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docs/167864: [patch] Update KDE documentation in Handbook and Porter's Handbook

Alberto Villa-3

>Number:         167864
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] Update KDE documentation in Handbook and Porter's Handbook
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:      
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 14 08:40:01 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alberto Villa
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
KDE documentation is quite outdated both in the Handbook and in the Porter's Handbook. The attached patch updates it and cleans it up, and fixes a serious documentation bug within the KDM section.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

Index: handbook/x11/chapter.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11/chapter.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.212
diff -u -r1.212 chapter.sgml
--- handbook/x11/chapter.sgml 16 Feb 2012 05:06:57 -0000 1.212
+++ handbook/x11/chapter.sgml 14 May 2012 08:30:41 -0000
@@ -1323,9 +1323,9 @@
 
  <para>Several replacements for the default
   <application>XDM</application> program exist.  One of them,
-  <application>kdm</application> (bundled with
+  <application>KDM</application> (bundled with
   <application>KDE</application>) is described later in this
-  chapter.  The <application>kdm</application> display manager offers many visual
+  chapter.  The <application>KDM</application> display manager offers many visual
   improvements and cosmetic frills, as well as the
   functionality to allow users to choose their window manager
   of choice at login time.</para>
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@
  <para>Yet another option is to configure the display manager to
   allow choosing the window manager at login time; the section on
   <link linkend="x11-wm-kde-details">KDE details</link>
-  explains how to do this for <application>kdm</application>, the
+  explains how to do this for <application>KDM</application>, the
   display manager of <application>KDE</application>.</para>
       </sect3>
     </sect2>
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@
 
   <listitem>
     <para>Internationalization: <application>KDE</application>
-      is available in more than 40 languages</para>
+      is available in more than 55 languages</para>
   </listitem>
 
   <listitem>
@@ -1525,13 +1525,15 @@
   can be found on the <ulink url="http://www.kde.org/">KDE
   website</ulink>.  For FreeBSD specific information and
   resources on <application>KDE</application>, consult
-  the <ulink url="http://freebsd.kde.org/">KDE on FreeBSD
-  team</ulink>'s website.</para>
+  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 very mature.  Version 4,
-  the next generation, is also available in the Ports Collection.
-  They can even be installed side by side.</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">
@@ -1541,12 +1543,12 @@
   other desktop environment, the software can be easily installed
   from a package or the Ports Collection:</para>
 
- <para>To install the <application>KDE3</application> package
+ <para>To install the <application>KDE 3</application> package
   from the network, simply type:</para>
 
  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r kde</userinput></screen>
 
- <para>To install the <application>KDE4</application> package
+ <para>To install the <application>KDE 4</application> package
   from the network, simply type:</para>
 
  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r kde4</userinput></screen>
@@ -1554,13 +1556,13 @@
  <para>&man.pkg.add.1; will automatically fetch the latest version
   of the application.</para>
 
- <para>To build <application>KDE3</application> from source,
+ <para>To build <application>KDE 3</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>KDE4</application> from source,
+ <para>To build <application>KDE 4</application> from source,
   use the ports tree:</para>
 
  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/x11/kde4</userinput>
@@ -1571,12 +1573,12 @@
   instead of the default window manager.  This is accomplished
   by editing the <filename>.xinitrc</filename> file:</para>
 
- <para>For <application>KDE3</application>:</para>
-
+ <para>For <application>KDE 3</application>:</para>
+
  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec startkde" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
- <para>For <application>KDE4</application>:</para>
-
+ <para>For <application>KDE 4</application>:</para>
+
  <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>echo "exec /usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde" &gt; ~/.xinitrc</userinput></screen>
 
  <para>Now, whenever the X Window System is invoked with
@@ -1587,7 +1589,7 @@
   <application>XDM</application> is being used, the
   configuration is slightly different.  Edit the
   <filename>.xsession</filename> file instead.  Instructions
-  for <application>kdm</application> are described later in
+  for <application>KDM</application> are described later in
   this chapter.</para>
       </sect3>
     </sect2>
@@ -1618,28 +1620,28 @@
   <link linkend="x-xdm">XDM</link> can be
   used, as described earlier.  However,
   <application>KDE</application> includes an
-  alternative, <application>kdm</application>, which is designed
+  alternative, <application>KDM</application>, which is designed
   to look more attractive and include more login-time options.
   In particular, users can easily choose (via a menu) which
   desktop environment (<application>KDE</application>,
   <application>GNOME</application>, or something else) to run
   after logging on.</para>
 
- <para>To enable <application>kdm</application>, different files
+ <para>To enable <application>KDM</application>, different files
   need to be edited depending on the version of
   <application>KDE</application>.</para>
 
