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diff --git a/doc/kwrite/index.docbook b/doc/kwrite/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f4613d0a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kwrite/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,2952 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kappname "&kwrite;"> + <!ENTITY package "tdebase"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> + +<bookinfo> +<title>The &kwrite; Handbook</title> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Thad.McGinnis; &Thad.McGinnis.mail;</author> +<author>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf; &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;</author> +<author>&Anders.Lund; &Anders.Lund.mail;</author> +<othercredit role="developer"> +&Christoph.Cullmann; &Christoph.Cullmann.mail; +<!-- <contrib>Core Developer and Maintainer</contrib> --> +</othercredit> + +<othercredit role="reviewer"> +&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail; +<!-- <contrib>Reviewer</contrib> --> +</othercredit> + +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> + +</authorgroup> + +<copyright> +<year>2000</year><year>2001</year> +<holder>&Thad.McGinnis;</holder> +</copyright> +<copyright> +<year>2005</year> +<holder>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf; &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;</holder> +<holder>&Anders.Lund; &Anders.Lund.mail;</holder> +</copyright> +<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date>2005-12-27</date> +<releaseinfo>4.5.0</releaseinfo> + +<abstract> +<para>&kwrite; is a text editor for &tde;</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KWrite</keyword> +<keyword>text</keyword> +<keyword>editor</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para> +&kwrite; is more than a text editor for the &tde; Desktop. It is meant +to be a programmer's editor, and could be considered as at least a +partial alternative to more powerful editors. It may be best used in +conjunction with &konqueror; for source file browsing for different +languages. &kwrite; also works very well as a simple text editor. One +of &kwrite;'s main features is the colorized syntax, customized for many +different programming languages such as: C/C++, &Java;, Python, Perl, +Bash, Modula 2, &HTML;, and Ada. +</para> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="on-screen-fundamentals"> +<title>Some Fundamentals</title> + +<para> +&kwrite; is very simple to use. Anyone that has used a text editor +should have no problems. +</para> + +<sect1 id="drag-and-drop"> +<title>Drag and Drop</title> + +<para> +&kwrite; uses the &tde; Drag and Drop protocol. Files may be dragged and +dropped onto &kwrite; from the Desktop, &konqueror; or some remote &FTP; +site opened in one of &konqueror;'s windows. +</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="command-line-options"> +<title>Command Line Options</title> + +<para> +Though &kwrite; may most often be started from the &tde; program menu, or +a desktop icon, it can also be opened at the command line prompt of a +terminal window. There are a few useful options that are available when +doing this. +</para> + +<sect2 id="specify-a-file"> +<title>Specify a File</title> + +<para>By specifying the path and name of a particular file the user can +have &kwrite; open (or create) that file immediately upon startup. This +option might look something like the following:</para> + +<informalexample><screen> +<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option><replaceable>/home/myhome/docs/myfile.txt</replaceable></option> +</userinput> +</screen> +</informalexample> +</sect2> +<sect2 id="editing-files-on-the-internet"> +<title>Specify a file on the internet</title> + +<para>The above-mentioned method could even be used to open files on the +internet (if the user has an active connection at the time.) An example of +this might look like the following:</para> + +<informalexample><screen> +<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option><replaceable>ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/Welcome.msg</replaceable> +</option></userinput> +</screen> +</informalexample> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="other-command-line-options"> +<title>Other Command Line Options</title> + +<para>The following command line help options are available</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--help</option></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>This lists the most basic options available at the command +line.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--help-qt</option></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>This lists the options available for changing the way +&kwrite; interacts with &Qt;.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--help-kde</option></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>This lists the options available for changing the way +&kwrite; interacts with &tde;.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--help-all</option></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>This lists all of the command line options.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--author</option></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>Lists &kwrite;'s authors in the terminal +window</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--version</option></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>Lists version information for &Qt;, &tde;, and &kwrite;. Also +available through <userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>-v</option></userinput> </para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--stdin</option></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>Causes &kwrite; to read the document content from STDIN. This +is similar to the common option <option>-</option> used in many command line +programs, and allows you to pipe command output into &kwrite;.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--encoding</option> <parameter>encoding</parameter> +<parameter>&URL;</parameter></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>Causes &kwrite; to use the specified encoding for the document. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--line</option> <parameter>line</parameter> +<parameter>&URL;</parameter></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>Navigate to the specified line after opening the document. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> +<option>--column</option> <parameter>column</parameter> +<parameter>&URL;</parameter></userinput></term> +<listitem><para>Navigate to the specified column after opening the document. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect2> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="keybindings"> +<title>Shortcuts</title> + +<para>Many of the shortcuts are configurable by way of the <link + linkend="settings">Settings</link> menu. By default &kwrite; honors the +following shortcuts:</para> +<informaltable> +<tgroup cols="2"> +<tbody> + +<row><entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>Insert</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Toggle between Insert and Overwrite mode. When in insert mode the +editor will add any typed characters to the text while pushing along any data to +the right of the text cursor. Overwrite mode causes the entry of each character +to eliminate the character immediately to the right of the text +cursor.</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Left +Arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Move the cursor one character to the left </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Right +Arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Move the cursor one character to the right </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Up +Arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Move the cursor up one line </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Down +Arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Move the cursor down one line </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Page +Up</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Move the cursor up one page </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Page +Up</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Previous Bookmark </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Page +Down</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Move the cursor down one page </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Page +Down</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Next Bookmark </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>Backspace</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Delete the character to the left of the cursor </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>Home</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Move the cursor to the beginning of the line </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>End</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Move the cursor to the end of the line </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>Delete</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Delete the character to the right of the cursor (or any selected +text)</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Left +Arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Mark text one character to the left </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Right +Arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Mark text one character to the right </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Help</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>What's this?</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="find-again"> Find again</link></para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="find-previous"> Find Previous</link></para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Select All</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Deselect</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Block Selection Mode</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Set a Bookmark</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Copy the marked text to the clipboard.</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Comment</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Uncomment</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="find"> Find</link></para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Go to line...</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Indent selection</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Unindent selection</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>J</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Join Lines</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> <link linkend="new">New</link> document</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="open">Open a document</link> </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="print">Print</link> </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Quit - close active copy of editor </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="replace"> Replace</link></para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Invokes the <link +linkend="save"><guilabel>Save</guilabel></link> command.