The K Desktop Environment

Chapter 2. Getting Started

Like most KDE applications, you can start Pixie in different ways:

All three are described in the following sections.

2.1. Starting Pixie

When Pixie starts, the first thing you see is an Image window with the Pixie logo and some basic instructions:

Image window

Image Window

To open and close the Viewer/Editor window with menus and controls, right mouse button click the Image window. A new Viewer/Editor window pops up, which is described at length in this handbook:

The Viewer/Editor

The Viewer/Editor

Note that unlike most KDE applications, the Viewer/Editor window is not the main window of Pixie. You can click the close window button on the upper right of the Viewer/Editor window, and Pixie remains running. The Image window is the functional center of Pixie, so when you close the Image window, you are exiting from Pixie.