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<bookinfo>
<title>The &akregator; Handbook</title>

<authorgroup>

<author>
<firstname>Frank</firstname>
<surname>Osterfeld</surname>
<affiliation><address><email>frank.osterfeld@kdemail.net</email>  
</address></affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
<surname>Mahfouf</surname>
<affiliation><address>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail; 
</address></affiliation>
</author>

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</authorgroup>
<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
<holder>Frank Osterfeld</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
<holder>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf;</holder>
</copyright>

<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>

<date>2006-12-08</date>
<releaseinfo>1.2.5</releaseinfo>

<!-- Abstract about this handbook -->

<abstract>
<para>
&akregator; is a program to read <acronym>RSS</acronym> and other online news feeds.
</para>
</abstract>


<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>Akregator</keyword>
</keywordset>

</bookinfo>

<chapter id="introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>

<sect1 id="what-is-akregator">
<title>What is &akregator;?</title>

<para>&akregator; is a &kde; application for reading online news feeds. It has a
powerful, user-friendly interface for reading feeds and the management of
them.</para>

<para>&akregator; is a lightweight and fast program for displaying news items
provided by feeds, supporting all commonly-used versions of
<acronym>RSS</acronym> and Atom feeds. Its interface is similar to those of
e-mail programs, thus hopefully being very familiar to the user. Useful features include searching within article titles, management of feeds in folders and setting archiving
preferences. Feeds can be displayed in a similar manner to e-mails. Websites related to a feed can be shown in &akregator;'s embedded browser or, at the users' choice, opened in an external browser.</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="rss-and-atom-feeds">
<title><acronym>RSS</acronym> and Atom feeds</title>

<para><acronym>RSS</acronym> (Really Simple Syndication) is an &XML;-based format used for publishing news or articles in a machine-readable form. An <acronym>RSS</acronym>
or Atom file is also called a feed. A program that can be used to read such feeds is
called a feed reader or aggregator, hence the title of the application, &akregator;.</para>

<para>&akregator; automatically extracts new items from the feed and displays them in a human-friendly form to the user. The user can therefore save time with regularly-visited websites, as they need no longer manually check whether there are new pieces of information available.</para>
<para><acronym>RSS</acronym> is available in different versions which
are not compatible with each other (this situation caused by competing companies):
<acronym>RSS</acronym> 0.9, <acronym>RSS</acronym> 1.0 and
<acronym>RSS</acronym> 2.0. Atom is also an &XML;-based feed language which has
been redesigned to fit the needs of webloggers and news sites. Atom attempts to
replace <acronym>RSS</acronym> feeds and remove the uncertainty with
incompatiblities in the different <acronym>RSS</acronym> versions.</para>

</sect1>

</chapter>

<chapter id="quick-start">
<title>Quick Start to &akregator;</title>

<para>
This section describes how to start using &akregator;. It explains the user
interface and shows you how to add your own feed to the list. This section is
particularily interesting if you are not yet familiar with the
general <acronym>RSS</acronym>/Atom and feed aggregator concept.
</para>

<sect1 id="main-window">
<title>The Main Window</title>
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<para>When you first start &akregator;, you see its main window:
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>&akregator; main window</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="main-window.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>&akregator; main window</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>

