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diff --git a/doc/kget/Makefile.am b/doc/kget/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 00000000..41691557 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kget/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +KDE_LANG = en +KDE_DOCS = AUTO + diff --git a/doc/kget/fileopen.png b/doc/kget/fileopen.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..037c2da9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kget/fileopen.png diff --git a/doc/kget/index.docbook b/doc/kget/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eb8a2bab --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kget/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,751 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!-- Define an entity for your application if it is not part of KDE + CVS --> + <!ENTITY kget "<application>KGet</application>"> + <!ENTITY kappname "&kget;"><!-- replace kget here + do *not* replace kappname--> + <!ENTITY package "kdenetwork"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> + +<bookinfo> +<title>The &kget; Handbook</title> + +<authorgroup> +<author> +<personname> +<firstname>Jonathan</firstname> +<othername>E.</othername> +<surname>Drews</surname> +</personname> +<email>j.e.drews@att.net</email> +</author> + +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<copyright> +<year>2003</year> +<holder>Jonathan E. Drews</holder> +</copyright> +<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date>2005-08-31</date> +<releaseinfo>0.8.4</releaseinfo> + +<!-- Abstract about this handbook --> + +<abstract> +<para> +&kget; allows you to group downloads. In some cases, &kget; can resume these +downloads even if you shutdown your computer before the downloads have completed. +</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>kdeutils</keyword> +<keyword>kget</keyword> +<keyword>kppp</keyword> +<keyword>download</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para> +To download a document or package, drag and drop the &URL; on to &kget;. + +</para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="using-kget"> +<title>Using &kget;</title> + +<sect1 id="kget-features"> +<title>&kget; Tutorial</title> + +<para>Here is a brief tutorial that uses some of the features of &kget;. Below +are three software packages that are to be downloaded. Suppose you want to +download the middle one first and then the top and bottom ones second. +</para> + + +<orderedlist> +<listitem> +<para> +Place &kget; in offline mode, by choosing the menu item +<menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guimenuitem>Offline +Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. +</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para> +Click on the top entry with the &LMB;. Hold down the &Ctrl; key and click on +the bottom entry. &kget; should look similar to this: + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Screenshot of Kget</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="kget1.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>Items to be downloaded from Konqueror</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</para> + + +</listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Click on the delay button to prevent these items from being +downloaded. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Now click on the middle entry to highlight it. The top and bottom items will no +longer be highlighted. +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Screenshot of Kget</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="kget2.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>Items to be downloaded from Konqueror</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Put &kget; back online by unchecking +<menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guimenuitem>Offline +Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and &kget; will download the middle item. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Click on the top item, hold down the &Shift; key and click on the bottom item. &kget; +should look like this: +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Screenshot of Kget</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="kget3.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>Items to be downloaded from Konqueror</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> + + +<note><para> +Holding down the &Ctrl; key allows you to select individual items; +holding down the &Shift; key allows you to select consecutive items, +while clicking with the &LMB;. +</para></note></para> + +</listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Now click on the <guiicon>Queue</guiicon> icon or choose <menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu><guimenuitem>Queue</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to +download the two highlighted items. +</para></listitem> + +</orderedlist> +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="configuration"> +<title>Special Configurations</title> +<sect1 id="configuration-auto-disconnect"> +<title>Configuration of Auto-Disconnect</title> + +<para> +This feature is used for automatically disconnecting your modem once a +download has been completed. To configure &kget; for auto-disconnect do: +</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para> +Go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guimenuitem>Auto-Disconnect Mode +</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +<action> to disconnect the modem.</action> Usually this +would be &kppp;. Expert Mode must be on to use this feature.</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para> +For &SuSE; users the command <userinput><command>cinternet +<option>-i</option> +<parameter>ppp0</parameter> <option>-0</option></command></userinput> must be +substituted for <userinput><command>kppp <option>-k</option></command></userinput> +in the <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure &kget;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +<guilabel> Automations</guilabel> menu.</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para> + For Fedora Core users the command should be +<userinput><command>/usr/sbin/usernetctl +<parameter>ppp0</parameter> <option>down</option></command></userinput></para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="configuration-downloading-in-folders"> +<title>Downloading Into Designated Folders</title> + +<para> +To download <acronym>JPEG</acronym> files into a designated folder do: +</para> +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para> + Go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure &kget;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +<guilabel>Folders</guilabel> menu.</para> +</listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Enter the files you wish to download using the extensions +<literal role="extension">.jpg</literal> and <literal +role="extension">.jpeg</literal> as shown below: +</para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Screenshot of Kget</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="kget5.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>Downloading into designated files</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</listitem> + +<listitem> +<para>Click on <interface>Apply</interface> and +<interface>OK</interface>. When you download any +<literal role="extension">.jpeg</literal> files they will be stored in +<filename>/home/kdecvs/pics/JPEG</filename>.</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +</sect1> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="commands"> +<title>Command Reference</title> + +<sect1 id="kapp-mainwindow"> +<title>The main &kget; window</title> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Opens the transfer window where you can paste &URL;'s. +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the +transfer window.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Export Transfer List...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Opens a Save As window </action> that allows you to save +highlighted &URL;'s to a <literal role="extension">.kget</literal> file. To use this feature: +</para> +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para> +Place &kget; in offline mode by clicking on the offline mode button in +the toolbar or choosing +<menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guimenuitem>Offline +Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. +</para></listitem> +<listitem><para> +Drag the &URL;'s you wish to download on to &kget;. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Next click on the top entry so that it is highlighted. +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Hold down the <userinput><keycombo> +&Shift;</keycombo></userinput> +key and click on the bottom &URL; to highlight the entries like so: +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Picture of kget saving to export file</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="kget4.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> +</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para> +Now click on <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Export Transfer List...