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diff --git a/doc/knode/Makefile.am b/doc/knode/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 000000000..692f3ff3a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ + +KDE_LANG = en +KDE_DOCS = AUTO + +# $(srcdir)/translation.po: $(srcdir)/german_original.docbook +# xml2pot $(srcdir)/german_original.docbook > german.pot +# msgmerge -o $(srcdir)/translation.po $(srcdir)/translation.po german.pot +# rm german.pot + diff --git a/doc/knode/commands.docbook b/doc/knode/commands.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..47a96ffe1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/commands.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,1890 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> + +<chapter id="commands"> +<title>Command reference</title> + +<para>The following keybindings assume you did not change the default +settings.</para> + +<sect1 id="knode-mainwindow"> +<title>The main &knode; window</title> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Saves the selected article in a file.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Prints the selected article.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu> +File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Send Pending Messages</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +The messages in the <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> folder are sent.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu> +File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Stop Network</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Disconnects the current connection to a newsserver.</action> +</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 &knode;.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Copy the selected text to the clipboard.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Selects the whole article.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycap>F4</keycap></shortcut><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Search Articles...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the <guilabel>Search for Articles</guilabel> dialog box for searching in the active group.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap> +</keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Find in Article...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +To be written +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Fetch Article with ID...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Enables the download of an article with a specified article-ID.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu</title> + +<!--Headers and Attachments missing--> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Threads</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +When this is activated, &knode; shows discussions as a tree view in the article view.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Expand All Threads</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +When this is activated, &knode; shows the complete threads; this is +only functional when <guilabel>Show threads</guilabel> +is active.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Collapse All Threads</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +When this is activated, &knode; shows no threads; this is only +functional when <guilabel>Show threads</guilabel> is active.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>T</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Toggle Subthread</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Toggles between showing and collapsing the selected thread.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Allows you to choose a filter for the article view.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Sort</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Allows you to sort the article view.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>F5</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Refresh List</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Refreshes the article view</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<!--varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show all headers</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +When this setting is activated, &knode; shows the complete article header in the article window.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry--> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Unscramble (ROT 13)</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +When this setting is activated, &knode; shows all characters of the complete article rotated by 13 characters.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Verify PGP signature</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action>Checks the PGP signature in the article.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>V</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>View Source</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +The source code of the active article is opened in a new window.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>X</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Use Fixed Font</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Activates the configured fixed-width font for the viewer.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<!--Fancy Formatting Y is missing--> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Charset</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Here you can configure the charset which is used for the articles.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Go</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>P</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Go</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Previous Article</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Jumps to previous article in the article view.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>N</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Go</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Next Article</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Jumps to next article in the article view.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Shift;<keycap>Space</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Go</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Next Unread Article</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Jumps to the next unread article, and to the first unread article of the next newsgroup if necessary.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Space</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Go</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Next Unread Thread</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Jumps to the next unread thread, and to the next unread thread in the next newsgroup if necessary.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>-</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Go</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Previous Group</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Jumps to the previous news group in the folder view</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>+</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Go</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Next Group</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Jumps to the next newsgroup in the folder view</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Account</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Account</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Get New Articles in All Groups</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Connects with the active account and fetches any new messages.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Account</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Get New Articles in All Accounts</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Connects with all account and fetches any new messages.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Account</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Subscribe to Newsgroups...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Dialog Box for subscribing to newsgroups for the active account.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Account</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Expire All Groups</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Here you can expire all groups of an account manually.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Account</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Account Properties</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the properties dialog for the active account.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Account</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Delete Account</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Deletes the active account and all subscribed newsgroups therein.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Group</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Group</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Get New Articles</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Connects with the active account and fetches any new messages.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Group</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Expire Group</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Checks if there are any old articles and, if so, deletes them.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Group</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Reorganize Group</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Rebuilds the article view by using the configured sortings.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Group</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Mark All as Read</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Sets the status of all articles in the active newsgroup to read.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Group</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Mark All as Unread</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Sets the status of all articles in the active newsgroup to unread.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Group</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Mark Last as Unread</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +To be written.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Group</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Group Properties</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the dialog for the group properties.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Group</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Unsubscribe From Group</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Unsubscribes from the active newsgroup</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Folder</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New Folder</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Creates a new main folder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New Subfolder</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Creates a new subfolder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Rename Folder</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Here you can rename the active folder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Import MBox Folder...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +With this function it is possible to import an MBox folder into the active folder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Export as MBox Folder...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +With this function you can export the active folder as an MBox folder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Compact Folder</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Removes all deleted articles from the active folder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Compact All Folders</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Removes all deleted articles from the every folder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Empty Folder</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Deletes all articles from the active folder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Folder</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Delete Folder</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Deletes the active folder.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Article</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Post to Newsgroup...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Composer, with the settings for writing new articles set to those of the active newsgroup.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>R</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Followup to Newsgroup</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Composer for writing a followup, with the content of the active article.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>A</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Reply by Email...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Composer for writing an e-mail to the author of the active article.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>F</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Forward by Email...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Composer for forwarding the active article as e-mail.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>D</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Mark as Read</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Set the status of the active article to<quote> +read</quote> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>U</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Mark as Unread</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Set the status of the active article to<quote> +unread</quote> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Mark Thread as Read</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Set the status of the active thread to<quote> +read</quote> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Mark Thread as Unread</guisubmenu> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Set the status of the active thread to<quote> +unread</quote> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Cancel Article</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Generate a message which deletes the active Article in Usenet; you can +only use this with your own articles.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Supersede Article</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Composer with the content of the active article; when this article is posted it overwrites the original article. You can only use this with your own articles.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>O</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Open in Own Window</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +The active article is opened in a new window.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>E</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Edit Article...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Composer for editing the active article;</action> +you can only use this in the <guilabel> +Outbox</guilabel> +and <guilabel> +Drafts</guilabel> +folders.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>Delete</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Delete Article</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Deletes the active article.</action> +You can only use this in the <guilabel> +Outbox</guilabel> +and <guilabel> +Drafts</guilabel> + folders.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Article</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Send Now</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Sends the active article.</action> +You can only use this in the <guilabel> +Outbox</guilabel> +and <guilabel> +Drafts</guilabel> +folders.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>E</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Edit Scoring Rules...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +The dialog to edit the scoring rules will be opened.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Recalculate Scores</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +The scores will be reset and recalculated.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Lower Score for Author...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Creates a rule for lowering the score of all articles posted by the author of the active article.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Raise Score for Author...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Creates a rule for raising the score of all articles posted by the author of the active article.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>W</keycap></shortcut><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Watch Thread</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Sets the score for this thread to the configured score of watched threads (standard = 100).</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycap>I</keycap></shortcut> +<guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Ignore Thread</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Sets the score for this thread to the configured score of ignored threads (standard = -100).</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Toolbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +This option toggles whether the toolbar is shown or not.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Statusbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +This option toggles whether the statusbar is shown or not.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Group View</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +This option toggles whether the group list is shown or not.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Header View</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +This option toggles whether the header view is shown or not.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>J</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Article Viewer</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +This option toggles whether the article is shown or not.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens a dialog for configuring the key bindings.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens a dialog for configuring the toolbars.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure &knode;...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens a dialog for configuring &knode;.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect2> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="knode-editorwindow"> +<title>The composer menus.</title> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Send Now</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Sends the current article immediately.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Send Later</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Stores the current article in the <guilabel> +Outbox</guilabel> +to be sent later.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save as Draft</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Saves the current article in the <guilabel> +Drafts</guilabel> +folder, so you can finish editing it another time.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Deletes the current article, closing the editor.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Closes the editor window</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Undo the last edit.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +Redo the last action undone with the <guimenuitem> +Undo</guimenuitem> +menu entry.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Cuts the currently-selected text to the clipboard, deleting it from the editor window.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Copies the selected text to the clipboard.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Pastes the current contents of the clipboard into the editor window.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Paste as Quotation</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Pastes the current contents of the clipboard into the editor window with +a quote character </action> (<quote>></quote>) at the beginning of each +line. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Selects all the text in the editor window.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Find dialog.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Replace...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens the Replace dialog.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Attach</guimenu> menu</title> +<para> +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Attach</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Append Signature</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Inserts your signature at the end of the article you are editing.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Attach</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Insert File...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Inserts the contents of a file into the editor window.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Attach</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Insert File (in a box)...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Inserts the contents of a file into the editor window and puts a box around of it.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + + +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Attach</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Attach File...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Inserts a file as an attachment.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Options</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Send News-Article</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Toggles whether the message is to be sent as an article or not.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Send Email</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Toggles whether the message is to be sent as an email or not; if it's configured, an external editor will be activated.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Set Charset</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Here you can configure the charset used for this article; normally you use us-ascii for English-speaking areas.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Options</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Word Wrap</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Toggles the word wrapping in the editor on or off.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Add Quote Characters</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> + +Puts <quote>></quote> in front of the marked lines. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Remove Quote Characters</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Removes the quote characters at the beginning of the marked lines.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Add Box</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Puts the marked lines in an ASCII box.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Remove Box</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Removes the ASCII box around the marked area.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Sign Article with PGP</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Signs the article with PGP.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Get Original Text (not rewrapped)</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Rebuilds the original posting when answering to an article.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Scramble (Rot-13)</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Encrypts the marked text by rotating every character 13 characters of the alphabet.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Start External Editor</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Start the external editor (if one is configured) with the current contents of the editor window.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Tools</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Spelling...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens a dialog box to check your spelling.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title> +The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Toolbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Toggles whether the toolbar should be shown or not.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show Statusbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Toggles whether the statusbar should be shown or not.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens a dialog for configuring the key bindings.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Opens a dialog for configuring the toolbars.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure KNode...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice> +</term> +<listitem> +<para> +<action> +Open the &knode; Preferences dialog.</action> +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect2> + +</sect1> +</chapter> diff --git a/doc/knode/credits.docbook b/doc/knode/credits.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..093c16851 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/credits.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +<chapter id="credits"> +<title>Credits and License</title> + +<para>&knode;</para> + +<para>Program Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 KNode developers</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<title>Developers</title> +<listitem> +<para>Christian Gebauer <email>gebauer@kde.org</email></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Christian Thurner <email>cthurner@web.de</email></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Dirk Mueller <email>mueller@kde.org</email></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Mark Mutz <email>mutz@kde.org</email></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Roberto Teixeira <email>roberto@kde.org</email></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Mathias Waack <email>mathias@atoll-net.de</email></para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<itemizedlist> +<title>Documentation</title> +<listitem> +<para>Copyright 2000, 2001 Stephan +Johach<email>lucardus@onlinehome.de</email></para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Copyright 2001, 2002 Thomas Schütz <email> +Thomas.Schuetz@gmx.li</email></para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> + +<para>Thanks go to the &knode; developers who answered all my stupid +questions with patience. Then Thomas Diehl and Matthias Kiefer who +always were competent contacts regards to translation. Many Thanks to +Malcolm Hunter who checked this english translation. Not to forget +Michael McBride, always there to help me out with +documentation-related and general stuff, and everybody else in the +&kde; Team who contributed to the creation of this document.</para> + +&underFDL; <!-- FDL license for the documentation --> +&underGPL; <!-- GPL License for the application --> + +</chapter> diff --git a/doc/knode/eyes.png b/doc/knode/eyes.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..f2eefe3a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/eyes.png diff --git a/doc/knode/faq.docbook b/doc/knode/faq.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6f37d8765 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/faq.