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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY kappname "&kedit;">
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<!ENTITY package "tdeutils">
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE">
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]>
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &kedit; Handbook</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author><firstname>Thad</firstname><surname>McGinnis</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address><email>ctmcginnis@compuserve.com</email></address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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<othercredit role="reviewer">
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<firstname>Lauri</firstname>
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<surname>Watts</surname>
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<affiliation><address><email>lauri@kde.org</email></address></affiliation>
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<contrib>Reviewer</contrib>
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</othercredit>
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2003-09-16</date>
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<releaseinfo>1.3</releaseinfo>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<abstract><para>This Handbook describes &kedit;, a simple
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text editor for &kde;</para> </abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KEdit</keyword>
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<keyword>text editor</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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<copyright>
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<year>2000</year>
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<holder>Thad McGinnis</holder>
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</copyright>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>&kedit; is a text editor for the &kde; Desktop. It is a
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small editor which can be used with &konqueror; for text and
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configuration file browsing. &kedit; also serves well for creating small
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plain text documents. It is not meant to be a programmers editor, in
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particular it is not meant to replace any of the more powerful editors
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such as &kate;, <application>XEmacs</application> or
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<application>Emacs</application>. &kedit;'s functionality will
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intentionally remain rather limited to ensure a reasonably fast
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start.</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="on-screen-fundamentals">
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<title>Some Fundamentals</title>
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<para>&kedit; is very simple to use. Anyone that has used a text editor
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should have no problems. </para>
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<sect1 id="drag-and-drop">
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<title>Drag and Drop</title>
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<para>&kedit; uses the &kde; Drag and Drop protocol. Files may be
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dragged and dropped onto &kedit; from the Desktop, &konqueror;, or some
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remote &FTP; site opened in one of &konqueror;'s windows. </para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="command-line-options">
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<title>Command Line Options</title>
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<para>Though &kedit; may most often be started from the &kde; program
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menu, or a desktop icon, it can also be opened at the command line
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prompt of a terminal window. There are a few useful options that are
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available when doing this.</para>
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<sect2 id="specify-a-file">
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<title>Specify a File</title>
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<para>By specifying the path and name of a particular file the user can
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have &kedit; open (or create) that file immediately upon startup.This
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option might look something like the following:</para>
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<informalexample>
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<screen><prompt>%</prompt><userinput><command>kedit</command> <replaceable>/home/myhome/docs/myfile.txt</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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</informalexample>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="editing-files-on-the-internet">
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<title>Specify a file on the Internet</title>
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<para>The above-mentioned method could even be used to open files on the
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internet (if the user has an active connection at the time.) An example
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of this might look like the following:</para>
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<informalexample>
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<screen><prompt>%</prompt><userinput><command>kedit</command> <replaceable>ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/Welcome.msg</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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</informalexample>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Other Command Line Options</title>
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<para>The following command line help options are available</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>kedit</command> <option>--help</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This lists the most basic options available at the command
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line.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>kedit</command> <option>--help-qt</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This lists the options available for changing the way &kedit;
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interacts with &Qt;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>kedit</command> <option>--help-kde</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This lists the options available for changing the way &kedit;
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interacts with &kde;.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>kedit</command> <option>--help-all</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This lists all of the command line options.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>kedit</command> <option>--author</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Lists &kedit;'s authors in the terminal window</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><command>kedit</command> <option>--version</option></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Lists version information for &Qt;, &kde;, and &kedit;. Also
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available through <command>kedit</command> <option>-V</option></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="keybindings">
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<title>Key Bindings</title>
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<para>Many of the key bindings (shortcuts) are configurable by way of
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the <link linkend="settings">Settings</link> menu. By default &kedit;
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honors the following key bindings.</para>
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<informaltable>
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>Key Binding</entry>
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<entry>Action</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<!-- Insert mode appears to have disappeared again
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Insert</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Toggle between Insert and Overwrite mode.</action></entry>
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</row>
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-->
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Left Arrow</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor one character leftwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Right Arrow</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor one character rightwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Up Arrow</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor one line upwards</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Down Arrow</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor one line downwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Page Up</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor one page upwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Page Down</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor one page downwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Backspace</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Delete the character to the left of the cursor.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Home</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor to the beginning of the line.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>End</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor to the end of the line.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycap>Delete</keycap></entry>
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<entry><action>Delete the character to the right of the cursor.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Left
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Arrow</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Mark text one character leftwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Right
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Arrow</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Mark text one character rightwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Select all the text in the document.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>B</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor one character leftwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Copy the marked text to the clipboard.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Delete the character to the right of the
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cursor.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>E</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor to the end of the line.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Search for text in the document.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Go to line.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Delete the character to the left of the
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cursor.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>K</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Create a new document</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Move the cursor one line downwards.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Print.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Paste the clipboard text into the document at the text
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cursor position.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Cut the marked text, copying it to the
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clipboard.</action></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>Y</keycap></keycombo></entry>
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<entry><action>Yank (paste) the content of the kill-buffer (clipboard)
