<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book id="knotes" lang="&language;"> <bookinfo id="knotesinfo"> <title>The &knotes; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Fabian</firstname> <surname>Dal Santo</surname> <affiliation> <address>&Fabian.DalSanto.mail;</address> </affiliation> </author> <author> <firstname>Greg</firstname> <othername>M.</othername> <surname>Holmes</surname> </author> <othercredit role="reviewer"> <firstname>Lauri</firstname> <surname>Watts</surname> <contrib>Reviewer</contrib> </othercredit> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>2000</year> <holder>&Greg.M.Holmes;</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>2001</year> <holder>Fabian Del Santo</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2016-07-28</date> <releaseinfo>5.3.40 (Applications 16.08)</releaseinfo> <abstract><para>&knotes; is a sticky notes application for the desktop.</para></abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>Knotes</keyword> <keyword>notes</keyword> <keyword>popup</keyword> <keyword>pop-up</keyword> <keyword>knotes</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para>&knotes; is a program that lets you write the computer equivalent of sticky notes. The notes are saved automatically when you exit the program, and they display when you open the program. </para> <para>You may print and mail your notes if you configure &knotes; to use helper applications. </para> <para>Display features of notes such as color and font may be customized for each note. You may also customize the defaults. </para> <para>After starting &knotes; for the first time you will have a resource installed that saves all notes in a maildir folder under <filename>notes</filename> in <filename class="directory">$(qtpaths --paths GenericDataLocation)</filename>. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="using-knotes"> <title>Using &knotes;</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Creating a new note:</term> <listitem> <para>To create a new note &RMB; click on the &knotes; tray icon and select <guimenuitem>New Note</guimenuitem>.</para> <para>You can create a new note containing the contents of the clipboard by selecting <guimenuitem>New Note From Clipboard</guimenuitem> or use <guimenuitem>New Note From Text File</guimenuitem>.</para> <para>Now a dialog will appear which allows you to select a folder to save your note:</para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Select Notes Folder</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="select-notes-folder.png" format="PNG" /> </imageobject> <textobject><phrase>Select Notes Folder</phrase></textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>Select a default folder here to skip this dialog creating new notes.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Writing your note:</term> <listitem> <para>To write your note, simply type the note in the space provided. Normal keyboard and mouse editing functions are supported. <mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> clicking in the editing space provides the following menu options:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Clear</guimenuitem></para></listitem> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Check Spelling</guimenuitem></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Auto Spell Check</guimenuitem></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Allow Tabulations</guimenuitem></para></listitem> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycap>F3</keycap> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Find Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Replace</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Speak Text</guimenuitem></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Insert Date</guimenuitem></para></listitem> <listitem><para><guimenuitem>Insert Checkmark</guimenuitem></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Text may be selected by holding down the &LMB; and moving the mouse, or by holding down the &Shift; key and using the <keycap>arrow</keycap> keys.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Inserting the date:</term> <listitem> <para>To insert the current date in the note use the context menu of the editing space and select <guimenuitem>Insert Date</guimenuitem>.</para> <para>The current date and time will be inserted at the cursor position in the text of the note.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Renaming a note:</term> <listitem> <para>To rename a note &RMB; click on the note titlebar and select <guimenuitem>Rename...</guimenuitem>.</para> <para>Type the new name of the note in the dialog that appears. To accept the new name, press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button. To exit the dialog without renaming the note, press the <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> button.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Mailing a note:</term> <listitem> <para>To mail a note &RMB; click on the note titlebar and select <guimenuitem>Mail...</guimenuitem>.</para> <para>What happens next depends on how you configured the Mail action in the <guilabel>Settings</guilabel> dialog.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Printing a note:</term> <listitem> <para>To print a note &RMB; click on the note titlebar and select <menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Print</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> <para>A standard &kde; print dialog will open.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Deleting a note:</term> <listitem> <para>To delete a note &RMB; click on the note titlebar and select <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Hiding a note:</term> <listitem> <para>To hide a note, click the <guiicon>X</guiicon> in the upper right corner of the titlebar of the note or select <menuchoice><shortcut> &Esc;</shortcut><guimenuitem>Hide</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> in the context menu. The note will no longer be displayed on the screen. The note itself will not be deleted.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Setting an alarm:</term> <listitem> <para>Select <guimenuitem>Set Alarm</guimenuitem> in the context menu of the note titlebar. Check <guilabel>Alarm at</guilabel> in the next dialog and adjust the date and time for the reminder. At alarm time a popup window will be displayed and list all notes with the actual alarm date.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Sending a note:</term> <listitem> <para>To send a note to an other computer select <guimenuitem>Send...</guimenuitem> in the context menu of the note titlebar. Add a hostname or ip or choose a recipient from the list of previously sent notes. If the recipients has enabled incoming notes, the note will appear on his screen, indicating the sender id in the titlebar.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Locking a note:</term> <listitem> <para>To prevent accidental changes in a note select <guimenuitem>Lock</guimenuitem> in the context menu of the note titlebar.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Saving a note:</term> <listitem> <para>To save a note select <guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> in the context menu of the note titlebar. The note can be saved as a plain text file or in &HTML; format, if <guilabel>Rich text</guilabel> is enabled.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Displaying notes:</term> <listitem> <para>When you start &knotes;, all notes are hidden. If you want to display them, &LMB; on the &knotes; panel icon and select the note you wish to display.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Searching in all notes:</term> <listitem> <para>Click with the &RMB; on the panel icon and select <menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> </shortcut><guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem></menuchoice> in the context menu.