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&rekonq; is a lightweight web browser for &kde; based on WebKit.
KDEbrowserrekonqwebkitOverview
&rekonq; is a lightweight web browser for &kde; based on QtWebKit. Amongst other it provides the following features:
Shared bookmarks with &konqueror;Shared cookies with &konqueror;Handle tabbed browsingDisplay tab previewsHandle support for NS plugins (eg: flash)Share General &kde; Proxy settingsBrowse anonymouslyInspect web pagesFile and &FTP; protocol handlingKWallet support for storing passwordsAd-Block support&kget; Download integrationIntroduction
&rekonq; is a lightweight web browser for &kde; based on WebKit. Its code is based on the Nokia QtDemoBrowser.
Its implementation is going to embrace &kde; technologies, in order to have a full-featured &kde; web browser.
Using &rekonq;Here's a screenshot of &rekonq;ScreenshotLike all &kde; applications, &rekonq; is highly
configurable. This document describes how &rekonq; behaves with the normal,
default settings.
A three button mouse can be useful when you are running
&rekonq; or any other &kde; application. If your mouse only has two buttons
then you should be able to set your system up so that you can simulate a a middle mouse button by pressing both buttons at the same time.
If you are used to having to double-click to perform an action,
then take care, because in common with the rest of &kde;, &rekonq; defaults
to single-clicking.
Starting &rekonq;
&rekonq; can be started in the following ways
From the application launcher select
ApplicationsInternetrekonq&Alt;F2 will open a
Run Command dialog box,type rekonq (lower case) and press &Enter; or
the Run to start &rekonq;Configure &rekonq;Do the general settings of &rekonq;
You want to configure the general behavior of &rekonq;? You found the right place to get it explained.
To open the general settings go to
ToolbuttonConfigure rekonqNow you should see thisScreenshot
Here a List of configurable points and explanation for it:
When starting rekonq:You can configure what &rekonq; should do on startup.Home page URL:You can either set your home page directly trought tipping the &URL; in.Set to Current PageSets your home page to the one you are visiting at the moment.Default search engine: Here you can choose the search engine you like to be searched with as default.Use KGet for downloading filesThis activates the &kget; download integration. If this is active &rekonq; will download everything trough &kget;List links with KGet?????Configure the Tabs settingsHere you learn how to change the settings for tabs.To come to the dialog open
ToolbuttonConfigure rekonqTabsNow this dialog should appearScreenshot
Here a List of configurable points and explanation for it:
Open links in new tab instead of in new windowThis enables thedefault opening of links in new tabs.Always show tab barThis forces &rekonq; to show the tab bar evan if there is only one tab.Open new tabs in the backgroundThis makes &rekonq; not swiching to new tabs.Open new tabs after currently active oneThis makes it to default that tabs are opened next to the currently active one.Show preview when hovering tabThis shows you an preview of the contend of a tab if you hover it. This can be useful if you have many tabs opened. Activate previously used tab when closing the current oneThis makes &rekonq; storing you last opend tab and if you close you current one it will reopen the old one. This also can be useful if you use many tabs Configure the Fonts settingsNow you should see thisScreenshot
Following will explain the configurable things and what they do
Standard fontHere you can set your default font. The first part is the name of the font followed by the size of the font.Fixed fontHere you can set your font for &rekonq; labels. The same synopsis like Standard font.Font sizeTo configure your prefered size of font.Minimal font size:You can configure the minimal size of fonts in &rekonq;. Every smaller font will grow to that size.Configure the Webkit settingsNow you should see thisScreenshotNetwork configurationHandling of Cookies with &rekonq;This is a screenshot of the cookie settings dialogScreenshot
As you can see the Cookies can be configured in many ways.
&rekonq; can handel Cookies in three ways
"Ask for Confirmation"RestNow you should see thisScreenshotNow you should see thisScreenshotConfigure the Adblock settingsNow you should see thisScreenshotNow you should see thisScreenshotConfigure the Shortcut settingsNow you should see thisScreenshotConfigure the Web Shortcuts settingsNow you should see thisScreenshotCredits and License
&rekonq;
Program copyright: &underGPL;
Developers&The.rekonq.Team; &The.rekonq.Team.mail; Find more about us in the 'About &rekonq;' section
Documentation copyright 2008 &Andrea.Diamantini; &Andrea.Diamantini.mail;
Documentation copyright 2009-2010 &Rohan.Garg; &Rohan.Garg.mail;
Documentation copyright 2010 &Jonathan.Kolberg; &Jonathan.Kolberg.mail;
&underFDL;
&underBSDLicense;
InstallationHow to obtain &rekonq;Stable Packages of &rekonq; can be downloaded via standard repositories of your distributionYou also can compile &rekonq; yourself see Compilation and Installation for that.RequirementsIn order to successfully use &rekonq;, you need at least &Qt; 4.6.x and &kde; 4.4.x.Compilation and InstallationIf you wish to compile &rekonq;, you have to install the headers of kdelibs and you need git and the build essentials installed.Under Debian/Ubuntu you get those throught runningsudoapt-getbuild-essential kdelibs5-dev git-coreUnder OpenSuse you get those throught runningsudozypperlibkde4-devel git-core gcc gcc-c++ make cmake
We will be using git, as the most recent code is available on the git repository. The gitorious page for rekonq can be found here. Stable releases, can also be downloaded here in form of tarballs.
Now we need to checkout the latest code. To do so, in a terminal run:
gitgit://gitorious.org/rekonq/mainline.git
To compile the code tip in the following
cddirectory_where_rekonq_source_code_ismkdirbuildcdbuildcmake ` ..makesudomakeinstall
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