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diff --git a/doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook b/doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 379b0fa0a..000000000 --- a/doc/userguide/standard-menu-entries.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,301 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="menus"> -<chapterinfo> -<authorgroup> -<author> -&Philip.Rodrigues; -</author> -</authorgroup> -</chapterinfo> - - -<title>The Standard Menu Entries</title> - -<!-- FIXME: The text is immensely repetitive. Fix that. --> - -<para>One of the main ways that you'll control programs in &tde; is -via the program's menus. They provide access to nearly everything -you'll need to do with that program. So that you can more easily -remember where things are in the menus, and to help you learn new -programs more easily, the menus have a standard layout. This means -that once you know how to open a file in one program, you know how to -open a file in any &tde; program. Let's take a look at the standard -menus:</para> <!-- TODO: Note that programs have other menu entries as well--> - -<!-- Probably a good place for a screenie, but we'd need one showing -*only* the standard entries --> - -<variablelist> -<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>This entry will start a new, blank document that's -appropriate to the program you're using. For example, in &kate; (the -&tde; Advanced Text Editor) this entry creates a new text file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>The <guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem> menu entry -displays the &tde; <quote>Open File</quote> dialog box, where you can -choose a file to open in the program you're using. The <quote>Open -File</quote> dialog is also standardized, so it's the same for all -&tde; programs. You can find out more about using this dialog -somewhere else in this guide <!-- FIXME: real link -->.</para> -<para>You probably noticed that this menu entry had an ellipsis (...) -after the name of the entry. This means that clicking on the entry -will open a dialog box of some kind. If you make any changes in the -dialog box that appears, they won't take effect until you click on the -<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button in the dialog. You can always ignore -any changes you made, and close the dialog, by clicking on the -<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>This menu entry will save any changes you've made to -the file that you are currently working on. If this is the first time -that you've saved the file, the &tde; <quote>Save File</quote> dialog -will appear, and ask you for a name and location for the file. <!-- TODO: Point to another section for more info --></para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - - - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>The <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> menu entry -will save the file you're working on with a different name. The -<quote>Save File</quote> dialog appears, and you can choose a name and -location as usual. Note that after you save the file with -<guimenuitem>Save As..</guimenuitem>, you will be working on the -<emphasis>new</emphasis> file. If you save changes, they will be saved -under the new filename. To make this a bit clearer, let's take an -example: - -<orderedlist> -<listitem><para>You are working on a file called -<filename>hello.txt</filename> that contains the text <quote>Hello -World!</quote> </para> -</listitem> - -<listitem><para>You use the <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> menu -entry to save the file with the new name -<filename>newhello.txt</filename>.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem><para>You add the text <quote>Nice to see you!</quote> to -the file, and use the <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> menu entry to -save these changes.</para> -</listitem> -</orderedlist> - - - -Now, the file <filename>newhello.txt</filename> contains the text -<quote>Hello World! Nice to see you!</quote>, while the file -<filename>hello.txt</filename> contains only the text <quote>Hello -World!</quote>. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>This menu entry displays the &tde; -<quote>Print</quote> dialog, read to print the current -document. Youcan find more information about the options available in -this dialog in <xref linkend="printing-from-apps"/>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>This menu entry closes the current document. If you -have made any changes since you last saved the document, you will be -asked whether you want to save those changes. You can choose to -<guibutton>Save</guibutton> or <guibutton>Discard</guibutton> those -changes. If you didn't really want to close the file, just click -<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>Use this entry to close the program you're using. If -you have unsaved changes in any files, you will be asked whether you -want to -save them.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - - - -</variablelist> - -<variablelist> -<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>Use this entry to remove the effect of the last -action you performed in the application. For example, if you deleted a -line of text, the <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> menu entry will -replace that line.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>Use this menu entry to perform the last action that -you removed with the <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> menu entry. For -example, if, as in the example above, you had replaced a deleted line -of text with <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>, the -<guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> entry would redo the action of -deleting the line.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>This menu entry cuts the contents of the current -selection to the clipboard. See <xref linkend="using-the-clipboard"/> -for more information. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>This menu entry copies the contents of the current -selection to the clipboard. See <xref linkend="using-the-clipboard"/> -for more information. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>This menu entry inserts the contents of the clipboard -in the current document. The clipboard contents are inserted where the -cursor is currently positioned.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>Use this item to select the whole of the current -document.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>This menu entry displays the <guilabel>Find -Text</guilabel> dialog, which you can use to search for a particular -word or phrase in the current document. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul"><keycap>F3</keycap> -</keycombo> -</shortcut><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>Use this item to find the next occurrence of the most -recent text you searched for using <guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem>. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -</variablelist> - -<variablelist> -<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can -change the keyboard shortcuts used by the application. See <xref -linkend="configure-shortcuts"/>. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure -Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> - -<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can -change which buttons appear on the application's toolbars. See <xref -linkend="configuring-toolbars"/>. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure Notifications...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can -change the notifications (sounds, error messages, &etc;) used by the -application. See <xref -linkend="configure-notifications"/>. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><menuchoice><guimenuitem>Configure <replaceable>Application</replaceable></guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> -<listitem><para>In the dialog displayed by this menu entry, you can -change settings relating to how the application works in general. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -</variablelist> - - -&help.menu.documentation; - -</chapter> |