<para>
The main window consists of the feed list, the article list and the article
viewer.
</para>
<para>
The feed list is on the left. In the tree, you have news feeds you can
select. A news feed is a collection of articles: for example, the recent news of
a news site or the new entries of a blog. The default list contains feeds related to
the &kde; project, but of course you can add your own feeds and remove the ones
you are not interested in.
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>All articles are fetched</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="main-window2.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>All articles are fetched</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
<para>
In the upper right is the article list. It contains all the articles of the
feed selected in the feed list (if it is empty, you must first fetch the feed). The list shows the headlines of the articles and the date when
they were published. By default, the newest articles are at the top.
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The article list</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="main-window3.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The article list for one feed</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
<para>
If you select an article, it will be displayed in the article viewer in the
lower right of the window. Depending on the feed, it contains either only a headline, a short
summary, or the complete article content.
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Reading an article from Planet &kde;</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="main-window4.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>Reading an article from Planet &kde;</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="add-feed">
<title>Adding a feed</title>
<para>&akregator; provides you with some default feeds related to &kde; -  of course, you
probably want to add your own feeds. Good candidates are the news sites you visit
regularly.</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Go to the menu <guimenu>Feed</guimenu> and choose <guimenuitem>Add
Feed...</guimenuitem> or use the default keyboard shortcut (<keycap>Insert</keycap>).
The following dialog appears, with an input line labeled <guilabel>Feed
URL:</guilabel>.
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Add a new feed</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="add-feed.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>Add a new feed</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>
Enter
<userinput>www.slashdot.org</userinput>
or <userinput>http://www.slashdot.org </userinput> in the line edit next
to <guilabel>Feed URL</guilabel> and click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
The feed settings dialog appears and you can modify the default options. When
you are happy with the feed settings, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> again.
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The feed properties dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="add-feed2.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The feed properties dialog</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Now Slashdot has been added to your feed list.
</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
There are multiple other ways to find and add interesting feeds. Within KDE,
websites browsed with &konqueror; will display the recognizable &quot;RSS
lozenge&quot;<inlinemediaobject>
  <imageobject>
    <imagedata fileref="rss3.png" format="PNG"/>
  </imageobject>
    </inlinemediaobject>in the bottom-right if a compatible news feed is
detected at the website. Just left-click on the icon and choose
<guimenuitem>Add Feed to &akregator;</guimenuitem>:
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Automatically finding feeds through &konqueror;</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="konq2.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>Automatically finding feeds through &konqueror;</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
On pages with this RSS icon<inlinemediaobject>
  <imageobject>
    <imagedata fileref="rss.png" format="PNG"/>
  </imageobject>
    </inlinemediaobject>, right-click on the icon and choose in the context
    menu <guimenuitem>Add Feed to &akregator;</guimenuitem>:
    <screenshot>
      <screeninfo>Automatically finding feeds through &konqueror;</screeninfo>
      <mediaobject>
        <imageobject><imagedata fileref="konq.png" format="PNG"
/></imageobject>
        <textobject><phrase>Automatically finding feeds through
            &konqueror;</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="creating-folder">
<title>Creating a Folder</title>
<para>After adding your own feeds, you may want to group them in some way,
rather than just leave them unsorted. So let us create a folder for the
Slashdot feed we just added:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Select the parent folder of the new folder. In this example, we
select <guilabel>All Feeds</guilabel>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Open <guimenu>Feed</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New Folder...</guimenuitem>.
Enter <userinput>News</userinput> (or a more appropriate name for the feed category) in the line edit and choose <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The New Folder dialog</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="add-folder.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The New Folder dialog</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para> </listitem>
<listitem><para>Now you can drag the Slashdot feed to the new folder.
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The News folder in the feed list</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="add-folder2.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The News folder in the feed list</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="browsing-inside">
<title>Browsing inside of &akregator;</title>
<para>When reading feed articles, often you may want to read the web page that
belongs to the article: some articles only contain the headline, and not the actual
content. In this case, you need to visit the web page to read the complete article. Or perhaps
an article links to some website, or you are reading a blog and want to comment
on an entry. For these situations, &akregator; contains a simple web browser.
Whenever you follow a link in the article viewer, &akregator; opens the link in
new tab:</para>
<note><para>Note that the browser in &akregator; is not intended to replace your
favorite Web Browser. It is meant for reading articles, commenting on them, or
following up a link quickly. It is not meant for browsing the web in general. It
lacks many features fully-fledged web browsers offer.</para></note>
</sect1>
</chapter>