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> +--> +<chapter id="faq"> +<title>Questions and Answers</title> + +<qandaset> +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>I have installed &kde; 3, but &knode; does not exist in the +<guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu.</para> + </question> +<answer> +<para>Does the <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>entry exist? If not, +maybe the kdenetwork package isn't installed (perhaps because your +distribution possibly doesn't do this for you); if the entry is there, +but you do not have a <guimenuitem>KNode</guimenuitem> item +in it, you should try to open a &konsole; and run &knode; from +there. Type</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>knode &</command></userinput> +</screen> + +<para>If an error message appears that tells you that &knode; could +not be started or found please check whether the file +<filename>knode</filename> exists in <filename +class="directory">$<envar>KDEDIR</envar>/bin</filename> and that its +permissions are correctly set.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para> +When I start &knode;, a message appears in the task bar but suddenly +disappears without &knode; being started.</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Try to start &knode; from the &konsole; (see previous question) +and keep attention for the messages displayed there: if they do not +make sense to you mark them with your mouse and copy it to the +clipboard; then, ask for help on one of the &kde; mailing lists or +&kde; news groups.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>I need an important article, but &knode; doesn't have it any +more; where can I find this article?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>You can find some extensive usenet archives at +<ulink +url="http://groups.google.com/usenet/">groups.google.com</ulink> or +<ulink url="http://av.com">AltaVista</ulink>; they even contain +articles that are several years old.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>How do I open and read several articles at the same time?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para> Open the article with <guimenuitem>Open in own +window</guimenuitem>.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>My articles do not appear in the newsgroup.</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>When you publish an article it may be some time until your +news server has it; wait several hours before you send the article +again.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>I want to keep an article; how do I archive it?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Choose the article in the article +view and then use +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +to open a file dialog; you can then save the article to a file. Another +possibility is to copy the article to a folder.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>Some set headers do not appear for several articles in the +article window; am I doing something wrong?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>This is not unusual because many headers are optional and often +not contained in articles; in this case &knode; does not show those +header lines.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>Sometimes I see an article which refers to other articles but +&knode; does not show any references; why is that?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>This happens when somebody posted an article in another news +group and checked the option <guilabel>Followup To</guilabel>; the +article in question is then sent to your news group, but the referring +article is absent. In many cases the poster tells the reason for his +choice to set a followup.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>When I want to answer an article an error message appears +telling me that the external editor could not be started, but the +editor is correctly set.</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Have a look whether you entered the place-holder for a filename +after the editor command; if not, enter it. If you want, for example, to +use &kedit; enter <userinput><command>kedit</command><token> +%f</token></userinput></para> +<para>If the <token>%f</token> is absent, your editor cannot be +run.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>Why can I not receive data from my local news server?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>If you use &knode; together with with a local news server, you +must make sure that this server is correctly set up and started; for +further details, please consult the documentation of your local news +server.</para> +<tip> +<para> +The availability of the local news server can easily be verified with +the <command>telnet</command> program: open a console and type:</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>telnet</command> <parameter>localhost nntp</parameter></userinput> +</screen> + +<para>Followed by that, the news server should respond with:</para> + +<screen> +<computeroutput> +Trying 127.0.0.1... +Connected to localhost. +Escape character is '^]'. +200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.9.16 running at konqi.org +</computeroutput> +</screen> + +<para>You can quit the <command>telnet</command> session with:</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput>quit</userinput> +</screen> + +<para>If that does not work there is either no local news server +set up or the server was not started; in this case, please consult the +documentation of your local news server.</para> +</tip> + +<para>If you are trying to connect to a news server on the Internet +you need, of course, an open (dial-in) connection and to have set +up &knode; to use your <acronym>ISP</acronym>'s news server; your +<acronym>ISP</acronym> should be able to give you information about +which news servers you can use.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +</qandaset> + + +</chapter> diff --git a/doc/knode/gloss.docbook b/doc/knode/gloss.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5e04fd0d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/gloss.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,257 @@ +<glossary id="glossary"> +<title>Glossary</title> + +<glossdiv> +<title>A</title> +<glossentry id="gloss-article"> +<glossterm>Article</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>An <glossterm>article</glossterm> in the sense of +newspapers: special <glossterm>articles</glossterm> are, for example, +followups; replies are not <glossterm>articles</glossterm> but +Email.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>C</title> + +<glossentry id="gloss-cancel"> +<glossterm>Canceling</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>To delete one of your articles from the newsserver: the newsreader +generates a special control message to tell the server to delete this +article.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-crossposting"> +<glossterm>Crossposting</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>The posting of an article in several newsgroups; this is very +often disliked, because it disturbs the topic-oriented association of +the newsgroups.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>E</title> + +<glossentry id="gloss-expire"> +<glossterm>Expire</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para><glossterm>Articles</glossterm> can not be held for eternity +because of harddisk limits. Because of this there is usually a program +called <application>expire</application> on most computer +systems; this program deletes all articles which are older than a +configured number of days. &knode; includes this functionality on its +own.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>F</title> +<glossentry id="gloss-faq"> +<glossterm><acronym>FAQ</acronym></glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para><acronym>FAQ</acronym> is the acronym for <quote>Frequently +Asked Questions</quote>.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-follow-up"> +<glossterm>Followup</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>An <glossterm>article</glossterm> which is written as an answer +to another <glossterm>article</glossterm>.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>G</title> +<glossentry id="gloss-gknsa"> +<glossterm><acronym>GNKSA</acronym></glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para><acronym>GNKSA</acronym> is a kind of seal-of-approval for +newsreaders; you can get more information at <ulink +url="http://www.gnksa.org">http://www.gnksa.org</ulink>.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>H</title> +<glossentry id="gloss-header"> +<glossterm>Header</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>The Header of an <glossterm>article</glossterm> contains +information about the sender, the subject, and the newsgroup of the +article.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title> +K</title> +<glossentry id="gloss-killfile"> +<glossterm>Killfile</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>This is a functionality of a newsreader to hide +<glossterm>articles</glossterm> of a determined sender or +with certain contents.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>M</title> +<glossentry id="gloss-message-id"> +<glossterm>Message-ID</glossterm> +<glossdef> + +<para>The <glossterm>Message-ID</glossterm> of an article is a clear +mark for the newsserver to identify the article. A +<glossterm>Message-ID</glossterm> should not be used twice in the +whole usenet for about 2 years; wrong or double +<glossterm>Message-IDs</glossterm> could cause problems when +forwarding them and could overwrite other articles.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>N</title> +<glossentry id="gloss-newbie"> +<glossterm>Newbie</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>Somebody who is new somewhere, in relationship to usenet: +somebody who is new to the newsgroup, or new to usenet in +general.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-newsgroup"> +<glossterm>Newsgroup</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>A kind-of bulletin board in the usenet about a special topic or +a group of topics. This is where you post your +<glossterm>articles</glossterm>.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-newsreader"> +<glossterm>Newsreader</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>A program for reading and writing <glossterm>news</glossterm>.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-nntp"> <glossterm> +<acronym><acronym>NNTP</acronym></acronym> +</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>Network News Transport Protocol; this is the protocol which +defines how the articles in the usenet are spread.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>P</title> + +<glossentry id="gloss-port"> +<glossterm>Port</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>A kind-of address for the application to listen for data on and +for connecting to another computer; the standard-port for the +connection between the newsreader and the newsserver is 119.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-pgp-signature"> +<glossterm>PGP-Signature</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>A digital signature; you can use it to determine whether the document +has been changed since it was signed or if it is the original text from +the author.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-posting"> +<glossterm>Posting</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>Either an <glossterm>article</glossterm> which is sent to usenet or the +act of sending itself; you are <quote>posting</quote> an +<glossterm>article</glossterm> into a newsgroup.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>Q</title> + +<glossentry id="gloss-quoting"> +<glossterm>Quoting</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>This is the act of citing of an article to which you are answering: +you quote the original <glossterm>article</glossterm> to make clear +which passages of text your answer refers to.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>R</title> +<glossentry id="gloss-reply"> + +<glossterm>Reply</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>A <glossterm>reply</glossterm> is an answer to the author of an +article by e-mail.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +<glossdiv> +<title>S</title> + +<glossentry id="gloss-scoring"> +<glossterm>Scoring</glossterm> +<glossdef> + +<para>This is the valuation of an article or a thread.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-signature"> +<glossterm>Signature</glossterm> +<glossdef> +<para>A <glossterm>signature</glossterm> is a personal sign of the +author which is attached at the end of the normal contents of the article; +it is like a visiting card — very often there are e-mail addresses, a +homepage <acronym>URL</acronym> or other personal data. The +<glossterm>signature</glossterm> should not be longer than 4 lines. Note that +the <glossterm>signature</glossterm> should not be mixed up with the +<glossterm>PGP-signature</glossterm>.</para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> + +<glossentry id="gloss-supersede"> +<glossterm>Supersede</glossterm> +<glossdef> + +<para>This is the overwriting of an existing article: the newsreader +generates a special article with a control message in the header which +tells the newsserver to overwrite the existing article with this +one.</para> + +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossdiv> + +</glossary> diff --git a/doc/knode/greyball.png b/doc/knode/greyball.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..65335f182 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/greyball.png diff --git a/doc/knode/greyballchk.png b/doc/knode/greyballchk.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..f5c86586d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/greyballchk.png diff --git a/doc/knode/index.docbook b/doc/knode/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..29eeb14ba --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kappname "&knode;"> + <!ENTITY package "kdepim"> + <!ENTITY introduction SYSTEM "introduction.docbook"> + <!ENTITY commands SYSTEM "commands.docbook"> + <!ENTITY faq SYSTEM "faq.docbook"> + <!ENTITY credits SYSTEM "credits.docbook"> + <!ENTITY install SYSTEM "install.docbook"> + <!ENTITY journey SYSTEM "journey.docbook"> + <!ENTITY using-firststart SYSTEM "using-firststart.docbook"> + <!ENTITY using-subscribing SYSTEM "using-subscribing.docbook"> + <!ENTITY using-morefeatures SYSTEM "using-morefeatures.docbook"> + <!ENTITY more SYSTEM "more.docbook"> + <!ENTITY glossary SYSTEM "gloss.docbook"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> +]> + +<!--TODO: PGP-Option for encoding? + Exchange german links (find "(german" ) + Maybe complete the <accels> of the menus + After that set version to 0.7.1 --> +<book lang="&language;"> + +<bookinfo> +<title>The &knode; manual</title> + +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Stephan</firstname><surname>Johach</surname> +<affiliation><address><email>lucardus@onlinehome.de</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> + +<author> +<firstname> Thomas</firstname> <surname>Schütz</surname> +<affiliation> <address> <email>Thomas.Schuetz@gmx.li</email> </address> +</affiliation> +</author> + +<othercredit role="developer" > +<firstname> Christian</firstname> <surname> Gebauer</surname> +<contrib> Developer and maintainer</contrib> +<affiliation> <address> <email>gebauer@kde.org</email> </address> </affiliation> +</othercredit> + +<othercredit role="developer"> +<firstname> Christian</firstname> <surname> Thurner</surname> +<contrib> Developer</contrib> +<affiliation> <address> <email>cthurner@web.de</email> </address> </affiliation> +</othercredit> + +<othercredit role="developer"> +<firstname> Dirk</firstname> <surname> Mueller</surname> +<contrib> Developer</contrib> +<affiliation> <address> <email>mueller@kde.org</email> </address> </affiliation> +</othercredit> + +<othercredit role="developer"> +<firstname> Mark</firstname> <surname> Mutz</surname> +<contrib> Developer</contrib> +<affiliation> <address> <email>mutz@kde.org</email> </address> </affiliation> +</othercredit> + +<othercredit role="developer"> +<firstname> Roberto</firstname> <surname> Teixeira</surname> +<contrib> Developer</contrib> +<affiliation> <address> <email>roberto@kde.org</email> </address> </affiliation> +</othercredit> + +<othercredit role="developer"> +<firstname> Mathias</firstname> <surname> Waack</surname> +<contrib> Developer</contrib> +<affiliation> <address> <email>mathias@atoll-net.de</email> </address> </affiliation> +</othercredit> + +</authorgroup> + +<copyright> +<year> 2000</year> <year>2001</year> <year>2002</year> +<holder>Stephan Johach</holder> +<holder>Thomas Schütz</holder> +</copyright> + +<date>2002-04-13</date> +<releaseinfo>0.07.00</releaseinfo> + +<!-- Abstract about this handbook --> + +<abstract> +<para>&knode; is an easy-to-use newsreader.</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KNode</keyword> +<keyword>kdenetwork</keyword> +<keyword>newsreader</keyword> +</keywordset> +</bookinfo> + +&introduction; + +<!-- Using chapter is too big to put in one of it's own, so breaking down to sect1 level --> + +<chapter id="using-knode"> +<title>Working with &knode;</title> + +&using-firststart; +&using-subscribing; +&using-morefeatures; +</chapter> + +&commands; + +&faq; + +&journey; + +&more; + +&credits; + +&install; + +&glossary; + +&documentation.index; +</book>
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/knode/install.docbook b/doc/knode/install.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6a5f11499 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/install.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +<appendix id="installation"> +<title>Installation</title> + +<sect1 id="getting-knode"> +<title>Where do I get &knode;?</title> + +&install.intro.documentation; + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="requirements"> +<title> +Requirements</title> +<anchor id="anc-requirements"/> + +<para>If you want to successfully install &knode;, you need &kde; +3.x; if, in addition, you want to use &knode; as an offline +newsreader, you need a local news server, ⪚ <ulink +url="http://www.leafnode.org"><application>leafnode</application></ulink>.</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="compilation"> +<title>Compile and install</title> + +<para>&knode; is part of the kdenetwork package of &kde; 3.x and is +installed together with it, provided you have chosen to install the +kdenetwork package; so, in general, there is no need for a user +to compile the sources of &knode;.</para> + +&install.compile.documentation; + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="update-installation"> +<title>Notes about updating an older version of &knode;</title> + +<para>This section contains notes about what to take care of when +installing a newer version of &knode; with an older version already +installed.</para> + +<sect2 id="update-file-changes"> +<title>Changes in configuration files and folders</title> + +<para>Since version 0.2 the format of the configuration files and the +saved articles has changed, so unfortunately, your old configuration +files cannot be imported.</para> + +<para>If you update from a version >= 0.4 the local folders will +automatically be converted into the new format; you will then be +unable to use the data with an older version of &knode; any more.</para> +</sect2> + +</sect1> +</appendix>
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/doc/knode/introduction.docbook b/doc/knode/introduction.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a86de4663 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/introduction.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title> Introduction</title> +<anchor id="anc-introduction"/> + +<para>&knode; is an easy-to-use, convenient newsreader; it is intended +to allow even newbies to use a newsreader under &kde;, but it also +offers advanced features appealing to experienced users. &knode; is a +online-reader but could work together with a newsserver like +<application>leafnode</application> as an offline-reader.</para> + +<para>As of version 0.4 &knode; complies with all the requirements of +the <glossterm>GNKSA</glossterm>.</para> + +<para>If you have problems or questions about this program, please +contact the mailing list for &kde; users (for subscription, see<ulink +url="http://www.kde.org/contact.html">Homepage of the &kde; mailing +lists</ulink> ) or one of the &kde; newsgroups:</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>comp.windows.x.kde</member> +<member>de.comp.os.unix.apps.kde (german)</member> +</simplelist> + +<para>If you have found a bug or have suggestions regarding the +functionality of &knode; please report them via the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report +bug...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para> + +<para>Please make sure when asking questions in the newsgroups and +mailing lists mentioned above that the question you are asking +is not answered in this manual.</para> + +<para>For those new to reading news and posting articles, the +<link linkend="knode-journey">A journey through +Usenet</link> chapter is recommended; it is not so much about &knode; as how to +move about in the Usenet with its help. In general, it is not +sufficient to just master a news reader for writing news +articles: imagine a car driver who masters his car perfectly but does +not know about the traffic rules or signs; do you want to encounter +such a driver when out in traffic? So please take your time to learn +at least a little about the <quote>traffic rules</quote> of the +Usenet; the other participants will thank you.</para> + +<tip> +<para>&knode; supports you in many cases with hints and warnings: if +you do not simply ignore them you will avoid many beginners' +mistakes; but, do not exclusively depend on them either.</para> +</tip> + +<para>Please address suggestions and criticisms at the author or at the +responsible translator for your language.</para> + +</chapter> + diff --git a/doc/knode/journey.docbook b/doc/knode/journey.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..30448513f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/journey.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,530 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> + +<chapter id="knode-journey"> +<title>A journey in the World of Newsgroups</title> + +<anchor id="anc-knode-journey"/> + +<para>This chapter is supposed to be glance over the World of Newsgroups +and their <quote>inhabitants</quote>; someone who has never dared to go +there before will encounter some strange customs, which may give you a feeling +of being a lonely alien without backup; but stay calm, it is not like +this. The Usenet is a meeting place for all kinds of normal and +not-so-normal folks; it is here where they are distributing a lot of +information but also gossip and other stuff.</para> + +<tip> +<para>References to more detailed and qualified essays on the Usenet +can be found at <link linkend="knode-more-info">More +Resources</link></para> +</tip> + +<sect1 id="about-news"> +<title>What are ...</title> +<anchor id="anc-about-news"/> + +<sect2> +<title>... online-readers?</title> + +<para>An online-reader connects to a newsserver and gives you access to +its content. &knode; is an online-reader: you are reading your News +and publishing your own <glossterm>articles</glossterm> while the +online-reader stays connected.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>... offline-readers?</title> + +<para>An offline-reader connects to the Server and fetches only the +headers of new articles; then, the connection is closed and you can +mark (offline) the articles you are really interested in. When you +connect next time the offline-reader fetches the articles you +marked and sends the articles you have written whilst offline.</para> + +<para>There is no connection while you are reading or writing +articles.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>... newsgroups?</title> + +<para>You can look at newsgroups as public bulletin boards and forums, +where everybody is allowed to participate. Articles you have +published in a newsgroup can be read by everybody subscribed to this +newsgroup and, normally, everybody is allowed to publish their articles +in a newsgroup.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>... news?</title> + +<para>News is the collective term for articles published in a newsgroup.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>... threads?</title> + +<para>A thread is a topic of discussion in a +newsgroup.</para> + +</sect2> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="nettiquette"> +<title>Online Manners</title> + +<anchor id="anc-nettiquette"/> + +<para>There are lot of different people meeting and talking in +newsgroups; it is seen as some kind of courtesy to obey some rules of +manner, the basics of which are listed here.</para> + +<orderedlist> +<listitem> +<para>Before you ask questions be sure you have read the newsgroup's +<acronym>FAQ</acronym> (Frequently Asked Questions) and didn't find +the answer.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>If you take part in a discussion be aware of the fact that everybody +can read the answer: do not say anything that you would not say to the others +if you were facing them; avoid insults.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Try to avoid crossposting: do not ask a question in more than +one newsgroup when you do not know which is the right one. Ask in one +newsgroup; if it is wrong, you will be told which is right one.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Formulate your articles accurately; nobody likes to read an +article with lots of typos, even with content worth a Pulitzer. Think +of your articles as letters: your letter speaks for you; it represents +you; somebody reading your article will draw conclusions about you +from it, wrong or right.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Remember, nobody sees your grin when you are writing an ironic +sentence: it may be funny for you, but it can be very serious for the +person reading it. It is very difficult to include emotions in an +article.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>The most important rule: use your common sense when you are +answering or publishing an article.</para> +</listitem> +</orderedlist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="usenet-slang"> +<title>The Usenet language</title> +<anchor id="anc-usenet-slang"/> + +<para>You will not be surprised about English being the main language on +the Usenet; however, there are special trees for German (de.*), French (fr.*) +and many other languages. If you are unable to determine the main +language of a newsgroup the only possibility is careful listening +or a possible explanation in the description of the group in the +grouplist.</para> + +<para>In addition, over the time the Usenet has developed its own language +but it is easy to learn.</para> + +<sect2> +<title> +<acronym>RTFM</acronym> and other typos</title> + +<para>When you read news, after some time you will read some strange +combinations of letters; for example, you can get a reply like:</para> + +<para>RTFM</para> + +<para>Nothing else. Strange, but absolutely intended; to solve the +riddle: those, most of the time, are shortcuts, acronyms. It is easier +to drop some letters than to write the same sentence over and over +again.</para> + +<para>But what is the meaning of <acronym>RTFM</acronym>? The writer +is asking you to read the manual, documentation or +<acronym>FAQ</acronym> before asking questions in the +newsgroup. It stands for: (R)ead (T)he (F)...ing +(M)anual; <acronym>BTW</acronym> this is advice you should adopt.