Suse LINUX Professional 9.3 Update 00662644461625 User Manual
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. Refine your search by adding more search criteria. Click ‘Show more
options’ and select any of the criteria offered there. It is even possible to use reg-
ular expressions or wild cards. As soon as you enter all data, hit ‘Find’ to launch
the search and see the result in the bottom part of the window. Depending on the
scope of your search, the whole process may take a considerable amount of time.
KDE contains the application KFind, which is launched from the main menu with
‘Find Files’. The search window is divided into the tabs ‘Name/Location’, ‘Con-
tents’, and ‘Properties’. In the ‘Name/Location’ tab, enter the name of the file
using wild cards, like asterisks or question marks, if needed. Enter the path to
search and determine whether the search should include subfolders or be case
sensitive. The ‘Contents’ tab is used to search the contents of files for certain ex-
pressions. This type of search is only supported for a limited number of file types.
such as text files and OpenOffice.org or KWord formats. You can even use regu-
lar expressions if KRegExpEditor is installed (package
ular expressions or wild cards. As soon as you enter all data, hit ‘Find’ to launch
the search and see the result in the bottom part of the window. Depending on the
scope of your search, the whole process may take a considerable amount of time.
KDE contains the application KFind, which is launched from the main menu with
‘Find Files’. The search window is divided into the tabs ‘Name/Location’, ‘Con-
tents’, and ‘Properties’. In the ‘Name/Location’ tab, enter the name of the file
using wild cards, like asterisks or question marks, if needed. Enter the path to
search and determine whether the search should include subfolders or be case
sensitive. The ‘Contents’ tab is used to search the contents of files for certain ex-
pressions. This type of search is only supported for a limited number of file types.
such as text files and OpenOffice.org or KWord formats. You can even use regu-
lar expressions if KRegExpEditor is installed (package
kdeutils3-extra
). To
limit the scope of the search by providing attributes like file owner, file size, or
modification date, use the ‘Properties’ tab.
modification date, use the ‘Properties’ tab.
Tip
More Information about Search Patterns
For more information about search patterns and the use of wild cards
or regular expressions, refer to Section 19.1 on page 246.
or regular expressions, refer to Section 19.1 on page 246.
Tip
1.5
Applications
SUSE LINUX comes with a wealth of applications. There is a Linux option for al-
most any purpose. Quite often, you even find more than one suitable application
for your purpose. Chapter 2 on page 31 provides a comprehensive list of applica-
tions you might look for when converting from MS Windows. There, easily find
the Linux analog of your MS Windows application.
There are three different ways to launch an application in Linux. The easiest and
most prominent one is the main menu of your desktop environment. Click at the
leftmost edge of the panel to fold out the menu. Select the appropriate category to
fold out a submenu holding the actual application names and icons.
Some applications do not appear in the main menu even though they are in-
stalled. To launch one of them, open the main menu then select ‘Run Applica-
tion’ (GNOME) or ‘Run Command’ (KDE) and enter the name of the application
most any purpose. Quite often, you even find more than one suitable application
for your purpose. Chapter 2 on page 31 provides a comprehensive list of applica-
tions you might look for when converting from MS Windows. There, easily find
the Linux analog of your MS Windows application.
There are three different ways to launch an application in Linux. The easiest and
most prominent one is the main menu of your desktop environment. Click at the
leftmost edge of the panel to fold out the menu. Select the appropriate category to
fold out a submenu holding the actual application names and icons.
Some applications do not appear in the main menu even though they are in-
stalled. To launch one of them, open the main menu then select ‘Run Applica-
tion’ (GNOME) or ‘Run Command’ (KDE) and enter the name of the application
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