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into the document, at the current cursor position.</action></entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="the-menu-entries">
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<title>The Menu Entries</title>
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<sect1 id="file">
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<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="new"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This starts a new Document in a new instance of the
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editor.</action></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="open"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This command opens a file.</action> It does this by means
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of a dialog box which allows the user to navigate the file
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system.</para>
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<para>The dialog operates like a small file manager. Clicking on
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folders displayed in the central window directs the dialog to enter
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that folder - displaying its contents. There is an entry/drop down
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box which can be used to directly type in the location and name of the
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file or by clicking the arrow at the side choose from a drop down list of
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recently used locations.</para>
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<para> Below this is a filter which similarly may have data entered
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directly or chosen from a drop down list of recent filter types. The
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filter facility lets only files that meet its specifications be
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displayed in the central window. If the filter contained text such as
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<literal role="extension">*.txt</literal> then only files with the txt
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extension would be visible in the selection window.</para>
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<para>The toolbar has left and right arrow buttons that let the user
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move back and forth through previously selected folders as well as
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an up arrow button for moving up the folder tree. The button with the
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little house takes the user to his or her home folder, and the one
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with the two arrows curved in on each other updates the view of the
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current folder. The flag button lets the user set a new bookmark at
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the current folder or go to one that was previously set. The icon of
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the folder with the sparkle on it, allows you to create a new
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folder. Finally there is drop down box on the toolbar with a list of
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some commonly frequented folders.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="open-recent"/><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open
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Recent</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This is a shortcut to open recently saved
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documents.</action> Clicking on this item opens a list to the side of
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the menu with a list of several of the most recently saved
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files. Clicking on a specific file will open it in &kedit; - if the file
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still resides at the same location. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="save"/><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This saves the current document.</action> If there has
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already been a save of the document then this will overwrite the
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previously saved file without asking for the user's consent.</para>
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<note>
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<para>The editor can be configured to make a <link
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linkend="backuppref">backup</link>.</para>
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</note>
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<para>If it is the first save of a new document the save as dialog
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(described below) will be invoked.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="save-as"/><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save
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As...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This allows a document to be saved with a new file
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name.</action> This is done by means of the file dialog box described
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above in the <link linkend="open">Open</link> section of this help
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file.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="print"/><menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This opens a simple print dialog allowing the user to
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specify what, where, and how to print.</action> The user can choose
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between the standard <command>lpr</command> or a custom command as well
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as whether to print the whole document or a selected section.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="mail"/><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Mail...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This is used to email the current document.</action> It
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calls a mail dialog whereby the user can enter the address and subject
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for the message.</para>
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<para>You may set your preferred mail client in &kcontrol;</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="close"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap> </keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This will close the editor window</action>, if you have
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more than one instance of &kedit; running, those instances will not be
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closed.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="quit"/><menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap>
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</keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This closes the editor.</action></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="edit">
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<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="undo"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This is used to eliminate or reverse the most recent user
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action or operation.</action></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="redo"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This will reverse the most recent change</action> (if any)
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made using <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="cut"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This command deletes the current selection and places it
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on the clipboard.</action> The clipboard is a feature of &kde; that
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works invisibly to provide a way to transfer data between
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applications.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="copy"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This copies the currently selected text to the clipboard
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so that it may be pasted elsewhere.</action> The clipboard is a feature
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of &kde; that works invisibly to provide a way to transfer data between
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applications.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="paste"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This will insert the contents of the clipboard at the
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cursor position.</action> The clipboard is feature of &kde; that works
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|
invisibly to provide a way to transfer data between applications.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="select-all"/><menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Select
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|
All</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem>
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<para><action>This will select the entire document.</action> This could
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|
be very useful for copying the entire file to another
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|
application.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><anchor id="find"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
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<para><action>This opens the find dialog</action> which is used to
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specify the text to <guilabel>Find</guilabel> in the document. There is
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|
small text box for entering the search pattern. Two other options are
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|
included to make the search more efficient. Selecting <guilabel>Case
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|
sensitive</guilabel> will limit finds to entries that match the case
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|
(upper or lower) of each of the characters in the search
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|
pattern. <guilabel>Find backwards</guilabel> directs the search to
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|
proceed in an upwardly direction.</para>
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|
</listitem>
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|
</varlistentry>
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|
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<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="find-again"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul"><keycap>F3</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find
|
|
Next</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>This repeats the last find operation, if any, without
|
|
calling the find dialog box.</action></para>
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</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
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|
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<varlistentry>
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|
<term><anchor id="replace"/><menuchoice> <shortcut><keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Replace...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>This command opens the replace dialog box.</action> The
|
|
replace dialog is similar to the above-mentioned find dialog but with
|
|
the addition of a <guilabel>Replace with:</guilabel> text box. Using
|
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this dialog the user can specify both the text to be found and text with
|
|
which to replace it. This dialog also contains two additional buttons.
