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0001 <?xml version="1.0" ?> 0002 <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ 0003 <!ENTITY kappname "&kdiskfree;"> 0004 <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> 0005 <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> 0006 ]> 0007 0008 <book id="kdf" lang="&language;"> 0009 0010 <bookinfo> 0011 <title>The &kdiskfree; Handbook</title> 0012 0013 <authorgroup> 0014 <author> 0015 &Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail; 0016 </author> 0017 0018 <author> 0019 &Michael.Kropfberger; &Michael.Kropfberger.mail; 0020 </author> 0021 0022 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> 0023 0024 </authorgroup> 0025 0026 <copyright> 0027 <year>2000-2002</year> 0028 <holder>&Jonathan.Singer;</holder> 0029 </copyright> 0030 0031 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> 0032 0033 <date>2016-04-13</date> 0034 <releaseinfo>Applications 16.08</releaseinfo> 0035 0036 <abstract><para>&kdiskfree; displays available file devices, along with 0037 information about them.</para> 0038 0039 </abstract> 0040 0041 <keywordset> 0042 <keyword>KDE</keyword> 0043 <keyword>kdf</keyword> 0044 <keyword>kdeutils</keyword> 0045 <keyword>disks</keyword> 0046 <keyword>devices</keyword> 0047 <keyword>mount</keyword> 0048 <keyword>unmount</keyword> 0049 </keywordset> 0050 0051 </bookinfo> 0052 0053 <chapter id="introduction"> 0054 <title>Introduction</title> 0055 0056 <para>&kdiskfree; displays the available file devices (hard drive 0057 partitions, floppy and &CD; drives, USB sticks &etc;) along with information on 0058 their capacity, free space, type and mount point. It also allows you 0059 to mount and unmount drives and view them in a file manager.</para> 0060 0061 <para>&kdiskfree; is similar to the &systemsettings; Storage Devices module, 0062 but takes up less screen 0063 space. It is useful if you want to keep a &kdiskfree; window available at 0064 all times.</para> 0065 0066 </chapter> 0067 0068 <chapter id="using-kdf"> 0069 <title>Using &kdiskfree;</title> 0070 0071 <sect1 id="starting-kdf"> 0072 <title>Starting &kdiskfree;</title> 0073 0074 <para>Type <userinput><command>kdf</command></userinput> at a command 0075 prompt or select <guimenuitem>KDiskFree</guimenuitem> from the 0076 <guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu> group in the application 0077 launcher. The standard &Qt; and &kde; command options are available, and 0078 can be listed by entering <userinput><command>kdf</command> 0079 <option>--help</option></userinput> at the command prompt.</para> 0080 0081 <para>To run the application as an applet in the systemtray, use 0082 <menuchoice><guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>KwikDisk</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 0083 in application launcher.</para> 0084 0085 <para>The features of &kdiskfree; are also available in the &systemsettings; module 0086 <guilabel>Storage Devices</guilabel>.</para> 0087 </sect1> 0088 0089 <sect1 id="main-window"> 0090 <title>The Main window</title> 0091 0092 <para>The main &kdiskfree; window displays the available file devices.</para> 0093 0094 <para>Normally, the following pieces of information are included:</para> 0095 <screenshot> 0096 <screeninfo>&kdiskfree; Screen</screeninfo> 0097 <mediaobject> 0098 <imageobject> 0099 <imagedata fileref="kdf.png" format="PNG"/> 0100 </imageobject> 0101 <textobject> 0102 <phrase>&kdiskfree; Screen</phrase> 0103 </textobject> 0104 </mediaobject> 0105 </screenshot> 0106 0107 <itemizedlist> 0108 <listitem><para>an icon depicting the type of storage</para></listitem> 0109 <listitem><para>device name</para></listitem> 0110 <listitem><para>filesystem type</para></listitem> 0111 <listitem><para>total size</para></listitem> 0112 <listitem><para>mount point</para></listitem> 0113 <listitem><para>free disk space</para></listitem> 0114 <listitem><para>the percentage of space used as a number and as a 0115 graph.</para></listitem> 0116 </itemizedlist> 0117 0118 <para><mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> clicking on the header of a 0119 particular column sorts the devices according to that variable. A 0120 second <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click sorts in the opposite 0121 order.