</para> + +<para>Wait, what is <acronym>BTW</acronym> now? Another often-seen +acronym which means (B)y (T)he (W)ay. It is easy when you know +it; to avoid you having to continuously speculate over the meaning of +acronyms there is table at he end of this section containing the +most-often-used acronyms.</para> + +<para>This table does not try to be complete and is based on a list by +Martin Imlau.</para> + +<table> +<title> +Acronyms on Usenet</title> +<tgroup cols="2"> +<thead> +<row> +<entry> +Acronym</entry> +<entry> +Meaning</entry> +</row> +</thead> +<!--TRANSLATORS: Write the translation in the second column in brackets! --> +<tbody> +<row> +<entry> +<g></entry> +<entry> +grins</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +AAMOF</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +As a matter of fact</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +ACK</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Acknowledge</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +AFAIK</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +As far as I know</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +AFAIR</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +As far as I remember</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +AWGTHTGTTA</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Are we going to have to go through this again?</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +ASAP</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +As soon as possible</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +BFN</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Bye for now!</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +BTW</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +By the way</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +BYKT</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +But you knew that</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +CMIIW</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Correct me if I'm wrong</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +CU</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +See you!</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +CU2</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +See you too!</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +CYL</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +See you later!</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +DAU</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +German abbreviation for the silliest user you can imagine (Dümmster +anzunehmender User)</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +EOD</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +End of discussion</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +ESOSL</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Endless snorts of stupid laughter</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +FYI</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +For your information</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +GOK</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +God only knows</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +HAND</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Have a nice day!</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +HTH</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Hope that helps</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +HSIK</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +How should I know?</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +IAE</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +In any event</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +IANAL</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +I am not a lawyer</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +IIRC</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +If I remember correctly</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +IMCO</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +In my considered opinion</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +IMHO</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +In my humble opinion</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +IMNSHO</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +In my not so humble opinion</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +INPO</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +In no particular order</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +IOW</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +In other words</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +LMAO</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Laughing my ass off</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +LOL</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Laughing out loudly</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +NAK</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Not acknowledged</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +NBD</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +No big deal</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +NFW</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +No f...ing way</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +ROTFL</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Rolling on the floor, laughing</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +RTFM</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Read the f...ing manual</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +SCNR</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Sorry, could not resist</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry> +<acronym> +TIA</acronym> +</entry> +<entry> +Thanks in advance</entry> +</row> +</tbody> +</tgroup> +</table> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Smile!</title> + +<para>Again, such a strange thing. What is this ;-) meant to be? Turn +your head so the left side of your screen is on top; got it? It's +a smile with a wink? This is a so-called emoticon; emoticons are an +often-used possibility to express emotions, one thing missing in +conversation on the Usenet (but there is a substitute, remember? +;-)</para> + +<para>It is very difficult to express emotions in email or news; your +joking comment appear to be very serious to the recipient and can lead to +unmeant reactions or conflicts (flames); so use emoticons to express +your intention.</para> + +<para>There are a lots of emoticons, which express a great variety of +emotions; the interpretation is easy if you turn your +head and think of a face.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>PLONK!</title> + +<para>This PLONK! looks like some comic-sound, does it not? And that is +exactly what it is used for. 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Please modify this chapter for your language specific needs --> + +<para>In this section we will detail some additional information +resources which could be useful to you. Many of the articles listed +below (for which <acronym>URL</acronym>s are given) are posted to +news groups regularly; some of those groups are also listed +here.</para> + +<sect1 id="infos-newsgroups"> +<title>Informative Newsgroups</title> + +<anchor id="anc-infos-newsgroups"/> +<simplelist> +<member>news.answers</member> +<member>news.newusers.questions</member> +<member>de.newsusers.infos (German)</member> +<member>de.answers (German)</member> +<member>de.comp.os.unix.linux.infos (German)</member> +<member>de.newusers.answers (German)</member> +<member>de.newusers.questions (German)</member> +</simplelist> + +<para>For beginners it is especially recommended to read these +articles at least partially: informed users have strong advantages in +news groups. There are some more-specialized news groups where +<acronym>FAQ</acronym>s and introductory +<glossterm>articles</glossterm> are posted frequently, ⪚ the +<glossterm>newsgroup</glossterm> de.comp.os.unix.linux.infos (German), +which contains a lot of useful articles about the &Linux; operating system. +Just have a look on the group list of your newsserver for +it.</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="infos-testgroups"> +<title>Test Groups</title> + +<anchor id="anc-infos-testgroups"/> + +<para>The following groups were created especially for testing, +&ie; after successfully configuring &knode; you should post some +articles to those groups to test your settings.</para> + +<para>Some groups support automatic replies through email to enable you to +test whether your entered identity is correct and mail-replies actually +arrive in your mailbox.</para> + +<para>In addition, some scripts are offered which check your articles +for erroneous settings and generate a followup with useful +hints.</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>de.test (German test newsgroup)</member> +<member>misc.test</member> +<member>alt.test</member> +<member>alt.test.ignore</member> +</simplelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="infos-urls"> +<title>Informative technical articles in the world wide web</title> + +<anchor id="anc-infos-urls"/> + +<para>These <acronym>URL</acronym>s are from the corresponding article +in the <glossterm>newsgroup</glossterm> +<emphasis>de.newusers.infos</emphasis> and have the same contents as +the articles posted there.</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>Introduction for de.newusers.infos: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/einleitung">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/einleitung</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>The newsgroups of the de.alt hierarchy: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/de-alt-newsgruppen"> +http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/de-alt-newsgruppen</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>The newsgroups of the de-hierarchy: <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/de-newsgruppen">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/de-newsgruppen</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>First read, then post: <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/erst-lesen-dann-schreiben">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/erst-lesen-dann-schreiben</ulink> (German)</member> +<member>First steps in the usenet: <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/erste-schritte">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/erste-schritte</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>Questions and answers from de.newusers.questions: <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/faq">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/faq</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>Seven theses about behavior in the internet: <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/hoeflichkeit">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/hoeflichkeit</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>Introduction to the usenet: <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/usenet-einfuehrung">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/usenet-einfuehrung</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>Why should I take the rules seriously? <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/warum-regel">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/warum-regel</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>The newsreader <acronym>FAQ</acronym>: <ulink +url="http://www.crosswinds.net/~cgarbers/faq/newsreaderFAQ.htm">http://www.crosswinds.net/~cgarbers/faq/newsreaderFAQ.htm</ulink></member> +<member>The correct quoting: <ulink +url="http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren">http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren</ulink> +(German)</member> +<member>The German umlauts <acronym>FAQ</acronym>: <ulink +url="http://www.westfalen.de/paefken/de.newusers/umlaute-faq.txt"> +http://www.westfalen.de/paefken/de.newusers/umlaute-faq.txt</ulink> (German)</member> +</simplelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="infos-technical"> +<title>Informative technical articles</title> +<anchor id="anc-infos-technical"/> + +<para>If you are interested in further technical information in +connection to news, you should not miss the following +<acronym>URL</acronym>s.</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>Header entries: <ulink url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/headerzeilen"> +http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/headerzeilen</ulink> (German)</member> +<member>A very useful message-ID <acronym>FAQ</acronym>: <ulink url="http://www.qad.org/faq/faq-messageid.html"> +http://www.qad.org/faq/faq-messageid.html</ulink></member> +<member>A lot of links about newsreaders and related topics: <ulink +url="http://www.leafnode.org/links">http://www.leafnode.org/links</ulink></member> +<member><acronym>RFC</acronym>s, Drafts and documents for the technical +interested: <ulink url="http://www.landfield.com/usefor/"> +http://www.landfield.com/usefor/</ulink></member> +</simplelist> +</sect1> +</chapter> diff --git a/doc/knode/newsubs.png b/doc/knode/newsubs.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..ca443d01e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/newsubs.png diff --git a/doc/knode/redball.png b/doc/knode/redball.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..506343729 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/redball.png diff --git a/doc/knode/redballchk.png b/doc/knode/redballchk.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..d84cec9ac --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/redballchk.png diff --git a/doc/knode/using-firststart.docbook b/doc/knode/using-firststart.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..945b26fd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/using-firststart.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,1859 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> +<sect1 id="first-start"> +<title>The first start</title> + +<para>You can find &knode; in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu under the +<guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu> entry: the menu entry +<guimenuitem>KNode</guimenuitem> launches the program.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If the entry for &knode; can not be found or if &knode; does +not appear after clicking on the menu entry, read <link +linkend="faq">Questions and Answers</link>.</para> +</tip> + +<para>The main window of &knode; should now be displayed on your +desktop as shown; on the first start, the settings dialog will be +invoked.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Setting up &knode;</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-start.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>&knode; after first start</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>&knode; after first start</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>The windows shows the menu bar, the toolbar below and the status +pane at the buttom. The area between the toolbar and the status pane +is occupied by a three-part window.</para> + +<para>There is a folder view, which currently contains only three +entries:</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>The folder <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel></member> +<member>The folder <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel></member> +<member>The folder <guilabel>Sent</guilabel></member> +</simplelist> + +<para>When &knode; is completely and correctly configured, the news +servers and the subscribed news groups will appear there.</para> + +<para>In the upper section is the article view; it is currently empty +and does not show any articles. Directly below the article view is the +article window; the body of the currently-selected article +appears there. These windows are also blank at the moment, as there +are no articles, of course. You should not be concerned, though, as before +reading and publishing news some things have to be configured; this +will be covered by the following section.</para> + +<para>We are now beginning the setting up of &knode;. Most settings +are not important for daily use, but you should know what settings are +possible and what they are for. Some may skip the +<quote>Quickstart</quote> chapter but those who prefer a quick start +will just glance over the manual anyway. For others, especially those +who have not any or much experience with a news reader, this chapter +offers the chance to fully perform the configuration, although some +things may become clear only later on.</para> + +<sect2 id="setting-your-identity"> +<title>Personal settings</title> + +<anchor id="anc-setting-your-identity"/> + +<para>Via +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> you will enter the preferences +dialog of &knode;. The figure shows the dialog.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Dialog for entering personal information</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-identity.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Entering personal information</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Entering personal information</para></caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>The dialog is divided into two parts: in one part there is a treeview, in +which the top entry <guilabel>Identity</guilabel> is already +highlighted; in the other part is the corresponding input +dialog -- these settings relate to the identity with which you navigate +through the newsgroups.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If you have already configured your personal settings in the +&kcontrolcenter; before the first start of &knode;, they will be +adopted.</para> +</tip> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Name</guilabel></title> + +<para>In the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel> you enter your name, ⪚ +<replaceable>Joe Miller</replaceable> or <replaceable>Mary +Gordon</replaceable>. This name will later appear in the newsgroups as +sender, and can be seen by anyone.</para> + +<para>Filling out the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel> is +mandatory.</para> + +<caution> +<para> +In most newsgroups, it is considered polite and appropriate to appear +with one's real name; other newsgroups are less strict about this. But, +there are also cases when one would not want to appear with one's real +name, ⪚ in newsgroups where one would like to (and can) talk about +very personal matters without being exposed; these groups mostly do +tell you in their Charter that the anonymity of their members is +explicitly approved.</para> +</caution> + +<tip> +<para>For those special cases, &knode; offers settings that can be +adjusted to each newsgroup individually; further information can be +found under <link linkend="group-identity">Group local +Identities</link>.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Organization</guilabel></title> + +<para>The input field <guilabel>Organization</guilabel> is optional +and does not have to be filled out. You can enter, ⪚, the name of +your company or your university if you use &knode; +there; if you leave this field blank, it will often be filled out +later by your Internet service provider.</para> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Email address</guilabel></title> + +<para>The email address you enter here will be used as sender in news +articles, &ie; as actual address of the author, in conjunction with +the real name (set in the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel>).</para> + +<para>The field <guilabel>Email Address</guilabel> shows up when +someone wants to reply to you by email: the email will be sent to +the address entered here. Many newsreaders display the sender address +together with the name in the Header of the article.</para> + +<para>Filling out the <guilabel>Email Address</guilabel> field is +mandatory.</para> +<tip> +<para>Note that the e-mail address will only be used for replies to you if +the field <guilabel>Reply-to Address</guilabel> is not filled out; in +this case, the field <guilabel>Email</guilabel> will be ignored for +replies and the address given under <guilabel>Reply-to +Address</guilabel> will be used.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Reply-to Address</guilabel></title> + +<para><guilabel>Reply-to Address</guilabel> offers you the possibility +to enter a different address than your sender e-mail address: if +someone replies to you by email this address will be displayed as +target address in the reply. An example for using <guilabel>Reply-to +Address</guilabel> would be that you write the article at the office +during the day but want to receive the answer in your home inbox, +because your boss co-reads your mail.</para> + +<para>Only enter an e-mail address in that field if it actually +differs from the field <guilabel>Email Address</guilabel>.</para> + +<warning> +<para>Some news readers deliberately set this to an invalid e-mail +address in order to prevent spam mails from being received; what could +happen, though, is that a reader sends an e-mail to this invalid address +which you will therefore never receive. You should drop a note about +this in the signature.</para> +</warning> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Mail-Copies-To</guilabel></title> + +<para>If you enter an email address here every article will be sent +to the usenet and to this email address.</para> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Signing Key</guilabel></title> + +<para>If you have configured the use of <acronym>PGP</acronym> or +GnuPG you can chose your signing key with +<guibutton>Change...</guibutton>. </para> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Use a signature from file</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is selected, the file specified under +<guilabel>Signature File</guilabel> will be used as Signature.</para> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Signature File</guilabel></title> + +<para>The field <guilabel>Signature File</guilabel> determines the +file, the content of which is appended to each of your articles. The +field is only enabled if the option <guilabel>Use a signature from +file</guilabel> is selected.</para> + +<para>The signature file is a simple text file, which should not +contain more than four lines; it can, for example, contain a reference +to your homepage with the corresponding link, your postal address with +your telephone number (which would then be of course visible to the +whole world with every article) or just a cool quote. The signature is +your brand, so to speak, which will mark all your articles; therefore, +your signature should not be designed sloppily or in the long run annoying +to others: an old joke that one would have to read over and over again +does not foster sympathy or the interest of the other newsgroup +subscribers.</para> + +<para>You can directly enter the file name of the signature file but +it is more convenient to use the button +<guibutton>Choose...</guibutton>. This opens a file open dialog and +you can conveniently choose the signature file with the mouse. The +button <guibutton>Edit File</guibutton> enables you, after choosing +the file, to edit the signature.</para> + +<tip> +<para>It is not necessary to include a separation line in the +signature file as &knode; inserts it automatically.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>The file is a program</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is activated, the signature file is not handled +as a text file, but as a program. The signature file will be started +as a program and the output will be used as a signature. Through that +you'll be able to chose a signature by accident or to use fortune to +generate a cool slogan every time.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Specify signature below</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is selected you can enter the text of the +signature directly in the input field below.</para> + +<tip> +<para>Please make sure that in this case also your +<glossterm>signature</glossterm> should not contain more than 4 +lines. A separation line is not necessary as &knode; inserts it +automatically.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>General notes</title> + +<para>You can later adapt the identity individually for each of the +subscribed groups via the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog, +⪚ you can specify an English signature for English groups and a +German one for German groups. Apart from the language it is also +possible to have context-sensitive signatures, ⪚ your favorite +recipe in a cooking group or the names of your twelve cats in a cat +owner group.</para> + +<para>You find more in the section <link +linkend="group-identity">Group local identities</link>.</para> + +<para>The next step in the configuration covers the news +account.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="setting-the-news-account"> +<title>Configuring the news account</title> +<anchor id="anc-setting-the-news-account"/> + +<para>Now we must tell &knode; about where we get the news from or +where to send the articles to later on. In the tree view on the +right, there is an <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> entry; click on it +with the mouse; then, two sub entries will be opened out. Choose the +<guilabel>News</guilabel> entry, because we first want to configure +the news account: the list of accounts is still empty.</para> + +<para>To create a new account click on <guibutton>New...</guibutton>. The +following dialog appears:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-news-account.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Name</guilabel></title> + +<para>The <guilabel>Name</guilabel> field can be filled in as you +like; the text you enter will later be visible in the folder view. You +could, for example, enter the name of your Internet Provider; for our example we +enter the name <userinput>My News Account</userinput>.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Server</guilabel></title> + +<para>The next field is labelled <guilabel>Server</guilabel>. Unlike +the field <guilabel>Name</guilabel>, what you enter here is +important. The name of the news server is fixed and you should be able +to get it from your Internet service provider; if you do not know the name +of the news server, you should get it now: without this information you can +not read any news. If your Internet service provider doesn't own a +news server you can use a public one (universities often provide public news +servers.)</para> + +<para>For our example configuration we enter the name +<userinput><systemitem +class="systemname">news.server.com</systemitem></userinput>; you will, +of course, enter the real name of your news server.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If you want to use &knode; with a local news server, enter the name +<userinput><systemitem +class="systemname">localhost</systemitem></userinput> here.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Port</guilabel></title> + +<para><guilabel>Port</guilabel>, the next field, has already a default +value. The Port designates, roughly speaking, a data channel on which +the server listens for whether someone wants to retrieve news: it +defaults to the value 119, which is applicable in most +cases; therefore, we do not change this default for our example.