|
|
The <guilabel>Replace</guilabel> button allows the user to make one
|
|
replacement at a time which is useful when not all instances of the
|
|
searched for text should be replaced. The <guilabel>Replace
|
|
All</guilabel> button should be used with caution as it will immediately
|
|
replace every instance of the specified text.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
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|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="insertfile"/>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert
|
|
File...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This opens the <guimenu>File</guimenu><link
|
|
linkend="open"><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></link> dialog box whereby
|
|
the user can <action>insert a complete file in the open
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|
document.</action> The file will be entered at the position of the
|
|
blinking text cursor.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="insertdate"/>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Insert
|
|
Date</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>This will enter the current date at the position of the
|
|
blinking text cursor.</action></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="cleanspaces"/>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clean
|
|
Spaces</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Choosing this item will remove from any <emphasis>selected
|
|
text</emphasis> any extra spaces and all carriage returns (the code for
|
|
the end of a paragraph brought about by pressing the
|
|
<keycap>Enter</keycap> key.)<action> In other words, any occurrences of
|
|
two or more spaces will be reduced to one space; and all paragraphs and
|
|
blank lines will be reduced to one single
|
|
paragraph.</action></para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
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|
|
<sect1 id="Go">
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|
<title>The <guimenu>Go</guimenu> Menu</title>
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|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="go-to-line"/><menuchoice>
|
|
<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
|
|
&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
|
|
<guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Go to
|
|
Line...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>This opens the goto line dialog box which is used to have
|
|
the cursor jump to a particular line (specified by number) in the
|
|
document.</action> The line number may be entered directly into the text
|
|
box or graphically by clicking on the up or down arrow spin controls at
|
|
the side of the text box. The little up arrow will increase the line
|
|
number and the down arrow decrease it.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="tools">
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|
<title>The <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="Spelling..."/><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Spelling...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>This initiates the spell checking program - a program
|
|
designed to help the user catch and correct any spelling
|
|
errors.</action> Clicking on this entry will start the checker and bring
|
|
up the speller dialog box through which the user can control the
|
|
process. There are three text boxes lined up vertically just to the
|
|
left of center with their corresponding labels further to the left.
