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<!-- Kopete Handbook, Menus Chapter copyright 2003 Will Stephenson. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License -->
<chapter id="menus">
<title>Menu Entries</title>
<para>Each menu item is discussed below. When there is a keyboard shortcut that
performs a menu item function, the default shortcut is listed with the menu item.</para>
<sect1 id="menus-contactlist">
<title>The Contact List Window's Menus</title>
<sect2 id="menus-contactlist-file">
<title><guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Set Status</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Online</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Go online with all accounts</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Set Status</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Away</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Set all connected accounts away</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Set Status</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Offline</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Set all accounts offline</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Add Contact...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This displays the Add Contact Wizard, which allows you to add a new contact to your list</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>File</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Create New Group...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Prompts you for the new group's name and adds it to the contact list.</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>Disconnects you from all &im; systems, closes all the windows and exits the application.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-contactlist-edit">
<title><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>Reverts the last change that was made to the contact list.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Reverts the last change that was made to the contact list by <guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send Single Message...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Opens an email-style message window with the selected contact, to send a single message.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Start Chat...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Opens a chat window with the selected contact, to have a conversation.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send File...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>If supported by the &im; system, this opens a file selector to choose a file to send to the selected contact.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Move To</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose another group from the sub-menu, and the contact will move to that group.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Copy To</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose a group from the sub-menu, and the contact will be copied to group. &im; systems that allow contacts to be in more than one group on the server contact list will be updated accordingly.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo><keycap>Delete</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>(Enabled when a contact is selected) Removes a contact from the contact list entirely.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Rename Contact</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>(Enabled when a contact is selected) Renames the contact on the contact list. If you do this, the contact list entry will no longer change if the contact changes their display name remotely. You can re-enable this using the contact's Properties dialog.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Add Contact...</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>(Enabled when a contact is selected) Choose another account from the submenu, and you can add another way to message that person using that account.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Add to Your Contact List...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>(Enabled when a contact is selected) Sometimes people will message you who aren't on your contact list already. In this case, &kopete; creates a temporary entry for them, but to keep them on your contact list, use this function.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>The Properties dialog lets you choose custom icons for the selected item, and change its name.</para>
<para>For contacts, you can change the &kde; Address Book entry that they are associated with.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Remove Group</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>(Enabled when a group is selected) Removes a group from the contact list entirely. Any contacts that are only in this group are moved to the top level.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Rename Group</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>(Enabled when a group is selected) Renames the group.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-settings">
<title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>View Menubar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows/hides the menu bar.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>View Toolbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows/hides the tool bar.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>View Statusbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows/hides the status bar.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Offline Users</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This shows/hides contacts who are currently offline. They will become visible when they go online again.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Empty Groups</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This shows/hides groups which do not have any members, or where all the members are offline and hidden (see above).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows the &kde; standard Configure Shortcuts dialog, where you can change keyboard shortcuts that work in the Contact List's windows.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Global Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Displays the &kde; standard Configure Global Shortcuts dialog, where you can change keyboard shortcuts that work all the time under &kde;.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Displays the &kde; standard Configure Toolbars dialog, which lets you customise the Contact List's toolbars.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Kopete...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Displays the <link linkend="configure-dialog">Configure Kopete</link> dialog. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Plugins...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Displays the <link linkend="configuring-load-plugins-dialog">Configure Plugins</link> dialog.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-help">
<title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
<para>These are the &kde; standard items for the <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu:</para>
&help.menu.documentation;
</sect2>
</sect1> <!-- menus-contactlist -->
<sect1 id="menus-chatwindow">
<title>The Chat Window's Menus</title>
<sect2 id="menus-chatwindow-chat">
<title><guimenu>Chat</guimenu> Menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>&Enter;</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Chat</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Send Message</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Sends a message.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Chat</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Saves the content of the chat to a file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Chat</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Prints off a hard copy of the chat.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Chat</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Contacts</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This menu lists all the people in the chat. You have access to the same contact menu you get by <mousebutton>right</mousebutton>-clicking a contact's name in the Contact List, allowing you to perform contact specific actions such as sending them a file, viewing their user info or blocking them.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Chat</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Closes the current chat. If there are chats taking place in other tabs in this window, the window will stay open.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Chat</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Closes all chats taking place in this window.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-chatwindow-edit">
<title><guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Cutting text works as with most editors: the selected text is
removed and put into the clipboard. Note that you can also select text and
drag it to a new position.</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>Copying text works as with most editors: the selected text is copied to the clipboard.