</para> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Hold connection for</guilabel></title> + +<para>The time value you enter here is used if you have +established a connection to the news server and if, for whatever +reason, no data is received from or transmitted to the news +server: after the specified time has elapsed &knode; will automatically +disconnect. This, amongst other things, relieves the server of +unnecessary connections which would otherwise reduce its availability +for other subscribers; it also makes sure that an automatically-established +Internet connection is not held unnecessarily even if no data is +being sent or received.</para> + +<tip> +<para>This settings mainly makes sense if one receives and reads +news online; for local news servers it is of almost no importance. If +this waiting time is set too low, there can be waiting periods if you +read a longer article and do not do <quote>anything</quote> for some +time: &knode; will have canceled the connection to the server by then (after +the time period has elapsed) and has to reestablish it, causing a delay.</para> +<para> If the waiting time is set too high you might waste online +time whilst doing nothing (perhaps increasing your phone bill).</para></tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Timeout</guilabel></title> + +<para>If &knode; connects to the news server it waits no longer than the +time specified here for an answer; if the period is exceeded &knode; cancels +the connection attempt and you will get an error message stating that the +server is not responding.</para> + +<tip> +<para>Depending on the quality of your Internet account and the +news server's current load there can be busy periods where +&knode; cancels the connection; if this happens frequently, you should +set this setting to a higher value.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title> +<guilabel>Fetch group descriptions</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this setting is selected, &knode; additionally requests the +available group descriptions; they will be displayed in the +<guilabel>Subscribe to Newsgroups</guilabel> dialog.</para> + +<tip> +<para>There is not a group description for every group, so it is not +an error if no group description is shown when subscribing to a group +later on.</para> +</tip> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Server requires authentication</guilabel></title> + +<para>The option <guilabel>Server requires authentication</guilabel> +needs only to be selected if your news server requires a user name and +a password when retrieving articles; you can find out if this is the case +from your Internet service provider or the server's +maintainer.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If you do not know if this setting is necessary forget +about selecting it for now: if you encounter an error later on, you can +try selecting it then. Otherwise, select this option and enter your user name +under <guilabel>User</guilabel> and the associated password +under <guilabel>Password</guilabel>.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>General notes</title> + +<para>By now you have completed the setup of your news account. You can +confirm and save your settings by clicking on the +<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button: as soon as you have done that, +the account will appear in the list by the name that you entered in +<guilabel>Name</guilabel> earlier; and, if you have a close look, you +will see that the account also appears in the folder view.</para> + +<para>Using the <guibutton>Subscribe</guibutton> button you could +get directly to the dialog for subscribing to news groups; but, we +still have more to do so we'll ignore it for now: there are several ways +that lead to the goal.</para> + +<para>In the <link linkend="multiple-news-accounts"> Managing +multiple news accounts</link> chapter you can learn how to work with multiple +news accounts, but first we will stay with this one; in most cases, +one account is sufficient.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Please note that some Internet providers only allow retrieving +news from their news server if you are connected to the Internet +through them.</para> +</caution> + +<para>We will now move on to configuring the email account; in order +to do that, click on the <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> entry in the tree +view on the left.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="setting-the-mail-account"> +<title>Setting up the mail account</title> + +<para>After selecting <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> in the tree view, the +following dialog box appears.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Dialog box for setting up the mail account</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-mail-account.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Setting up the mail account</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Setting up the mail account</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>You will notice this dialog box is very similar to the news +account settings dialog box; but why do we need an email account in a +newsreader?</para> + +<para>Sometimes you need to answer to the author of an article +directly, without posting to the newsgroup; for example, when you want +to make a very personal comment or want to correct an error. Sometimes +an email is more appropriate than a public remark.</para> + +<para>That's why &knode; provides the possibility to reply by +email; if you want to use this feature you must tell &knode; how to +send emails: you just need to insert the mail server's address. If you have +already configured an email account, ⪚ with &kmail;, you can reuse +the settings used there.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Use external mail program</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is active &knode; will use the mail program +which is configured in the control center; the other options in this +dialog will then be disabled.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Server</guilabel></title> + +<para>The name (address) of your mail server as provided by your Internet +service +provider or system administrator; all you have to do here is enter the mail +server's +name in the <guilabel>Server</guilabel> field.</para> + +<para>In our example we enter<userinput><systemitem +class="systemname">mail.server.de</systemitem></userinput></para> + +<tip> +<para>If you have one you can send your mail via a local mail +server; if this is the case local mail server enter <systemitem +class="systemname">localhost</systemitem> in the +<guilabel>Server</guilabel> field.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Port</guilabel></title> + +<para>Again, the <guilabel>Port</guilabel> field has a default +value; in this case it's port 25. You should not need to change this, +unless your <acronym>ISP</acronym> has a very exotic configuration +and tells you to do so. We do not change this for the example.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Hold connection for</title> + +<para>This value is important: if you have established a connection +with your mail server and there is no data transfer occurring &knode; +cancels the connection to your mailserver after the specified amount +of time has elapsed.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Timeout</guilabel></title> + +<para>When &knode; tries to connect to the mail server it will wait this +long for a reply from the server; if this time is exceeded, you will get a +error message.</para> + +<tip> +<para>Depending on the quality of your connection and the actual load +of your mail server you might get long reply times; if &knode; cancels +the connection due to this, you should increase the timeout.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>General notes</title> + +<caution> +<para>Some <acronym>ISP</acronym>s only allow you to send email using +their mail server after you have checked your mailbox for new mail: this +reduces spamming.</para> + +<para>For the same reasons, some <acronym>ISP</acronym>s will only allow you +to send mail using their mailservers if you are online with them +or if you are logged in at the mailserver; for example, this is the normal +configuration at GMX and isn't supported by &knode; or &kmail; yet.</para> +</caution> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="knode-appearance"> +<title>Defining the appearance</title> + +<para>With the <guilabel>Appearance</guilabel> dialog you are given +the ability to set the colors, the character code and the font size of +the text in the article window; the picture below shows the +dialog.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Setting up the Appearance dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-colors-fonts.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Setting up the Appearance dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Setting up the Appearance dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Use custom colors</guilabel></title> + +<para>If you select this option you can adjust the color settings of +&knode; in the list field below; to change a color setting do a +double-click with the &LMB; on the list entry to open the &kde; +color-selection dialog.</para> + +<para>The color selection can only be configured after the checkbox +has been checked; otherwise, a double-click on the list entries +won't do anything.</para> + +<caution> +<para>If the <guilabel>Use custom colors</guilabel> setting is +selected &knode; won't use colors which have been changed later +globally for &kde; but will only use the colors defined here +instead.</para> +</caution> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Use custom fonts</guilabel></title> + +<para>If you select this setting you can adjust the fonts which +&knode; uses for the display in the list field below; to choose a +font do a double-click with the &LMB; on the list entry to open the +&kde; font-selection dialog.</para> + +<para>The font can only be configured after the checkbox has been +checked; otherwise, a double click on the list entries won't do +anything.</para> + +<caution> +<para>If the setting <guilabel>Use custom fonts</guilabel> is +selected &knode; won't use later changes to the global font settings +for &kde; but will use the fonts defined here instead.</para> +</caution> +</sect3> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="setting-news-general"> +<title>General News Settings</title> + +<para>Now click on <guibutton>Reading news</guibutton> and then on the +<guibutton>General</guibutton> sub-entry; the figure below shows the dialog +containing the preferences you can configure there.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo><guilabel>General Preferences</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-read-news-settings.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>General Preferences</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The <guilabel>General Preferences</guilabel> dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>You don't need to change most of these settings, but we will +discuss them step-by-step to give you an overview of the +possibilities of &knode;.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Check for new articles +automatically</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this box is checked &knode; tries to request new articles +from the server when selecting a newsgroup. These settings especially +make sense when you use &knode; together with a local news +server: downloading the messages obviously only works when the server +is reachable; for a server which is only reachable via an Internet +connection, this setting rarely makes sense and should stay +deactivated.</para> + +<para>If your system isn't set up to establish an Internet connection +if necessary, you will get an error message each time you select a +newsgroup.</para> + +<para>If you want to keep control over when a connection to the server +is established, the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Group</guimenu><guimenuitem>Get new +articles</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu option is appropriate.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Maximal number of articles to fetch</guilabel></title> + +<para>This sets a restriction on the number articles which are requested +from the server while downloading. The value configured here is for +each newsgroup separately. If this is set, for instance, to 300 only +the 300 newest articles of the newsgroup are requested; other articles will +be discarded.</para> + +<warning> +<para>For newsgroups with relatively high traffic you might lose +articles if this value is too low; this especially occurs when you've +just subscribed to a newsgroup or only occasionally download articles +and the traffic for this reason rises above the value specified +here.</para> +</warning> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Mark article as read after</guilabel></title> + +<para>Articles you have opened in the article window are marked as +read after the number of seconds specified here. If you set this value +to be relatively high you avoid articles you have just glanced at +being marked as read; on the other hand, it can be annoying for +relatively short articles, for which you need less time to read than +specified: if you browsed too quickly through the articles +they would stay unread even though you have read them. Therefore, you +should adjust this value to your personal preferences.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Mark crossposted articles as read</guilabel></title> + +<para>Sometimes an <glossterm>article</glossterm> will be posted to +more than one group; this is known as crossposting. If you activate this +option, those crossposted articles will be marked as read in all the +newsgroups to which they were posted if you read it in one newsgroup.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Smart scrolling</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is selected the lines in the article list are +scrolled smoothly instead of jerkily. +</para> <!-- LW: FIXME could be explained a tiny bit better --> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Show whole thread on expanding</guilabel></title> + +<para>This setting lets a discussion be displayed completely (over +multiple answer levels) if you click on the plus in front of the +discussion; if this setting isn't checked, only the immediate answers +to the current article are displayed.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Default to expanded threads</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can toggle whether the threads are expanded by default or +not.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Show article score</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can toggle whether the scoring column should be shown +in the article view.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Show line count</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can toggle whether the column with the number of lines +should be shown in the article view.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Cache size for headers</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can configure how much memory &knode; should use for +the caching of the headers.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Cache size for articles</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can configure, how much memory &knode; should use for +the caching of the articles.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title><guilabel>Navigation</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can change some navigation properties of &knode;. +Normally everything here is switched off, but if you don't like this +kind of navigation you can change it.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>General</guilabel></title> + +<para>The keyboard behavior between &knode; and &kmail; is a bit +different; with the <guilabel>Emulate the keyboard behavior of +KMail</guilabel> switch you can activate the same keyboard behavior +as in &kmail; for &knode;.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Mark All as Read</guilabel></title> + +<para>If the box <guilabel>Switch to next group</guilabel> is checked, +&knode; automatically switches to the next group if you mark all +articles as read.</para> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Mark Thread as Read</guilabel></title> + +<para>If <guilabel>Close the current thread</guilabel> is +checked, &knode; automatically closes a thread if you mark +it as read.</para> + +<para>If <guilabel>Go to next unread thread</guilabel> is +checked, &knode; automatically shows the next thread if you mark the +the previous thread as read.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Ignore Thread</guilabel></title> + +<para>If <guilabel>Close the current thread</guilabel>is +checked, &knode; automatically closes a thread if you choose to +ignore it.</para> + +<para>If <guilabel>Go to next unread thread</guilabel> is +checked, &knode; automatically shows the next thread if you choose +to ignore the previous one.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="knode-scoring-settings"> +<title>Scoring rules</title> + +<para>To sort the articles you have the possibility to score them. The +standard score is 0: a higher score means that the +<glossterm>article</glossterm> is interesting; a lower score means +it is less interesting.</para> + +<para>In the middle of the window you see a big, white area; here you +can see your scoring rules. Scoring rules are used by &knode; to score +the incoming articles automatically; if, for example, a person always +posts nonsense you can automatically score the articles of that person +down and hide them.</para> + +<para>With the buttons below the list of scoring-rules you can +<guibutton>edit</guibutton>, <guibutton>add</guibutton>, +<guibutton>remove</guibutton> and <guibutton>copy</guibutton> a +rule. We will skip this feature for now, because it is not essential +for the setup of &knode;.</para> + +<para>You can learn more about scoring; in the chapter <link +linkend="anc-score-watch-ignore">Scoring, watching and +ignoring</link>.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Default score for ignored threads</guilabel></title> + +<para>Normally you only need the functions ignore and watch; this +simply shows if a thread is interesting or not. Here you can configure +a default score for the ignored threads; choosing the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu><guimenuitem>Ignore +Thread</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item will give this score to all the +posts in that thread, and will apply that score also to future posts +that follow up the thread.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Default score for watched threads</guilabel></title> + +<para>If an article is interesting, it will get a score above 0. Here +you can enter the default score for those articles; choosing the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu><guimenuitem>Watch +Thread</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item will give this score to all the +posts in that thread, and will apply that score also to future posts +that follow up the thread.</para> + +<tip> +<para>You can use the <keycap>W</keycap> key to watch a thread or the +<keycap>I</keycap> key to ignore it.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="knode-filter-settings"> +<title>Filter settings</title> + +<para>This screenshot shows the filter settings.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The filter settings</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-filters.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The filter settings</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The filter settings</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>This dialog shows two lists. The upper list, labeled <guilabel> +Filters</guilabel>, shows all defined filters; when you use &knode; +for the first time, you will only see the predefined filters.</para> + +<para>With the buttons <guibutton>Add</guibutton>, +<guibutton>Delete</guibutton>, <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> and +<guibutton>Copy</guibutton> you can add new filters or delete filters +which are no longer needed; we will skip this feature for now, because +it is not essential for the setup of &knode;.</para> + +<para>You can find more-detailed information about filters in <link +linkend="using-filters">Defining and using filters</link>.</para> + +<para>The lower list, labeled <guilabel>Menu</guilabel>, shows the +appearance of the <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu></menuchoice> menu, which you can reach from +the menu bar; the order of the filters in the this menu can be +configured in this list.</para> + +<para>The <guibutton>Up</guibutton> button shifts the selected filter +one position up. Try it: select the second filter and press +<guibutton>Up</guibutton>; this entry will then go up one position.</para> + +<para>The <guibutton>Down</guibutton> button does the opposite +action: select the filter you just shifted one up and +press<guibutton>Down</guibutton> until it reaches its old +position.</para> + +<para>With the two buttons <guibutton>Add Separator</guibutton> and +<guibutton>Remove Separator</guibutton> you can visually group +the filters on the menu. The separators are shown as <literal>====</literal> +in the list; in the Menu they show up as some more-appealing +horizontal lines. Try adding separator; then, select the +separator and remove it by pressing <guibutton>Remove +separator</guibutton>.</para> + +<para>Any changes you make here, you can see in +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu></menuchoice> +after closing this dialog.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="knode-headers"> +<title><guilabel>Customize displayed article headers</guilabel></title> + +<anchor id="anc-knode-headers"/> + +<para>In this dialog you can set how the single header lines are +displayed in the article window.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>Customize displayed article +headers</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-header-settings.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>Customize displayed article +headers</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The <guilabel>Customize displayed article +headers</guilabel> dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>This list shows all the header lines which are to be +display in the article window. The identifiers at the left will be +displayed alongside the header lines in < > to their right; +the header lines are taken from each message, ⪚ for +<guilabel>From</guilabel> the From header line will be used (indicating +who send the message).</para> + +<para>Using <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> you can alter the shown +identifiers, alter the header line shown by each identifier and +change the font settings of the text used. To make things clearer, +we'll now simply select the +<guilabel>From:<From></guilabel> entry in the list and open the dialog +for editing the header display by clicking on +<guibutton>Edit</guibutton>.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The Header Properties dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-edit-header1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The Header Properties dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The Header Properties dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Header</guilabel></title> + +<para>The <guilabel>Header</guilabel> selection box shows the entry +<guilabel>From</guilabel>: that is the name of the header line for the +sender, as present in the article and evaluated by the +newsreader. If you drop down the selection box &knode; shows a range +of other identifiers, which stand all for a certain header lines in the +article: for now, we'll leave the <guilabel>From</guilabel> identifier +configured; we'll work with this list later, when we add a header line +to the display.</para> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Displayed Name</guilabel></title> + +<para>This field holds the name you'd like to be later shown in the article +window as a label alongside the actual header +line text; for example, for the <guilabel>From</guilabel> header line the +label <guilabel>From</guilabel> is used. If you leave this field blank, only the +content of the header line appears in the article window; this is, for +example, the default setting for the <guilabel>Subject</guilabel> +header line. We won't change anything here either, for now.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Name</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can influence the way the 'Displayed Name' +text is displayed; in our case, the <guilabel>Bold</guilabel> attribute +is selected for the name <guilabel>From</guilabel>, &ie; the text will +be shown in bold letters in the article window. Of course, you can +combine different attributes, for example <guilabel>Bold</guilabel> +and <guilabel>Underlined</guilabel>.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Value</title> + +<para>Here you can influence the way the header text is displayed +in the article window; for example, if the +<guilabel>Italic</guilabel> entry is selected the sender, ⪚ <quote>John Doe +<johndoe@doubleguns.com></quote> will appears in an italic +font.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Add and remove header lines to the display</title> + +<para>To explain the possibilities of this dialog to you we're going +to add a new header line to the display.</para> + +<example> +<title>Show the newsreader used for a post in the article window</title> + +<para>This pictures shows the dialog with the header line +<literal>X-Newsreader</literal>.</para> +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The Header Properties dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-edit-header2.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The Header Properties dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The Header Properties dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>It would be nice if one could see which newsreader another +subscriber uses in the article window; it is actually quite easy +to do this because there is a (optional) header line which contains +the necessary information.</para> + +<para>Drop down the <guilabel>Header</guilabel> selection field and +select the <guilabel>X-Newsreader</guilabel> entry from the +list.</para> + +<para>In the <guilabel>Displayed name</guilabel> field, enter +<userinput>Newsreader</userinput>.</para> + +<para>Now you can select any attribute for the display of the field +and its content; next, acknowledge your input with the +<guibutton>OK</guibutton>: the new header line appears now in the list +and will later be shown in the article window.</para> + +</example> + +<para>Use the <guibutton>up</guibutton> and +<guibutton>Down</guibutton> buttons to arrange the order of the +headers in the article window.</para> + +<tip> +<para>The statement that the new header line will be shown in the +article window is actually pretty optimistic, because the entry +X-Newsreader isn't required for Usenet articles; therefore, not all +articles will contain that header line: if the line doesn't exist, the +according entry simply won't be shown. You can get more information +about headers at <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/headerzeilen">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk +/dni/headerzeilen</ulink> +(german)</para> +</tip> +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title><guilabel>Viewer</guilabel></title> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Show fancy header decorations</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this is active, the headers will be 'beautified' a +bit; otherwise, only the plain text is shown.