|
|
Starting at the top they are:</para>
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|
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|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Misspelled word:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Here, the spell checker indicates the word currently under
|
|
consideration. This happens when the checker encounters a word not in
|
|
its dictionary - a file containing a list of correctly spelled words
|
|
against which it compares each word in the editor.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Replacement:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para> If the checker has any similar words in its dictionary the first
|
|
one will be listed here. The user can accept the suggestion, type in
|
|
his or her own correction, or choose a different suggestion from the
|
|
next box.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Suggestions:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The checker may list here a number of possible replacements for
|
|
the word under consideration. Clicking on any one of the suggestions
|
|
will cause that word to be entered in the
|
|
<guilabel>Replacement:</guilabel> box, above.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>On dialog box are 8 buttons that allow the user to control the
|
|
spell check process. They are:</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guibutton>Replace</guibutton></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This button has the checker replace the word under consideration
|
|
in the document with the word in the <guilabel>Replacement:</guilabel>
|
|
box.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guibutton>Replace All</guibutton></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This button causes the checker to replace not only the current
|
|
<guilabel>Misspelled Word:</guilabel> but to automatically make the same
|
|
substitution for any other occurrences of this <guilabel>Misspelled
|
|
Word:</guilabel> in the document.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guibutton>Ignore</guibutton></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Activating this button will have the checker move on without
|
|
making any changes.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guibutton>Ignore All</guibutton></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This button tells the checker to do nothing with the current
|
|
<guilabel>Misspelled Word:</guilabel> and to pass over any other
|
|
instances of the same word.</para>
|
|
|
|
<note>
|
|
<para>This only applies to the current spell check run. If the checker
|
|
is run again later it will stop on this same word.</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guibutton>Add</guibutton></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Pressing this button adds the word in the <guilabel>Misspelled
|
|
Word:</guilabel> box to the checker's dictionary. This means that in the
|
|
future the checker will always consider this word to be correctly
|
|
spelled.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guibutton>Help</guibutton></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This invokes the &kde; help system starting at the &kedit; help
|
|
pages (this document).</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guibutton>Stop</guibutton></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This button stops the spell check process.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guibutton>Cancel</guibutton></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This button cancels the spell check process.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>Located horizontally along the bottom of the spell check dialog is
|
|
a progress bar. As the checking process proceeds the bar will fill from
|
|
left to right providing a graphical representation of how far along in
|
|
the document the process has reached.</para>
|
|
|
|
<note>
|
|
<para>A numerical display of the spell check process is simultaneously
|
|
displayed in the status bar of the editor. The <link
|
|
linkend="show-statusbar">status bar</link> is the horizontal strip at
|
|
the bottom of the editor just outside of the text entry area.</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="settings">
|
|
<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="show-toolbar"/><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show
|
|
Toolbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>When checked, this displays a movable toolbar containing
|
|
buttons used to initiate frequently used commands. The toolbar is most
|
|
commonly located at the top of the editor just under the menu. When
|
|
unchecked the toolbar is hidden.</action> Clicking on the striated grip
|
|
will hide or unhide the bar. Clicking and dragging on this grip allows
|
|
the user to move the bar.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="show-statusbar"/><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show
|
|
Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>When checked, this displays a small bar at the bottom of
|
|
the editor containing information about the status of the current
|
|
document. When unchecked the status bar is hidden.</action> </para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="save-options"/><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save
|
|
Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>This saves the current editor settings to be used for
|
|
future documents.</action></para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="configure-keybindings"/><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
|
|
Shortcuts...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This command opens a dialog box whereby the <link
|
|
linkend="keybindings">key bindings</link> may be changed. A display
|
|
window at the top of the dialog box shows the list of commands
|
|
available. Below the display are three radio buttons. The user may
|
|
choose a modifier key from <guilabel>None</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Default</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Custom</guilabel>.</para>
|
|
|
|
<note>
|
|
<para>Note that a set of radio buttons only allows the selection of one
|
|
of the offered items - in the way that buttons on a car radio only offer
|
|
the selection of one preset station. Also, the Default Key selection is
|
|
only available for those commands that actually have a
|
|
<quote>default</quote> shortcut.)</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Selecting the Custom key option activates the three check boxes and key
|
|
button at the bottom of the dialog. The user may then select a
|
|
combination of keys for the command in question by means of the check
|
|
boxes and key button. For example, with the About &kde; command selected
|
|
in the display window, the user could select &Ctrl; and &Alt;, click on
|
|
the key button, and then press the <keycap>K</keycap> key on the
|
|
keyboard. This would mean that anytime he or she held down the &Ctrl;
|
|
and &Alt; buttons and pressed <keycap>K</keycap> (while using &kedit;)
|
|
the About &kde; display box would be called. </para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<term><anchor id="configure-toolbars"/><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
|
|
Toolbars...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><action>This will open the dialog whereby the toolbar
|
|
configuration may be changed.</action> The user can choose which
|
|
shortcut buttons should appear on the toolbar, as well as whether and
|
|
where any text should appear with the buttons. Other choices include
|
|
button (icon) size and toolbar location (top, left, right, floating, or
|
|
flat.) Flat causes the toolbar to be retracted. A click on the striated
|
|
grip icon will extend it for use and another click retract it again. A
|
|
display window on the left lists the commands available to be placed on
|
|
the toolbar. A display on the right lists those commands already on the
|
|
toolbar. A set of four arrow buttons between the two displays
|
|
manipulates the selections. The right pointing arrow places any command
|
|
selected in the left pane onto the right pane, &ie;, it is added to the
|
|
toolbar. The left arrow does just the opposite, removing any action
|
|
selected in the right window from the toolbar. The up and down pointing
|
|
arrows change the position of an action selected in the right window
|
|