</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Uppercase</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Lowercase</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Capitalize</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Paste the clipboard text into line edit.</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="close">Close</link> </para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Delete the marked text and copy it to the clipboard. +</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="undo">Undo</link></para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="redo">Redo</link></para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Collapse One Local Level</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Collapse Toplevel</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Expand One Local Level</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Expand Toplevel</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para><link linkend="reload"> Reload</link></para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F6</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para>Show/Hide Icon Border</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F7</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Switch to Command Line</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F9</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Show/Hide Folding Markers</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F10</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Dynamic Word Wrap</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><para><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F11</keycap></keycombo></para></entry> +<entry><para> Show/Hide Line Numbers</para></entry> +</row> +</tbody> +</tgroup> +</informaltable> +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="the-menu-entries"> +<title>The Menu Entries</title> + +<sect1 id="file"> +<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="new"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para> +This starts a new Document in the editor. If there is a current +document with unsaved changes the user is given a chance to save it. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="open"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> + +<listitem> +<!-- +This is description of a standard dialog and so should go in the UG, +with a pointer to it. In fact, I'll probably nick this very stuff for +the UG +- Phil +<para> +This command opens a file. It does this by means of a dialog box which +allows the user to navigate the file system. The dialog operates like a +small file manager. Clicking on folders displayed in the central +window directs the dialog to enter that folder - displaying its +contents. There is an entry/dropdown box which can be used to type in +directly the location and name of the file or by clicking the arrow at +the side choose from a drop down box of recently used locations. Below +this is a filter which similarly may have data entered directly or +chosen from a drop down box of recent filter types. The filter facility +lets only files that meet its specifications be displayed in the central +window. If the filter contained text such as <literal +role="extension">*.txt</literal> then only files with the <literal +role="extension">txt</literal> extension would be visible in the +selection window. Below the filter is a status bar giving information +about the number of files and subfolders within the current +folder. +</para> + +<para> +The toolbar, which is located at the top of the dialog, has left and +right arrow buttons that let the user move back and forth through +previously selected folders as well as an up arrow button for moving +up the folder tree. The button with the little house takes the user +to his or her home folder and the one with the two arrows curved in +on each other updates the view of the current folder. The flag button +lets the user set a new bookmark at the current folder or go to one +that was previously set. +</para> + +<para> +The last button on the toolbar allows you to create a new folder, and +even change some basic settings for the dialog box, and finally there is +dropdown box with a list of some commonly frequented folders. +</para> +--> +<para>Displays a standard &tde; <guilabel>Open File</guilabel> +dialog. Use the file view to select the file you want to open, and +click on <guibutton>Open</guibutton> to open it. You can find more +information about the &tde; <guilabel>Open File</guilabel> dialog in +the &tde; User Guide.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="open-recent"> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Open Recent</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This is a shortcut to open recently saved documents. Clicking on this +item opens a list to the side of the menu with several of the most +recently saved files. Clicking on a specific file will open it in +&kwrite; - if the file still resides at the same +location. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="save"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This saves the current document. If there has already been a save of +the document then this will overwrite the previously saved file without +asking for the user's consent. If it is the first save of a new +document the save as dialog (described below) will be invoked. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="save-as"> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This allows a document to be saved with a new file name. This is done by +means of the file dialog box described above in the <link +linkend="open">Open</link> section of this help file. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="reload"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Reload</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Reloads the active file from disk. This command is useful if another program or +process has changed the file while you have it open in &kwrite;. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="print"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Opens a simple print dialog allowing the user to specify what, where, +and how to print. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="export-as-html"> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Export as HTML...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Export your file in HTML format so your document can be viewed as a web page. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="close"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Close the active file with this command. If you have made unsaved changes, you +will be prompted to save the file before &kwrite; closes it. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="quit"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This will close the editor window, if you have more than one instance of +&kwrite; running, through the <guimenuitem>New View</guimenuitem> or +<guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem> menu items, those instances will +not be closed. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="edit"> +<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term id="undo"><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This is used to eliminate or reverse the most recent user action +or operation. +<!-- +Just what constitutes such an action may be better +understood by referring to the <link linkend="group-undos">Group +Undos</link> portion of this help file. +--> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="redo"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This will reverse the most recent change (if any) made using Undo</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="cut"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This command deletes the current selection and places it on the +clipboard. +The clipboard is a feature of &tde; that works invisibly to provide a way to +transfer data between applications.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="copy"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This copies the currently selected text to the clipboard so that it may +be pasted elsewhere. The clipboard is a feature of &tde; that works invisibly +to provide a way to transfer data between applications.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="copy-as-html"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy as +HTML</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This copies the currently selected text to the clipboard as HTML.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="paste"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This will insert the contents of the clipboard at the cursor position. +The clipboard is feature of &tde; that works invisibly to provide a way to +transfer data between applications.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="select-all"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This will select the entire document. This could be very useful for +copying the entire file to another application.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="deselect"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Deselect</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>Deselects the selected text in the editor if any.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="block-selection-mode"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Bloc +Selection Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>Toggles Selection Mode. When the Selection Mode is “BLOCK”, you can make +vertical selections, ie select column 5 to 10 in lines 9 to 15. +The status bar shows the current state of the Selection Mode, either “NORM” or +“BLK”.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="overwrite-mode"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Insert</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Overwrite +Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>Toggles the Insert/Overwrite modes. When the mode is "INS", you +insert characters where the cursor is. When the mode is "OVR", writing +characters will replace the current characters if your cursor is positioned +before any character. The status bar shows the current state of the Overwrite +Mode, either “INS” or “OVR”.