Note that you can also select text while holding the &Ctrl; key, and drag it to a new
position to copy it.</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>Pasting works the same as with most editors: the text from the
clipboard is pasted at the current cursor position.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-chatwindow-format">
<title><guimenu>Format</guimenu> Menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Add Smiley</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This menu contains all the smileys/emoticons that the current emoticon scheme includes. You can change the scheme <link linkend="configuring-appearance-emoticons">in the Configure Kopete Dialog</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Text Color...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Opens a color selector that modifies the text color.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Background Color...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Opens a color selector that modifies the background color.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Font</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This menu allows you to change the font used in the chat.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Format</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Font Size</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This menu allows you to change the font size used in the chat.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-chatwindow-tabs">
<title><guimenu>Tabs</guimenu> Menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tabs</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Tab Placement</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This menu allows you to change whether tabs appear at the top or the bottom of the chat view.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Tabs</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Detach Chat</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Separates the current chat into its own window.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Tabs</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Move Chat to Window</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>You can move chats between windows using this menu. Choose the chat window the tab should move to from the menu.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-chatwindow-tools">
<title><guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu</title>
<para>This menu contains items added by the plugins you have loaded. See the <link linkend="plugins">plugins chapter</link> for details.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-chatwindow-settings">
<title><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Menubar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Separates the current chat into its own window.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Toolbars</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Main Toolbar (Kopete)</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows/hides the main toolbar.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Toolbars</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Status (Kopete)</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows/hides &kopete;'s status bar. This is where buddy pictures appear.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Toolbars</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Format Toolbar (Kopete)</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows/hides the text formatting toolbar.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Show Statusbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Separates the current chat into its own window.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Show Chat Members List</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>This menu controls whether the Chat Members List appears on the left or right of the Chat View, and whether it is visible at all.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows the &kde; standard Configure Shortcuts dialog, where you can change keyboard shortcuts that work in the chat window.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Displays the &kde; standard Configure Toolbars dialog, which lets you customise the chat window's toolbars.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menus-chatwindow-help">
<title><guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
<para>These are the &kde; standard items for the <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu:</para>
&help.menu.documentation;
</sect2>
<!--
<varlistentry>
<term>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Chat</guimenu>
<guimenuitem></guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>
</term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-->
</sect1> <!-- menus-chatwindow -->
</chapter> <!-- menus -->
<!--
CHAT
Send Message
Save
Print...
Contacts>
Close
Quit
EDIT
Cut
Copy
Paste
FORMAT
Add Smiley>
Text Color...
Background Color...
Font>
Font Size>
TABS
Tab Placement>
Detach Chat
Move Chat to Window>
(TOOLS
Send Media Info)
SETTINGS
Show Menubar
Toolbars>
Show Main Toolbar (Kopete)
Show Status (Kopete)
Show Format Toolbar (Kopete)
Show Statusbar
Chat Members List>
Place to Left of Chat Area
Place to Right of Chat Area
Show
Configure Shortcuts...
Configure Toolbars...
HELP
-->
<!--FILE
Connection>
Connect All
Disconnect All
Status>
Set Available Globally
Set Away Globally
Add Contact...
Create New Group...
Save ContactList
Quit
EDIT
Send Message..
Start Chat...
Send File...
Move To>
(Group List)
Copy To>
(Group List)
Remove From Group
(on Group)
Remove Group
Rename Group
(on Contact)
Remove Contact
Rename Contact
Add Contact
Add To Contact List
View History
Properties
SETTINGS
View Menubar
View Toolbar
View Statusbar
Show Offline Users
Show Empty Groups
Configure Shortcuts...
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