<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" > --> <!-- Uncomment the previous two lines to validate this document --> <!-- standalone. Be sure to recomment them before attempting to --> <!-- process index.docbook --> <chapter id="using-kbabeldict"> <chapterinfo> <!-- Fill in this section if this document has a different author --> <authorgroup> <author> <personname ><firstname ></firstname ><surname ></surname ></personname> </author> </authorgroup> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </chapterinfo> <title >Using &kbabeldict;</title> <anchor id="kbabeldict"/> <para >&kbabeldict; is a simple interface for translation modules for &kbabel;. It allows you to search for translations. </para> <screenshot> <screeninfo >Screenshot of &kbabeldict;</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="snap_kbabeldict.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject ><phrase >Screenshot of &kbabeldict;</phrase ></textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para >The screenshot above does not contain settings for selected module. You can show them using <guibutton >Show Settings</guibutton >. Preferences widget for selected module will be shown on the right side of the window. The &kbabeldict; window then looks like this: </para> <screenshot> <screeninfo >Screenshot of &kbabeldict;</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="snap_kbabeldict2.png" format="PNG"/> </imageobject> <textobject ><phrase >Screenshot of &kbabeldict; with shown settings</phrase ></textobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para >The usage is very simple. You select a module to in the <guilabel >Search in module</guilabel > combo-box. Then you enter the phrase to lookup and press <guibutton >Start Search</guibutton >. All found messages are shown in the list below, which is the same as a tool in the &kbabel; main window. Searching can be stopped by pressing <guilabel >Stop</guilabel >. In case you want to search in translated text, not in original English message, you should use <guilabel >Search in translations</guilabel >. </para> <para >Buttons on the bottom of the window can be used for closing &kbabeldict;, showing/hiding the module settings or displaying a dialogue with credits for &kbabeldict; and the modules themselves. </para> <note> <para >For description of the standard modules and their settings see <xref linkend="dictionaries"/>. </para> </note> </chapter> <!-- Local Variables: mode: xml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: vim:tabstop=2:shiftwidth=2:expandtab -->