docs/181353: [handbook] Remove KDE3

Hendrik Lugtenburg hendrik.lugtenburg at gmail.com
Sat Aug 17 13:10:00 UTC 2013


>Number:         181353
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [handbook] Remove KDE3
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
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>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug 17 13:10:00 UTC 2013
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>Originator:     Hendrik Lugtenburg
>Release:        9
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>Description:
As KDE 3 is removed from ports (see ports/UPDATING 20130726) I have taken the liberty to wipe it out of the X11 section in the handbook.

By the way, this is my first contribution to docs, so I hope you'll forgive me if I did something wrong.
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Patch attached with submission follows:

Index: books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml
===================================================================
--- books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	(revision 42558)
+++ books/handbook/x11/chapter.xml	(working copy)
@@ -1581,15 +1581,6 @@
 	  <application>KDE</application>, consult the <ulink
 	  url="http://freebsd.kde.org/">KDE/FreeBSD
 	  initiative</ulink>'s website.</para>
-
-	<para>There are two versions of
-	  <application>KDE</application> available on FreeBSD.
-	  Version 3 has been around for a long time, and is still
-	  available in the Ports Collection though it's now
-	  unmaintained and partially broken.  Version 4 is
-	  punctually updated and is the default choice for
-	  <application>KDE</application> users.  They can even be
-	  installed side by side.</para>
       </sect3>
 
       <sect3 id="x11-wm-kde-install">
@@ -1599,30 +1590,23 @@
 	  other desktop environment, the software can be easily
 	  installed from a package or the Ports Collection:</para>
 
-	<para>To install the <application>KDE 3</application> package
-	  from the network, type:</para>
-
-	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r kde</userinput></screen>
-
-	<para>To install the <application>KDE 4</application> package
-	  from the network, type:</para>
-
 	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r kde4</userinput></screen>
 
 	<para>&man.pkg.add.1; will automatically fetch the latest
 	  version of the application.</para>
+  	<para>Or if you use <application>pkgng</application>:
+	</para>
+	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install kde4</userinput></screen>
 
-	<para>To build <application>KDE 3</application> from source,
+	<para>To build <application>KDE</application> from source,
 	  use the ports tree:</para>
 
-	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde3</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
-
-	<para>To build <application>KDE 4</application> from source,
-	  use the ports tree:</para>
-
 	<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
+	<para>This will pop up a curses based menu that let you choose
+		which modules to install. Note that it is a very large port 
+		and will take quite some time to compile.
+	</para>
 
 	<para>After <application>KDE</application> has been installed,
 	  the X server must be told to launch this application
@@ -1629,12 +1613,6 @@
 	  instead of the default window manager.  This is accomplished
 	  by editing the <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file:</para>
 
-	<para>For <application>KDE 3</application>:</para>
-
-	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec startkde" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
-
-	<para>For <application>KDE 4</application>:</para>
-
 	<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde" > ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
 	<para>Now, whenever the X Window System is invoked with
@@ -1684,18 +1662,7 @@
 	  <application>GNOME</application>, or something else) to
 	  run after logging on.</para>
 
-	<para>To enable <application>KDM</application>, different
-	  files need to be edited depending on the version of
-	  <application>KDE</application>.</para>
-
-	<para>For <application>KDE 3</application>, the
-	  <literal>ttyv8</literal> entry in
-	  <filename>/etc/ttys</filename> has to be adapted as
-	  follows:</para>
-
-	 <programlisting>ttyv8 "/usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure</programlisting>
-
-	<para>For <application>KDE 4</application>, you have to mount
+  <para>For <application>KDE 4</application>, you have to mount
 	  &man.procfs.5; and add the following line to
 	  <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
 


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