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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdepim/knode/faq.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdepim/knode/faq.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..d1700738a80 --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/kdepim/knode/faq.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,291 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> +--> +<chapter id="faq"> +<title +>Questions and Answers</title> + +<qandaset> +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para +>I have installed &kde; 3, but &knode; does not exist in the <guimenu +>K</guimenu +> Menu.</para> + </question +> +<answer +> +<para +>Does the <guisubmenu +>Internet</guisubmenu +>entry exist? If not, maybe the kdenetwork package isn't installed (perhaps because your distribution possibly doesn't do this for you); if the entry is there, but you do not have a <guimenuitem +>KNode</guimenuitem +> item in it, you should try to open a &konsole; and run &knode; from there. Type</para> + +<screen +><prompt +>%</prompt +> <userinput +><command +>knode &</command +></userinput +> +</screen +> + +<para +>If an error message appears that tells you that &knode; could not be started or found please check whether the file <filename +>knode</filename +> exists in <filename class="directory" +>$<envar +>KDEDIR</envar +>/bin</filename +> and that its permissions are correctly set.</para> +</answer +> +</qandaentry +> + +<qandaentry +> +<question +> +<para +>When I start &knode;, a message appears in the task bar but suddenly disappears without &knode; being started.</para +> +</question +> +<answer> +<para +>Try to start &knode; from the &konsole; (see previous question) and keep attention for the messages displayed there: if they do not make sense to you mark them with your mouse and copy it to the clipboard; then, ask for help on one of the &kde; mailing lists or &kde; news groups.</para> +</answer +> +</qandaentry +> + +<qandaentry +> +<question +> +<para +>I need an important article, but &knode; doesn't have it any more; where can I find this article?</para> +</question +> +<answer +> +<para +>You can find some extensive usenet archives at <ulink url="http://groups.google.com/usenet/" +>groups.google.com</ulink +> or <ulink url="http://av.com" +>AltaVista</ulink +>; they even contain articles that are several years old.</para +> +</answer +> +</qandaentry +> + +<qandaentry +> +<question +> +<para +>How do I open and read several articles at the same time?</para +> +</question +> +<answer +> +<para +>Open the article with <guimenuitem +>Open in own window</guimenuitem +>.</para +> +</answer +> +</qandaentry +> + +<qandaentry +> +<question +> +<para +>My articles do not appear in the newsgroup.</para> +</question +> +<answer +> +<para +>When you publish an article it may be some time until your news server has it; wait several hours before you send the article again.</para +> +</answer +> +</qandaentry +> + +<qandaentry +> +<question +> +<para +>I want to keep an article; how do I archive it?</para +> +</question +> +<answer +> +<para +>Choose the article in the article view and then use <menuchoice +><guimenu +>File</guimenu +><guimenuitem +>Save</guimenuitem +></menuchoice +> to open a file dialogue; you can then save the article to a file. Another possibility is to copy the article to a folder.</para> +</answer +> +</qandaentry +> + +<qandaentry +> +<question +> +<para +>Some set headers do not appear for several articles in the article window; am I doing something wrong?</para +> +</question +> +<answer +> +<para +>This is not unusual because many headers are optional and often not contained in articles; in this case &knode; does not show those header lines.</para +> +</answer +> +</qandaentry +> + +<qandaentry +> +<question +> +<para +>Sometimes I see an article which refers to other articles but &knode; does not show any references; why is that?</para +> +</question +> +<answer +> +<para +>This happens when somebody posted an article in another news group and checked the option <guilabel +>Followup To</guilabel +>; the article in question is then sent to your news group, but the referring article is absent. In many cases the poster tells the reason for his choice to set a followup.</para> +</answer +> +</qandaentry +> + +<qandaentry +> +<question +> +<para +>When I want to answer an article an error message appears telling me that the external editor could not be started, but the editor is correctly set.</para> +</question +> +<answer +> +<para +>Have a look whether you entered the place-holder for a filename after the editor command; if not, enter it. If you want, for example, to use &kedit; enter <userinput +><command +>kedit</command +><token +> %f</token +></userinput +></para> +<para +>If the <token +>%f</token +> is absent, your editor cannot be run.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry +> +<question> +<para +>Why can I not receive data from my local news server?</para> +</question +> +<answer +> +<para +>If you use &knode; together with with a local news server, you must make sure that this server is correctly set up and started; for further details, please consult the documentation of your local news server.</para> +<tip +> +<para +>The availability of the local news server can easily be verified with the <command +>telnet</command +> program: open a console and type:</para +> + +<screen +><prompt +>%</prompt +> <userinput +><command +>telnet</command +> <parameter +>localhost nntp</parameter +></userinput +> +</screen> + +<para +>Followed by that, the news server should respond with:</para> + +<screen +><computeroutput> +Trying 127.0.0.1... +Connected to localhost. +Escape character is '^]'. +200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.9.16 running at konqi.org +</computeroutput +> +</screen> + +<para +>You can quit the <command +>telnet</command +> session with:</para> + +<screen +><prompt +>%</prompt +> <userinput +>quit</userinput +> +</screen> + +<para +>If that does not work there is either no local news server set up or the server was not started; in this case, please consult the documentation of your local news server.</para> +</tip> + +<para +>If you are trying to connect to a news server on the Internet you need, of course, an open (dial-in) connection and to have set up &knode; to use your <acronym +>ISP</acronym +>'s news server; your <acronym +>ISP</acronym +> should be able to give you information about which news servers you can use.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +</qandaset +> + + +</chapter +> |