kcontrol/paths/index.docbook

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0008 <article id="paths" lang="&language;">
0009 <title>Locations</title>
0010 <articleinfo>
0011
0012 <authorgroup>
0013 <author>
0014 <firstname>Michael</firstname>
0015 <surname>Anderson</surname>
0016 <affiliation>
0017 <address><email>nosrednaekim@gmail.com</email></address>
0018 </affiliation>
0019 </author>
0020 <author><firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
0021 <surname>Mahfouf</surname>
0022 <affiliation>
0023 <address><email>annma@kde.org</email></address>
0024 </affiliation></author>
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0026 </authorgroup>
0027
0028 <date>2021-09-05</date>
0029 <releaseinfo>Plasma 5.22</releaseinfo>
0030
0031 <keywordset>
0032 <keyword>Plasma</keyword>
0033 <keyword>KControl</keyword>
0034 <keyword>desktop</keyword>
0035 <keyword>paths</keyword>
0036 <keyword>location</keyword>
0037 <keyword>systemsetting</keyword>
0038 </keywordset>
0039 </articleinfo>
0040
0041 <para>This is a module to configure essential paths for the &plasma; desktop.</para>
0042
0043 <para>
0044 <screenshot>
0045 <screeninfo>Configure some &kde; paths</screeninfo>
0046   <mediaobject>
0047     <imageobject>
0048       <imagedata fileref="paths.png" format="PNG"/>
0049     </imageobject>
0050     <textobject>
0051       <phrase>Configure some &kde; paths</phrase>
0052     </textobject>
0053   </mediaobject>
0054 </screenshot>
0055 </para>
0056
0057 <note>
0058     <para>
0059         Drives that are automounted at login cannot be used as paths. Such drives will be reverted to defaults during restart of &plasma;.
0060     </para>
0061 </note>
0062
0063 <variablelist>
0064 <varlistentry>
0065 <term><guilabel>Desktop path:</guilabel></term>
0066 <listitem><para>The Desktop folder contains all the files which you see in a <guilabel>Folder View</guilabel> widget on your desktop. The default path is usually <filename class="directory">~/Desktop</filename> but you can change here the location of this folder.
0067 </para></listitem>
0068 </varlistentry>
0069 <varlistentry>
0070 <term><guilabel>Documents path:</guilabel></term>
0071 <listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save documents from or to.</para></listitem>
0072 </varlistentry>
0073 <varlistentry>
0074 <term><guilabel>Downloads path:</guilabel></term>
0075 <listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to save your downloaded items.</para></listitem>
0076 </varlistentry>
0077 <varlistentry>
0078 <term><guilabel>Videos path:</guilabel></term>
0079 <listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save movies from or to.</para></listitem>
0080 </varlistentry>
0081 <varlistentry>
0082 <term><guilabel>Pictures path:</guilabel></term>
0083 <listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save pictures from or to.</para></listitem>
0084 </varlistentry>
0085 <varlistentry>
0086 <term><guilabel>Music path:</guilabel></term>
0087 <listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save music from or to.</para></listitem>
0088 </varlistentry>
0089 </variablelist>
0090 <para>If you change a path and click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> a dialog appears where you can choose to move the content to the
0091 new folder or use the new folder without moving the files.</para>
0092
0093 </article>