which changes the position of its button in the toolbar.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><anchor id="preferences"/><menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure KEdit...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This menu item opens a dialog whereby several different <link
|
|
linkend="pref-dialog">settings</link> may be adjusted.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="help">
|
|
<title>The <guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
&help.menu.documentation;
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
</chapter>
|
|
|
|
<chapter id="pref-dialog">
|
|
<title>The Preferences Dialog</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>Selecting
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
|
|
KEdit</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu brings up the preferences
|
|
dialog box. This dialog can be used to alter a number of different
|
|
settings. The settings available for change vary according to which
|
|
category the user chooses from a vertical list on the left side of the
|
|
dialog. By means of a row of five buttons along the bottom of the box
|
|
the user can control the process. She or he may invoke the
|
|
<guilabel>Help</guilabel> system, set the options to their
|
|
<guilabel>Default</guilabel> values, accept the current settings and
|
|
close the dialog by means of the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button,
|
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<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> the current choices to the document without
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closing the dialog, or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> the process. The
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categories <guilabel>Font</guilabel>, <guilabel>Color</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Spelling</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Miscellaneous</guilabel>
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are detailed below.</para>
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<sect1 id="preffont">
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<title>Font</title>
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<para>The preferences dialog opens with this, the first category,
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chosen. Here the user can change four settings and see the effects of
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any changes in the text sample displayed in the rectangle at the bottom
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or the box. The settings are:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Font:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This scroll box allows the user to select by name from among the
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various fonts available. The appearance of any selected font may be
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seen in the sample text displayed in the rectangle at the bottom of the
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dialog.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Font style:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This, the center, selection box is used to choose between the four
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basic styles of Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic. The appearance
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of the selected style may be seen in the sample text displayed in the
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rectangle at the bottom of the dialog. </para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Size:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This, the rightmost scroll/selection box allows the user to change
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font size. The larger the number chosen the larger the font size will
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be. The sample text displayed in the rectangle at the bottom of the
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dialog will reflect the choice of size.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="prefcolors">
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<title>Color</title>
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<para>This section provides access to <link
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linkend="pref-color-settings">two different color settings</link>,
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|
described below. Each of these settings may be changed by clicking on
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its corresponding button. These are special wide buttons that are the
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color of the current setting. Clicking on one of the buttons calls a
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special color dialog box used to change the setting.</para>
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<para>The color dialog box provides a convenient and graphical way to
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|
select a color. In the upper left of the box is a rectangular display
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|
of a spectrum of colors. To the immediate right of this, is a vertical
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|
bar displaying a range of intensity from the most dark at the bottom to
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|
the most light at the top. The user may select and adjust a color by
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|
clicking in these two boxes. Clicking in the rectangular display selects
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|
a particular mix of red, green, and blue colors and in the vertical bar
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|
selects a level of intensity (value). The various color attributes are
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|
displayed in numerical form in small text boxes located directly below
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|
the spectral rectangle and the user can see them change as the color is
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|
adjusted. These attributes include the mix of the basic color
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|
components (red, green, and blue) as well as hue and saturation levels.
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|
Alternatively the user can enter figures directly in these boxes. There
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|
is also a square at the bottom center of the dialog box which displays
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|
the color which is under consideration at any time. To the right of
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|
this display is another text box labeled <guilabel>HTML</guilabel>: This
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|
shows the user the color code that would be used to specify the
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|
particular displayed color in <acronym>HTML</acronym> code which is
|
|
widely used for web pages.</para>
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|
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|
<para>In addition to the above, the color dialog allows the capture of
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|
any color currently displayed on the desktop or in another program.
|
|
Clicking on the button with the dropper icon (located on the right side
|
|
of the dialog box) changes the shape of the mouse cursor to a set of
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|
cross hairs. Clicking again will pick up the color attributes of
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|
whatever color is displayed under the cross hairs.</para>
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|
|
|
<para>Furthermore the user has the option of adding any color to a
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|
personal palette of <guilabel>Use custom colors</guilabel> by clicking on
|
|
the wide button labeled <guibutton>Add to Custom Colors</guibutton>
|
|
(which is located above the display square.) This adds the current
|
|
color to the custom color palette. This palette and any other available
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|
palettes can be displayed using the drop down selection box located
|
|
directly above the palette display at the top right of the dialog box.