- <para>For <application>KDE3</application>, the <literal>ttyv8</literal>
+ <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>KDE4</application>, you have to add the
-  following lines to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
+ <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>
 
- <programlisting>local_startup="${local_startup} /usr/local/kde4/etc/rc.d"
-kdm4_enable="YES"</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>kdm4_enable="YES"</programlisting>
       </sect3>
 
      </sect2>
Index: porters-handbook/book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.1186
diff -u -r1.1186 book.sgml
--- porters-handbook/book.sgml 2 May 2012 10:21:37 -0000 1.1186
+++ porters-handbook/book.sgml 14 May 2012 08:30:44 -0000
@@ -1742,8 +1742,7 @@
       <row>
  <entry><filename>kde*</filename></entry>
  <entry>Ports from the <ulink
-    url="http://www.kde.org">K Desktop Environment
-    (KDE)</ulink> Project.</entry>
+    url="http://www.kde.org">KDE</ulink> Project.</entry>
  <entry></entry>
       </row>
 
@@ -6004,7 +6003,8 @@
  <entry><makevar>QTNONSTANDARD</makevar></entry>
  <entry>Suppress modification of
   <makevar>CONFIGURE_ENV</makevar>,
-  <makevar>CONFIGURE_ARGS</makevar>, and
+  <makevar>CONFIGURE_ARGS</makevar>,
+  <makevar>CPPFLAGS</makevar> and
   <makevar>MAKE_ENV</makevar>.</entry>
       </row>
     </tbody>
@@ -6019,30 +6019,26 @@
     <tbody>
       <row>
  <entry><makevar>QT_COMPONENTS</makevar></entry>
- <entry>Specify tool and library dependencies for Qt4.
+ <entry>Specify tool and library dependencies for Qt 4.
   See below for details.</entry>
       </row>
 
       <row>
  <entry><makevar>UIC</makevar></entry>
  <entry>Set to the path of <command>uic</command>
-  (read-only variable).  Default set according to
-  <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> value.</entry>
+  (read-only variable).</entry>
       </row>
 
       <row>
  <entry><makevar>QMAKE</makevar></entry>
  <entry>Set to the path of <command>qmake</command>
-  (read-only variable).  Default set according to
-  <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> value.</entry>
+  (read-only variable).</entry>
       </row>
 
       <row>
  <entry><makevar>QMAKESPEC</makevar></entry>
  <entry>Set to the path of configuration file for
-  <command>qmake</command> (read-only variable).
-  Default set according to
-  <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> value.</entry>
+  <command>qmake</command> (read-only variable).</entry>
       </row>
     </tbody>
   </tgroup>
@@ -6056,8 +6052,9 @@
  --with-qt-libraries=${QT_PREFIX}/lib \
  --with-extra-libs=${LOCALBASE}/lib \
  --with-extra-includes=${LOCALBASE}/include
-CONFIGURE_ENV+= MOC="${MOC}" CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${QTCPPFLAGS}" LIBS="${QTCFGLIBS}" \
- QTDIR="${QT_PREFIX}" KDEDIR="${KDE_PREFIX}"</programlisting>
+CONFIGURE_ENV+= MOC="${MOC}" LIBS="${QTCFGLIBS}" \
+ QTDIR="${QT_PREFIX}" KDEDIR="${KDE_PREFIX}"
+CPPFLAGS+= ${QTCPPFLAGS}</programlisting>
 
  <para>If <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> is set to
   <literal>4</literal>, the following settings are also
@@ -6070,8 +6067,8 @@
       <sect2 id="qt4-components">
  <title>Component Selection (Qt 4.x Only)</title>
 
- <para>When <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> is set to 4,
-  individual Qt4 tool and library dependencies can be
+ <para>When <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> is set to <literal>4</literal>,
+  individual Qt 4 tool and library dependencies can be
   specified in the <makevar>QT_COMPONENTS</makevar> variable.
   Every component can be suffixed by either
   <literal>_build</literal> or <literal>_run</literal>, the
@@ -6088,7 +6085,7 @@
   <filename>/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.qt.mk</filename>):</para>
 
  <table frame="none">
-  <title>Available Qt4 Library Components</title>
+  <title>Available Qt 4 Library Components</title>
 
   <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
@@ -6122,7 +6119,7 @@
 
       <row>
  <entry><literal>qt3support</literal></entry>
- <entry>Qt3 compatibility library</entry>
+ <entry>Qt 3 compatibility library</entry>
       </row>
 
       <row>
@@ -6154,7 +6151,7 @@
   executable after a successful compilation.</para>
 
  <table frame="none">
-  <title>Available Qt4 Tool Components</title>
+  <title>Available Qt 4 Tool Components</title>
 