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="find"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This opens the find dialog which is used to specify the <guilabel>Text to +Find</guilabel> in the document. There is small text box for entering the search +pattern which also doubles as a dropdown box. Clicking on the dropdown arrow at +the side of the box makes available other recent search patterns. Other +parameters are included to make the search more efficient. Selecting +<guilabel>Case Sensitive</guilabel> will limit finds to entries that match the +case (upper or lower) of each of the characters in the search pattern. +<guilabel>Find Backwards</guilabel> directs the search to proceed in an upwardly +direction. The <guilabel>Selected Text</guilabel> option keeps the search +within currently selected text. Checking <guilabel>Whole Words Only</guilabel> +prevents the search from stopping on words that contain the searched for +pattern. The <guilabel>Search from Cursor</guilabel> option begins the search +from the current position of the cursor within the document rather than from +the beginning.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="find-again"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>This repeats the last find operation, if any, without calling the find +dialog box. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="find-previous"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Find Previous</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This repeats the last find operation, if any, without calling the find +dialog box, and searching backwards instead of forwards through the +document. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="replace"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Replace...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This command opens the replace dialog box. The replace dialog is +almost identical to the above-mentioned find dialog. In addition to the features +in the find dialog it contains a <guilabel>Replace With:</guilabel> text +entry/dropdown box. Using this dialog the user can specify both the text to be +found and text with which to replace it. The additional <guilabel>Prompt +On Replace</guilabel> option allows the user to have &kwrite; ask for +confirmation before each replacement. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="go-to-line"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Go to line</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para> +This opens the goto line dialog box which is used to have the cursor +jump to a particular line (specified by number) in the document. The +line number may be entered directly into the text box or graphically by +clicking on the up or down arrow spin controls at the side of the text +box. The little up arrow will increase the line number and the down +arrow decrease it. There is also a slide control to the right of the +text box which allows the user to move the goto point in the document in +an analog manner. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> +<sect1 id="view-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu</title> + +<para>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu allows you to manage settings +specific to the active editor, and to manage frames.</para> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-new-window"/> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Opens a new window with the same text.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-command-line"/> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>F7</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Switch to Command Line</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Displays the Katepart command line at the bottom of the window. +In the command line, type "help" to get help and "help list" to get a list of +commands.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-schema"/> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Schema</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Select a font schema.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-dynamic-word-wrap"/> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F10</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Dynamic Word Wrap</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>The text lines will be wrapped at the view +border on the screen.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-dynamic-word-wrap-indicators"/> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F10</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Dynamic Word Wrap Indicators</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> + <para>Choose when and how the dynamic word wrap indicators should be +displayed. This is only available if the <guilabel>Dynamic Word +Wrap</guilabel> option is checked.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-show-static-word-wrap"/> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Static Word Wrap Marker</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>If this option is checked, a vertical line will be drawn at the +word wrap column as defined in the <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the +Editing tab. Please note that the word wrap marker is only drawn if you +use a fixed pitch font.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-show-icon-border"/> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F6</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Icon Border</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This is a toggle item. Setting it on checked will make the +side of the active editor, and vice versa.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-show-line-numbers"/> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F11</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Line Numbers</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This is a toggle Item. Setting it on checked will make a pane displaying +the line numbers of the document visible in the left border of the active +editor, and vice versa.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-scrollbar-marks"/> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Show Scrollbar Marks</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>If this option is checked, the view will show marks on the vertical +scrollbar.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-hide-folding-markers"/> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F9</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenuitem>Hide Folding Markers</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>If this option is checked, the marks for code folding will be +hidden.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<anchor id="view-code-folding"/> +<menuchoice> +<guimenuitem>Code Folding</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap> +<keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenuitem>Collapse Toplevel</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem><para>Collapse all toplevel regions in the document.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap> +<keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenuitem>Expand Toplevel</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem><para>Expand all toplevel regions in the document.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap> +<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenuitem>Collapse One Local Level</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem><para>Collapse the region closest to the cursor.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Ctrl</keycap> +<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenuitem>Expand One Local Level</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem><para>Expand the region closest to the cursor.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="go"> +<title>The <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> Menu</title> +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="set-bookmark"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Set Bookmark</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Sets or removes a bookmark in the current line of the active document. (If it's +there, it is removed, otherwise one is set). +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="clear-bookmarks"> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Clear All Bookmarks</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This command will remove all the markers from the document as well as +the list of markers which is appended at the bottom of this menu item. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="bookmarks-previous"> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap> +<keycap>Page Up</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Previous</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem><para>This will move the cursor to beginning of the first above line +with a bookmark. The menuitem text will include the line number and the first +piece of text on the line. This item is only available when there is a bookmark +in a line above the cursor.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="bookmarks-next"> +<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>Alt</keycap> +<keycap>Page Down</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This will move the cursor to beginning of the next line with a +bookmark. The menuitem text will include the line number and the first piece of +text on the line. This item is only available when there is a bookmark in a line +below the cursor.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +<para> +At the bottom of this menu, a list of markers appears if any markers are +available for this window. +</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="tools"> +<title>The <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-read-only"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Read Only Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>Set the current document to Read Only mode. This prevents any text +addition and any changes in the document formatting.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-filetype"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Filletype</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>Choose the filetype scheme you prefer for the active document. This +overwrites the global filetype mode set in <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure +Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the Filetypes tab for your current +document only.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-highlighting"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Highlighting</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>Choose the Highlighting scheme you prefer for the active document. This +overwrites the global highlighting mode set in <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure +Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> for your current document only.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-indentation"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Indentation</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>Choose the style of indentation you want for your active document. +This overwrites the global indentation mode set in <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure +Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> for your current document only.