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diff --git a/doc/userguide/konsole-intro.docbook b/doc/userguide/konsole-intro.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 3b534bf02..000000000 --- a/doc/userguide/konsole-intro.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,126 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="konsole-intro"> - -<chapterinfo> -<authorgroup> -<author> -<firstname>Gardner</firstname> -<surname>Bell</surname> -</author> -</authorgroup> -</chapterinfo> - - -<title>&konsole; Introduction</title> - -<para>Extremely brief intro to managing in a shell</para> - -<para>Emergency procedures: killing wild apps, etc</para> - -<para>SSH, sessions, envars, other fun things</para> - -<para>Some tips and tricks</para> - - -<!-- Some Content borrowed from the konsole handbook --> - -<para>&konsole; is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It is -essentially based on the <ulink url="http://vt100.net">DEC's VT100</ulink> -and many of its succesors. &konsole; – also referred to as a -shell – is an -essential tool on &Linux; and &UNIX; based machines for fast and productive -work.</para> - -<para>Emergency Procedures:</para> - -<para>On &Linux; and &UNIX;-based systems every process runs independently in its own memory -space so it can't accidentally overwrite any other processes memory, unless -of course it has <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> privileges. -If a process in &tde; crashes due to a bug one should not need to worry -about it accessing any other active process.</para> - -<para>To keep track of all system processes use the <command>top</command> -command or <command>ps</command> in &konsole;. Using these utilities will -make it much easier to find and kill off rogue programs.</para> - -<para>An example of using signals in &konsole;, &konqueror; has crashed -leaving behind a running process of -<application>nspluginviewer</application> which is taking up 12% of your -memory and 10% of your cpu cycles. In <command>top</command> use the <keycap>k</keycap> -command switch to kill the task. You will be prompted for the PID and then -the signal to send to kill it. For more on info on what signals you can -send to a running process see the full manual on signals (type -<command>man signal</command> in a &konsole; or go to -<userinput>#signal</userinput> in &konqueror;).</para> - -<para>SSH, sessions, envars, other fun things.</para> - -<para>If you are using &konsole; for remote administration consider using -&konsole;'s <quote>Session</quote> feature. To use this click on the menu -entry -<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &konsole;</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. -From here choose the <guimenuitem>Sessions</guimenuitem> tab and fill in the -name for your new session. This will now become your default session when -you start &konsole;.</para> - -<para>When &konsole; is invoked <application>bash</application> specific -commands and &tde; specific variables are read and executed from -<filename>~/.bashrc</filename> or <filename>~/.bash_profile</filename>. -The preferred configuration file for user environments is -<filename>~/.bash_profile</filename>, the commands -<command>printenv</command> or <command>env</command> can be used to -display all currently set variables. To set a variable in the shell use -<command>VARNAME=<replaceable>value</replaceable></command>. For a full -list of variables that can be set in &tde; see the <ulink -url="http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Environment+Variables">wiki -</ulink>.</para> - -<para>Some tips and tricks</para> - -<para>To rename &konsole;'s session use <keycombo -action="simul">&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> and enter the new -name.</para> - -<para>If you find the need to run any &tde; program with <systemitem -class="username">root</systemitem> privileges, you can use the &tdesu; command with the <option>-c</option> switch -from the command line like this: <userinput><command>tdesu</command> -<option>-c -n <replaceable>PROGRAM</replaceable></option></userinput>, using -the <option>-n</option> switch will prevent &tde; from remembering your -passwords.</para> - -<!-- Add links to "further reading" here --> -<itemizedlist> -<title>Related Information</title> - - -<listitem><para>The &konsole; -Handbook has much more information about the features available in -&konsole;. You can read it in &khelpcenter; or by entering -<userinput>help:/konsole</userinput> in &konqueror;'s -<guilabel>Location</guilabel> bar.</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - - - - - -</chapter> - -<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file -Local variables: -mode: xml -sgml-omittag:nil -sgml-shorttag:nil -sgml-namecase-general:nil -sgml-general-insert-case:lower -sgml-minimize-attributes:nil -sgml-always-quote-attributes:t -sgml-indent-step:0 -sgml-indent-data:true -sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") -sgml-exposed-tags:nil -sgml-local-catalogs:nil -sgml-local-ecat-files:nil -End: ---> |