   <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
@@ -6178,7 +6175,7 @@
 
       <row>
  <entry><literal>rcc</literal></entry>
- <entry>resource compiler (need if the application
+ <entry>resource compiler (needed if the application
   comes with <filename>*.rc</filename> or
   <filename>*.qrc</filename> files)</entry>
       </row>
@@ -6195,7 +6192,7 @@
  </table>
 
  <table frame="none">
-  <title>Available Qt4 Plugin Components</title>
+  <title>Available Qt 4 Plugin Components</title>
 
   <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
@@ -6223,17 +6220,18 @@
  </table>
 
  <example id="qt4-components-example">
-  <title>Selecting Qt4 Components</title>
+  <title>Selecting Qt 4 Components</title>
 
-  <para>In this example, the ported application uses the Qt4
-    graphical user interface library, the Qt4 core library,
-    all of the Qt4 code generation tools and Qt4's Makefile
-    generator.  Since the gui library implies a dependency on
-    the core library, corelib does not need to be specified.
-    The Qt4 code generation tools moc, uic and rcc, as well as
-    the Makefile generator qmake are only needed at buildtime,
-    thus they are specified with the <literal>_build</literal>
-    suffix:</para>
+  <para>In this example, the ported application uses the Qt 4
+    graphical user interface library, the Qt 4 core library,
+    all of the Qt 4 code generation tools and Qt 4's Makefile
+    generator.  Since the <literal>gui</literal> library implies
+    a dependency on the core library, <literal>corelib</literal>
+    does not need to be specified.  The Qt 4 code generation tools
+    <literal>moc</literal>, <literal>uic</literal> and
+    <literal>rcc</literal>, as well as the Makefile generator
+    <literal>qmake</literal> are only needed at buildtime, thus they
+    are specified with the <literal>_build</literal> suffix:</para>
 
   <programlisting>USE_QT_VER= 4
 QT_COMPONENTS= gui moc_build qmake_build rcc_build uic_build</programlisting>
@@ -6252,7 +6250,7 @@
 
 do-configure:
  @cd ${WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} \
- ${QMAKE} -unix PREFIX=${PREFIX} texmaker.pro</programlisting>
+ ${QMAKE} PREFIX=${PREFIX} texmaker.pro</programlisting>
 
  <para>Note the similarity to the <command>qmake</command> line
   from the provided <filename>BUILD.sh</filename> script.
@@ -6271,14 +6269,14 @@
  <itemizedlist>
   <listitem>
     <para><emphasis>Missing additional
- includepaths.</emphasis>  Many applications come with
+      include paths.</emphasis>  Many applications come with
       system tray icon support, but neglect to look for
       includes and/or libraries in the X11 directories.  You
       can tell <command>qmake</command> to add directories to
-      the include and library searchpaths via the command
+      the include and library search paths via the command
       line, for example:</para>
 
-    <programlisting>${QMAKE} -unix PREFIX=${PREFIX} INCLUDEPATH+=${LOCALBASE}/include \
+    <programlisting>${QMAKE} PREFIX=${PREFIX} INCLUDEPATH+=${LOCALBASE}/include \
  LIBS+=-L${LOCALBASE}/lib sillyapp.pro</programlisting>
   </listitem>
 
@@ -6287,12 +6285,12 @@
       Sometimes data such as icons or .desktop files are by
       default installed into directories which aren't scanned
       by XDG-compatible applications.  <filename
- role="package">editors/texmaker</filename> is an
+      role="package">editors/texmaker</filename> is an
       example for this - look at
       <filename>patch-texmaker.pro</filename> in the
       <filename>files</filename> directory of that port for a
-      template on how to remedy this directly in the Qmake
-      project file.</para>
+      template on how to remedy this directly in the
+      <command>qmake</command> project file.</para>
   </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
       </sect2>
@@ -6336,13 +6334,18 @@
 
  <para>If your application depends on KDE 4.x, set
   <makevar>USE_KDE4</makevar> to the list of required
-  components.  The most commonly used components are listed
-  below (up-to-date components are listed in
-  <makevar>_USE_KDE4_ALL</makevar> in
+  components.  <literal>_build</literal> and <literal>_run</literal>
+  suffixes can be used to force components dependency type
+  (e.g., <literal>baseapps_run</literal>). If no suffix is set,
+  a default dependency type will be used. If you want to force
+  both types, add the component twice with both suffixes
+  (e.g., <literal>automoc4_build automoc4_run</literal>).
+  The most commonly used components are listed below (up-to-date
+  components are documented at the top of
   <filename>/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.kde4.mk</filename>):</para>
 
  <table frame="none">
-  <title>Available KDE4 Components</title>
+  <title>Available KDE 4 Components</title>
 