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-encoding"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Encoding</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>You can overwrite the default encoding set in <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure +Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the <guilabel>Open/Save</guilabel> tab +to set a different encoding for your current document. The encoding you +set here will be only valid for your current document.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-end-of-line"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>End of Line</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>Choose your prefered end of line mode for your active +document. This overwrites the global end of line mode set in <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure +Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> for your current document only.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="Spelling..."/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Spelling...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</term> + +<listitem><para><action>This initiates the spellchecking program - a program +designed to help the user catch and correct any spelling errors.</action> +Clicking on this entry will start the checker and bring up the speller dialog +box through which the user can control the process. There are four settings +lined up vertically in the center of the dialog with their corresponding labels +just to the left. Starting at the top they are:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Unknown word:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Here, the spellchecker indicates the word currently under +consideration. This happens when the checker encounters a word not in its +dictionary - a file containing a list of correctly spelled words against which +it compares each word in the editor.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Replace with:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para> If the checker has any similar words in its dictionary the +first one will be listed here. The user can accept the suggestion, type in his +or her own correction, or choose a different suggestion from the next +box.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Suggested Words:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para> The checker may list here a number of possible replacements for +the word under consideration. Clicking on any one of the suggestions will cause +that word to be entered in the <guilabel>Replacement:</guilabel> box, +above.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Language:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para> If you have installed multiple dictionaries, here you can +select which dictionary/language should be used.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<para>On the right side of the dialog box are 5 buttons that allow the user to +control the spellcheck process. They are:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Add to Dictionary</guibutton></term> +<listitem><para>Pressing this button adds the word in the <guilabel>Misspelled +Word:</guilabel> box to the checker's dictionary. This means that in the future +the checker will always consider this word to be correctly +spelled.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Replace</guibutton></term> +<listitem><para> This button has the checker replace the word under +consideration in the document with the word in the +<guilabel>Replacement:</guilabel> box.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Replace All</guibutton></term> +<listitem><para> This button causes the checker to replace not only the current +<guilabel>Unknown word:</guilabel> but to automatically make the same +substitution for any other occurrences of this <guilabel>Misspelled +Word:</guilabel> in the document.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Ignore</guibutton></term> +<listitem><para>Activating this button will have the checker move on without +making any changes.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Ignore All</guibutton></term> +<listitem><para> This button tells the checker to do nothing with the current +<guilabel>Unknown word:</guilabel> and to pass over any other instances of +the same word.</para> <note><para>This only applies to the current spellcheck +run. If the checker is run again later it will stop on this same +word.</para></note></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<!--<para>Located horizontally along the bottom of the spellcheck dialog is a +progress bar. As the checking process proceeds the bar will fill from left to +right providing a graphical representation of how far along in the document the +process has reached. In addition, the progress is displayed numerically in +the center of the progress bar.</para>//--> + +<!--<note><para>A numerical display of the spellcheck +process is simultaneously displayed in the status bar of the editor. The <link +linkend="show-statusbar">status bar</link> is the horizontal strip at the bottom +of the editor just outside of the text entry area.</para></note>//--> + +<para>Three more buttons are located horizontally along the bottom of the +spellcheck dialog. They are:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Help</guibutton></term> +<listitem><para> This invokes the &tde; help system starting at the &kwrite; help +pages (this document).</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Finished</guibutton></term> +<listitem><para> This button ends the spellcheck process, and returns to the +document.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Cancel</guibutton></term> +<listitem><para> This button cancels the spellcheck process, all modifications +are reverted, and you will return to your document.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-spelling-from-cursor"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Spelling (from cursor)...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>This initiates the spellchecking program but it starts where your cursor +is instead of at the beginning of the document.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-spellcheck-selection"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Spellcheck Selection...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + <listitem> +<para>Spellchecks the current selection.</para> + </listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="indent"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Indent</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This increases the paragraph's indentation by one step. The size of the +step depends on the <link linkend="pref-indent"> indentation +settings</link>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="unindent"/><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Unindent</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> + +<listitem> +<para>This reduces the paragraph's indentation by one step. The size of the step + +depends on the <link linkend="pref-indent"> indentation settings</link>.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="cleanindent"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clean +Indentation</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> <listitem> +<para>This cleans the indentation for the current selection or for the +line the cursor is currently in. Cleaning the indentation ensures that +all your selected text follows the indentation mode you choose.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="tools-align"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Align</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>Causes a realign of the current line or selected lines using the +indentation mode and indentation settings in the doucment.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Comment</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This adds one space to the beginning of the line +where the text cursor is located or to the beginning of any +selected lines.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Uncomment</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This removes one space (if any exist) from the beginning of the +line where the text cursor is located or from the beginning of any +selected lines.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Uppercase</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Put the selected text or the letter after the cursor in +uppercase.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Lowercase</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Put the selected text or the letter after the cursor in +lowercase.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Capitalize</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Capitalize the selected text or the current +word.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>J</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Join Lines</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Joins the selected lines, or the current line and the line below +with one white space character as a separator. Leading/trailing white space on +joined lines is removed in the affected ends.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Word Wrap Document</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Apply static word wrapping on all the document. That means that +a new line of text will automatically start when the current +line exceeds the length specified by the Wrap words at: option +in the Editing tab in <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="settings"> +<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="show-toolbar"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Toolbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +When checked, this displays a movable toolbar containing buttons used to +initiate frequently used commands. When unchecked the toolbar is hidden. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="show-statusbar"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show +Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>When checked, this displays a small bar at the bottom of the editor +containing information about the status of the current document. When unchecked +the statusbar is hidden.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="show-path"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show +Path</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>When selected, this displays in the titlebar the path (its location in the +file system) of the current document. When unchecked the path is hidden.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="preferences"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Editor...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This menu item opens a dialog whereby several different <link +linkend="pref-dialog">settings</link> may be adjusted. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="choose-editor"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Choose Editor...