</para> <para>A standard &kde; dialog will open where you enter the text to be searched for in all notes.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Desktop functions:</term> <listitem> <para>To send a note to a specific desktop, &RMB; click on the title bar of the note and select <guisubmenu>To Desktop</guisubmenu>. Choose the desktop desired, or alternatively, <guimenuitem>All Desktops</guimenuitem></para> <para>To make the note remain on top of other windows &RMB; click on the titlebar of the note and select <guimenuitem>Keep Above Others</guimenuitem>.</para> <para>To return the note to more normal window behavior, select <guimenuitem>Keep Below Others</guimenuitem>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Quitting &knotes;</term> <listitem> <para>To quit &knotes; &RMB; click on the panel icon and select <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </chapter> <chapter id="configuration"> <title>Configuration</title> <sect1 id="defaults"> <title>Configuring &knotes; Default Settings</title> <para>To configure &knotes; &RMB; click on the panel icon. Select <guimenuitem>Configure KNotes...</guimenuitem> The &knotes; <guilabel>KNotes Settings</guilabel> dialog will open.</para> <variablelist> <title>The Display Section</title> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Text color:</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>The color square shows the current text color. By clicking this color square you open the standard &kde; color selection dialog.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Background color:</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>The color square shows the current background color. By clicking this color square you open the standard &kde; color selection dialog.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Default width:</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>The width of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Default height:</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>The height of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Show note in taskbar</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>By default, &knotes; notes do not show an entry in the taskbar for each note. If you prefer they do so, enable this option.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Remember desktop</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>If you use several virtual desktops and this option is selected, notes will appear only on the specific desktop.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <variablelist> <title>The Editor Section</title> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Tab Size</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>This is the size of the indent produced by the 	 key in spaces. Edit this number as desired.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Auto Indent</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>This is a check box. If selected, auto-indenting is on.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Rich text</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para>Check this option to have a format toolbar at the bottom of any note window.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Title font:</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>You can change the font used for the title of your notes.</para> <para>Click <guibutton>Choose...</guibutton> to open the standard &kde; font selection dialog.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Text font</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para>You can change the font used for the text of your notes.</para> <para>Click <guibutton>Choose...</guibutton> to open the standard &kde; font selection dialog.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <variablelist> <title>The Actions Section</title> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Mail action</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>Type a mail command and any required command line switches in this box.</para> <para>By using <token>%f</token> in the command line you can pass the plain text of the note and by using <token>%t</token> the title of the note to the mail command.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <variablelist> <title>The Network Section</title> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Accept incoming notes</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>Enable this option to allow receiving notes from other computers.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Sender ID</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>The id will be shown in the note title together with the original title, hostname or ip and date of sending.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Port</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>The port used for sending the notes via the network, default is 24837.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <variablelist> <title>The Print Section</title> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Theme</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>The theme used to print the note.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <variablelist> <title>The Collections Section</title> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Folders</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>On this tab you can select which folders are shown activating the checkbox in front of folders, change the default saving folder and add subfolders for notes.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Accounts</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>On this tab you can edit the local maildir folders to be used for notes.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <variablelist> <title>The Misc Section</title> <varlistentry> <term>Misc settings</term> <listitem><para>Enable to display the number of notes in the tray icon</para> <para>To customize the default title you can use <userinput>%d</userinput> for current date in short format, <userinput>%I</userinput> for current date in long format and <userinput>%t</userinput> for current time.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="customizing-display"> <title>Customizing a Single Note Display</title> <para>You can customize each note independently of the global settings. The settings you can customize are identical to those described in the <link linkend="configuration">Configuration</link> section, but they will apply only to the note you are changing. Any other open notes, and any new notes you create, will use the default settings.</para> <para>To customize a single note display &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem>Preferences...</guimenuitem>.</para> <para>A dialog with the <guilabel>Display Settings</guilabel> and <guilabel>Editor Settings</guilabel> pages will open, allowing you to configure the note.</para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para>&knotes;</para> <para>Program copyright 1997 Bernd Wuebben &Bernd.Johannes.Wuebben.mail;</para> <para>Contributors:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Wynn Wilkes <email>wynnw@calderasystems.com</email></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Documentation copyright 2000 &Greg.M.Holmes; <email>holmegm@earthlink.net</email></para> <para>Documentation updated 2001 by Fabian Del Santo &Fabian.DalSanto.mail; and 2003 by &Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;.</para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; &underGPL; </chapter> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: // vim:ts=2:sw=2:tw=78:noet -->
