I'm trying to create some newby docs for our company and I used
abiword. The enclosed procedure puts abiword on the KDE menu and on the
desktop. Both .abi and .rtf files are enclosed.
I would appreciate any comments on how I am doing this.
BTW, I think this is good stuff and while incomplete, everything I've
tried seems to work and work well. I did break it just going back and
forth looking through the menus. The file save works a little slow on
navigation.
-- Paul Cubbage Open Country, Inc. 408-353-2164 408-353-8181FAX paul@opencountry.net --------------DE4249E042750BCECA1D934F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="KDE01.abw" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="KDE01.abw"<!-- ===================================================================== --> <!-- This file is an AbiWord document. --> <!-- AbiWord is a free, Open Source word processor. --> <!-- You may obtain more information about AbiWord at www.abisource.com --> <!-- You should not edit this file by hand. --> <!-- ===================================================================== -->
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<abiword version="0.7.5"> <section> <p style="Heading 1" props="margin-left:0.0000in"><c props="font-size:16pt">KDE Desktop</c></p> <p style="Heading 2" props="margin-left:0.0000in"><c props="font-size:14pt">Application Installation (using abiword as an example)</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">There are two ways to get applications on the KDE desktop</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">1. Add it to the KDE menus</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">2. Put an icon on the desktop</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">The first thing you need is an icon from/in the icon folder /usr/share/icons</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">If you navigate to there with the Disk Navigator (<c props="text-decoration:underline">Disk Navigator > Root > usr > share > icons</c>) click on <c props="text-decoration:underline">View > Icon View</c> to see the icons in the folder. If you want an abiword icon copy the icon abiword_48.xpm from /usr/share/abisuite/icons to /usr/share/icons</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in"></p> <p style="Heading 3" props="margin-left:0.0000in"><c props="font-weight:bold">1. Add Application to KDE Menus</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">- <c props="text-decoration:underline">Panel > Edit Menus</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">A picture showing the menus appears. Navigate to where you want to install and right click e.g. Applications</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">A menu appears. Click "NEW"</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">Another menu appears. The entries are:</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:0.5000in/L">Type: Application</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L">File Name: abiword</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L">Name: abiword</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L">Icon: abiword_48.xpm (click on the icon panel and the icons appear. Select one. Moving the mouse over an icon will show the name.</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L">Mini Icon (clicking on the little panel shows the mini icons. Couldn't find one that worked for abiword.</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L">Comment: any</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L">Execute abiword</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L,0.5000in/L"><c props="text-decoration:underline">File > Save</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L,0.5000in/L"><c props="text-decoration:underline">File > Quit</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:1.4375in/L,0.5000in/L"><c props="text-decoration:none">The application name and icon should be in your KDE menu tree.</c></p> <p style="Heading 3" props="margin-left:0.0000in"><c props="font-weight:bold">2. Add Application Icon to the Desktop</c></p> <p style="Normal">Right click on the KDE desktop. A menu appears. Select <c props="text-decoration:underline">New > Application </c></p> <p style="Normal">A panel appears with Program.kdelink in the entry line. Delete that and enter your program name "abiword" and CR</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in">Another panel appears with four tabs.</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:2.5000in/L"><c props="color:000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none">Tab: General</c><c props="color:000000; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none">:</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:2.5000in/L">File Name: abiword</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:2.5000in/L"><c props="font-weight:bold">Tab: Execute</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:2.5000in/L">Execute: abiword</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:2.5000in/L">Click on the icon panel and the icons appear. Select one - moving the mouse over icons gives the name.</p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:2.5000in/L"><c props="font-weight:bold">Tab: Application</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:2.5000in/L"><c props="font-weight:normal">Binary Pattern (netscape, Netscape)</c><c props="font-weight:bold"> </c><c props="font-weight:normal">abiword</c></p> <p style="Normal" props="margin-left:0.0000in; tabstops:2.5000in/L"><c props="font-weight:normal">Comment any</c></p> </section> </abiword>
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