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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kfind/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kfind/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..85fe5d4a78c --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/kfind/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,473 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kappname "&kfind;"> + <!ENTITY package "tdebase"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" +> +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> + +<bookinfo> +<title +>The &kfind; Handbook</title> + +<authorgroup> +<author +>&Dirk.Doerflinger; &Dirk.Doerflinger.mail;</author> + +<othercredit role="translator" +><firstname +>John</firstname +><surname +>Knight</surname +><affiliation +><address +><email +>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email +></address +></affiliation +><contrib +>Conversion to British English</contrib +></othercredit +> + +</authorgroup> + +<copyright> +<year +>2001</year> +<holder +>&Dirk.Doerflinger;</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice +>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date +>2004-04-11</date> +<releaseinfo +>1.20.01</releaseinfo> + +<abstract> +<para +>&kfind; is &kde;'s file find utility. </para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword +>KDE</keyword> +<keyword +>tdeutils</keyword> +<keyword +>kfind</keyword> +<keyword +>find</keyword> +<keyword +>search</keyword> +</keywordset> +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title +>Introduction</title> + +<para +>&kfind; is the &kde; file find utility. </para> + +<sect1 id="starting"> +<title +>Launching &kfind;</title> + +<para +>The Find Files tool is a useful method of searching for specific files on your computer, or for searching for files that match a pattern. An example of this could include searching for files of a particular type or with certain letters in the filename. You can load this utility by clicking on <guimenuitem +>Find Files</guimenuitem +>. This will launch &kfind;. </para> + +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="kfind"> +<title +>Finding Files</title> + +<sect1 id="name-tab"> +<title +>The Name/Location Tab</title> + +<para +>When starting &kfind;, you will see a quite simple window. Type in the name of the file you are searching in the textbox labelled <guilabel +>Named:</guilabel +>. Choose a folder where you want to search by typing it in the field <guilabel +>Look in:</guilabel +> or by clicking <guibutton +>Browse...</guibutton +> and press <keycap +>Enter</keycap +> or click <guibutton +>Find</guibutton +>. If <guilabel +>Include subfolders</guilabel +> is checked all subfolders starting from your chosen folder will be searched too. The results will be displayed in the box below. </para> + +<para +>You can use the following wildcards: </para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term +>The Asterisk <quote +><keycap +>*</keycap +></quote +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>The asterisk stands for any number of missing characters (even zero), that means ⪚ searching for <userinput +>marc*</userinput +> may find the files <filename +>marc</filename +>, <filename +>marc.png</filename +> and <filename +> marc_must_not_read_this.kwd</filename +>. <userinput +>mar*.kwd</userinput +> may find <filename +>marketplace.kwd</filename +> and <filename +>marc_must_not_read_this.kwd</filename +>. </para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +>The Question Mark <quote +><keycap +>?</keycap +></quote +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>In contrast to the asterisk, the question mark stands for exactly one character, so <userinput +>mar?</userinput +> will find <filename +>marc</filename +>, but <userinput +>marc?</userinput +> will not find anything, as our files are called <filename +>marc</filename +> and <filename +>marc.png</filename +>. You can put as many question marks in the term as you want, it will find exactly that number of characters. </para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +<para +>Of course you can combine those two wildcard symbols in a search term. </para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="kfind-date-range"> +<title +>The Contents Tab</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>File type</guilabel +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>Here you can specify the type of file you are searching for. </para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Containing text</guilabel +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>Type in the word or phrase the files you are searching for must contain. Note: If you do this in a large folder or checked <guilabel +>Include subfolders</guilabel +> in the <guilabel +>Name/Location</guilabel +> tab, this may take a long time. </para> + +<note> +<para +>This option will <emphasis +>not</emphasis +> work for all files listed under <guilabel +>File type</guilabel +>. Only the following file types are supported: <itemizedlist> +<listitem +><para +>Text files, ⪚ source code and <filename +>README</filename +> files</para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>KWord >= 1.2</para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>KPresenter >= 1.2</para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>KSpread >= 1.2</para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>OpenOffice.org Writer</para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>OpenOffice.org Impress</para +></listitem> +<listitem +><para +>OpenOffice.org Calc</para +></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +</para> +</note> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Case sensitive</guilabel +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>If you enable this option, &kfind; will only find files with the exact case matching, ⪚ <userinput +>MARC</userinput +> will only match <quote +>MARC</quote +>, not <quote +>Marc</quote +>. </para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Regular expression</guilabel +></term> +<listitem +><para +>If you have installed the &kregexpeditor; tool from the tdeutils package, you will have this additional option. Enabling it will allow you to search for a <firstterm +>regexp</firstterm +> or regular expression. A regexp is a way to specify conditions for your search, and they can be very complex, and equally they can be very powerful. If you are unfamiliar with regular expressions, you can choose <guilabel +>Edit Regular Expression</guilabel +> to open &kregexpeditor;. This tool allows you to construct your set of conditions graphically, and then generates the expression for you.</para> + +<para +>&kregexpeditor; is a very useful tool, and can be used from within many &kde; applications other than &kfind;. You can find more information from within its own help file.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<!-- TODO: "Search metainfo sections" --> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="kfind-advanced"> +<title +>The Properties Tab</title> + +<para +>Here you can refine your search. These are the special refinements you can choose: </para> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Find all files created or modified</guilabel +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>Here you can either enter two dates, between which the files were created or modified, or specify a time period. </para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>File size is</guilabel +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>Here you can specify if the file has to be at least or as most as big as the size you entered in the following box. </para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term +><guilabel +>Files owned by user, Files owned by group</guilabel +></term> +<listitem> +<para +>Here you can specify user and group names. </para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="credits"> + +<title +>Credits and Licence</title> + +<para +>&kfind; </para> + +<para +>Program copyright: </para> + +<itemizedlist> +<title +>Developers</title> +<listitem> +<para +>Martin Hartig</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Stephan Kulow <email +>coolo@kde.org</email +></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Mario Weilguni <email +>mweilguni@sime.com</email +></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Alex Zepeda <email +>jazepeda@pacbell.net</email +></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Miroslav Flídr <email +>flidr@kky.zcu.cz</email +></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Harri Porten <email +>porten@kde.org</email +></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Dima Rogozin <email +>dima@mercury.co.il</email +></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Carsten Pfeiffer <email +>pfeiffer@kde.org</email +></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Hans Petter Bieker <email +>bieker@kde.org</email +></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para +>Waldo Bastian <email +>bastian@kde.org</email +></para> +</listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +<para +>Documentation copyright 2001 &Dirk.Doerflinger; &Dirk.Doerflinger.mail;</para +> + +<para +>Conversion to British English: John Knight <email +>anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email +></para +> +&underFDL; &underBSDLicense; </chapter> + +<appendix id="installation"> +<title +>Installation</title> + +<sect1 id="getting-kfind"> +<title +>How to obtain &kfind;</title> +&install.intro.documentation; </sect1> + +<sect1 id="requirements"> +<title +>Requirements</title> + +<para +>In order to successfully use &kfind;, you need &kde; 3.x. </para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="compilation"> +<title +>Compilation and Installation</title> +&install.compile.documentation; </sect1> + +</appendix> + +&documentation.index; + +</book> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:nil +End: + +// vim:ts=0:sw=2:tw=78:noet +--> |