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Choose the default text editing component that you wish to use in &kwrite;. You +can choose <guilabel>System Default</guilabel>, <guilabel>Embedded +Advanced Text Editor</guilabel> or <guilabel>&Qt; Designer Based +Text Editor</guilabel> (note that the &Qt; Designer Based Text Editor is +only available if you have KDevelop installed on your system). If you choose +<guilabel>System Default</guilabel>, &kwrite; will honor your changes in +&kcontrolcenter;. All other choices will override that setting. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="configure-keybindings"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This command opens a dialog box whereby the <link +linkend="keybindings">shortcuts</link> may be changed. A display window at the +top of the dialog box shows the list of commands (actions) that can have +keyboard shortcuts. Below the display are three radio buttons. The user may +choose between No Key, Default Key, and Custom Key. (Note that a set of radio +buttons only allows the selection of one of the offered items - in the way that +buttons on a car radio only offer the selection of one preset station. Also, +the Default Key selection is only available for those commands that actually +have a 'default' shortcut.) Selecting the Custom Key option activates the three +check boxes and key button at the bottom of the dialog. The user may then select +a key combination for the command in question by means of the check boxes and +key button. For example, with the About &tde; command selected in the display +window, the user could select &Ctrl; and <keycap>Alt</keycap>, click on the key +button, and then press the <keycap>K</keycap> key on the keyboard. This would +mean that anytime he or she held down the &Ctrl; and <keycap>Alt</keycap> +buttons and pressed <keycap>K</keycap> (while using +&kwrite;) the About &tde; display box would be called.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="configure-toolbars"/><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>This will open the dialog whereby the toolbar configuration may +be changed. The user can choose which shortcut buttons should appear on the +toolbar. A display window on the left lists the commands available to placed +on the toolbar. A display on the right lists those commands already on the +toolbar. A set of four arrow buttons between the two displays manipulates the +selections. The right pointing arrow places any command selected in the left +pane onto the right pane, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev>, it is added to the toolbar. +The left arrow does just the opposite, removing any action selected in the right + +window from the toolbar. The up and down pointing arrows change the position of + +an action selected in the right window which changes the position of its button + +in the toolbar.</para> </listitem> +</varlistentry> + + + +<!-- +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice><guimenu>>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Highlighting</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Opens a dialog box allowing configuration of the syntax +highlighting. The dialog is described in <xref +linkend="pref-highlighting"/>.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> --> + +<!--<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F6</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Icon Border</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Toggle the display of a border on the left of the editing window, where +bookmarks are displayed next to the line they apply to. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry>//--> + +<!--<varlistentry> +<term id="vertical-selection"> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F4</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Vertical Selection</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This is used to turn on or off the vertical selection feature. Vertical +selection allows text to be selected by column as well as by row. In other +words with this feature the user is able to select text contained in only +particular contiguous columns and rows. In affect the user can select a +rectangular area of text anywhere in the document. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> //--> + +<!--<varlistentry> +<term id="set-highlight"> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Highlight Mode</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +This allows the user to choose the style of color highlighting which the +editor uses to display the text. The styles are selected by programming +language. The font/color information is not stored with the document. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> //--> + +<!--<varlistentry> +<term><anchor id="end-of-line"/> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guisubmenu>End of +Line</guisubmenu></menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>This opens a sub-menu from which the user can select the type of +<quote>end of +line</quote> code for &kwrite; to use, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev>, the accepted +standard +used by &UNIX;, &Mac; or MSDOS/&Windows; systems.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> //--> + +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="help"> +<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="pref-dialog"> +<title>Configure &kwrite;</title> + +<para> +Selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu brings up the +<guilabel>Configure Editor</guilabel> dialog box. This dialog can be +used to alter a number of different settings. The settings available +for change vary according to which category the user chooses from a +vertical list on the left side of the dialog. By means of three buttons +along the bottom of the box the user can control the process. +</para> + +<para> +She or he may invoke the <guilabel>Help</guilabel> system, accept the +current settings and close the dialog by means of the +<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button, or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> the +process. The categories <guilabel>Colors</guilabel>, +<guilabel>Fonts</guilabel> <guilabel>Indent</guilabel>, +<guilabel>Select</guilabel>, <guilabel>Edit</guilabel>, +<guilabel>Spelling</guilabel> and <guilabel>Highlighting</guilabel> are +detailed below. +</para> + +<sect1 id="appearance"> +<title>Appearance</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Word Wrap</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry id="appearance-settings"> +<term><guilabel>Dynamic word wrap</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If this option is checked, the text lines +will be wrapped at the view border on the screen.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Dynamic word wrap indicators</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Choose when the Dynamic word wrap indicators +should be displayed. +</para></listitem></varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Vertically align dynamically wrapped lines +to indentation depth: +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Enables the start of dynamically wrapped +lines to be aligned vertically to the indentation level of the first +line. This can help to make code and markup more +readable.</para><para>Additionally, this allows you to +set a maximum width of the screen, as a percentage, +after which dynamically wrapped lines will no longer be vertically aligned. +For example, at 50%, lines whose indentation levels are deeper than 50% of the +width of the screen will not have vertical alignment applied to subsequent +wrapped lines.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Code Folding</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show folding markers (if available) +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If this option is checked, the current view will display marks +for code folding, if code folding is available.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Borders</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show icon border +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If this is checked, you will see an icon border on the left +hand side. The icon border shows bookmark signs for instance.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show line numbers +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If this is checked, you will see line numbers on the left +hand side.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show scrollbar marks +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If this option is checked the current view +will show marks on the vertical scrollbar. These marks will +for instance show bookmarks.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Sort Bookmarks Menu +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>By position +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>The bookmarks will be ordered by the line +numbers they are placed at.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>By creation +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Each new bookmark will be added to the bottom, +independently from where it is placed in the document.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show identation lines +</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>If this is checked, the editor wil display +vertical lines to help identifying indent lines.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="prefcolors"> +<title>Fonts & Colors</title> + +<para>This section of the dialog lets you configure all fonts and colors in +any color scheme you have, as well creating new schemes or deleting existing +ones. Each scheme has settings for colors, fonts and normal and highlight text +styles. +</para> + +<para>&kwrite; will preselect the currently active scheme for you, if you want to +work on a different scheme start by selecting that from the +<guilabel>Schema</guilabel> combobox.</para> + +<sect2 id="prefcolors-colors"> +<title>Colors</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry id="prefcolors-colors-text-background"> +<term><guilabel>Text Area Background</guilabel></term> +<listitem> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry id="pref-colors-normal-text"> +<term><guilabel>Normal text</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is the default background for the editor area, it will be +the dominant color on the editor area.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="pref-colors-selected-text"> +<term><guilabel>Selected Text</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is the background for selected text. The default is +the global selection color, as set in your &tde; color preferences. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="pref-colors-current-line"> +<term><guilabel>Current Line</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Set the color for the current line. Setting this a bit different +from the Normal text background helps to keep focus on the current line. