Webpage update-- to avoid breaking KDE

Hi,

On your KDE optimization wiki page:

http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Perfo
rmance%20Tips#id182322

...I tried this tip:

> The KDE splashscreen
>
> Try disabling the splashscreen shown during KDE
> startup. Currently, you can do so only by editing
the
> startkde script. As user root, modify
> $KDEDIR/bin/startkde and remove the line saying
> 'ksplash --nodcop'. 

Unfortunately, I didn't bother to read the next
paragraph:

> KDE 3.4: In the list of available splashscreens in
> its control module, there are two options
"None"
> and "Simple", first of them turning the
splashscreen
> off completely, second selecting a very simple
> optimized splashscreen...

I edited startkde, rebooted, and tried to log on. KDE
wouldn't start. I had to boot from a live CD and
un-edit the file.

How about updating your text so other people don't
make this mistake? See my suggested text at the end of
this message.

BTW, I'm a professional writer and editor. If there's
anything else I can do to help the KDE project, just
let me know!

Cheers, Andy
 - - -
Andy Fielding
Copywriter, technical writer, editor
Vancouver, Canada

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Revision suggestion for "The KDE splashscreen"
section,
"KDE Wiki - Performance Tips"
(http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Perfo
rmance%20Tips#id182322)

The KDE Splash Screen

Try disabling or simplifying the animated splash
screen that appears when KDE starts.

For KDE 3.4 or later:

In the KDE Control Center, click Appearance & Themes,
then click Splash Screen. In the list of available
splash screens, select "None" (no splash) or
"Simple"
(a very simple optimized splash).

For earlier KDE versions:

As root, edit $KDEDIR/bin/startkde and add a comment
sign (#) to the beginning of the line that says
'ksplash --nodcop'.

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On Saturday 01 April 2006 04:42, Andy Fielding wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On your KDE optimization wiki page:
>
> http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Perfo
rmance%20Tips#id182322
>
> ...I tried this tip:
> > The KDE splashscreen
> >
> > Try disabling the splashscreen shown during KDE
> > startup. Currently, you can do so only by editing
>
> the
>
> > startkde script. As user root, modify
> > $KDEDIR/bin/startkde and remove the line saying
> > 'ksplash --nodcop'.
>
> Unfortunately, I didn't bother to read the next
>
> paragraph:
> > KDE 3.4: In the list of available splashscreens in
> > its control module, there are two options
"None"
> > and "Simple", first of them turning
the splashscreen
> > off completely, second selecting a very simple
> > optimized splashscreen...
>
> I edited startkde, rebooted, and tried to log on. KDE
> wouldn't start. I had to boot from a live CD and
> un-edit the file.
>
> How about updating your text so other people don't
> make this mistake? See my suggested text at the end of
> this message.
>
> BTW, I'm a professional writer and editor. If there's
> anything else I can do to help the KDE project, just
> let me know!
>
> Cheers, Andy
>  - - -
> Andy Fielding
> Copywriter, technical writer, editor
> Vancouver, Canada
>
>  - - - - - - - -
> Revision suggestion for "The KDE
splashscreen"
> section,
> "KDE Wiki - Performance Tips"
> (http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=Perfo
rmance%20Tips#id182322)
>
> The KDE Splash Screen
>
> Try disabling or simplifying the animated splash
> screen that appears when KDE starts.
>
> For KDE 3.4 or later:
>
> In the KDE Control Center, click Appearance &
Themes,
> then click Splash Screen. In the list of available
> splash screens, select "None" (no splash)
or "Simple"
> (a very simple optimized splash).
>
> For earlier KDE versions:
>
> As root, edit $KDEDIR/bin/startkde and add a comment
> sign (#) to the beginning of the line that says
> 'ksplash --nodcop'.
>

better text is always good. wiki accounts are easy to get
(you just create one 
yourself) and after you have it, you should feel free to
edit the page 
yourself. 

If you're interested in helping out KDE even more with
documentation and 
editing, I recommend subscribing to the kde-doc-english
mailing list and 
reading through the KDE documentation primer on
l10n.kde.org/docs and the 
thread at http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-doc-english&
;m=114031543031721&w=2 
contains some useful information as well.

Thanks!
--
Matt
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Andy Fielding wrote:

>I edited startkde, rebooted, and tried to log on. KDE
>wouldn't start. I had to boot from a live CD and
>un-edit the file.
>  
>
You should really not have to use a live-CD for that. Just
switch to a 
virtual terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in there and un-edit.
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