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Rewrap text when necessary</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is active, the text wrapping in the viewer will +be automatically corrected.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Remove trailing empty lines</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this is active empty lines at the end of the article will +be automatically hidden.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Show signature</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this setting is activated, the +<glossterm>signature</glossterm> of the sender is displayed in the +article window; if it isn't, the signature is surpressed.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Please notice that &knode; can display the signature +correctly only if it can be separated correctly from the article +content in the current article: there are newsreaders which do this +separation incorrectly. Two <quote>-</quote> characters followed by a +<quote> </quote> (space) is correct.</para> +</caution> + +<tip> +<para>Many participants in the newsgroups give hints on their homepage +or say that they have intentionally erroneously specified their Email addresses +in the header fields: if you disable displaying the signature, you might +lose this information; on the other hand, you might save yourself +from reading strange quotes.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Interpret text-format tags</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this is active, all text format tags in the message like +<literal>*bold*</literal>, <literal>/italic/</literal> and +<literal>_underline_</literal> are shown directly in the viewer. These +text-format tags are an unofficial standard.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Recognize quote characters</guilabel></title> + +<para>To display the quoted text in another size or color, &knode; +needs to recognize that it's quoted text. Quoted text is normally +marked with a <quote>></quote> at the beginning of the line, but +sometimes there are other characters. In this field you can enter all +characters that should mark quoted text.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Show attachments inline if +possible</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this setting is marked, &knode; tries to display the contents +of possible attachment directly in the window when opening an +article; for instance, a picture would be displayed directly below the +article text.</para> + +<para>Additionally, you have the possibility to save the attachment or +open it with the application you have associated with the +<acronym>MIME</acronym> type of the attachment by using the context +menu.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Open attachments on click</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this box is checked, attachments are opened with the external +program which is configured for the <acronym>MIME</acronym> type; if +there is no such association, a dialog for saving a file is opened and +you can save the attachment to a separate file.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Show alternative contents as +attachments</guilabel></title> + +<para>Articles which are sent as Multipart <acronym>MIME</acronym> +contain the text of the message in multiple formats, for example as +raw text and <acronym>HTML</acronym>; the newsreader decides which +part of the article is displayed. This setting makes it possible for +the other formats to be opened as if they were attachments with a +mouse click.</para> + +<para>If this setting is disabled, alternative contents are not +displayed.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Open links with</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can select which browser is used for displaying links +you clicked on in a message. Currently, you can either select the +<application>Netscape Navigator</application> or the default, +&konqueror;; the selected browser has to be installed, of +course.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="knode-post-news-settings"> +<title>Settings for publishing articles</title> + +<para>When you post articles with &knode; the settings in the +following dialog box are used.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The Technical Settings dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-post-settings.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The Technical Settings dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The Technical Settings dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<caution> +<para>If you choose the wrong settings here your articles could be +unreadable or not sendable at all, so please be careful with these +settings.</para> +</caution> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Charset</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can choose the charset used for encoding your +articles. Normally this is <acronym>US-ASCII</acronym> for English +speaking countries, but your charset may differ. The default is the +charset used in your global &kde; settings, so you should not have to +change this.</para> + +<para>When you want to post articles in newsgroups with other charsets +(⪚ eastern European or Asian) you can set the required charset +here.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Encoding</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you set the encoding of the characters for the message +transfer; you can choose between 8-bit and 7-bit +(quoted-printable).</para> + +<para>If you choose 8-bit encoding most special characters are +transfered correctly; this is, for example, the normal option for the +German groups (de.*).</para> + +<para>If you choose quoted-printable 8-bit characters (⪚ German +umlauts or special characters) are send as encoded 7-bit +characters.</para> + +<tip> +<para>In the English newsgroups 7-bit encoding is quite +normal.</para> +</tip> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Use own default charset when +replying</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is active, &knode; uses your default charset for +replying instead of the charset of the article you're answering +on.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Generate Message-ID</guilabel></title> + +<para>When this is active, &knode; generates its own Message-IDs for +all articles you post.</para> + +<caution> +<para>The Message-ID must be unique worldwide: there would +otherwise be collisions between messages with the same Message-ID and the +news server would reject the second article because it thinks +this article has already been received.</para> + +<para>A Message-ID consists of a valid <acronym>FQDN</acronym> (Full +Qualified Domain Name); this means it looks similar to an email +address with an identification before the <literal>@</literal> and the +domain.</para> + +<para>The identification is generated by &knode; automatically, but +you must provide a valid domain name in <guilabel>Hostname</guilabel>; +if you do not have your own domain, you should not activate this +option — let the newsserver generate a Message-ID for you.</para> + +<example> +<title>Message-ID</title> + +<para>An example for a valid domain would be: +<literal>kde.org</literal>; a Message-ID generated with this domain +would look like:</para> + +<screen>934lek9934@kde.org</screen> +</example> + +<para>An unique identification is only guaranteed if you have your +own domain. Even when you do not use &knode; for generating your +Message-IDs there may be collisions when you are using a local +newsserver; for example, <application>leafnode</application> generates +a Message-ID which it derives from the local hostname.</para> + +</caution> + +<tip> +<para>You can get more information about this and how to own a free domain at +<ulink +url="http://www.qad.org/faq/faq-messageid.html">http://www.qad.org/faq/faq- +messageid.html</ulink>.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Hostname</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you enter the Hostname of your computer; this is used to +generate the Message-ID. If you do not have your own domain you +should not activate this option — let the newsserver generate a +Message-ID for you. Using the example above this would be: +<userinput>kde.org</userinput>.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>X-Headers</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can enter X-Headers which are not provided by &knode;; +for example, <userinput>X-No-Archive: yes</userinput>, which can be +used to prevent your articles from being archived by archive services +such as Google.</para> + +<para>X-Headers are experimental headers, which are not included in the +standard for Internet-Messages; they are, for example, used for +extended information transfer. To prevent collisions with later +standard headers, they have a <quote>X-</quote> prefix.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Don't add the "User-Agent" identification +header</guilabel></title> + +<para>When this option is checked &knode; does not include the +corresponding line in the Header before posting.</para> + +<para>This header is used for identification of the newsreader the +article was written in; apart from statistical reasons, this allows +non-standard newsreaders to be identified. You should not activate this +option — &knode; has no need to hide.</para> +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="knode-composer-settings"> +<title>The Composer Settings</title> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The Composer Settings dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-composer-settings.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The Composer Settings dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The Composer Settings dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Word-wrap at column</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can set the column number at which &knode; wraps the +line; also, you can deactivate the automatic word-wrapping +completely.</para> + +<tip> +<para>It is recommended to use no more than 76 characters even if +you are able to display more: many Usenet users use text-based +newsreaders which can not display more than 80 characters and it is +difficult to read your articles in such a newsreader if you increase +this value — this would reduce the probability of your articles +being read at all.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Append signature automatically</guilabel></title> + +<para>When you write a new <glossterm>article</glossterm> or a +<glossterm>followup</glossterm>, your <glossterm>signature</glossterm> +is appended automatically if you have configured one in +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Identity</guilabel></menuchoice>.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Introduction Phrase:</guilabel></title> + +<para>When you write a followup, &knode; inserts an introduction +phrase before the quoted original text. You can put arbitrary text +here; you can also use the variables which &knode; extracts from the original +article, ⪚ the name of the author or the date the article was +written.</para> + +<para>The following variable are available:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><varname>%NAME</varname></term> +<listitem> +<para>The name of the original author;</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><varname>%DATE</varname></term> +<listitem> +<para>The date on which the original article was written;</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><varname>%EMAIL</varname></term> +<listitem> +<para>The original author's email address;</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><varname>%MSID</varname></term> +<listitem> +<para>The Message-ID of the original article;</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><varname>%GROUP</varname></term> +<listitem> +<para>The name of the <glossterm>newsgroup</glossterm>the article +comes from.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<tip> +<para>Keep this short, because this introductory line appears in +every followup: a long introductory line can be as repelling as +a long signature.</para> +</tip> + +<example> +<title>An example introductory line</title> + +<screen><userinput>On <varname>%DATE</varname> <varname>%NAME</varname> wrote in +<varname>%MSID</varname></userinput></screen> + +<para>Let us assume the original article was written by Konqui on +Saturday the 17th of June at 17:42:32 - 0500. The article has the +Message-ID <8igdg5.3vvijgt.3@lizard.physos.com>. &knode; will +then insert the following introductionary line.</para> + +<screen><computeroutput>On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:42:32 +0200 Konqui wrote in +<8igdg5.3vvijgt.3@lizard.physos.com>:</computeroutput></screen> + +</example> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Rewrap quoted text automatically</guilabel></title> + +<para>When this is checked, the quoted text is wrapped at the correct +border value; hence, every new line will be at the correct quoting +level.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Include the author's signature</guilabel></title> + +<para>When this is activated not only the text of the original +message, but also the signature of the author, is quoted in a +reply.</para> + +<tip> +<para>Quoting a signature is unnecessary and is often considered +impolite.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Put the cursor below the introduction +phrase</guilabel></title> + +<para>Normally the cursor will appear below the whole message when +answering; with this option turned on the cursor appears below the +introduction phrase.</para> + +<tip> +<para>This is especially helpful if you quote an article and wish to +write between the quoted lines from top to bottom.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Define external editor</guilabel></title> + +<para>You can define an external editor here which is opened by +selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Start +external editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the Composer +window.</para> + +<para>When <guilabel>Start external editor automatically</guilabel> is +checked the external editor is opened directly.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Notice the <varname>%f</varname> after the name of the +editor: this is a variable for the filename of the article you want to +edit; do not delete this — you will get an error message when opening +the external editor if you do.</para> +</caution> + +<tip> +<para>If you have problems with starting your external editor, the +reason may be that the editor starting in "the background"; this is called +forking: &knode; only notices the sub-process started and has finished, and +thinks you have quit the editor. The editor +<application>gvim</application> is an example for this; you can +disable the forking of <application>gvim</application> with the +commandline switch <option>-f</option>. It is recommended that you refer to +the documentation of your editor you are experiencing this problem.</para> + +<para>If you want to use <application>gvim</application> in +<guilabel>Specify Editor</guilabel> enter the following:</para> + +<para> +<userinput> +gvim -f %f</userinput> +</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Start external editor +automatically</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is active the external editor will be used for +editing articles.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title><guilabel>Spelling</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can configure the behavior of the spell +checker.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Create root/affix not in +dictionary</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this is checked a known word-root with an unknown affix will +be automatically accepted as a new word.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Consider run-together words as spelling +errors</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can toggle if two known words that run together to form an +unknown word should be treated as an error or +not.)</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Dictionary</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you chose the dictionary the spell-checker should +use.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Encoding</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can tell &knode; which encoding should be used for +spell checking; for English text this should normally be +<acronym>US-ASCII</acronym>.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Client</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can switch between the spell-checkers; you can use +<application>International Ispell</application> or +<application>Aspell</application>.</para> + +</sect3> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title><guilabel>Signing and verifying</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can configure &knode; for signing articles with +<application>GnuPG</application> or +<application>PGP</application>. Your +<application>GnuPG</application>/<application>PGP</application> +<acronym>ID</acronym> will be built automatically from your configured +name and email address; it is identical to the from line in the +header of the <glossterm>article</glossterm>.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Encryption tool</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can choose your encryption tool.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Keep passphrase in memory</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is active you only need to type the passphrase +for your private key once; &knode; will remember your passphrase until +you close &knode; again.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Show ciphered/signed text after +composing</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this option is activated &knode; will show the signed message in +an extra window for confirmation before changing it in the +editor.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Always show the encryption keys for approval</title> + +<para>If you are using public newsgroups (on Usenet) you can safely +ignore this option as it would not be useful to encrypt messages sent +to Usenet; this option may, however, be useful in private +newsgroups on private networks where encryption is desired.</para> +<!-- FIXME: LW - I can see use for --> +<!-- encryption, on private networks etc. This needs a rewrite --> +<!-- AndrewColes: is this revision any better? --> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Check signatures automatically</guilabel></title> + +<para>If this is marked, the <application>PGP</application> signature +of the article is automatically checked when showing the article; if +there's no mark, you can check the signature for correctness manually +with the <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Verify +PGP-Signature</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu entry.</para> + +</sect3> + +</sect2> + + +<sect2 id="knode-article-cleanup"> +<title>The article-cleanup settings.</title> + +<para>The dialog below shows the settings for the article +cleanup; these settings are used to keep the number of articles on +your local harddisk to a reasonable number. &knode; administrates the +articles in memory so there can be some decrease in speed if you +have to many articles lying around; most of the time it makes no sense +to keep articles for a very long time. Services like Google and +Altavista make archiving unnecessary.</para> + +<caution> +<para>&knode; isn't an offline reader, so all of the +configuration refers to the headers which are managed by &knode;; if +you are running a local news server, such as +<application>leafnode</application>, you should refer to its +documentation to handle expiring the articles on the server — +&knode; cannot do this for you.</para> +</caution> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The cleanup settings</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-cleanup.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The cleanup settings</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The cleanup settings</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Expire old articles automatically</guilabel></title> + +<para>When this option is active all subscribed groups are checked for +old articles in the time interval set here; the old articles will +then be deleted.</para> + + +<tip> +<para>You can force this check by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Group</guimenu><guimenuitem>Expire +group</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Purge groups every</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can configure how often subscribed groups should be +checked for old <glossterm>article</glossterm>s and how often those +articles should be deleted; this option only has an effect when +<guilabel>Expire old articles automatically</guilabel> is +selected.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Keep read articles</guilabel></title> + +<para>Read articles are deleted by the next cleanup if they are older +than this value; &knode; uses the creation date for this.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Keep unread articles</guilabel></title> + +<para>Unread articles are deleted by the next cleanup if they are +older than this value; &knode; uses the creation date for this.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Remove articles that are not available on the +server</guilabel></title> + +<para>It may happen that you'll see a <glossterm>header</glossterm> in +&knode; but the article is not available on the server; if this option +is set, those articles will automatically deleted in &knode;.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Preserve threads</guilabel></title> + +<para>This selection forces a thread to be deleted only if all +articles contained in it fulfil the delete conditions; this means that a thread +will not be deleted until the last article in the thread should be +deleted.</para> + +<para>This prevents old articles in a long thread from vanishing before +the discussion has ended.</para> + +<caution> +<para>&knode; can not predict whether there will be a reply after the set +conditions are fulfilled; you will have to find your own settings for +this. Some newsgroups have days between replies; others only hours. Use +your own judgement.</para> +</caution> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Compact folders automatically</guilabel></title> + +<para>This option refers to the memory behavior of &knode;. If an +<glossterm>article</glossterm> in a folder is deleted it will be +marked as deleted but still take up space on your hard disk; with +this option you can tell &knode; to actually delete the articles and +free the hard-disk space regularly.</para> + +<tip> +<para>You can force this check by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Folder</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compact +folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or for all folders together with +<menuchoice><guimenu>Folder</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compact all +folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Purge folders every</guilabel></title> + +<para>Here you can configure how often the folder is checked for +deleted articles; this option only has an effect if the +<guilabel>Compact folders automatically</guilabel> is set.</para> +</sect3> +</sect2> + +</sect1> diff --git a/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook b/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..39892bf60 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/using-morefeatures.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,855 @@ +<sect1 id="more-knode-features"> +<title>The Advanced &knode; Features</title> + +<sect2 id="using-filters"> +<title>Defining and Using Filters</title> + +<para>You may already have read about using filters in the chapter explaining +the configuration of &knode;; there, we were talking about the built-in +filters provided by &knode; there. You can configure the built-in +filters like all the others. The screenshot below shows the dialog box for +configuring the filters.</para> + +<tip><para>While filters and scoring are very powerful and have many +uses, one of the most common requirements is simply to add all posts +written by someone you don't wish to read to a +<quote>killfile</quote>. At the <link linkend="killfiles">end of this +section</link> is a quick guide to using filters and scores to create +such a killfile.</para></tip> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>New Filter</guilabel> dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-edit-filter.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>New Filter</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The <guilabel>New Filter</guilabel> dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>First we will create a new filter. You may, at some point, want +to find your own articles amongst all the others; or, you may not +want to see the articles posted by a particular person at all: both cases can +be solved by a simple filter on the Sender. Here are some +examples:</para> + +<procedure> +<title>Do Not Show The Articles by a Particular Person</title> +<step performance="required" > +<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Filters</guilabel></menuchoice></para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Select <guibutton>New...</guibutton></para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Insert <userinput>Do not show idiot</userinput> in the Text Box +<guilabel>Name</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>To make the filter appear on the menu, check <guilabel>Show +in menu</guilabel>.</para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Go to the <guilabel>From</guilabel> area.</para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Choose <guilabel>Does NOT contain</guilabel> from the drop-down +box.</para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Insert the name of the person you want to ignore in the now- +active Text Box; for example, <userinput>Idiot</userinput>.</para> +</step> +<step performance="required"> +<para>Confirm the filter settings with +<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para> +</step> +</procedure> + +<para>The filter now shows all articles, except the ones containing +<quote>Idiot</quote> in the From: line.</para> + +<para>You can combine the settings of the 'Subject + From' tab +with the settings on the other tabs. For example:</para> + +<procedure> +<title>Show only discussion with unread follow-ups on own +articles.</title> +<step> +<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Filters</guilabel></menuchoice></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select the predefined filter <guilabel>threads with own +articles</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select <guibutton>Copy</guibutton></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Insert <userinput>My threads with unread</userinput> in the +<guilabel>Name</guilabel> field.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select the <guilabel>Status</guilabel> tab</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select <guilabel>has new followups</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select <guilabel>true</guilabel> in the drop-down box next to +it.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Confirm the filter settings with +<guibutton>OK</guibutton></para> +<para>This filter shows all the threads your are participating in which +have unread messages; also, you have seen the possibility of using +existing filters as a base for new ones: this makes life easier for +complex filters.