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<bookinfo>
<title>The &kruler; Handbook</title>

<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Lauri</firstname>
<surname>Watts</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>lauri@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>

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</authorgroup>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

<copyright>
<year>2001</year>
<holder>Lauri Watts</holder>
</copyright>

<date>2003-09-27</date>
<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>

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<abstract>
<para>
&kruler; can be used to measure objects on the screen.
</para>
</abstract>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>KRuler</keyword>
<keyword>kdegraphics</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>

<para>&kruler; is a very simple application, with only one aim in life.  To
measure distances on your screen.</para>

<para>To start &kruler;, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Graphics</guimenu> 
<guimenuitem>KDE Screen Ruler</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from your
<guimenu>K</guimenu> menu.</para>

<para>&LMB; clicking on the &kruler; will turn the cursor into a hand icon, and
enable you to drag &kruler; around the screen.</para>

<para>When you move the mouse over &kruler;, your cursor will turn into an
elongated arrow, with a circle at one end.  As you move the cursor, &kruler; will
display how far from the point marked <guilabel>0</guilabel> the circle on the
end of the cursor currently is.  &kruler; will also display the
<acronym>HTML</acronym> color code of the color currently under the circle.
This is very useful for picking out colors from an image.  If you move the
mouse far enough that the arrow cursor is no longer touching &kruler;, the
cursor will revert to normal, allowing you to carry on working with your other
applications.</para>

<para>You can change the orientation using the context menu, described in the
next chapter.</para>

</chapter>

<chapter id="menu-reference">
<title>Menu Reference</title>

<para>&RMB; clicking on the ruler will pop up a context menu, with the
following entries:</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This submenu contains entries that allow you to change the orientation of
&kruler;</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>N</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>North</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Turns &kruler; so the ruler is horizontal, and the measurements are on the
top (North) of the ruler</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>E</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>East</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Turns &kruler; so the ruler is vertical, and the measurements are on the
right (East) of the ruler</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>S</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>South</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Turns &kruler; so the ruler is horizontal, and the measurements are on the
bottom (South) of the ruler</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>W</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>West</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Turns &kruler; so the ruler is vertical, and the measurements are on the
left (West) of the ruler</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>R</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Turn Right</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Turns the ruler 90 Degrees to the right.  For example, if it is oriented
South, it will rotate to be oriented West.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>L</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Orientation</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Turn Left</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Turns the ruler 90 Degrees to the left.  For example, if it is oriented
West, it will rotate to be oriented South.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This submenu contains entries that allow you to change the length of
&kruler;</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Short</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Makes &kruler; short - about 385 pixels long.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Medium</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Makes &kruler; a medium length - about 640 pixels long.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Tall</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Makes &kruler; long - about 960 pixels in length.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut>
&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guisubmenu>Length</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Full Screen Width</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Makes &kruler; the same size as your screen width.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenuitem>Choose Color...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Opens a normal &kde; color picker dialog, where you can choose the
background color for &kruler;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Help</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Help</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>KRuler Handbook</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem><para>This invokes the &kde; help system starting at the &kruler; help
pages (this document).</para> </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Help</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>What's This?</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>This changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and
question mark.</action> Clicking on items within &kruler; with this arrow will
open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's
function.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Help</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>About KRuler</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term> 
<listitem>
<para><action>This will displays version and author information.</action></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Help</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>About KDE</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem><para><action>This displays the &kde; version and other basic
information.</action></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para><action>Quits</action> &kruler;</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</chapter>

<chapter id="credits-and-license">
<title>Credits and Licenses</title>

<para>&kruler;</para>

<para>Copyright 2000, 2001 Till Krech <email>till@snafu.de</email></para>

<para>Thanks to Gunnstein Lye <email>gl@ez.no</email> for the initial port to
&kde; 2</para>

<para>Documentation Copyright Lauri Watts
<email>lauri@kde.org</email></para>

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&underFDL;
&underGPL;

</chapter>

<appendix id="installation">
<title>Installation</title>

&install.intro.documentation;

&install.compile.documentation;

</appendix>

&documentation.index; 
</book>
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