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="pref-colors-marks"> +<term><guilabel>Bookmark</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This combo lets you set overlay colors for various mark types. +The color is mixed into the background color of a marked line, so that a line +with more marks or a marked line that is current has a background that is a mix +of more colors. The mark colors are also used if you enable display of scrollbar +marks.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="prefcolors-colors-other-elements"> +<term><guilabel>Other Elements</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Left Border Background</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This color is used for the marks, line numbers and folding +marker borders in the left side of the editor view when they are displayed. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Line Numbers</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This color is used to draw the line numbers on the left side of +the view when displayed.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Bracket Highlight</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This color is used to draw the background of matching brackets. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Word Wrap Markers</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This color is used to draw a pattern to the left of dynamically +wrapped lines when those are aligned vertically, as well as for the static word +wrap marker.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Tab Markers</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This color is used to draw white space indicators when enabled. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="prefcolors-fonts"> +<title>Fonts</title> +<para> +Here you can choose the font for the schema. You can choose from +any font available on your system, and set a default size. A sample text +displays at the bottom of the dialog, so you can see the effect of your choices. +</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="prefcolors-normal-text-styles"> +<title>Normal Text Styles</title> +<para>The normal text styles are inherited by the highlight text styles, +allowing the editor to present text in a very consistent way, for example comment +text is using the same style in allmost all of the text formats that kate can +highlight.</para> +<para>The name in the list of styles is using the style configured for +the item, providing you with an immediate preview when configuring a style. +</para> +<para>Each style lets you select common attributes as well as foreground +and background colors. To unset a background color, rightclick to use the +context menu.</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="prefcolors-highlighting-text-styles"> +<title>Highlighting Text Styles</title> +<para>Here you can edit the text styles used by a specific highlight definition. +The editor preselects the highlight used by your current document. To work on a +different highlight, select one in the <guilabel>Highlight</guilabel> combobox +above the style list. +</para> +<para>The name in the list of styles is using the style configured for +the item, providing you with an immediate preview when configuring a style. +</para> +<para>Each style lets you select common attributes as well as foreground +and background colors. To unset a background color, rightclick to use the +context menu. In addition you can see if a style is equal to the default style +used for the item, and set it to that if not.</para> +<para>You will notice that many highlights contain other highlights represented +by groups in the style list. For example most highlights import the Alert +highlight, and many source code formats imports the Doxygen highlight. Editing +colors in those groups only affects the styles when used in the edited highlight +format. +</para> +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="pref-cursor-selection"> +<title>Cursor & Selection</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Text Cursor Movement</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Smart home</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>When selected, pressing the home key will cause the cursor to +skip white space and go to the start of a line's text.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Wrap cursor</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>When on, moving the insertion cursor using the <emphasis +role="bold">Left</emphasis> and <emphasis role="bold">Right</emphasis> keys will +go on to previous/next line at beginning/end of the line, similar to most +editors.</para><para>When off, the insertion cursor cannot be moved left of the +line start, but it can be moved off the line end, which can be very handy for +programmers. When this option is chosen, moving the cursor with the arrow keys +off the end of a line (to the right) causes it to jump down to the beginning of +the next line. Likewise when the cursor is moved past the beginning of a line +(to the left) it jumps up to the end of the preceding line. When this option is +not selected, moving the cursor right past the end of a line merely causes it to +continue horizontally in the same line and trying to move it left past the +beginning does nothing.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Page Up/Page Down moves cursor</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This option changes the behavior of the cursor when the user presses +the <keycap>Page Up</keycap> or <keycap>Page Down</keycap> key. If unselected +the text cursor will maintain its relative position within the visible text in +&kwrite; as new text becomes visible as a result of the operation. So if the +cursor is in the middle of the visible text when the operation occurs it will +remain there (except when one reaches the beginning or end.) With this option +selected, the first key press will cause the cursor to move to either the top or +bottom of the visible text as a new page of text is displayed.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Autocenter cursor (lines):</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Sets the number of lines to maintain visible above and below the cursor +when possible.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Selection Mode</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Normal</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Selections will be overwritten by typed text and will be lost on +cursor movement.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Persistent</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Selections will stay even after cursor movement and typing.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="pref-edit"> +<title>Editing</title> +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Tabulators</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Insert spaces instead of tabulators</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>When this is enabled the editor will insert a calculated number of spaces +according to the position in the text and the <option>tab-width</option> setting +when you press the <keycap>TAB</keycap> key.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show tabulators</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>When this is enabled &kwrite; will display a small dot as a visual +representation of tabulator characters.</para> +<note><para>This also causes dots to be drawn to indicate trailing white space. +This will be fixed in a future version of &kwrite;</para></note> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term id="pref-tab-width">Tab Width</term> <listitem><para>If the +<link linkend="pref-word-wrap"><guilabel>Replace Tabs By +Spaces</guilabel></link> +option is selected this entry determines the number of +spaces with which the editor will automatically replace +tabs.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term id="pref-word-wrap"><guilabel>Static Word Wrap</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para> +Word wrap is a feature that causes the editor to automatically start a new line +of text and move (wrap) the cursor to the beginning of that new line. &kwrite; +will automatically start a new line of text when the current line reaches the +length specified by the <link linkend="pref-wrap-words-at">Wrap Words +At:</link> option.</para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Enable static word wrap</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Turns static word wrap on or off.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Show static word wrap markers +(if applicable)</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>If this option is checked, a vertical line will be drawn at the word wrap +column as defined in the <menuchoice> <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Editor...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the Editing tab. +Please note that the word wrap marker is only drawn if you use a fixed pitch +font.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term id="pref-wrap-words-at"><guilabel>Wrap words at:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>If the <link linkend="pref-word-wrap">Word Wrap</link> option is selected +this entry determines the length (in characters) at which the editor will +automatically start a new line.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Remove Trailing Spaces</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>&kwrite; will automatically eliminate extra spaces +at the ends of lines of text.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Auto Brackets</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>When +the user types a left bracket ([, (, or {) &kwrite; automatically enters the +right bracket (}, ), or ]) to the right of the cursor.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> <term>Maximum <link linkend="undo">undo</link> steps:</term> +<listitem><para>Here the user may specify the number of steps &kwrite; will +retain in memory for purposes of undoing entries and actions. This means that +the higher the number of steps set the more memory &kwrite; will use for this. +Setting this entry to 10 would mean that the user would be be able reverse the +last ten operations, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev> click the <guibutton>undo</guibutton> +button 10 times and obtain results.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> <term>Smart search text from:</term> +<listitem><para>This determines where &kwrite; will get the search +text from (this will be automatically entered into the Find Text +dialog): +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Nowhere:</emphasis> Don't guess the search +text.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Selection Only:</emphasis> Use + the current text selection, if available.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Selection, then Current Word:</emphasis> +Use the current selection if available, otherwise use the current word. +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Current Word +Only:</emphasis> Use the word that the cursor is currently resting on, if +available.