</para> +</step> +</procedure> + +<procedure> +<title>Show all articles, no older than 3 days, containing KNode in +the subject.</title> +<step> +<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Filters</guilabel></menuchoice></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select <guibutton>Add</guibutton></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Insert <userinput>Latest KNode threads</userinput> in the +<guilabel>Name</guilabel> field.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>To make the filter appear in the menu, check <guilabel>show +in menu</guilabel>.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>From the <guilabel>apply on</guilabel> drop-down box select +<guilabel>single articles</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Go to the <guilabel>Subject</guilabel> area and select +<guilabel>does contain</guilabel> in the drop-down box.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Insert <userinput>knode</userinput> in the text box.</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Change to the <guilabel>Additional</guilabel> tab</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Select the <guilabel>Age</guilabel> check box</para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Enter the following settings: <guilabel>0 < days <= +3</guilabel></para> +</step> +<step> +<para>Confirm the filter settings with +<guibutton>OK</guibutton></para> +<para>This filter, now, shows all articles, no older than 3 days, +containing <emphasis>knode</emphasis> in the subject.</para> +</step> +</procedure> + +<sect3 id="killfiles"> +<title>Creating a Killfile</title> + +<para>&knode; offers viewing filters (<guilabel>all</guilabel>, +<guilabel>unread only</guilabel>, <guilabel>my posts</guilabel>, +&etc;) and scoring filters (threads and articles start with a score of +zero and can be adjusted according to author, thread, &etc;).</para> + +<para>Using viewing filters you could hide articles according to +poster, but this is not really suitable when you want to kill several +posters universally.</para> + +<para>Using the scoring gives lots of control but filters +only at the thread level, i.e. you can watch and ignore threads; the +disadvantage of this, however, is that you may lose otherwise-useful +threads just because of one poster.</para> + +<para>The solution is to use these in combination.</para> + +<procedure> +<title>Creating a Killfile</title> +<step> +<para>Go to +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Filters</guilabel></menuchoice>.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>Create a new filter below <guilabel>unread</guilabel>, called +<userinput>killfile on</userinput>. Be sure that <guilabel>Apply to single +articles</guilabel> is set and then click on the +<guilabel>Additional</guilabel> tab. Set score <quote>equal to or less than +zero</quote> (<guilabel><=</guilabel>); then click the +<guibutton>OK</guibutton> until you have exited the dialog.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>Open an article whose author should be killed and just type +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo>(or +select, from the <guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> menu, <guimenuitem>Lower Score +for Author</guimenuitem>). This opens the Rule Editor (a part of +scoring). You can optionally give the rule a name that matches the +author (<userinput>Kook</userinput>, for example.) and then, if this is +to be permanent, uncheck the <guilabel>expire automatically</guilabel> +box; you'll see that this rule will change the author's score to minus +ten (or the score you entered); finally, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para> +</step> + +<step> +<para>Go to the menu item +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>killfile on.</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></para> +</step> +</procedure> + +<para>This will cause any articles with scores less than zero will +disappear; to kill additional authors you only need repeat the +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo> part of +these instructions.</para> + +</sect3> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="knode-editor-advanced"> +<title>The Composer</title> +<anchor id="anc-knode-editor-advanced"/> + +<para>The &knode; composer provides many features, especially for +posting and replying to articles.</para> + +<sect3> +<title>Publish Articles in Multiple Newsgroups</title> + +<para>By selecting the Button <guilabel>Browse</guilabel> you can +choose additional newsgroups you want to publish your article +in.</para> + +<caution> +<para>It is generally undesirable to post articles in multiple +newsgroups: please think twice about it; if you are not sure where to +post your article ask in one of the possible groups — somebody will +tell you were to post.</para> +</caution> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Redirect Followups</title> + +<para>The main use of this feature is when a thread has gone +off topic for the newsgroup in which it is posted; for example, a thread may +start in a &kde; newsgroup discussing how to redirect a followup in &knode;, +but may leads to a dicussion about graphical and text based +newsreaders.</para> + +<para>Sometimes it happens that usenet users post an article into the +wrong newsgroup; very often those articles are just ignored. If it +looks like the author did this unintentionally, you might like to tell +them politely and make the followup articles go into the right +group.</para> + +<para>Another reason for using <guilabel>Followup-To:</guilabel> is a +when dealing with articles cross-posted across in multiple newsgroups: +you should take care that the replies are only posted in one single newsgroup.</para> + +<para>You can activate this by filling the text box +<guilabel>Followups - To:</guilabel>; here you can enter the suitable +group. If there are multiple newsgroups in the +<guilabel>Groups:</guilabel> field, they are shown in the drop-down +list.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If you enter <userinput>poster</userinput> here, instead of a +newsgroup, the replies will go directly to the author, not to the +newsgroup.</para> + +<para>Some people put an email address here, but this is not a valid +entry: use <userinput>poster</userinput> and correctly set your +Reply-To address in the normal &knode; settings.</para> + +</tip> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Working With an External Editor</title> + +<para>Using <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Start +External Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> you can start an editor of +your choice for editing the reply; this way you can use your preferred +Editor for writing articles and e-mails.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Spelling</title> + +<para>By selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Spelling</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, +you can check the article in the composer for spelling errors.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Sending Attachments</title> + +<para>By selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Attach</guimenu><guimenuitem>Attach +File</guimenuitem></menuchoice> you can open the File Selection Dialog +Box; here you can choose the file you want to attach.</para> + +<para>Most of the time, &knode; determines the correct +<acronym>MIME</acronym> type for the attachment; if &knode; detects +it incorrectly, you can correct the <acronym>MIME</acronym> type manually.</para> + +<para>This screenshot shows the Composer with 2 attachments: a text +file and a PNG picture.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Sending Attachments</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-composer-attachments.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Sending Attachments</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Sending Attachments</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<caution> +<para>Only do this if you know what you're doing! An incorrect +<acronym>MIME</acronym> type could cause the attachment to be sent +incorrectly, or mean that the attachment will not be able to be +rebuilt after sending.</para> +</caution> + +<tip> +<para>The English word attachment is used all over the world; you can +use it in your language, too.</para> +</tip> + +<important> +<para>In most newsgroups, attachments are prohibited: do not send +unsolicited attachments; if you are asked to send them, look who is +asking for them — normally, the person will want you to send them by +email.</para> + +<para>The news server will probably reject articles with attachments +for most groups anyway; those that do accept attachments +normally have the word <quote>binaries</quote> in their name. Some +news servers even stop carrying non-binaries newsgroups that +continuously receive attachments.</para> +</important> +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Searching for Articles</title> + +<para>Sooner or later, you will want to search for one specific +article; the &knode; search feature is an easy way to do this.</para> + +<para>You can reach the search function by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Search +Articles...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or the by pressing +<keycap>F4</keycap>. The screenshot below shows the Search Dialog Box.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The Search Dialog Box</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-search.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The Search Dialog Box</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The Search Dialog Box</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>The Search Dialog Box has four tabs which allow several search +criteria: the first tab contains the settings for the +<guilabel>Subject</guilabel> and <guilabel>From</guilabel> criteria; the second +tab contains the settings for the <guilabel>message-IDs</guilabel> of +an article and its references; the third tab contains the settings for +the <guilabel>Status</guilabel> of an +article; the fourth tab, <guilabel>Additional</guilabel>, contains the remaining +criteria.</para> + +<para>You have probably already noticed the similarities between the Filter +Dialog Box and the Search Dialog Box: the usage is the same and should +not be too complicated if you have already defined your own +filters.</para> + +<para>&knode; always searches in the currently-active newsgroup; a +search in all newsgroups is not possible at the moment. After the +Search has finished the articles found appear in the article view; when +you close the Search Dialog Box using <guibutton>Close</guibutton> +the search results are deleted, and the old view of the newsgroup +appears again.</para> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Start Search</guilabel></title> + +<para>With this button you start the Search with the search criteria +you defined; all articles in the selected newsgroup, fulfiling these +criteria, appear in the article view.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>New Search</guilabel></title> + +<para>This button resets all search criteria.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="supersede-and-cancel"> +<title>Supersede and Cancel Articles</title> + +<para>This chapter deals with superseding and canceling articles. You +will not use these two features very often, but they do exist should +you, one day, need them.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Both functions need a news server prepared to handle +them; you should also remember that there is no guarantee that no one has +already read your article before it is superseded or canceled. +</para> + +<para>So first think, then post.</para> +</caution> + +<sect3> +<title>Cancel</title> + +<para>Canceling an article means deleting it from the +newsgroup.</para> + +<para>Why should you want to cancel an article? Perhaps you +flamed somebody in a rage and now you want to get this article out of +the newsgroup because you regret what you wrote: a personal insult, +read by everybody, doesn't look good, especially when you regret +it; so, there is only one thing you can do — cancel the article.</para> + +<para>Select the article you want to cancel and choose +<guimenuitem>Cancel article</guimenuitem> from its context menu. If +you are sure it is the right article, confirm &knode;s question with +<guibutton>Yes</guibutton>. Now you will be asked if you want to send the +Cancel message now or later; for this example we decide to send it +<guibutton>Later</guibutton>. You will notice the new message in the +folder <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>Now we want to look at the so-called cancel message. In the +subject you will find something like:</para> + +<screen> +<computeroutput>cancel of <n177m8.1m.ln@konqui.org></computeroutput> +</screen> + +<para>This strange letters between the brackets are the Message-ID of +the article you want to cancel. This message tells the newsserver to +delete your article: if you look at complete header of this message, +by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show all +headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, you will notice a line with the +name <emphasis>control</emphasis> and the content <emphasis>cancel +<xxxxx@ddddd.dd></emphasis> — this line tells the server that +this message is a control message and, in our case, tells the server to +cancel your article.</para> + +<para>You can still delete the control message from the +<guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> should you change your mind.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Keep in mind that articles can only be identified by their +Message-IDs; you need this Message-ID if you want to cancel an +article. Normally, your article gets a Message-ID when it arrives at +the newsserver — that's why you can only cancel an article once +it has been published. The articles in the +<guilabel>Sent</guilabel> folder have no Message-ID, so you cannot cancel +them from there.</para> + +<para>There is one exception: if you have configured &knode; to +generate a Message-ID you can cancel you articles in folder +<guilabel>Sent</guilabel> too.</para> + +<para>&knode; allows only to cancel your own articles: it refuses to +cancel articles from other authors.</para> +</caution> + +<warning> +<para>Since the cancel feature is so easily fooled, by newsreaders +that let you cancel any post, many news servers do not acknowledge +cancel messages from posters; even if your own <acronym>ISP</acronym> +accepts the cancel and passes it on, many other servers will ignore it +<emphasis>and will not pass it on</emphasis>.</para> + +<para>You should consider any previously-sent article, canceled or +not, to be published and publicly available.</para> +</warning> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Supersede</title> + +<para>Supersede overwrites your article with a new version. One reason +for doing this could be:</para> + +<para>You have written a long article and have already posted it; now, you +have found an error in this article: you could cancel this article, and post a +new, corrected, article; or, you can use Supersede.</para> + +<para>Select the article in the article view. From its context menu +select <guimenuitem>Supersede article...</guimenuitem>. &knode; will +ask you if you really want to overwrite this article; if you confirm with +<guibutton>Yes</guibutton> the Composer appears.</para> + +<para>In the Composer you can now make the desired corrections and +changes. You can then publish this article in the same way as you post +every other article; when the newsserver receives this article it +reads some special lines in the header which tell the newsserver to +supersede the older article. Select +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send +Later</guimenuitem></menuchoice> for now, because we want to look at +the article's header in the <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>Activate <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show +all headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, because we want to see all the +headers the newsserver receives. You will notice a line like:</para> + +<para>Supersedes: <oggcm8.4n5.ln@konqi.org></para> + +<para>This is the instruction for the newsserver for superseding the +article with the Message-ID <oggcm8.4n5.ln@konqi.org> with the +new article.</para> + +<para>Besides this, Supersede is used for periodical posted articles, ⪚ + an <acronym>FAQ</acronym>. The new article supersedes the old one and + the newsgroups do not end up with lots of different versions.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Again, using this function is only possible if the article +already has a Message-ID. Normally, articles get their Message-ID from the +newsserver: this means that you can only supersede articles which have +already been published.</para> + +<para>You can configure &knode; to generate this Message-ID, then you can +supersede your articles in the folder <guilabel>Sent</guilabel>, +too.</para> + +<para>&knode; allows you to only supersede your own articles.</para> + +</caution> + +<warning> +<para>As with cancels, supersede messages have been abused in the +past, with, for example, certain parties sending hundreds or even +thousands of them to overwrite legitimate posts with random computer +generated junk; again, as with cancels, many news servers do not +honor supersede messages, nor do they pass them on.</para> +</warning> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="score-watch-ignore"> +<title>Score, watch, ignore</title> + +<anchor id="anc-score-watch-ignore"/> +<para>Score, Watch and Ignore are different names for the same +feature.</para> + +<para>By scoring a thread, you determine its importance. &knode; +allows scores between -100000 and 100000. A normal article will get a +score of 0 if you do not change this; threads with a score below 0 +are less important than average; threads with a score above 0 are more +important than average.</para> + +<para>The score is an attribute of the thread and the articles in this +thread, so you can use the score for filtering and searching +articles; for example, you can define a filter to show only +articles with a score > 0, i.e. all articles in which you are +specifically interested.</para> + +<para>The function <guilabel>Watch</guilabel> sets the score of +all article in a thread to 100; this way they get a high score and &knode; +labels them with a special icon.</para> + +<para>The function <guilabel>Ignore</guilabel> does the +opposite: it scores all articles in a thread with -100 so &knode; +does not show these articles anymore.</para> + +<tip> +<para>The English word <quote>scoring</quote> is used in many other +countries, too.</para> +</tip> + +<para>You can score an article or a thread manually with the right +mouse button or with the <guimenu>Scoring</guimenu> menu — here you can +score with <guilabel>Watch Thread</guilabel> and <guilabel>Ignore +Thread</guilabel> directly. Apart from scoring manually you can let &knode; +score the articles with scoring rules automatically; you can configure these +rules at <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Reading +News</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Scoring</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or +at <menuchoice><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit scoring +rules...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> — the only difference between these +dialogs is that the last one has the rule-list next to the rule +configuration. In the following guide I'm using the editor that appears +if <menuchoice><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit scoring +rules...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> is chosen.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The Rule Editor</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-rule-editor.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The Rule Editor</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The Rule Editor</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>The composer consists of 4 areas: on the left side is the list +of the rules; with the buttons below the list you can add, delete or +copy an existing rule; below that you have the possibility to limit +the rules which are shown — you have the choice whether to show all +rules or only the rules for a specific <glossterm>newsgroup</glossterm>.</para> + +<para>If you chose a rule-name in the list you the rule will be displayed +on the right-hand side; now you can edit the rule. At the top you can change +the name of the rule and set the newsgroups to which this rule applies. +You can choose one or +more than one group, note that group names must be separated by a +semicolon. You can choose from the subscribed groups with +the drop-down list and the <guibutton>Add group</guibutton> button; or +you can use regular expressions and wild cards, ⪚ <quote>.*</quote> for all +groups. The <guilabel>Expire rule automatically</guilabel> option +makes it possible to delete the rule automatically after the +configured number of days; this is useful if a specific person +behaves badly and you do not want to read anything from this person for a +few days.</para> + +<para>In the <guilabel>Condition</guilabel> field you enter the +condition on which this rule is activated. Normally, you can enter only +one condition, but you can change this by pressing the +<guibutton>More</guibutton> and <guibutton>Fewer</guibutton> buttons. If you +have more than one condition, you must tell knode whether all conditions +need to be fulfilled or only one of them; this can be done by choosing +<guilabel>Match all conditions</guilabel> or +<guilabel>Match any condition</guilabel> respectively. +</para> + +<para>Each condition consists of 2 drop-down lists and a text +field. In the first list you chose the part of the message which should +be used for the condition — this part will be compared with the text +field; the second drop-down list tells &knode; how it is to be +compared, for example, whether the chosen header should be identical +to the text entered in the text field, or if it just needs to match part of it. +Regular expressions are allowed, too. +If you check <guilabel>Not</guilabel> then the conditions under which +the condition is satisfied are reversed, and the condition will be satisfied +if the opposite of its shown conditions is true.</para> + +<para>Now, let's have a look at some +examples.</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para>Maybe you want to filter away all the postings by Theodor +Test; to do this choose the +<guilabel>From</guilabel> header line from the first drop-down +list, choose <guilabel>is exactly the same as</guilabel> from the second +drop-down list, and enter his name in the text field. +But, before doing this you should have a +look at the <glossterm>header</glossterm> of one of Theodor's +articles and see what is in the <quote>From</quote> line.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>If you do not want to read articles with more than 100 lines, choose +the header entry <guilabel>Lines</guilabel> from the first drop-down +list, choose <guilabel>greater than</guilabel> from the second, and enter +<userinput>100</userinput> in the text field. You probably, then, want to +score down the message.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>Last example: of course, you're very interested in every article +that refers to &knode;. Choose the header entry +<guilabel>Subject</guilabel>, then <guilabel>contains substring</guilabel> +and enter <userinput>knode</userinput> in the text field. But what do +you do if &knode; is not mentioned in the +<guilabel>Subject</guilabel>? I suggest using a regular +expression: change <guilabel>contains substring</guilabel> to +<guilabel>matches regular expression</guilabel> and type +<userinput>knode|newsreader|usenet</userinput> into the text +field to match either knode, newsreader or usenet — the <userinput>|</userinput> symbol +means OR. Alternatively, you can make 3 conditions — one that matches knode, +one that matches newsreader and so on — and choose +<guilabel>Match any condition</guilabel>; but, this needs a lot of +space and it is not very elegant, is it?</para> +</listitem> + +</itemizedlist> + +<para>Once your condition is ready you should set an action down in the +<guilabel>Actions</guilabel> section. The most important action is +<guilabel>adjust score</guilabel>; if this action is chosen you can +raise or lower the score, by the configured value, for articles to which +this rule applies. &knode; can also show you a little message when finding +such an article or colorize the header in the article list; for example, you could make +interesting articles scraeming pink so you would notice them very +quickly.</para> + +<para>When leaving the editor, or when the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Scoring</guimenu><guimenuitem>Recalculate +scores</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item is chosen, the rules are executed; furthermore, +the rules are automatically used for new +<glossterm>articles</glossterm>. Scoring makes the most sense when +used with filters: by scoring some articles down and filtering them away +they won't appear in the article list.</para> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="group-identity"> +<title>Group identities</title> + +<para>With &knode; you can use a different identity with every +newsgroup to which you are subscribed; i.e. you can set a name, email address, +reply-to address and signature to use with that group.</para> + +<para>It is easy to set group identities. First, with the right mouse button, +click on the name of the newsgroup in which to have a different identity in; then, +select <guimenuitem>Group Properties</guimenuitem> from the context menu +that appears. In the dialog that appears the second tab contains +fields identical to the global identity settings; enter your settings here and +click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to confirm the changes: then, your articles in +this group will always posted with this newly-entered identity.</para> + +<caution> +<para>When you unsubscribe from a group you lose its identity +settings for this group: if you re-subscribe to the group, you will need to +re-enter its identity settings. For new newsgroups, the global identity is +used.</para> +</caution> + +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="multiple-news-accounts"> +<title>Managing Multiple News Accounts</title> + +<para>&knode; can handle an unlimited number of news server accounts in +addition to your main news server; most users don't need this feature, +but it can be very useful to if your main newsserver does not provide +all groups you want to read. Typical cases of this are when support groups for +commercial software are hosted on a special, private, server or binary +newsgroups, which are only available from some servers.</para> + +<para>Another example of why you sometimes need more than one newsserver +is that sometimes not all interesting newsgroups are on one +server; in fact, there is very often only a selection of +newsgroups. For example, many servers do not support binary +groups with pictures or programs; if you want such a newsgroup and +your newsserver provider does not want to serve it you can configure +&knode; to get it from another server.</para> + +<para>Or, perhaps you find you are just subscribed to too many +newsgroups, and would like to organize them a little better; you +could set up several accounts for the same server, perhaps one for +groups you read every day, and one for groups you read less often, so +that you do not have to search for your <quote>everyday</quote> groups +in a long list of subscribed groups.