<chapter id="configuration">
<title>Configuring &akregator;</title>
<para>Most of &akregator;'s options are listed in the &akregator; configuration
dialog. The configuration dialog can be found in the menu under <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &akregator;...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></para>
<sect1 id="general-tab">
<title>General</title>
<para>The General tab contains the basic and otherwise-uncategorizable options of &akregator;.</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The General tab</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="general-tab.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The General tab</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Global</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show tray icon</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Display the &akregator; icon in the systray.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Use notifications for all feeds</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Set global notifications for all feeds. This setting will
override the individual notification value of each feed. When enabled, &akregator; will notify you of all new articles fetched in any feed. If you only want to enable notifications for some (but not all) feeds, leave this option disabled and enable notifications for the each specific feed using the individual feed properties dialog.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Use interval fetching</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this is unchecked, interval checking is disabled. However, if this is checked, you can set in <guilabel>Fetch feeds
every:</guilabel> the interval that &akregator; will automatically check for new feed entries. Note that fetching articles generates traffic and therefore may be costly to the provider hosting the feed you're reading. Some sites may even block connections from your computer if you attempt to fetch the feed too often. In general, 30 minutes is a good choice. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Fetch feeds every:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This is enabled when <guilabel>Use interval
fetching</guilabel> is checked. You can specify a time interval, after which
feeds are checked for new articles. Default is 30 minutes.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Startup</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Mark all feeds as read on startup</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>When enabled, &akregator; marks all articles as read when
started.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Fetch all feeds on startup</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>When enabled, &akregator; fetches all feeds right after
start.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Network</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Use the browser cache (less network traffic)</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>When enabled, the &kde;-wide browser cache settings are used when
updating feeds. You can configure the &kde;-wide browser cache either in
&kcontrolcenter; or in &konqueror; configuration dialog.</para>
<note><para>You should leave this option enabled whenever possible. Disabling
this option leads to increased network traffic. The traffic caused by
aggregators not using caching increases the costs for providers and may decrease the number of feeds are offered in future.</para></note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>
<sect1 id="archive-tab">
<title>Archive</title>
<para>Archiving articles means storing the links of articles. Here you can limit the
number of articles stored and the method used for archiving. These settings are
global settings, used by all feeds within &akregator;. If you want to use a custom
setting for a feed, you can set it in each feed properties dialog in the archive
tab.</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Archive tab</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="archive-tab.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The Archive tab</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Default Archive Settings</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Keep all articles</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>All articles are kept forever.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Limit feed archive size to:</guilabel></term> 
<listitem><para>If the number of articles exceeds the chosen limit, the oldest
articles are deleted. Note that flagged articles are ignored when counting the
number of articles: if your limit is 500, and you have 510 unflagged and 50
flagged articles, &akregator; will ignore the 50 flagged ones and only delete
the 10 oldest unflagged articles. So in this example, 550 articles would be kept.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Delete articles older than:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Articles older than the specified number of days are deleted from the archive, unless they have the keep flag set. &akregator; checks for expired articles at startup and then once per hour, so expiry may be delayed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Disable archiving</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>No articles are stored - all articles are discarded when
quitting &akregator;.</para> </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>


</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Do not expire important articles</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Right clicking on an article opens a context menu where
you can mark this article as Important. Articles marked as Important will not
expire, they will be kept.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>
<sect1 id="appearance-tab">
<title>Appearance</title>
<para>On this page you can configure the appearance of the article viewer and
the browser tabs. You can specify the font sizes and families to be used.
</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Appearance tab</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="appearance-tab.png" format="PNG"
/></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The Appearance tab</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Font Size</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Minimum font size</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Set the minimum size for the article viewer</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Medium font size</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Set the default font size for the article viewer</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Fonts</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Standard font:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>In the article viewer, the content is rendered using
the Standard font in Medium font size. If you change the Standard font,
the change will be applied in the article viewer.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Fixed font:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If the article uses a fixed-width font in the article viewer, the
content will be rendered using this font family in Medium font size. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Serif font:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If the article uses Serif fonts, they will be
rendered using the family you choose here in Medium font size.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Sans serif font:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If the article uses Sans-serif fonts, they will be
rendered using the family you choose here in Medium font size.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Underline links</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Check this if you want links to be underlined by default.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>
<sect1 id="browser-tab">
<title>Browser</title>
<para>This tab allows you to customize the behavior of the internal browser
tabs.</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Browser tab</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="browser-tab.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The Browser tab</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Left mouse click</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>You can choose three actions for the Left mouse click
action: <guilabel>Open in Tab</guilabel> (open the link in a tab and put this
tab in focus), <guilabel>Open in Background Tab</guilabel> (open the link in a
tab but keep the current tab in focus) and <guilabel>Open in External
Browser (open in a new window with your default browser)</guilabel>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Middle mouse click</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>As above, you can set one of the three actions for the
middle mouse click.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>For External Browsing</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Use default &kde; web browser</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this is checked, &akregator; will use the web browser
you set in &kcontrolcenter;. It may be the KDE default, &konqueror;, or another browser
depending on what you set here.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Use this command:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>You can use another web browser for &akregator; other than your
&kde; default. If you wish to do so, check this option and enter the command for the
browser, provided it is in your $<envar>PATH</envar>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show tab close button on hover</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If this option is checked, the close button will appear when
you move your mouse on the left side of the tab title so you can more easily
close tabs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>
<sect1 id="advanced-tab">
<title>Advanced</title>
<para>The Advanced tab allows you to set more advanced options. If you
are not sure about their effect, you can just leave the dafault ones.</para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Advanced tab</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="advanced-tab.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The Advanced tab</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Archive</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Archive backend:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>&akregator; currently only uses the Metakit database but for &kde; 4, &akregator; will offer other database backends.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Article List</guilabel></term>
<listitem>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Mark selected article read after</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Default is 0 seconds, which means that as soon as
you click on an article it is marked as read. You can choose to mark any
article as read after a specified number of seconds.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Reset search bar when changing feeds</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This will clear the search bar when you change feed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect1>
</chapter>

