Astuces pour le bureau

Cette section offre quelques conseils pour utiliser et personnaliser le bureau.

Lancer des programmes automatiquement au démarrage de KDE

  1. The easiest way to run programs automatically when KDE starts is to use the Session Management feature of KDE. KDE can be set up to be exactly right with every login.

  2. Choose Kickoff Application Launcher->System Settings->Advanced->Session Manager from the Advanced tab on the top and then the Advanced User Settings section. Click the Session Manager button on the right. Ensure that the Restore manually saved session checkbox is enabled.

  3. Another method to start programs automatically with login is to copy the desktop entry of the application from /usr/share/applications to the ~/.kde/Autostart directory.

Se connecter automatiquement sur KDE au démarrage de l'ordinateur

Il est possible de connecter un utilisateur automatiquement quand l'ordinateur démarre. Ce n'est pas recommandé pour la plupart des ordinateurs, car cela n'est pas sûr et cela peut permettre à d'autres utilisateurs d'accéder à des informations privées.

  1. Go to System Settings by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Computer->System Settings. Under the Advanced tab, select the Login Manager.

  2. Click on the Administrator Mode... and enter the proper user password to gain administrator privileges.

  3. Select the Convenience tab. Check the Enable Autologin and select the user to autologin from the drop-down menu and select an appropriate time delay.

Relancer KDE sans redémarrer l'ordinateur

Procedure 3. Relancer KDE à partir du clavier

  1. Assurez-vous que le système a la capacité de redémarrer KDE via le clavier.

    1. Open System Settings by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Computer->System Settings.

    2. Select the Display icon.

    3. Select the checkbox that is labeled "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace restarts the xserver".

    4. Press the Apply button and close out of System Settings.

  2. Enregistrez et fermez toutes les applications en cours.

  3. Appuyez simultanément sur Ctrl-Alt-RetArr

Procedure 4. Redémarrez KDE via la ligne de commande

  1. Enregistrez et fermez toutes les applications en cours.

  2. Open Konsole by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->System->Terminal (Konsole). At the command prompt type the following and press the Enter key (if asked for a password, type in the proper user password followed by the Enter key):

    sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart
    

Lancer un programme manuellement

Sometimes it can be useful to start a program manually, such as when the program does not have an entry in the menu. This is easy to do with the KRunner application.

  1. Open KRunner application by pressing Alt-F2

  2. Enter the name of the program to run, and press the Enter key.

Automatically turn on NumLock when KDE starts

  1. Open System Settings by going to Kickoff Application Launcher->Computer->System Settings. In the System Settings window, select the Keyboard & Mouse option.

  2. Under the Keyboard section, locate the subsection titled NumLock on KDE Startup, enable the Turn On checkbox. Click on Apply to save the settings.

The change will take effect with the next log-in to KDE. To test it right away, turn off NumLock and restart KDE (see the section called “Relancer KDE sans redémarrer l'ordinateur”).

Gérer les liens help:/ dans Firefox comme dans Konqueror

Firefox is not installed by default, so in order for this to work, Firefox must be already installed. Please refer to the Adding Applications documentation for more information on installing applications.

Konqueror is able to handle help:/ URLs by default. Firefox is also able to handle these the same way. The Firefox configuration must manually edited for this to work properly. The following procedure will assist with this configuration.

  1. Start Firefox by choosing left Kickoff Application Launcher->Applications->Internet->Web Browser.

  2. In the address bar, type about:config and press the Enter key.

  3. Right click on the list and select New->Boolean. Type network.protocol-handler.external.help as the Preference Name and true as the Value. Press the OK button when complete.

  4. Right click again on the list and select New->String. Type network.protocol-handler.app.help as the Preference Name and khelpcenter as the Value. Press the OK button when complete.

Edit Kickoff Application Launcher

Kubuntu comes with the KDE Menu Editor, so menus can be customized and entries added for applications that don't automatically appear after they are installed. To add, remove, or modify an entry, use the following procedure.

  1. Open KDE Menu Editor by right clicking on Kickoff Application Launcher icon (the KDE Menu) and choosing Menu Editor. If the Kicker is locked, KDE Menu Editor can be opened by pressing Alt-F2 and typing kmenuedit followed by pressing the Enter key.

  2. In KDE Menu Editor's left-hand pane, choose the submenu the new entry should appear in.

  3. Choose File->New Item or press the New Item button. In the New Item window, choose a Name. Then add the Description, Comment, and Command. Select the icon by clicking on Icon. The Command will usually be the package name, Name is what will appear on the menu, and the Comment will appear in the tooltip that appears near the menu entry. Icons are chosen from /usr/share/icons/icon_theme directory by default, or can be chosen from any directory.

To change the order of menu entries, click and drag the entry in the KDE Menu Editor window.

Install Extra Fonts

Cette section explique comment installer des polices de caractères supplémentaires à partir des archives Kubuntu.

  1. For international fonts, install the following packages (please refer to the Adding Applications documentation for help on installing extra applications):


    xfonts-intl-arabic
    xfonts-intl-asian
    xfonts-intl-chinese
    xfonts-intl-chinese-big
    xfonts-intl-european
    xfonts-intl-japanese 
    xfonts-intl-japanese-big
    xfonts-intl-phonetic

  2. For Microsoft TrueType core fonts, install the ttf-mscorefonts-installer package.

  3. For Ghostscript fonts, install the gsfonts-x11 package (please refer to the Adding Applications documentation for help on installing extra applications).

Individual fonts can be installed easily by opening Konqueror and typing fonts:/ into the location bar. The font can then be installed, either system-wide or for personal use, by dragging and dropping into the respective folders.