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Subject:    branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/doc/userguide
From:       Anne-Marie Mahfouf <annma () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-12-06 8:52:01
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 <sect1 id="icons">
 <title>Icons</title>
-<para>Icons are images used to represent files and folders. An icon theme
-contains the images used to represent actions, files, devices, and
-applications. Managing icon themes is easily done through the Icons module in
-the &kcontrolcenter;. Simply select the icon theme you want to use and click
-on <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to switch to the new theme. To install new icon
-themes, all you need to do is to click on <guibutton>Install New
-Theme...</guibutton> and browse to the location of the icon theme archive. There is
-no need to extract the contents of the archive into a directory. In fact, the
+<para>An icon theme contains the images used to represent actions, files,
+devices, and applications. Managing icon themes is easily done through the Icons
+module in the &kcontrolcenter;. Simply select the icon theme you want to use and
+click on <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to switch to the new theme. To install new
+icon themes, all you need to do is to click on <guibutton>Install New
+Theme...</guibutton> and browse to the location of the icon theme archive. There
+is no need to extract the contents of the archive into a directory. In fact, the
 Icons module only accepts archived icon themes. To remove an icon theme, simply
 select the theme from the list and click on <guibutton>Remove Theme</guibutton>.
 Note that you cannot remove the icon theme that you are currently using. You
@@ -127,30 +126,28 @@
 you simply need to install it using your distribution's package manager. Please
 refer to your distribution's manual for instructions on how to do this. Once the
 window decoration has been installed, it can be accessed in the Window
-Decorations settings in the &kcontrolcenter;. In the
-<guilabel>Window Decoration</guilabel> tab,
-a list of installed window decorations can be seen in the drop down box. Simply
-select the decoration you want to use and click on <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.
-Different window decorations have different capabilities and settings. Play
-around with the different options available. The <guilabel>Buttons</guilabel> tab allows you to
-control the buttons on the window titlebar. Enable the <guilabel>Use custom
-titlebar button positions</guilabel> check box in order to rearrange, remove, or
-add buttons. To add buttons to the titlebar, drag an item from the list to the
-titlebar preview above it. To remove a button, drag the button from the titlebar
-preview to the item list. Simply drag buttons in the titlebar preview to
-rearrange them.</para>
+Decorations settings in the &kcontrolcenter;. In the <guilabel>Window
+Decoration</guilabel> tab, a list of installed window decorations can be seen in
+the drop down box. Simply select the decoration you want to use and click on
+<guibutton>Apply</guibutton>. Different window decorations have different
+capabilities and settings. Play around with the different options available. The
+<guilabel>Buttons</guilabel> tab allows you to control the buttons on the window
+titlebar. Enable the <guilabel>Use custom titlebar button positions</guilabel>
+check box in order to rearrange, remove, or add buttons. To add buttons to the
+titlebar, drag an item from the list to the titlebar preview above it. To remove
+a button, drag the button from the titlebar preview to the item list. Simply
+drag buttons in the titlebar preview to rearrange them.</para>
 
-<para>While most window decorations are compiled from source code, there is
-another type of window decoration available in &kde;. These are the pixmap-based
-window decorations. That means they can be themed using pixmaps or small images.
-&kde; ships with a pixmap-based window decoration called the IceWM window
-decoration. Another pixmap-based window decoration is <ulink
+<para>While all window decorations need to be compiled from source code, some
+window decorations can load pixmap-based theme files that do not need to be
+compiled. &kde; ships with a pixmap-based window decoration called the IceWM
+window decoration. Another pixmap-based window decoration is <ulink
 url="http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=31447">deKorator</ulink>,
-which can be found on &kde;-Look.org. Please refer to your
-distribution's documentation on how to install these. The advantage of using
-pixmap-based window decorations is it is relatively easy to make themes for
-them, by using images and editing a configuration file. The tradeoff is a bit of
-performance, while this may be unnoticeable on very fast systems.</para>
+which can be found on &kde;-Look.org. Please refer to your distribution's
+documentation on how to install these. The advantage of using pixmap-based
+window decorations is it is relatively easy to make themes for them, by using
+images and editing a configuration file. The tradeoff is a bit of performance,
+while this may be unnoticeable on very fast systems.</para>
 
 <para>To add an IceWM theme, select IceWM as the window decoration and click on
 the <guilabel>Open &kde;'s IceWM theme folder</guilabel> link in the window
@@ -169,11 +166,6 @@
 Path's</guibutton>. Click on <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> for the changes to
 take effect.</para>
 
-<para>Take note that, when adding themes for IceWM or deKorator, you are not
-actually adding a new window decoration. You are merely adding a theme to the
-IceWM or deKorator window decoration. Adding a new window decoration requires
-compilation and/or installation.</para>
-
 <para>Some more window decorations are available at &kde;-Look.org under <ulink
 url="http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=17">the
 Native &kde; 3.x</ulink> and <ulink
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