</para> + +<para>In order to add an new account, open the preferences +dialog via +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Accounts</guilabel><guilabel>News</guilabel> +</menuchoice>. The <guibutton>New</guibutton> button creates a new +account; you then have to enter the same data as for your first +account, typically a name for the account, the host name, and a user name +and password if the server requires authentication. When +this is done the new server will appear both in the configuration +dialog and in the group view: you can now subscribe to +newsgroups.</para> + +<para>You can delete the currently-selected account by pressing the +<guibutton>Delete</guibutton> button.</para> + +<tip> +<para>In the <guimenu>Account properties</guimenu> dialog (available +from the context menu of the newsserver) you can setup an identity for use +only on this newsserver.</para> +</tip> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="PGP-support"> +<title>Sign and Verify Articles with <acronym>PGP</acronym></title> +<anchor id="anc-PGP-support"/> + +<para><acronym>PGP</acronym> is the most-widespread method used to encrypt or +sign data. Using the <glossterm>PGP-signature</glossterm> you can +verify if an article is really from the original author or if it has been +changed by others. You can find PGP-programs and guides at <ulink +url="http://www.pgpi.org">http://www.pgpi.org</ulink>.</para> + +<para>With &knode; you can sign an article with +<acronym>PGP</acronym> and to verify <acronym>PGP</acronym>-signed +article. After you have configured the <acronym>PGP</acronym> support, +at <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Knode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Signing/Verifying</guilabel></menuchoice>, +you can sign articles in the editor with the +<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sign article with +PGP</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item — you will be asked for your passphrase +and after that the article will be signed.</para> + +<caution> +<para>Your <application>GnuPG</application>/<acronym>PGP</acronym> +<acronym>ID</acronym> is automatically built from your name and your +email address and is identical to the sender of the message +(<quote>From</quote>-header).</para> +</caution> + +<para> To verify +a <glossterm>PGP-signature</glossterm> you have to choose the menu +item <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Verify +PGP-signature</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> +</sect2> + +</sect1> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-omittag: nil +sgml-shorttag: t +sgml-minimize-attributes: nil +sgml-general-insert-case: lower +sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "chapter" "sect1") +End: +--> diff --git a/doc/knode/using-subscribing.docbook b/doc/knode/using-subscribing.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..618ab292a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/using-subscribing.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,1367 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> + +--> +<sect1 id="subscribing"> +<title>Working with newsgroups</title> + +<para>After the configuration of &knode; we will now try to get your +first news; to achieve this, you need to do some more steps of +configuration, but you will not have to do this very often.</para> + +<sect2 id="fetch-group-list"> +<title>Fetching the group-list from the news server</title> + +<anchor id="anc-fetch-group-list"/> + +<para>If you want to read a newsgroup you first have to subscribe to +it. &RMB;-click with your mouse on the entry of your newsserver in the +folder-list; from the context menu that appears select the +<guimenuitem>Subscribe to Newsgroups</guimenuitem> entry. &knode;, at +this moment, does not know which newsgroups are available from this +server and will ask you if it should fetch a list of available +newsgroups: confirm with <guibutton>Yes</guibutton>. Now you should +see the following dialog.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The <guilabel>Subscribe to +Newsgroups</guilabel> Dialog</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-subscribe.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The <guilabel>Subscribe to +Newsgroups</guilabel> dialog</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The <guilabel>Subscribe to +Newsgroups</guilabel> dialog</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>After some time &knode; will has fetched the list of available +newsgroups and will show them in the left window, <guilabel>Groups +on</guilabel>, in a tree; this tree view shows the +newsgroup hierarchy.</para> + +<tip> +<para>You can find a short description about the structure of the usenet +and the hierarchy of the single newsgroups at <ulink +url="http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/usenet-einfuehrung">http://www.kirchwitz.de/~amk/dni/usenet-einfuehrung</ulink> +(German).</para> +</tip> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Search</guilabel></title> + +<para>The simplest method to navigate in the tree is to use +the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> input field: &knode; will filter the groups +displayed according to your input. If you are searching for +a group about &kde;, but you do not know its exact position in the +hierarchy, just type <userinput>kde</userinput> in the +<guilabel>Search</guilabel> field.</para> + +<para>When you enter the <userinput>k</userinput>, you will already +see the list changing; the second letter, <userinput>d</userinput>, +give you a significantly-reduced list of shown groups; and the final +<userinput>e</userinput> reduces the list to the groups with kde in +their name. You will most likely end with just one group:</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>comp.windows.x.kde</member> +</simplelist> + +<para>If your server carries the international groups, you might find +your list is:</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>comp.windows.x.kde</member> +<member>de.comp.os.unix.apps.kde</member> +</simplelist> + +<para>This incremental search gives you the possibility to search for +newsgroups without knowing their exact paths.</para> + +<tip> +<para>On a closer look, you will see &knode; showing the groups without +a tree if there are only a few groups left; this is not a bug, it is a +feature.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>disable tree view</guilabel></title> + +<para>Normally &knode; shows all the groups in a tree; if this option +is activated, all newsgroups are listed amongst one another.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title> +<guilabel>subscribed only</guilabel></title> + +<para>If <guilabel>subscribed only</guilabel> is checked the +tree-view <guilabel>Groups on</guilabel> shows only the groups you are +already subscribed to; this is very convenient if you want to +unsubscribe from some groups: you then won't have to search the whole tree +for these groups.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>new only</guilabel></title> + +<para>If <guilabel>new only</guilabel> is checked the tree-view +<guilabel>Groups on</guilabel> shows only the groups which are new +since you last fetched the group list; for this to be functional, you +first have to fetch a new group list with <guibutton>New +List</guibutton>.</para> + +<para>The <guibutton>New Groups</guibutton> button give the +possibility to show all the new groups since a specific date.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Groups on</guilabel></title> + +<para>This list shows all newsgroups on this server; if you check one +of the checkboxes, <guilabel>subscribed only</guilabel> or +<guilabel>new only</guilabel>, you get the corresponding +selection.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>Current changes</guilabel></title> + +<para>The <guilabel>Current changes</guilabel> window shows all +changes you have made since you opened the dialog.</para> + +<para>The <guilabel>subscribe to</guilabel> list shows the newsgroups +you have chosen to subscribe to.</para> + +<para>Below you can see the <guilabel>unsubscribe +from</guilabel> list, which shows all newsgroups from which you have chosen to +unsubscribe. You cannot unsubscribe from groups you are not +subscribed to.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guilabel>New Groups</guilabel></title> + +<para>This button opens a dialog which allows you to configure the list +of new groups; you can choose between showing all groups since the +last refresh or all groups since a given date. With the date option, +&knode; provides a more-flexible possibility to check for new +groups; you can even check for new groups since before the last refresh of +the group list.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title><guibutton>New List</guibutton></title> + +<para>The <guibutton>New List</guibutton> button tells &knode; to +fetch a new group list from the news server.</para> + + +<para>The newsgroup hierarchy is in a constant flux; all the time +there are groups introduced, renamed or moved; some groups just +disappear: they are no longer available and get deleted. To reflect +this, &knode; gives you the possibility to refresh the the group +list. This is, normally, only needed to see if your server now +provides a group which was not there before.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If you simply want to make sure you have seen every new group, it is +more effective to use <guibutton>New Groups</guibutton>; fetching the +complete list is much more time consuming, but you do make sure that any +deleted groups vanish from the grouplist.</para> +</tip> + +<para>Unfortunately there is no guarantee that your newsserver is +providing all available newsgroups: many newsserver refuse groups +publishing binary attachments; other groups are only available from +special servers. &knode; provides you the possibility to use more than +one news-server if you want to access alternative servers providing +these groups; you can read more about this in <xref +linkend="multiple-news-accounts"/> .</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Working with the dialog</title> + +<para>We now want to subscribe to the &kde; group: mark the the box +beside the name; you can now see the group in the list labelled +<guilabel>subscribe to</guilabel>. Another possibility is to use the +arrows between the two windows.</para> + +<para>If you picked the wrong newsgroup by mistake you can undo your +selection by unchecking the checkbox next to the group's name in the +<guilabel>Groups on</guilabel> window; again, you could use the +arrow (you probably noticed the arrow changing direction.)</para> + +<para>If you want to unsubscribe from a newsgroup it is as easy as +subscribing to it: you just uncheck the box next to its name. The groups +you wish to unsubscribe from are shown in the <guilabel>unsubscribe +from</guilabel> list. Again, the arrow is another way of doing things: to +correct your actions you can use the arrow again; this works as +long as the dialog is not closed by clicking +<guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para> + +<para>As a &kde; and &knode; user you will probably want to subscribe +to the group, so make sure you checked the box and press +<guibutton>OK</guibutton>. This group now appears in the tree view +under the server entry it was chosen from; in our example this is +<emphasis>My News Account</emphasis>. If you can not see the group, +click on the cross next to the server entry or on the server entry +itself; the list of subscribed newsgroups should appear.</para> + +<para>Click on the newsgroup; now you see on the right in the article +view an empty folder: &knode; has to fetch the articles for the new +newsgroup. If you have, in +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Reading +news</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>General</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, the +check box <guilabel>Check for new article automatically</guilabel> +checked &knode; tries to fetch the articles from the server when the +newsgroup is first selected; if this is unchecked, you have to use +<menuchoice><guimenu>Account</guimenu><guimenuitem>Get new +articles</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> + +<important> +<para>When you are using <application>leafnode</application> as a +server, there will be a single article in the +group: <application>leafnode</application> generates an article in +every new subscribed group; this indicates that +<application>leafnode</application> will consider this group the next +time it fetches articles. You can ignore an error message saying the +article can not be found. If you select this article you tell +<application>leafnode</application> you are really interested in this +group.</para> + +<para>You get the real articles when your local newsserver fetches +them from the Internet and provides them to you; details about this +can be found in the documentation of your local newsserver.</para> +</important> + +<para>When everything works the articles of the subscribed newsgroup +appear in the upper right window — the article view.</para> + +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="fetch-and-read-news"> +<title>Fetching and reading Articles</title> + +<para>&knode; always shows three views: the folder view, the article view and +the article window; you can change height and width of these views with +the mouse. If you click in a window it gets the focus; this is +important if you want to use &knode; with the keyboard. The +<keycap>Tab</keycap> key changes the focus between the views; the +currently-active view is indicated by a small colored bar over the +column headers.</para> + +<para>This picture shows &knode; with the subscribed &kde; +newsgroup.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>The three views of &knode;</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-views.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>The three views of &knode;</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>The three views of &knode;</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>It is possible to select more than one group or article. You can +select an area by clicking on the first entry with the &LMB;, holding +the &Shift; key and clicking on the last entry with the &LMB; +again.</para> + +<para>If you want to select more than one single entry, but they are +not next to each other in the list, you have to select the first by +clicking on it with the &LMB; and then select the other entries by +holding down the &Ctrl; key and clicking on them with the &LMB;.</para> + +<para>In either case you can clear your selection by clicking on +another entry with the &LMB;.</para> + +<caution> +<para> +If you have selected more than one entry you have to activate the +context menu with the &Shift; key pressed, otherwise you'll clear the +selection.</para> +</caution> + +<sect3> +<title>The Folder View</title> + +<para>The folder views contains not only the accounts you configured +— in our example this is <emphasis>My News Account</emphasis> +— but also three other folders. When you are subscribed to some +newsgroups there will be plus next to the name of the +account: clicking on the plus or the name of the account opens the +tree to show the names of the newsgroups you have chosen to subscribe +to using that account.</para> + +<tip> +<para>Using the &RMB; you can get a context menu for the selected item +(folders or newsgroups): if you select a newsgroup and choose +Properties you can, amongst other things, specify your identity for +this particular group; you can find more about this in the +<link linkend="group-identity">Local Identities</link> chapter.</para> +</tip> + +<para>When you select a newsgroup with your mouse a list of articles +of this group appears in the upper-right window; if there are no +articles in the upper-right window there are two possibilities — +either there are no articles for this newsgroup on the newsserver +or the newsserver did not fetch them yet. Select +<menuchoice><guimenu>Account</guimenu><guimenuitem>Get new articles in +all groups</guimenuitem></menuchoice>: if there are still no articles +appearing you either have some problems with your settings or there really +are no articles for this group. Try another group: if there are no +articles for this group you will probably have to work through the +first chapters, about the configuration of &knode;, again; the +<link linkend="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</link> chapter may help you, +too.</para> + +<caution> +<para>If you are using a local newsserver the articles only appear if +the newsserver has already got them from the internet; if you are using +<application>leafnode</application> this is done by the +<command>fetchnews</command> program.</para> +</caution> + +<sect4> +<title>The Newsgroup Folders</title> + +<para>The newsgroup folders appear with the name they are given by the +hierarchy on the newsserver; in our example this is +<guilabel>comp.windows.x.kde</guilabel>. You can change the name shown +in this view: in the context menu (click with the &RMB; on the +newsgroup's name) choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Rename +group</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then you can change the name in the +input field. A good name for <guilabel>comp.windows.x.kde</guilabel> +would be, for example, <guilabel>The KDE Newsgroup</guilabel>.</para> + +<para>If you don't change this, the hierarchical name will still be shown.</para> + +<para>Besides the name of newsgroups the folder view shows more +information by altering its appearance: if a newsgroup contains +new articles its name is shown bold; the columns +<guilabel>Total</guilabel> and <guilabel>Unread</guilabel> also tell you +how many articles are in the corresponding group or folder and how many +are marked as unread.</para> + +</sect4> + +<sect4> +<title>The <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> folder</title> + +<para>The <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> folder contains all articles +which are to be sent later, or which could not be sent because +of an error. If you want to sent an article later choose +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send +Later</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the editor: the article is then +filed in the <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> folder; it is possible to +edit, delete or send these articles later.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If an article was not sent because of an error, it is stored in +this folder; you will not lose these articles.</para> +</tip> +</sect4> + +<sect4> +<title>The <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel> folder</title> + +<para>This folder is used for storing drafts of your articles; for +example, if you want to do some further work on them but you have no +time for it right now. To store an article in this folder +choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save as +Draft</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the editor.</para> + +<para>You can edit, delete and send the articles in this +folder.</para> + +</sect4> + +<sect4> +<title>The <guilabel>Sent</guilabel> Folder</title> + +<para>This folder contains copies of the articles that you have successfully +sent, including your e-mail replies; you can delete the messages in +this folder, but it will not un-send the messages already +sent.</para> + +<caution> +<para>If your are using a local newsserver an article appearing in +the folder <guilabel>Sent</guilabel> only indicates the local +newsserver received the article; it is possible this article will never +appears in any newsgroup if the local newsserver was not able to +send it for some reason. If you notice some articles not appearing in +the according newsgroup first make sure it was sent by the local +newsserver.</para> +</caution> + +<tip> +<para>If you are using <application>leafnode</application> then articles +leafnode was unable to send are normally found in +<filename>/var/spool/failed.postings</filename>.</para> +</tip> +</sect4> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>The Article View</title> + +<para>The article view gives you a list of all articles in the +selected newsgroup or folder; you can change the appearance of this +view using the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu. The uppermost row of the +view contains the column headers.</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Subject</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The <guilabel>Subject</guilabel> column shows the subjects of +an articles which, most of the time, give you a clue about the content +of this article. The subject is chosen by the article author. You can +find more about this in <link linkend="post-and-mail-news">How to post +and reply to news</link>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>From</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The <guilabel>From</guilabel> column shows the author, or their +e-mail address if the author didn't give a name. You can configure +your settings in +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode</guimenuitem><guilabel>Identity</guilabel></menuchoice>; when +you publish an article &knode; will show these settings in the +<guilabel>From</guilabel> column.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Score</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The <guilabel>Score</guilabel> column shows the scoring of an +article as a number; the default is 0. Articles which are important to +you can be scored up; articles you want to ignore can be scored +down: the range is -100000 to +100000. You can read more about this in +the <link linkend="score-watch-ignore">Scoring, Watching and +Ignoring</link> chapter.</para> +<para>The <guilabel>Score</guilabel> column is only shown if +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>General</guilabel><guilabel>Show article +score</guilabel></menuchoice> is activated.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Date</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The <guilabel>Date</guilabel> column shows the date and time +when the article was written.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Lines</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The <guilabel>Lines</guilabel> column shows the number of lines +of the <glossterm>article</glossterm>; this column is only shown if +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>General</guilabel><guilabel>Show line +count</guilabel></menuchoice> is activated.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<sect4> +<title>The Symbols and Highlighting Used</title> + +<para>This is a short explanation of the different symbols for +labeling articles.</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para><inlinemediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="greyball.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +</inlinemediaobject> +Already-read articles are labeled with this symbol.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +<inlinemediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="greyballchk.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +</inlinemediaobject> +Articles labeled with this symbol are read and the body was fetched +from the server.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +<inlinemediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="redball.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +</inlinemediaobject> +Articles labeled with this symbol are unread and the body has not yet +been fetched.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +<inlinemediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="redballchk.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +</inlinemediaobject> +Articles labeled with this symbol are unread but the body has already +been already fetched.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +<inlinemediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="newsubs.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +</inlinemediaobject> +Articles labeled with this symbol are part of a thread with new and/or +unread articles in it.</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +<inlinemediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="eyes.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +</inlinemediaobject> +Articles labeled with this symbol are parts of a guarded thread. This +corresponds to a score of 100.</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para>Besides different symbols, &knode; is using the following +highlighting:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term>Bold article subjects.</term> +<listitem> +<para>The article is new in this group; it was fetched during the last +connection with the server.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Article subjects printed in gray.</term> +<listitem> +<para>There are no unread follow-up articles.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect4> + +<sect4> +<title>Navigation in the Article View.</title> + +<para>You can navigate in articles, display an article and open or +close threads with your mouse or keyboard.</para> + +<para>When you select an article with your mouse its entry in the the +article view gets colored; at the same time the header and body of +this article appear in in the article window. If you want to read +another article you can use the mouse to select it, or you can use +the cursor keys. If you use the cursor keys you can move the +dashed frame to the article you want to read and then press +<keycap>Enter</keycap> to mark and display the article.</para> + +<para>There are many key commands to provide comfortable navigation +within a news group and to switching between newsgroups. Here the most +common key commands of the standard key configuration are listed; you +can configure the key bindings in +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +Shortcuts</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term>Toggle Subthreads <keycap>T</keycap> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>The replies to an article are either shown or hidden by +multiply pressing this key; another way to open threads is +to use the <keycap>Right Arrow</keycap> key.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Filter <keycap>F6</keycap></term> +<listitem> +<para>A dialog is shown where you can choose the filter for the +articles.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Sort <keycap>F7</keycap> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>A dialog is shown where you can change the sorting of the +articles; if you choose a column for a second time it will change the +sorting direction.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Browsing articles <keycap>Space</keycap></term> +<listitem> +<para>This key gives you a convenient possibility for browsing through +the article view: by pressing this key the article in the article +window is scrolled; when you reach the end of the article by +repeatedly pressing <keycap>Space</keycap>, it takes you to the next +article; when you have read all articles in one newsgroup, +<keycap>Space</keycap> takes you to the first article of the next +newsgroup. By repeatedly pressing <keycap>Space</keycap> you can +browse through all subscribed newsgroups like this.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Next unread article <keycombo +action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Space</keycap></keycombo> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This key binding jumps to the next unread article. The sequence +follows the order of articles in the article view; threads are opened +if necessary.