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## B.2.1 Getting around

Figure B.1 shows my KDE desktop. It is the default window manager with the BDI TNG install. I have moved several of the icons around to make them easier for me to get at. I have also added several link icons to various EMC personalities.

Figure B.1: A KDE Desktop

Along the bottom of the screen you will see what KDE calls the panel. It is a bar that holds a number of icons and shows the names of running programs. Click on the little house icon on the bottom bar. The hut icon will bring up an instance of kfm, the file manager. (see fig B.2) I assume that you are running as root and you will be in the /root directory. You can always see where you are in the location window. Press the up arrow near the top of kfm and it will move you to /. Now click on the usr directory icon, then the local, then the emc directory. Now you can see the correct directory for running the emc. It should show you a bunch of files like TkEemc and such. Hey, that's not so different!

Figure B.2: The KFM File Browser

Since I'm a point-n-click kind of person for some things, I like to make a link on the desktop to this emc directory. This link allows me to quickly get into that directory with my kfm or konquorer file browser. I make this link by going up one directory to /usr/local directory and grab the emc folder with the left mouse button and drag it onto an open area of the desktop. When I release the left mouse button a menu pops up and asks copy, move, link. I choose link and there it is. Now I left click and hold down on that icon on the desktop and drag it anywhere that suits me. You'll see that icon if you look in the bottom left corner of Figure B.1.

Clicking on a text based file icon should show its contents in an editor window. Right clicking on a terminal or executable file and selecting open with should let you look at those as well. Sometimes clicking on an unknown file type will get you an open with window much like you see in MS windows. At that point you can always type kwrite and it will show you the file, even if it is a binary.

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