</para> 0122 0123 <para>Clicking with the &RMB; on a row pops up a menu. If that device is not 0124 currently mounted, the <guimenuitem>Mount Device</guimenuitem> option 0125 is available. If the device is mounted, it can be unmounted by 0126 choosing <guimenuitem>Unmount Device</guimenuitem>. Selecting 0127 <guimenuitem>Open in File Manager</guimenuitem> opens a new window with a 0128 graphical view of the files on that device.</para> 0129 <para>The setting for the file manager used by &kdiskfree; is independent from the choice 0130 in the &systemsettings; module <guilabel>Default Applications</guilabel>.</para> 0131 </sect1> 0132 0133 <sect1 id="menus-and-configuration"> 0134 <title>Menu Bar and Configuration</title> 0135 0136 <sect2> 0137 <title>The File Menu</title> 0138 0139 <variablelist> 0140 <varlistentry> 0141 <term> 0142 <menuchoice> 0143 <shortcut><keycap>F5</keycap></shortcut> 0144 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 0145 <guimenuitem>Update</guimenuitem> 0146 </menuchoice></term> 0147 <listitem><para><action>Immediately updates the display to reflect the current 0148 status</action></para></listitem> 0149 </varlistentry> 0150 <varlistentry> 0151 0152 <term> 0153 <menuchoice> 0154 <shortcut> 0155 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> 0156 </shortcut> 0157 <guimenu>File</guimenu> 0158 <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> 0159 </menuchoice></term> 0160 <listitem><para><action>Closes</action> &kdiskfree;</para></listitem> 0161 </varlistentry> 0162 </variablelist> 0163 0164 <para> 0165 Additionally &kdiskfree; has some common &kde; <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> and <guimenu>Help</guimenu> 0166 menu items, for more information read the sections about the <ulink url="help:/fundamentals/menus.html#menus-settings" 0167 >Settings Menu</ulink> and <ulink url="help:/fundamentals/menus.html#menus-help">Help Menu</ulink> 0168 of the &kde; Fundamentals. 0169 </para> 0170 0171 </sect2> 0172 0173 <sect2> 0174 <title>The Settings Dialog</title> 0175 0176 <screenshot> 0177 <screeninfo>Configure &kdiskfree; Screen</screeninfo> 0178 <mediaobject> 0179 <imageobject> 0180 <imagedata fileref="kdf_config.png" format="PNG"/> 0181 </imageobject> 0182 <textobject> 0183 <phrase>Configure &kdiskfree; Screen</phrase> 0184 </textobject> 0185 </mediaobject> 0186 </screenshot> 0187 0188 <para>This dialog has two tabbed windows, <guilabel>General Settings</guilabel> 0189 and <guilabel>Mount Commands</guilabel></para> 0190 <variablelist> 0191 <varlistentry> 0192 <term>General Settings</term> <listitem><para>Click on the word 0193 <guilabel>visible</guilabel> or <guilabel>hidden</guilabel> to turn 0194 display of an data field on or off.</para> <para>Change the update 0195 frequency by editing the value. The value in the box is 0196 the interval (in seconds) between updates of the &kdiskfree; display to 0197 reflect the current status.</para> <para>The <guilabel>File Manager</guilabel> setting 0198 controls the command executed when the <guimenuitem>Open 0199 Filemanager</guimenuitem> popup menu item is selected.</para> 0200 <para>There are also two check boxes. One controls if a file manager 0201 window will be automatically opened when a device is mounted. The 0202 other causes an alert window to pop up if a disk gets critically 0203 full.</para> 0204 </listitem> 0205 </varlistentry> 0206 <varlistentry> 0207 <term><guilabel>Mount Commands</guilabel></term> 0208 <listitem><para>Allows the user to specify the mount and unmount commands for a 0209 given device, as well as the icon used to represent it. More information on 0210 these commands can be found on the man page for <application>mount</application> (type 0211 <userinput><command>man</command> <option>mount</option></userinput> at the 0212 command prompt).</para></listitem> 0213 </varlistentry> 0214 </variablelist> 0215 0216 </sect2> 0217 0218 </sect1> 0219 </chapter> 0220 0221 <chapter id="credits"> 0222 <title>Credits and License</title> 0223 0224 <para>&kdiskfree;</para> 0225 0226 <para>Program Copyright © 1998-2000 &Michael.Kropfberger; &Michael.Kropfberger.mail;</para> 0227 0228 <para>Documentation Copyright © 2000 &Jonathan.Singer; &Jonathan.Singer.mail;</para> 0229 0230 <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> 0231 &underFDL; 0232 &underGPL; 0233 0234 </chapter> 0235 0236 &documentation.index; 0237 </book> 0238 0239 <!-- 0240 Local Variables: 0241 mode: sgml 0242 sgml-minimize-attributes:nil 0243 sgml-general-insert-case:lower 0244 sgml-indent-step:0 0245 sgml-indent-data:nil 0246 End: 0247 0248 // vim:ts=2:sw=2:tw=78:noet 0249 -->