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Next unread thread <keycombo +action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Space</keycap></keycombo> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This command jumps to the next thread containing unread +articles: the first unread article is then selected and shown. The sequence +follows the order of articles in the article view.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Next article <keycap>N</keycap> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This command jumps to the next article; the sequence follows the +order of articles in the article view. Replies in closed threads are +ignored.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Previous article <keycap>B</keycap></term> +<listitem> +<para>This command jumps to the previous article in the group; the +sequence follows the order of articles in the article view. Replies in +closed threads are ignored.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Next group <keycap> ++</keycap> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This command jumps to the next newsgroup; the sequence follows +the order of newsgroups in the folder view.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Previous group <keycap>-</keycap> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This command jumps to the previous newsgroup; the sequence +follows the order of newsgroups in the folder view.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect4> + +<sect4> +<title>Sorting and Filtering of Articles</title> + +<para>Some newsgroups are very crowded and contain lots of +articles; perhaps only some of them are interesting to you. One +possibility to keep track of the news you are interested in is +to sort your articles with a certain criterion.</para> + +<para>Sorting your articles, and choosing sorting criteria, is +done with the column titles in the article view: clicking on a column +title makes it the current sorting criterion; another click on the same +column title changes the order of sorting.</para> + +<tip> +<para>The current sorting criterion is indicated with an arrow next to +the title; this gives you an easy sign which column is used for +sorting, too. You have to make the column wide enough, though, so you +can actually see the arrow; you can change the column width by moving +the mouse pointer on the small area between two column titles: the +pointer changes its appearance to two horizontal arrows; clicking +and holding the &LMB; mouse button now allows you to change the width +of the column to the left of the mouse pointer.</para> +</tip> + +<para>&knode; gives you the possibility to reduce the flood of +articles: you can show only articles fitting specific +criteria; &knode; uses filters for this task. In the following paragraphs we +are just dealing with the predefined filters; for defining and using +your own filters please refer to the <link +linkend="using-filters">Defining and using Filters</link> chapter.</para> + +<para>Normally you will read most articles only once, and then never +again. &knode; labels the articles which are unread, but when there +are more articles in a news group than can be shown by the article +view you often have to search for unread articles: it would be much +easier to see only the new fetched and unread articles; &knode; gives +you this feature by the predefined filters.</para> + +<para>In the status line at the bottom border of your main window +next to the word <guilabel>Filter</guilabel> the actually-active +filter is shown: if you do not change the filter configuration this +is the filter <guilabel>all</guilabel>; this means all articles of a +newsgroup are shown. <guilabel>all</guilabel> is one of the predefined +filters; there are eight of them in all, which are described in more detail +here.</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term> +<guilabel>All</guilabel> +</term> +<listitem> +<para>This filter is the default setting; it shows all articles in a +newsgroup. You can choose this filter by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>All</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Unread</term> +<listitem> +<para>This filter shows only unread articles; you can choose this +filter by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Unread</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term> +New</term> +<listitem> +<para>This filter shows only articles fetched during the last +connection; you can choose this filter by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Watched</term> +<listitem> +<para>This shows only threads chosen as watched threads by you; you +may be watching a thread because, for example, you are participating in it, +or because you are particularly interested in the answers. +You can choose this filter by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Watched</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> + +<para>This filter only shows something if have you selected one or more +threads to watch; you can achieve this by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Article</guimenu><guisubmenu>Thread</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Watch</guimenuitem></menuchoice>: +next to the subject a symbol will appear, showing a pair of eyes.</para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Threads With Unread</term> +<listitem> +<para>This filter shows only threads containing unread articles; you +can choose this filter by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu> +<guimenuitem>Threads With Unread</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Threads With New</term> +<listitem> +<para>This filter shows only threads with newly-fetched articles; you +can choose this filter by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Threads +With New</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Own articles</term> +<listitem> +<para>This filter only articles you have published; you can choose +this filter by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Own +Articles</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> + +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term>Threads With Own Articles</term> +<listitem> +<para>This filter only shows threads containing articles you +have published; you can +choose this filter by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guisubmenu>Filter</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Own +Articles</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> +</listitem> + +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<tip> +<para>For everyday use the <guilabel>unread</guilabel> filter is +propably the most useful: it shows all unread articles, including the +old ones. The other filters are very task-specific and are seldom used; +in the end it is a matter of taste which filter to select.</para> +</tip> +</sect4> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>The Article Window</title> + +<para>The article window shows the currently-selected article. You can +scroll in it like in a normal text editor window; the difference is +that you cannot change the article — it is for reading only.</para> + +<para>By pressing the &RMB; in the article viewer you can access the +important functions in the context menu very quickly.</para> + +<para>The window itself is divided in three areas; they are explained +in more detail now.</para> + +<sect4> +<title>The Header</title> + +<para>This part shows the header lines or a part of the header. You +will recognize some information here from the article view; for +example, the subject and the address or name where the article +originated. When you click on the <guilabel>From:</guilabel> address, +&knode; opens an editor window where the email address of the author and +the subject of the referring article are already filled in for +you; this enables you to reply to the author directly from their +article.</para> + +<para>The appearance and content of the header shown by default +can be configured by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configuring +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Headers</guilabel></menuchoice>; you can +find a more-detailed view on this in <link +linkend="anc-knode-headers">Configuring the Shown +Headers</link>.</para> + +<para>By selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show all +headers</guimenuitem></menuchoice> you force &knode; to show the whole +header as is produced by the newsreader and newsservers; normally +you do not need this view: it needs a lot of space in the article +window.</para> + +<para>The last lines of the header contain, if necessary, some +references to other articles, shown as numbers in the range from 1 to +n. These References are the articles to which the current article refers: +the article labeled with 1 is the oldest article to which this article +refers; the article with the highest number is the most-recent article +to which the current article refers.</para> + +<para>When you click on a reference the corresponding article is loaded +and shown in the article view; if the article is no longer available +you will be informed by &knode;. This will happen if +the article has been deleted by the article management of &knode; due to +its age, or your news server decided to delete it from the newsgroup; +for details on how to get such an article, please refer to the +<link linkend="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</link>.</para> + +<tip> +<para>The first lines in an article, with the subject and author +information and so on, are called +<glossterm>headers</glossterm>.</para> +</tip> +</sect4> + +<sect4> +<title>The Body of the Article</title> + +<para>The body of the article follows straight after the header; it +is the actual message the author published in the newsgroup. Be aware +that some articles may contain quotes from other articles which are +not recognizable as quotes; this depends on the news editor the author +used and their article-formatting habits.</para> + +<para>&knode; provides some formatting which can be used by articles; +at the moment the available options are:</para> + +<simplelist> +<member>/italic/</member> +<member>*bold*</member> +<member>_underlined_</member> +</simplelist> + +<para>Do not use the highlighting too often; the impact decreases +the more it is used.</para> + +<tip> +<para>The main part of the message (the contents) is called the +<glossterm>body</glossterm>.</para> +</tip> + +<para>Most of the time a quote is indicated by a prefixed > on +every line; however, there are other possible signs. If you can not directly +recognize a quote the author did not obey the rules of proper +quoting.</para> + +<para>Also, it is usual to start an answer with a +introductionary line, something like:</para> + +<informalexample> +<para>On 12/25/2000 Santa Claus wrote:</para> +</informalexample> + +<tip> +<para>Normally you do not have to concern yourself with these introductionary +lines: &knode; does this automatically when you reply to an +article; to find out how to customize this line see +<link linkend="knode-composer-settings">The Composer Settings</link> +documentation. +</para> +</tip> + +<para>In <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Appearance</guilabel></menuchoice> you can +choose how the articles are shown. In particular, &knode; provides the +smart coloring of different reply levels; you can read more about this +in the chapter <link linkend="knode-appearance">Configuring the +appearance</link>.</para> + +<caution> +<para>&knode; only supports the coloring of quotes if the quoting +lines starts with special characters; you can configure these +characters at +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Viewer</guilabel></menuchoice>.</para> +</caution> + +<para>When the body of an article contains links to internet addresses +you can invoke an internet browser to display the web page it links to +by clicking on the link; details about configuring this feature can be +found in <link linkend="setting-news-general">General news +settings</link>.</para> + +</sect4> + +<sect4> +<title>The Signature</title> + +<para>Below the main text of an article you can find the signature of the +author, provided you did not disable signatures in +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>General</guilabel></menuchoice>. The +signature is divided from the text by thin horizontal line.</para> +</sect4> + + +<sect4> +<title>Attachments and Multipart <acronym>MIME</acronym> +messages</title> + +<para>If an article contains attachments they are shown below the +signature in a table.</para> + +<para>The multipart <acronym>MIME</acronym> format allows the body of +an article to be sent in more than one format; for example, in plain-text +and in <acronym>HTML</acronym>. It depends on the newsreader which format +is used for reading the article.</para> + +<para>&knode; allows the different formats to be shown by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>Viewer</guilabel><guilabel>Show alternative +contents as attachments</guilabel></menuchoice>; when this option is +checked all alternative formats are shown as attachments and can be +opened and viewed.</para> + +<para>If this option is unchecked you will not be shown the different text +formats and &knode; decides which one should be shown.</para> + +</sect4> +</sect3> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="post-and-mail-news"> +<title>Writing and Replying to Articles</title> + +<para>Before you start writing articles or replying to other Usenet +users be sure you understand the habits of the current +newsgroup; again, reading <link linkend="knode-journey">A Journey +Through Usenet</link> would be a good idea.</para> + +<para>For testing the settings of &knode; please resist sending an +article to a random newsgroup; it is not very friendly to bother +people with test articles: what if you are subscribed to a newsgroup +and half of its articles only contain the word +<quote>test</quote>? It is like somebody calling you just to +testing their phone.</para> + +<para>This is the reason for the special groups having +<quote>test</quote> in their name; for example, +<emphasis>alt.test</emphasis>. In these groups you can test everything +you want without bothering anybody; some groups even send you error +messages back.</para> + +<para>Here you can easily identify obvious mistakes, like a missing or +a wrong e-mail address or a wrongly-configured charset which doesn't +show all special characters.</para> + +<para>You can find a selection of test groups in <link +linkend="infos-testgroups">Test Groups</link>.</para> + +<para>Subscribe to one of the test groups now; some news servers have +their own test groups, which are probably less crowded.</para> + +<tip> +<para>Remember, you have to download the articles of the new +subscribed group; this may take some time if there are many articles +in the group. The only +important articles are yours and the answers by the check handler; if +you want to reduce the number of articles fetched during the test you +can configure this in +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guilabel>Configure +KNode...</guilabel><guilabel>Reading +News</guilabel><guilabel>General</guilabel><guilabel>Maximal number of +articles to fetch</guilabel></menuchoice>: if you reduce this +dramatically, you should not wait too long to fetch the new +articles after sending your test article; however, if it set too low +your article might not be fetched. A tolerably-fast news server should +provide your article right after you sent it; you might, however, have to +wait a while, at worst 1 or 2 days. Feel free to send another article +if cannot see your initial one; this is what the test groups are +for.</para> +</tip> + +<caution> +<para>When you are using a local news server the configuration of +<guilabel>Maximal number of articles to fetch</guilabel> in &knode; is +probably unnecessary; you should consult the documentation of your +news server instead.</para> +</caution> + +<para>If you did not encounter any errors unsubscribe from the +test groups and set <guilabel>Maximum number of articles to +fetch</guilabel> back to normal (1000).</para> + +<sect3> +<title>Publishing Articles</title> + +<para>You have seen most of &knode; now, but have only used it +passively so far, so let's publish a test +article now. Select the new subscribed test group in the folder +view; then, with <menuchoice><guimenu>Article</guimenu><guimenuitem>Post to +newsgroup...</guimenuitem></menuchoice>or the key <keycap>P</keycap>, +the Editor will be opened.</para> + +<para>You can use the &knode; Editor like a normal Texteditor; there +are some additional features for writing news articles though.</para> + +<para>In the editor window there are two input lines: one +for the subject, which is empty at the moment; and another for the +newsgroups this article is going to be posted to.</para> + +<para>Enter the text <userinput>This is a test</userinput> in the +subject field.</para> + +<tip> +<para>Normally, when you post an article, use a descriptive subject. Articles +without a descriptive subject are often ignored. Avoid subjects like +<quote>Help, it doesn't work !!!!!</quote> This subject gives no +information about the content of your article.</para> +</tip> + +<para>The <guilabel>Groups:</guilabel> field already contains the test +newsgroup you selected before; do not change this.</para> + +<para>Below the input field for the <glossterm>newsgroup</glossterm> +there is another inactive option field: this function is explained +later in the chapter <link linkend="knode-editor-advanced">The +editor</link>; for now it is irrelevant.</para> + +<para>For simplicity reasons we will only use a simple +sentence; type:</para> + +<screen> +<userinput>This is the body of my test article. @ $ %</userinput> +</screen> + +<para>Then, enter an empty line, followed by:</para> + +<screen> +<userinput>Did it work?</userinput> +</screen> + +<para>This may look funny to you, but it does what it is supposed to +do — test your configuration..</para> + +<para>Your article should now look like the screenshot below:</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Your first article</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-new-article.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Your first article</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Your first article</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para>If you are using &knode; with a local newsserver choose +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send +Now</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the Editor; if you do not have a +connection to a newsserver at this point, you may want to send the +article later — you can achieve this by using +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send +Later</guimenuitem></menuchoice> — &knode; then stores this article +in the folder <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel>. You can start sending the +articles in the <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> manually by selecting +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send pending +messages</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> + +<para>After sending the article you will notice &knode; stores a copy +in the <guilabel>Sent</guilabel> folder.</para> + +<para>Depending on how fast your article is published in the according +newsgroup you can check the result after some time: mostly it is +sufficient to check for new messages immediately after sending the +article; be patient, though, it <emphasis>may</emphasis> take the article some +hours before reaching the newsgroup. If the article does not arrive +after a number of hours it is likely that something went wrong: try again; then, +if it is still not working, have a look at the <link +linkend="faq">Frequently Asked Questions</link>.</para> + +<important> +<para>Even when you are using a local news server, you have to check +for new articles: the local news server just sends the article, it does +not store it in the local newsgroup, so you have to synchronize with +an external news server if you want to see if your test article +has arrived.</para> +</important> + +<para>If the <glossterm>article</glossterm> appears in the newsgroup +you are successful; now you should check if there is the correct +sender and if the article is readable. Have a look on your +language-specific characters like the German umlauts; if they are not +readable you have to change the coding at +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Posting +News</guilabel><guilabel>Technical</guilabel></menuchoice>to +<guilabel>Allow 8-bit</guilabel>. Change this and repeat your +test.</para> + +<para>If everything is right you have successfully published your first +article in usenet with &knode;.</para> + +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Post Reply</title> + +<para>After successfully publishing an article we will now answer to +your own article. You want to answer the question you asked, don't +you?</para> + +<para>Select your article in the article view and press the &RMB;: a +context menu will appear; choose <guimenuitem>Followup to +newsgroup</guimenuitem>.</para> + +<para>&knode; opens the Editor again, but this time there is already a +subject filled in for you. The subject line reads:</para> + +<screen> +<computeroutput>Re: This is a test</computeroutput> +</screen> + +<para><emphasis>Re:</emphasis> is a shortcut for the Latin <quote>In +re</quote>, which translates to something along the lines of <quote>relating +to</quote>. You should not change the subject and, above all, the +<emphasis>Re:</emphasis>: most newsreaders sort threads by the +subject.</para> + +<tip> +<para>If you want to change the subject for some reason put the new +subject in front of the old and replace the Re: with a parenthesized +(Was: ... ); in our example this would look like </para> + +<informalexample> +<para>A new subject! (Was: This is a test)</para> +</informalexample> + +<para>With this kind of subject you show the other readers there is a +branch in the original discussion; this happens, for example, +when a new topic occurs in the original discussion or the original +subject has changed for some reason.</para> + +<para>If you answer to an article with such a subject, delete the +parenthesized part of the subject; the first part with a prefixed +<emphasis>Re:</emphasis> remains.</para> + +<informalexample> +<para>Re: A new subject!</para> +</informalexample> +</tip> + +<para>Let us have look at the Editor now. The contents of the article +to which we want to reply has already been copied to the Editor by &knode;; +to indicate the text is a quote every line is prefixed with a +<emphasis>></emphasis>.</para> + +<para>In front of the quoted text &knode; has put an introduction +line: the content of this line refers to the original author; you can +change the standard text of this line in +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Posting +News</guilabel><guilabel>Composer</guilabel><guilabel>Introduction +Phrase:</guilabel></menuchoice>.</para> + +<para>The original article contains the question: <emphasis>Did it +work?</emphasis> We want to answer this question now.</para> + +<para>Place the cursor below the quoted question and write in the next +line:</para> + +<screen> +<userinput>Yes it worked, congratulations!</userinput> +</screen> + +<para>We are not finished yet: it is considered polite to begin with +a greeting like <quote>Hello</quote> in the first line; whether you call the +author by their name or not depends on your habits, watch the +newsgroup to get used to the habits there.</para> + +<para>Next we delete all non-mandatory parts of the quoted article; in +our case, we delete all parts except the question.</para> + +<para>With such a short text this is unnecessary, but this just an +example: if you have to read a message 100 lines long again just to +find an <citation>I agree</citation> at the end you will +understand.... Aside from this, it makes articles smaller so they use +less space on the server.</para> + +<para>At the end we say good bye.</para> + +<para>This screenshot shows our answer before sending it.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Your answer to your article</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-followup.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>Your answer to your article</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>Your answer to your article</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<tip> +<para>You can find a good guide for correct quoting at <ulink +url="http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren">http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren</ulink> +(German).</para> +</tip> + +<para>Now we still need to post our reply; like posting the original message +choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send +now</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or the alternative +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Send +later</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, if you're not online at the moment +and you're not using a local newsserver. If everything works +you will see your article in the newsgroup after a while; easy, isn't +it?</para> + +<tip> +<para>Using the <guimenu>Options</guimenu> menu you can configure whether +you want to send an email, a news article or both.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> + +<sect3> +<title>Mail Reply</title> + +<para>The Mail Reply follows the same lines as posting a reply in a +newsgroup; the only difference is that a mail reply is sent directly +to the author and does not appear in any newsgroup.</para> + +<para>Sometimes it is better to use an emailed reply instead of +posting a reply to newsgroup; they are used primarily for when you +want to correct an error or misconduct by the author, without hurting +their feelings by doing so publicly on the newsgroup.</para> + +<para>To answer with an e-mail select your article; again, +open the context menu with the right mouse button; and choose +<guimenuitem>Reply by Email</guimenuitem>: &knode; opens the Composer +with the quoted article.</para> + +<para>Subject and body are identical as when posting an article but +the <guilabel>Groups:</guilabel> field is replaced by a +<guilabel>To:</guilabel> field; here the author's email address +appears. In our example this should be your own email address, if +&knode; is set up correctly.</para> + +<para>For emails the same rules for quoting and politeness apply +as for posting an article in a newsgroup.</para> + +<para>After finishing your Reply, you can send it.</para> + +<para>The screenshot below shows the reply we distributed by email.</para> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>A Mail Reply</screeninfo> +<mediaobject> +<imageobject> +<imagedata fileref="knode-reply.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> +<textobject> +<phrase>A Mail Reply</phrase> +</textobject> +<caption> +<para>A Mail Reply</para> +</caption> +</mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<important> +<para>The Mail Reply only works if you have used the correct settings in +<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure +KNode...</guimenuitem><guilabel>Accounts</guilabel><guilabel>Mail</guilabel></menuchoice>.</para> + +<para>Depending on the configuration of your computer, you will find +the reply in your mailbox; you might have to connect to your +<acronym>ISP</acronym> and fetch your new mail first though.</para> +</important> + +<tip> +<para>On the <guimenu>Options</guimenu> menu you can configure whether +you want to send an email, a news article or both.</para> +</tip> +</sect3> +</sect2> +</sect1> + |