   <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
@@ -6354,36 +6357,18 @@
 
     <tbody>
       <row>
- <entry><literal>akonadi</literal></entry>
- <entry>Personal information management (PIM) storage
-  service</entry>
-      </row>
-
-      <row>
- <entry><literal>automoc4</literal></entry>
- <entry>Makes port use automoc4 build tool</entry>
-      </row>
-
-      <row>
- <entry><literal>kdebase</literal></entry>
- <entry>Basic KDE applications (Konqueror, Dolphin,
-  Konsole)</entry>
-      </row>
-
-      <row>
- <entry><literal>kdeexp</literal></entry>
- <entry>Experimental KDE libraries (with non-stable
-  API)</entry>
+ <entry><literal>baseapps</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Basic applications for KDE Desktop</entry>
       </row>
 
       <row>
  <entry><literal>kdehier</literal></entry>
- <entry>Provides common KDE directories</entry>
+ <entry>Hierarchy of common KDE directories</entry>
       </row>
 
       <row>
  <entry><literal>kdelibs</literal></entry>
- <entry>The base set of KDE libraries</entry>
+ <entry>KDE Developer Platform</entry>
       </row>
 
       <row>
@@ -6395,60 +6380,58 @@
 
       <row>
  <entry><literal>pimlibs</literal></entry>
- <entry>PIM libraries</entry>
+ <entry>KDE-Pim libraries</entry>
       </row>
 
       <row>
  <entry><literal>workspace</literal></entry>
- <entry>Applications and libraries which form desktop
-  (Plasma, KWin)</entry>
+ <entry>KDE user environments</entry>
+      </row>
+
+      <row>
+ <entry><literal>akonadi</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Storage server for KDE-Pim</entry>
+      </row>
+
+      <row>
+ <entry><literal>automoc4</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Automatic moc for Qt 4 packages</entry>
       </row>
     </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </table>
 
  <para>KDE 4.x ports are installed into
-  <literal>&dollar;{KDE4_PREFIX}</literal>, which is
+  <makevar>KDE4_PREFIX</makevar>, which is
   <filename>/usr/local/kde4</filename> currently, to avoid
   conflicts with KDE 3.x ports.  This is achieved by
   specifying the <literal>kdeprefix</literal> component, which
   overrides the default <makevar>PREFIX</makevar>.  The ports
   however respect any <makevar>PREFIX</makevar> set via
   <envar>MAKEFLAGS</envar> environment variable and/or
-  <application>make</application> arguments.</para>
-
- <para>KDE 4.x ports may conflict with KDE 3.x ports, so when
-  the <literal>kdeprefix</literal> component is enabled, they
-  are installed in <literal>&dollar;{KDE4_PREFIX}</literal>.
-  The default value of <literal>KDE4_PREFIX</literal> is
-  currently <filename>/usr/local/kde4</filename>.  Installing
-  the KDE 4.x ports into a custom <literal>PREFIX</literal> is
-  also possible.  When <literal>PREFIX</literal> is set via
-  the <envar>MAKEFLAGS</envar> environment variable or via
-  <application>make</application> options it overrides the
-  value configured by <literal>kdeprefix</literal>.</para>
+  <command>make</command> arguments.</para>
 
  <example id="kde4-components-example">
   <title><makevar>USE_KDE4</makevar> Example</title>
 
-  <para>This is a simple example for KDE 4 port.
-    <makevar>USE_CMAKE</makevar> instructs port to utilize
+  <para>This is a simple example for a KDE 4 port.
+    <makevar>USE_CMAKE</makevar> instructs the port to utilize
     <application>CMake</application> &mdash; configuration
     tool widely spread among KDE 4 projects.
     <makevar>USE_KDE4</makevar> brings dependency on KDE
     libraries and makes port using
-    <application>automoc4</application> at build stage.
+    <command>automoc4</command> at build stage.
     Required KDE components and other dependencies can be
     determined through configure log.
     <makevar>USE_KDE4</makevar> does not imply
     <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar>.  If a port requires some
-    Qt4 components, <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> should be
+    Qt 4 components, <makevar>USE_QT_VER</makevar> should be
     set and then needed components can be specified.</para>
 
   <programlisting>USE_CMAKE= yes
-USE_KDE4= automoc4 kdelibs kdeprefix
+USE_KDE4= kdelibs kdeprefix automoc4
 USE_QT_VER= 4
-QT_COMPONENTS= qmake_build moc_build rcc_build uic_build</programlisting>
+QT_COMPONENTS= moc_build qmake_build rcc_build uic_build</programlisting>
  </example>
       </sect2>
     </sect1>


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Re: docs/167864: [patch] Update KDE documentation in Handbook and Porter's Handbook

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Synopsis: [patch] Update KDE documentation in Handbook and Porter's Handbook

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Responsible-Changed-When: Tue May 15 13:44:30 UTC 2012
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I'll take it.


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