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Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux (Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing) Author(s): Manuel Ricart ISBN: 078971826x Publication Date: 12/22/98 function isIE4() { return( navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1 && (navigator.appVersion.charAt(0)=='4') ); } function bookMarkit() { var url="../../../../../www.itknowledge.com/PSUser/EWBookMarks.html@url="+window.location+"&isbn=0"; parent.location.href=url; //var win = window.open(url,"myitk"); //if(!isIE4()) // win.focus(); } Search this book:   Previous Table of Contents Next Changing the Number of Virtual Desktops Depending on your work habits, you might need more or less than the initial four virtual desktops provided by KDE. If that is the case, you can have a maximum of eight desktops. To add more desktops to your KDE environment, go to the Application Starter (K menu on the panel), choose Panel, and select the Configure command. This displays the KPanel Configuration window. Pick the Desktops tab (see the following figure). Additional desktops can be added or removed by sliding the Visible slider. You can add up to eight virtual desktops using the KPanel Configuration window. Customizing the Look of a Virtual Desktop You can control the look of a virtual desktop by activating the Application Starter, choosing Settings, selecting Desktop, and picking the Background tool. You’ll see the Display Settings dialog box, which looks like this: You can customize the look of your virtual desktops in the Display Settings dialog box. Starting Applications Automatically The KDE desktop has a special directory called Autostart. Any program or file in the Autostart directory automatically launches when you start a KDE session. To put a file in the Autostart directory, navigate the KFM application to the directory containing the file you want. Click the file, drag it to the Autostart directory, and release the mouse button. KFM will display a menu giving you the choice to copy, move, or link the file to the Autostart directory. Choose link. The next time you log in to KDE, the document will open when you log in. You can put links to directories and to applications in the Autostart directory. Links to directories result in a folder window to that directory that displays on the desktop when you log in. Links to applications result in having the application launched when you log in. The KDE Workspace Auto-restore Feature If you log out of the system without first quitting all opened applications, KDE will remember applications and documents you left open and restore them when you log in the next time. This feature can be useful if you work with multiple applications and you take a lot of care in organizing your various desktops. For this feature to work, the application must be able to communicate with the KDE desktop. Typically, only KDE-aware (or X11-aware) applications are capable of performing this feature; command-line programs don’t have this feature, so they don’t work. If the application is sophisticated, it might also be able to remember the document you were editing and open it up for you. When you exit the workspace, KDE will warn you of applications that don’t support this feature. KDE Application Help: kdehelp Most KDE applications provide a built-in help. This help system is accessible through the Help menu. Choosing the Contents command from the Help menu will open up the kdehelp viewer. This tool is a specialized browser for help information. If you are familiar with using a Web browser, you’ll have no problems navigating this system. In short, text that is underlined is a hyperlink. Clicking on a hyperlink will take you to the location in the documentation where the topic is discussed. The kdehelp tool is also accessible from the panel (see the following figure). The kdehelp tool is a specialized Web browser for surfing KDE documentation. Features of this window include: •  All KDE applications have a Help menu. Select the Contents command to open the kdehelp tool and choose Contents. •  Clicking underlined text will show you more detailed information about the underlined topic. •  The kdehelp tool can also be started by clicking the icon on your panel pointed out in the previous figure. Exiting Applications To exit an application, you can click the main window’s close button or use the Exit command under the File menu. Because some applications you use won’t behave consistently, it is always a good idea to save your document before you click a window’s close button. Well-behaved applications should give you the opportunity to save your work before quitting. 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