|
|
Besides the custom colors, the user can access a number of pre-prepared
|
|
palettes.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Use custom colors</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>By default &kedit; will use your system color scheme. If this
|
|
is enabled, you may choose a Foreground and background color below.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry id="pref-color-settings">
|
|
<term><guilabel>Foreground color:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Here the user can specify a color for the text used in
|
|
&kedit;.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Background color:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Here the user can specify a color for the general background of
|
|
&kedit;.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="prefspellchecker">
|
|
<title>Spelling</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>A spell checker is a program designed to help the user catch and
|
|
correct any spelling errors. This section of the preferences dialog
|
|
allows certain key settings to be adjusted in this regard.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Create root/affix combinations not in
|
|
dictionary</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Selecting this option allows the spell checker to register as
|
|
<quote>correct</quote> combinations of root words with suffixes or
|
|
prefixes even if the particular combination is not listed in its
|
|
dictionary database of words. </para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Consider run-together words as spelling
|
|
errors</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Selecting this will cause the spell checker to register as
|
|
<quote>misspelled</quote> two or more correctly spelled words that are
|
|
<quote>run-together</quote>, &ie;, that do not have spaces separating
|
|
them.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Dictionary:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Depending on the user's installation, one or more different
|
|
language spelling dictionaries may be available. This drop down box
|
|
allows the user to choose which language the spell checker should
|
|
use.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Encoding:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>There are different coding systems used to associate particular
|
|
codes with particular characters and symbols. If the user knows which
|
|
code he or she is using this drop down box allows this code to be
|
|
specified so that the spell checker can do its job correctly. </para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Client:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Since &kedit; does not contain its own spell checker, an external
|
|
one must be chosen. This is where the user may specify which spell check
|
|
program to use.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="prefmisc">
|
|
<title>Miscellaneous</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>This category deals with three different properties detailed
|
|
below.</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guilabel>Word wrap:</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Word wrap is a feature that causes the editor to automatically
|
|
start a new line of text and move (wrap) the cursor to the beginning of
|
|
that new line. The drop down box at the top of the dialog provides the
|
|
following three word wrap choices:</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Disable Wrapping</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Choosing this will keep the editor from doing any wrapping. The
|
|
user will have to start new lines manually (with the
|
|
<keycap>Enter</keycap> key.)</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>Soft wrapping</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This choice has the editor automatically adjust the line lengths
|
|
to fit its current width. In other words, the wider the user makes the
|
|
editor the longer the lines will be; and the narrower the editor, the
|
|
shorter the lines will be. These line breaks are not saved in the file.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>At specified column</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Choosing this activates a text box immediately below, labeled
|
|
<guilabel>Wrap column:</guilabel>. Here the user may specify the
|
|
maximum number of characters in a line of text.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<note>
|
|
<para>Each character including spaces fills one column.</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term id="backuppref"><guilabel>Make backup when saving a
|
|
file</guilabel></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>This check box tells the editor to rename the last saved version of
|
|
the current document before carrying out a <command>save</command>
|
|
command. The editor does this by adding a tilde (<keycap>~</keycap>) at
|
|
the end of the name of the original file. In this way the user has a
|
|
chance to recover a document if she or he had mistakenly saved something
|
|
over it.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
</chapter>
|
|
|
|
<chapter id="credits">
|
|
<title>Credits and Licenses</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>&kedit; Copyright 2000 by Bernd Johannes Wuebben
|
|
<email>wuebben@math.cornell.edu</email></para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Documentation Copyright 2000 by Thad McGinnis
|
|
<email>ctmcginnis@compuserve.com</email>.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This version of the &kedit; Handbook is based on the original by:
|
|
Bernd Johannes Wuebben <email>wuebben@math.cornell.edu</email></para>
|
|
|
|
<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
|
|
|
|
&underFDL;
|
|
&underGPL;
|
|
|
|
</chapter>
|
|
|
|
<appendix id="installation">
|
|
<title>Installation</title>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="getting-kedit">
|
|
<title>How to obtain &kedit;</title>
|
|
|
|
&install.intro.documentation;
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="compilation">
|
|
<title>Compilation and Installation</title>
|
|
|
|
&install.compile.documentation;
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
</appendix>
|
|
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</book>
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