<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&knotes;"> <!ENTITY package "kdepim"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title >The &knotes; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author ><firstname >Fabian</firstname > <surname >Dal Santo</surname > <affiliation > <address ><email >linuxgnu@yahoo.com.au</email ></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> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Andrew</firstname ><surname >Coles</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </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 >2003-09-18</date> <releaseinfo >3.0</releaseinfo> <abstract ><para >&knotes; is a sticky notes application for the desktop.</para ></abstract> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >Knotes</keyword> <keyword >kdeutils</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 colour and font may be customised for each note. You may also customise the defaults. </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; panel icon and select <guimenuitem >New Note</guimenuitem > or using the shortcut <keycombo action="simul" >&Alt;&Shift;<keycap >N</keycap ></keycombo >.</para> <para >You can create a new note containing the contents of the clipboard by selecting <guimenuitem >New Note From Clipboard</guimenuitem > or using the shortcut <keycombo action="simul" >&Alt;&Shift;<keycap >C</keycap ></keycombo >.</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 ><guimenuitem >Undo</guimenuitem ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guimenuitem >Redo</guimenuitem ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guimenuitem >Cut</guimenuitem ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guimenuitem >Copy</guimenuitem ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guimenuitem >Paste</guimenuitem ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guimenuitem >Clear</guimenuitem ></para ></listitem> <listitem ><para ><guimenuitem >Select All</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 &RMB; click on the title bar of the note 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 title bar and select <guimenuitem >Rename...</guimenuitem >.</para> <para >Type the new name of the note in the dialogue that appears. To accept the new name, press the <guibutton >OK</guibutton > button. To exit the dialogue without renaming the note, press the <guibutton >Cancel</guibutton > button. To clear what you have typed and start over, click the <guibutton >Clear</guibutton > button.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Mailing a note:</term> <listitem> <para >To mail a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem >Mail...</guimenuitem >.</para > <para >What happens next depends on how you configured the Mail action in the <guilabel >Preferences...</guilabel > dialogue.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Printing a note:</term> <listitem> <para >To print a note &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem >Print</guimenuitem >.</para> <para >A standard &kde; print dialogue will open.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Deleting a note:</term> <listitem> <para >To delete a note &RMB; click on the note title bar 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 title bar of the note. The note will no longer be displayed on the screen. The note itself will not be deleted.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Displaying notes:</term> <listitem> <para >When you start &knotes;, all notes will display on the screen. If you hide a note and later want to display it, &LMB; on the &knotes; panel icon and select the note you wish to display.</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 title bar of the note and select <guimenuitem >Always On Top</guimenuitem >.</para > <para >To return the note to more normal window behaviour, simply repeat this process.</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 Defaults</guilabel > dialogue will open.</para> <variablelist> <title >The <guilabel >Display</guilabel > Section</title> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Text colour:</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >The colour square shows the current text colour. By clicking this colour square you open the standard &kde; colour selection dialogue.</para ></listitem > </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Background colour:</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >The colour square shows the current background colour. By clicking this colour square you open the standard &kde; colour selection dialogue.</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> </variablelist> <variablelist> <title >The <guilabel >Editor</guilabel > 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 >Not yet implemented</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Title Font: Click to Change</guilabel ></term> <listitem ><para >You can change the font used for the title of your notes.</para> <para >Click this button to open the standard &kde; font selection dialogue.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><guilabel >Text Font: Click to Change</guilabel ></term> <listitem> <para >You can change the font used for the text of your notes.</para> <para >Click this button to open the standard &kde; font selection dialogue.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <variablelist> <title >The <guilabel >Actions</guilabel > 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 filename of the note body to the mail command.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="customizing-display"> <title >Customising a Single Note Display</title> <para >You can customise each note independently of the global settings. The settings you can customise 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 customise a single note display &RMB; click on the note title bar and select <guimenuitem >Preferences...</guimenuitem >.</para> <para >The <guilabel >Local Settings</guilabel > dialogue 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 <email >wuebben@kde.org</email ></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 <email >linuxgnu@yahoo.com.au</email > and 2003 by &Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;.</para> <para >Andrew Coles<email >andrew_coles@yahoo.co.uk</email ></para > &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 -->