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This describes the Kpackage menus.
It is possible to set the keyboard shortcuts associated with menu entries by selecting the menu entry and then typing the single quote key ' followed by the key to be bound to the menu item (for KDE versions post 1.1)
The items in this File menu are:
Brings up file selector for local and ftp files
Allows the entry of a URL for either local, ftp or http files
A list of the most recently open package files
Search the installed package list for a package who's name contains the entered string
Produces a list of packages that contain the entered file name, selecting a line will display the information on that package. It behaves slightly differently for RPM (where you have to enter the exact file name) and DEB (where you can enter a regular expression).
Reread the package data and rebuild the package tree
Quit
The items in the Packages menu are:
Fully expands the packages tree
Collapses the package tree so that only the tree structure is shown
Unselects all the packages
Single Selection Mode/ Toggles between the mode where only and single package at a time can be selected and the mode where many packages can be selected
The items in the Options menu are:
This determines which packages are displayed in the package tree, whether all packages, just the new ones, just the updated ones or just the installed ones.
Whether to cache remote (FTPed) directories and Package files.
Whether to cache remote package files that have been fetched
If set the list of files in the package is checked to see if they are actually installed
If set all the files from a (local) package directory are read instead of just using the files names, this is slower but shows more information.
The standard KDE dialog for setting shortcut keys (KDE post 1.1)
This provides for specifying the location of package directories (either local or FTP), each line includes an entry where the URL or name of the directoryirectory can be typed in, a "..." button that brings up a file selector and a "Use" radio button that determines whether the directory given in the line is to be used or not. The multiple panels are just for convenience.
The first two panels work the same way as for RPMs, the others allow the specification of a Debian distribution and the location of Packages files in that distribution.
For Slackware packages there are three types of panels
Activate/Deactivate the tool bar
Save the current options setting immediately instead of when Kpackage exits.
The items in the Cache menu are:
Delete cached copies of remote package directories and Packages files
Delete cached copies of remote package files that have been fetched
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