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and enter the name of the +<literal role="extension">.kget</literal> file for your downloads. +</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + + +<para>This feature is used to save items that will be downloaded on a +regular basis, such as the &kde; snapshots above. +</para> +</listitem> + +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Import Transfer List...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Loads <literal role="extension">.kget</literal> files that were created with +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Export Transfer List...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Import Text File...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action> +Imports &URL;'s that are in text files.</action> This is a powerful feature that allows +you to parse &URL;'s from text files and emails you may have received. It can +discriminate between ordinary text and &URL;'s, provided the &URL; begins at the +left margin of the document. &kget; will find these &URL;'s and load them into +its main window for you. +<note><para>This feature only ignores regular text when you have clicked on +the Expert Mode icon. If the Expert Mode is not used then the text file must +contain only &URL;'s. +</para></note> +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Quits &kget;</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Log Window</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action> +Opens a log window that shows the events that have occurred. This is useful +for seeing what happened during a lengthy download. Here you can see if any +packages were skipped or if a connection timed out. +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<!-- +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> + +</varlistentry> --> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> Menu</title> +<note><para> +In order for the entries in this menu to become active (not grayed out), you +must highlight a download by clicking on the entry with the &LMB;. +</para></note> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Copy &URL; to Clipboard</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action> +This pastes a highlighted line into the &kde; clipboard (Klipper). +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Open Individual Window</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action> Displays the selected download in its own window. +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Move To Beginning</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Moves a highlighted entry to the top of the download +list.</action> +<note><para>The topmost &URL; in &kget; is downloaded first.</para> +</note> +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Move To End</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Moves a highlighted entry to the bottom of the download +list.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Resume</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Resumes a download that has been paused. +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Pause</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Pauses a download that is running. +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Deletes a highlighted item from the &kget; main +window.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Restart</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Combines the functions of Resume and Pause in one +button.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Queue</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Causes the highlighted entries in &kget; to begin +downloading.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Timer</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Delays the download of the highlighted items by one +minute. This is useful if you need to pause the download to check email or go +to a website.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Transfer</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Delay</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Delays the download of the highlighted items +indefinitely.</action> +<note><para><guimenuitem>Queue</guimenuitem>, +<guimenuitem>Timer</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Delay</guimenuitem> are +mutually exclusive; only one of them may be selected at a time.</para> +</note> +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The Options Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Use Animations</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle use of animations</action> to display &kget;'s +state.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Use Sound</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle the use of sound</action> to indicate events, ⪚ a +file being added to the download list, or a download completing.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Expert Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Turns off prompting.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Use-Last-Folder Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>&kget; will ignore the current folder settings and +place all new transfers in the folder where the last transfer was placed. +</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Offline Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Toggles &kget; from being online (ready to download) +to offline. The offline mode is used when you want to copy &URL;'s into &kget; +without them being downloaded immediately.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Auto-Disconnect Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Causes &kget; to disconnect the modem.</action> Usually this +would be &kppp;. Expert Mode must be on to use this feature.</para> +<para> +You can find more information about the Auto-Disconnect Mode in <xref linkend="configuration-auto-disconnect" />. +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Auto Shutdown Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Closes &kget; after all the downloads are +completed. The Expert Mode must be turned on.</action></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Options</guimenu><guimenuitem>Auto-Paste +Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Enable grabbing of files to download from the +clipboard.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Hide Statusbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Hide the statusbar</action>. The statusbar normally +displays statistics about the currently downloading files.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Drop Target</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>The drop target is a desktop icon that allows for +hiding and restoring of &kget;. This is used on a cluttered desktop when you +want to periodically check the status of a download.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>Display the the familiar &kde; Keyboard Shortcut Configuration +Dialog.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Display the the familiar &kde; Toolbar Configuration Dialog.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure &kappname;</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>Launch the main configuration dialog.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect2> + +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="credits"> + +<title>Credits and License</title> + +<para> +&kget; +</para> +<para> +Program copyright 1998 Matej Moss +</para> +<para> +Contributors: +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Patrick Charbonnier <email>pch@freeshell.org</email></para> +</listitem> +<listitem><para>Carsten Pfeiffer <email>pfeiffer@kde.org</email></para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</para> + +<para> +Documentation Copyright © 2003 Jonathan Drews <email>j.e.drews@att.net</email> +</para> + +<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> + +&underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove --> + + +&underGPL; <!-- GPL License --> + +</chapter> + +<appendix id="installation"> +<title>Installation</title> + +<sect1 id="getting-kapp"> +<title>How to obtain &kget;</title> + +&install.intro.documentation; + +</sect1> + + + +<sect1 id="compilation"> +<title>Compilation and Installation</title> + +&install.compile.documentation; + +</sect1> + +</appendix> + +&documentation.index; +</book> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: xml +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:nil +End: + +vim:tabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab +--> diff --git a/doc/kget/kget1.png b/doc/kget/kget1.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..21407a43 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kget/kget1.png diff --git a/doc/kget/kget2.png b/doc/kget/kget2.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..d9b19a2c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kget/kget2.png diff --git a/doc/kget/kget3.png b/doc/kget/kget3.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..5980418a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kget/kget3.png diff --git a/doc/kget/kget4.png b/doc/kget/kget4.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..067dccf8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kget/kget4.png diff --git a/doc/kget/kget5.png b/doc/kget/kget5.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..6d576c69 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kget/kget5.png |