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Current Word, then Selection:</emphasis> +Use the current word if available, otherwise use the current selection. +</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> +Note that, in all the above modes, if a +search string has not been or cannot be determined, then the Find Text Dialog +will fall back to the last search text. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<!--<varlistentry> +<term id="pref-replace-tabs-by-spaces"><guilabel>Replace Tabs By +Spaces</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>&kwrite; will replace any tabs with +the number of spaces indicated in the <link linkend="pref-tab-width">Tab +Width:</link> entry.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Show Tabs</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>The editor will display a symbol to indicate +the presence +of a tab in the text.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> --> +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="pref-indent"> +<title>Indentation</title> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Automatic indentation</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Indentation mode:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Select the automatic indentation mode you want to use as default. It is +strongly recommended to use <userinput>None</userinput> or +<userinput>Normal</userinput>here, and use filetype configurations to set other +indentation modes for text formats like C/C++ code or &XML;.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Insert leading Doxygen "*" when typing</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Automatically insert a leading "*" while typing within a doxygen +style comment. This setting is only enabled when applicable.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Indentation with Spaces</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Use spaces instead of tabs to indent</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This replaces tabs with the number of spaces set in <guilabel>Number of +spaces:</guilabel> below.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Emacs style mixed mode</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Use a mix of tabs and space characters for indentation.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Number of spaces:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Set the number of spaces you want to use for indentation when you +check <guilabel>Use spaces instead of tabs to indent</guilabel> +above.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Keep Indent Profile</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>When this is enabled, the editor will not unindent lines in a +selection further when the line with the least indentation becomes unindented. +If you sometimes unindent blocks of indented code, this may be helpful. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Keep Extra Spaces</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Indentations of more than the selected number of spaces +will not be shortened.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Keys to use</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Tab key indents</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This allows the <keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>tab</keycap></keycombo> key to be used to indent.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Backspace key indent</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This allows the <keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>backspace</keycap></keycombo> key to be used to +indent.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Tab Key Mode if Nothing Selected</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Insert indent characters</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This allows the <keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo> key insert indent +characters.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Insert tab character</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This allows the <keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo> key insert a tab.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Indent current line</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This allows the <keycombo +action="simul"><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo> key indent the current +line.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<!--<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Auto Indent</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>This causes +new lines to begin with the same indentation level as the previous +line.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> --> +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="pref-open-save"> +<title>Open & Save</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>File Format</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Encoding:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>This sets the default character encoding for your files.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>End of line:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Choose your prefered end of line mode for your active +document. You have the choice between &UNIX;, DOS/&Windows; or Macintosh.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Automatic end of line detection</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Check this if you want the editor to autodetect the end of line +type. The first found end of line type will be used for the whole file.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Memory Usage</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Maximum loaded blocks per file:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The editor will load given number of blocks (of around 2048 lines) of +text into memory; if the filesize is bigger than this the other blocks +are swapped to disk and loaded transparently as-needed.</para> +<para>This can cause little delays while navigating in the document; a +larger block count increases the editing speed at the cost of memory. +</para><para>For normal usage, just choose the highest possible block count: +limit it only if you have problems with the memory usage.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Automatic Cleanups on Load/Save</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Remove trailing spaces</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The editor will automatically eliminate extra spaces at the ends of lines +of text while loading/saving the file.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Folder Config File</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Search depth for config file:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The editor will search the given number of folder levels upwards +for &kwrite; config file and load the settings line from it.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Backup on Save</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Backing up on save will cause &kwrite; to copy the disk file to +<prefix><filename><suffix>' before saving changes. +The suffix defaults to <emphasis role="bold">~</emphasis> and prefix is empty by +default.</para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Local files</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Check this if you want backups of local files when +saving.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Remote files</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Check this if you want backups of remote files when saving.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Prefix</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Enter the prefix to prepend to the backup file names.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Suffix</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>Enter the suffix to add to the backup file names.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="pref-highlighting"> +<title>Highlighting</title> +<para>This group of options is used to customize the highlighting styles for +each programming language type. Any changes you made in other areas of this +dialog apply only to this type.</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Highlight:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is used to choose the language type to +configure.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Informations</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +View the properties of the chosen language highlighting rules: +author name and license. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Properties</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>File extensions:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is the list of file extensions used to determine which +files to highlight using the current syntax highlight mode.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>MIME types:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Clicking the wizard button will display a dialog with a list of +all available mime types to choose from.</para><para>The <emphasis +role="bold">File Extensions</emphasis> entry will automatically be edited as +well.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Priority:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Set the priority of the highlight rule.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guibutton>Download...</guibutton></term> +<listitem> +<para> +Click this button to download new or updated syntax highlight descriptions +from the &kate; website. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +<!-- obsolete annma 24 December 2005 +<para>The <guilabel>Configure +Highlighting</guilabel> dialog consists of +two pages, <guilabel>Defaults</guilabel> and <guilabel>Highlighting +Modes</guilabel>. The user can select which page to view by +clicking on the appropriate tab at the top of the dialog</para> + +<para>Items available on the <guilabel>Defaults</guilabel> page are as +follows:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Default Item Styles</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para> +The user can configure the default appearance for +particular items. This would allow a programmer to more easily identify +different items (types of entries) in his or her code. +</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Item</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This drop down box offers a variety of items that the user +might want to highlight. They include <guilabel>Normal</guilabel> for +text does not fit in any of the other categories, <guilabel>Comment</guilabel>, +<guilabel>String</guilabel>, <guilabel>Keyword</guilabel> and many more. Not +all of these entries will need to be configured for every language and so may be +selected as needed. The options in the rest of this section apply +to the entry selected in this box.