<chapter id="commands">
<title>Command Reference</title>

<sect1 id="akregator-mainwindow">
<title>Menus and Shortcut Keys</title>

<sect2>
<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Import feeds...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> the import feeds dialog</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Export feeds...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> the save as dialog</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>Open</action> the print dialog</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>Quit</action> &akregator;</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>F2</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Edit Feed...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Edit</action> current feed to change its properties in
the Properties dialog</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>Delete</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Delete feed</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Delete</action> current feed</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>Copy selected text to the clipboard</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>Select all text in the article viewer</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>Launch</action> the Find Text dialog to allow you to
search for text in the article viewer</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycap>F3</keycap>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the nearest match (down the list) of the
search term (text or regular expression) searched for within the article viewer, starting
from cursor position</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>View Mode</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Choose</action> the View Mode for &akregator;</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Increase Font Sizes</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Increase</action> the font size in the article
viewer</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Decrease Font Sizes</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Decrease</action> the font size in the article
viewer</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The <guimenu>Go</guimenu> Menu</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>Left</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Previous Article</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the previous article in the article
list</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>-</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Previous Unread Article</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the previous unread
article in the article list</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>Right</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Next Article</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the next article in the article
list</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>+</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Next Unread Article</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the next unread article in the article
list</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>P</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Previous Feed</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the previous feed in the feed
list</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Previous Unread Feed</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the previous unread feed in the feed
list</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>N</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Next Feed</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the next feed in the feed
list</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Go</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Next Unread Feed</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Go</action> to the next unread feed in the feed
list</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The <guimenu>Feed</guimenu> Menu</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>Insert</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Feed</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Add Feed...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> the Add Feed dialog</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Insert</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Feed</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>New Folder...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> the Add Folder dialog</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Feed</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Mark Feed as Read</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Mark</action> the current feed as read</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl; &Shift;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Feed</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Mark All Feeds as Read</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Mark</action> all feeds as already
read</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>F5</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Feed</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Fetch Feed</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Fetch</action> the current feed</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>L</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Feed</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Fetch All Feeds</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Fetch</action> all feeds</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>Escape</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Feed</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Abort Fetches</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Stop</action> &akregator; fetching
feeds</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The <guimenu>Article</guimenu> Menu</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Article</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Open in Tab</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> the current article in a
tab within &akregator;</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl; &Shift;<keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Article</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Open in External Browser.</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> the current article iin
an external browser</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>I</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Article</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Mark as Important</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Mark</action> the current article as
important</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Article</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Mark as</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Mark</action> the current article as
Read, New or Unread</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycap>Delete</keycap></shortcut>
<guimenu>Article</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Delete</action> the current article</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Article</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send Link Address...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> your mail client and attach the link
in the mail.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Article</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send File...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> your mail client and attach the file
in the mail.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Toolbars</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the toolbars</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>

<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Statusbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the statusbar</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Quick Filter</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the Quick Filter (Show/Hide it)
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>The Quick Filter</screeninfo>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="quick-filter.png" format="PNG" /></imageobject>
<textobject><phrase>The Quick Filter</phrase></textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Notifications...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Display</action> the Notifications Settings dialog
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure &akregator;...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Display</action> the &akregator; settings dialog
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Open</action> standard &kde; setting dialog that allows
you to choose different shortcut keys for different actions
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem><para><action>Configure</action> the items you want to put in the
toolbar
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
&help.menu.documentation;
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>

<chapter id="credits">

<title>Credits and License</title>

<para>
&akregator;
</para>
<para>
Program copyright 2004-2006 Frank Osterfeld
<email>frank.osterfeld@kdemail.net</email> 
</para>

<para>
Documentation copyright 2006 
Frank Osterfeld <email>frank.osterfeld@kdemail.net</email>
</para>

<para>
Documentation copyright 2006
&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf; &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;
</para>

<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
&underFDL;               <!-- FDL: do not remove -->
&underGPL;           <!-- GPL License -->

</chapter>

<appendix id="installation">
<title>Installation</title>

<sect1 id="getting-akregator">
<title>How to obtain &akregator;</title>

&install.intro.documentation;

</sect1>

<sect1 id="compilation">
<title>Compilation and installation</title>

&install.compile.documentation;

</sect1>
</appendix>

&documentation.index;
</book>