?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Go to <ulink
url="http://kde.themes.org/">http://kde.themes.org/</ulink> or <ulink
url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I change &MIME; Types?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>If you are using &konqueror;, do this instead: first, open a
&konqueror; window and choose
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>File
Type</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.  Find the type you want to change
(&eg; <literal>text/english</literal> or
<literal>image/gif</literal>), click the &RMB;, select
<guilabel>General</guilabel>, and set the application preference order
to whatever you want.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>&kde; (&kdm;) does not read my
<filename>.bash_profile</filename>!</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>The login managers<application>xdm</application> and &kdm; do
not run a login shell, so <filename>.profile</filename>,
<filename>.bash_profile</filename>, <abbrev>etc.</abbrev> are not
sourced.  When the user logs in, <application>xdm</application> runs
<command>Xstartup</command> as root and then
<command>Xsession</command> as user.  So the normal practice is to add
statements in <filename>Xsession</filename> to source the user
profile.  Please edit your <filename>Xsession</filename> and
<filename>.xsession</filename> files.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I use &TrueType; fonts in &kde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>

<para>You need to install &TrueType; font support into your &X-Window; configuration.
Please take a look at <ulink
url="http://x.themes.org/">x.themes.org</ulink> for the fonts, and
<ulink url="http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jec/programs/xfsft/">xfsft:
&TrueType; Font Support For X11</ulink> or <ulink
url="http://X-TT.dsl.gr.jp/">X-&TrueType; Server Project Home
Page</ulink> for the font servers.</para>

<para>If you have a bunch of &TrueType; fonts from &Microsoft;
&Windows;, edit the <filename>XF86Config</filename> file to get the
fonts from the font folder.  Then just tell &kde; to use these new
fonts with the font administrator utility.</para>

</answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Is it possible to enter, show and work with the Euro Symbol in
&kde;?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Yes and no.  For details, look here: <ulink
url="http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.phtml">http://www.koffice.org/kword/euro.phtml</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</chapter>
