# The file manager

The file manager of &kde; is &konqueror;. The &konqueror; home page is located at http://www.konqueror.org where a &konqueror; specific FAQ can be found.

How do I use &konqueror; as a web browser with proxy?

&konqueror; can be used with &HTTP; and &FTP; proxies. To set up the proxy server in &konqueror;, just select Settings Configure &konqueror;... from the &konqueror; menu and go to the Proxies tab.

How can I change the appearance of a directory in &konqueror;?

When displaying a directory,&konqueror; looks for a hidden file called `.directory` inside the directory. You can create such a file yourself to modify the way in which the directory is displayed. The file is simply a `.desktop` file. For example:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Type=Directory
    Icon=trashcan_full
    EmptyIcon=trashcan_empty
    Name=Trash
    Name[af]=GEMORS
    ...
    Name[no_NY]=Papirkorg
    ...
    Comment=Contains removed files

This is the file used to describe the `Trash` directory. It changes the icon used to display the directory and sets the (displayed) name of the directory according to the national language

For the directories that build up the K menu, you can also use &kmenuedit; to change the appearance.

How can I do non-anonymous &FTP; transfers with &konqueror;?

Normally, if you enter a &URL; like `ftp://ftp.somehost.com`, &konqueror; will attempt an anonymous login to the &FTP; server. If you want to login as a particular user, enter a &URL; like `ftp://username@ftp.somehost.com` instead. &konqueror; will ask for your password and connect to the server.

What are `%i` and `%m` in the Execute line?

They are used by all &kde; applications (since they are implemented in `KApplication` and all good &kde; programs create a `KApplication` object before they even look at the command line arguments).

A standard line for a &kde; application looks like this: ``foo` `... %i %m -caption \"%c\"``. Pretty confusing, but it has been designed in that way so that it can integrate legacy, non-&kde; applications as smoothly as possible. &konqueror;, when executing the line above, will extend the command to ``foo` `-icon something.png -miniicon something_mini.png -caption \"The Foo\"``. Both the icon and the mini-icon as well as "The Foo" are properties defined in the `.desktop` file. If the icons are not defined, they simply default to the executable name foo.

This way a user can change these things in &kmenuedit; for his or her applications. `-caption` is important, because no user will accept that the menu item Editor starts something called kedit-0.9pl4-build47. Instead, he expects a window called Editor. Furthermore these names are localized, i.e. an American user launches CD-Player and gets a window called CD-Player while a German user launches CD Spieler and gets a window called CD-Spieler.

How do I specify the startup directory for &konqueror;?

&RMB; click on the &konqueror; icon and choose Preferences. Under the Execute tab you would probably find something like `kfmclient openProfile filemanagement`; just append `file:/whereever/you/want` with the directory you would like &konqueror; to start in.

How do I import &Netscape; bookmarks?

There is no need to import anything at all. &Netscape; bookmarks are automatically available under the Bookmarks menu in &konqueror; with no configuration on your part necessary. The Bookmark Editor is able to convert &Netscape; bookmarks to the format used by &konqueror;, if you want this.

How do I fool a site into believing &konqueror; is &Netscape; or some other browser?

Fire up the &kde; Control Center and select Web Browsing User Agent. Add the desired user agent accordingly.

How do I configure &konqueror; to run &Java; applets?

Choose Settings Configure &konqueror;&konqueror; Browser from &konqueror;'s menubar. Note that you have to be viewing a web page for the Settings menu not to be grayed out. If it doesn't work, please check the Konqueror + Java HOWTO.

Why can't &konqueror; render &GIF; images?

It is because you did not enable &GIF; support in &Qt;. Please see for more details.

How do I rename files?

Simply right click on the file and select Rename or click once on an already selected file.