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Normal</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This allows the user to choose the +item's normal (unselected) color. This is done by means +of a color selection dialog box, a further explanation of which +may be found in the <link linkend="prefcolors">Colors</link> section of <link +linkend="pref-dialog">Configure &kwrite;</link>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Bold</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This option determines whether or +not the item should be displayed in bold text.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Italic</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This option determines whether or +not the item should be displayed in italic text.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Selected</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This allows the user to choose the +item's color when selected. This is done by means of a +color selection dialog box, a further explanation of which +may be found in the <link linkend="prefcolors">Colors</link> section of <link +linkend="pref-dialog">Configure &kwrite;</link>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<para>Items on the <guilabel>Highlight Modes</guilabel> tab allow the +user to define more specific highlighting depending on the language +style.</para> + +<para>One need not set every available option, items not configured +specifically will use the default configuration specified on the +previous <guilabel>Defaults</guilabel> tab.</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Config Select</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This group of options is used to customize the +highlighting styles for each programming language type. Any changes you +made in other areas of this dialog apply only to this +type.</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Highlight</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is used to choose the language +type to configure</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Item</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is to choose the syntax item to +configure. Remember this only configures +<emphasis>this</emphasis> item for +<emphasis>this</emphasis> +language.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<para>As an example, if the user wished to configure the +appearance of <quote>comments</quote> while writing C++, she or he +could choose C++ in the <guilabel>Highlight</guilabel> drop down box, and then +choose Comment in the <guilabel>Item</guilabel> drop down box. To have +<quote>comments</quote> look the same across all languages, the user would need +to configure this in the <guilabel>Defaults</guilabel> page of this dialog box +while leaving <quote>comments</quote> unconfigured within the more +specific <guilabel>Highlight Modes</guilabel> page.</para> +</listitem> </varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Item Style</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Here the user can configure the general +appearance of the above +selected item. Checking the +<guilabel>Default</guilabel> check box causes the +default style as configured on the previous tab to be set, or +the appearance can be configured directly. The available +options are the same as on the +<guilabel>Defaults</guilabel> tab: +<guilabel>Normal</guilabel>, +<guilabel>Selected</guilabel>, <guilabel>Bold</guilabel> +and <guilabel>Italic</guilabel>.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Highlight Auto Select</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>&kwrite; can apply syntax highlighting +automatically, depending on the file extension or mime-type of the opened file. +The defaults are fairly comprehensive, but users that regularly edit files with +non-standard extensions can add them here. Wildcards are allowed in the +<guilabel>File Extensions</guilabel> text box. For example, the +default entry for the C++ language is +<userinput>*.cpp;*.cc;*.C;*.h</userinput>. Opening a file called +<filename>foo.h</filename> would automatically apply the +C++ style to it. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Item Font</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Here the user can choose the font for the +selected item.</para> +<para>The default style can be applied by checking the +<guilabel>Default</guilabel> check box or the user can +choose a specific font +<guilabel>Family</guilabel>, <guilabel>Size</guilabel> +and <guilabel>Charset</guilabel>. The available options are +the same as those on the <guilabel>Defaults</guilabel> tab.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist>--> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="pref-filetypes"> +<title>Filetypes</title> +<para>This page allows you to override the default configuration for documents +of specified mimetypes. When the editor loads a document, it will try if it +matches the file masks or mimetypes for one of the defined filetypes, and if so +apply the variables defined. If more filetypes match, the one with the highest +priority will be used. +</para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Filetype:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>The filetype with the highest priority is the one displayed in +the first drop down box. If more filetypes were found, they are +also listed.</para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>New</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is used to create a new filetype. After +you click on this button, the fields below get empty and you +can fill the properties you want for the new filetype.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Delete</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>To remove an existing filetype, select it from the drop down +box and press the Delete button.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> </varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Properties of current filetype</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>The filetype with the highest priority is the one displayed in +the first drop down box. If more filetypes were found, they are also +listed.</para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Name:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>The name of the filetype will be the text of the corresponding +menu item. This name is displayed in the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filetypes</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice ></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Section:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>The section name is used to organize the file types in +menus. This is also used in the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Filetypes</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> menu.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Variables:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This string allows you to configure &kwrite;'s settings for the +files selected by this mimetype using &kwrite; variables. You can set almost any +configuration option, such as highlight, indent-mode, encoding, +etc.</para><para>For a full list of known variables, see the +manual.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>File extensions:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>The wildcards mask allows you to select files by filename. A +typical mask uses an asterisk and the file extension, for example +<filename>*.txt; *.text</filename>. The string is a semicolon-separated list of +masks.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>MIME types:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Displays a wizard that helps you easily select +mimetypes.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Priority:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>Sets a priority for this file type. If more than one file type +selects the same file, the one with the highest priority will be +used.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</listitem> </varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="pref-shortcuts"> +<title>Shortcuts</title> +<para>You can change here the shortcut keys configuration. Select an +action and click on <guilabel>Custom</guilabel> if you want a different shortcut +for this action.</para> +<para>The search line alllows you to look for a specific action and see +its associated shortcut.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="pref-plugins"> +<title>Plugins</title> +<para>This tab lists all available plugins and you can check those you +want to use. Once a plugin is checked, the +<guibutton>Configure</guibutton> button is enabled and you can click it +in order to configure the highlighted plugin.</para> +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="credits"> +<title>Credits and Licenses</title> + +<para>&kwrite; Copyright 2001 by the &kate; team.</para> + +<para> +Based on the original &kwrite;, which was Copyright 2000 by Jochen Wilhelmy +<email>digisnap@cs.tu-berlin.de</email> +</para> + +<para>Contributions:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para>&Christoph.Cullmann; &Christoph.Cullmann.mail;</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>Michael Bartl <email>michael.bartl1@chello.at</email></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>Phlip <email>phlip_cpp@my-deja.com</email></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>&Anders.Lund; &Anders.Lund.mail;</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>Matt Newell <email>newellm@proaxis.com</email></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>&Joseph.Wenninger; &Joseph.Wenninger.mail;</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>Jochen Wilhely <email>digisnap@cs.tu-berlin.de</email></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>&Michael.Koch; &Michael.Koch.mail;</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>&Christian.Gebauer; &Christian.Gebauer.mail;</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>&Simon.Hausmann; &Simon.Hausmann.mail;</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>Glen Parker <email>glenebob@nwlink.com</email></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>Scott Manson <email>sdmanson@altel.net</email></para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>&John.Firebaugh; &John.Firebaugh.mail;</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para> +Original documentation by &Thad.McGinnis; &Thad.McGinnis.mail; +</para> + +<para> +Updated by &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf; &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail; and +&Anders.Lund; &Anders.Lund.mail; +</para> + +<para> +This version of the &kwrite; Handbook is based on the original by +&Cristian.Tibirna; &Cristian.Tibirna.mail; +</para> + +<para> +Converted to docbook/proofreading by &Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail; +</para> + +<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> + +&underFDL; +&underGPL; +</chapter> + +&documentation.index; +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-namecase-general: t +sgml-namecase-entity: nil +sgml-general-insert-case: lower +sgml-minimize-attributes: nil +sgml-omittag: nil +End: +--> + |