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<!ENTITY appversion "2.24">
<!ENTITY manrevision "2.0">
<!ENTITY date "April 2008">
<!ENTITY app "<application>Empathy</application>">
<!ENTITY appname "Empathy">
<!ENTITY gtalk "http://www.google.com/talk/">
<!ENTITY icq "https://www.icq.com/register/">
<!ENTITY aim "http://dashboard.aim.com/aim">
<!ENTITY msn "https://accountservices.passport.net">
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"http://account2.freeworlddialup.com/index.php?section_id=94">
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<article id="index" lang="en">
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<title>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</title>
<copyright>
<year>2008</year>
<holder>Ubuntu Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
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<publisher>
<publishername>Ubuntu Documentation Project</publishername>
</publisher>
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&legal;
<authorgroup>
<author role="maintainer">
<firstname>Milo</firstname>
<surname>Casagrande</surname>
<affiliation>
<orgname>Ubuntu Documentation Project</orgname>
<address><email>milo_casagrande@yahoo.it</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Seth</firstname>
<surname>Dudenhofer</surname>
<affiliation>
<orgname>Ubuntu Documentation Project</orgname>
<address><email>sdudenhofer@gmail.com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>
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<revhistory>
<revision>
<revnumber>Empathy Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
<date>&date;</date>
<revdescription>
<para role="author">Milo Casagrande
<email>milo_casagrande@yahoo.it</email>
</para>
<para role="author">Seth Dudenhofer
<email>sdudenhofer@gmail.com</email>
</para>
<para role="publisher">Ubuntu Documentation Project</para>
</revdescription>
</revision>
</revhistory>
<releaseinfo>
This manual describes version &appversion; of &appname;.
</releaseinfo>
<legalnotice>
<title>Feedback</title>
<para>
To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; application or
this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="ghelp:gnome-feedback"
type="help">GNOME Feedback Page</ulink>.
</para>
</legalnotice>
<abstract role="description">
<para>
&appname; is an application for instant messaging.
</para>
</abstract>
</articleinfo>
<indexterm zone="index">
<primary>Empathy</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm zone="index">
<primary>empathy</primary>
<secondary>istant messaging</secondary>
</indexterm>
<sect1 id="empathy-intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
&app; is a multi-protocol instant messaging program for the
GNOME Desktop. With &app; you can keep in touch with all of your
friends through lots of supported instant messaging services.
</para>
<para>
&app; supports the following services:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<acronym>AIM</acronym>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Google Talk
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
ICQ
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<acronym>IRC</acronym>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Jabber
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<acronym>MSN</acronym>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Salut
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<acronym>SIP</acronym>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Yahoo
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="empathy-getting-started">
<title>Getting Started</title>
<sect2 id="empathy-starting">
<title>Starting &appname;</title>
<para>You can start &app; in the following ways:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
<listitem>
<para>Choose
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Empathy Instant Messenger</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Command line</term>
<listitem>
<para>Type <command>empathy</command> and then press
<keycap>Enter</keycap>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="emphaty-when-start">
<title>When You Start &appname;</title>
<para>
When you start &app; the following window is shown.
<!-- Figure 1 -->
<figure id="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">
<title>&app; Main Window</title>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/empathy-main-window.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>
Shows &app; main window. Contains the titlebar, the
menubar, contact list, status icon and status arrow
button list.
</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- End of Figure -->
</para>
<para>
<xref linkend="empathy-TBL-1"/> describes the components of
&app;'s main window.
<table frame="topbot" id="empathy-TBL-1">
<title>&app; Main Components</title>
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
<colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="29.39*"/>
<colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="70.61*"/>
<thead>
<row rowsep="1">
<entry valign="top">
<para>Component</para>
</entry>
<entry valign="top">
<para>Description</para>
</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry valign="top">
<para>Menubar</para>
</entry>
<entry valign="top">
<para>
Contains menus used to perform actions in &app;.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">
<para>Status Drop-Down List</para>
</entry>
<entry valign="top">
<para>
Allows to update the user's status.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">
<para>Account Button</para>
</entry>
<entry valign="top">
<para>
Opens the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry valign="top">
<para>Contact List</para>
</entry>
<entry valign="top">
<para>
Shows all the available contacts and their
associated status.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="empathy-when-start-new">
<title>When You Start &appname; for the First Time</title>
<para>
When you start &app; for the first time and you don't have
configured any account yet, the following dialog is shown.
<!-- Figure 2 -->
<figure id="empathy-FIG-newaccount">
<title>&app; Accounts Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata fileref="figures/empathy-new-account.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>
Shows &app; account creation dialog.
</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- End of Figure -->
</para>
<para>
From here, you can configure and create your accounts. See
<xref linkend="empathy-accounts" /> for more information.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="empathy-accounts">
<title>Accounts</title>
<para>
To use &app; you need at least one account of the supported services.
</para>
<para>
If you don't already have an account and you don't have your <emphasis>user
name</emphasis> and <emphasis>password</emphasis>, you need to
register a new account (see <xref linkend="empathy-register-account" />).
</para>
<para>
In order to talk with other users (called
<emphasis>contatcs</emphasis>), you need to use the same service
they are using. If, for example, one contact is using the <emphasis
role="strong">Jabber</emphasis> service, you need to have an
account registerd with that service.
</para>
<para>
&app; can handle as many accounts on any supported services as you want and
you can have them all open at the same time.
</para>
<sect2 id="empathy-register-account">
<title>Registering an Account</title>
<para>
You can freely register an account on any of the following
services. Follow the instructions reported on each website on
how to register your new account. At the end of the
registration process you should have a <emphasis>user
name</emphasis> (or an <emphasis>account ID</emphasis>) and
a <emphasis>password</emphasis> that you will use to
create the account in &app;.
</para>
<para>
Click on the name of the service to visit its website:
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<ulink>SERVICE</ulink> it wouldn't be possibile to
localize the links -->
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
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registration service website -->
<para>
The <ulink type="http" url="&aim;">AIM</ulink> service.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!-- Translators: try to find a localized version of the
registration service website -->
<para>
The <ulink type="http" url=">alk;">Google
Talk</ulink> service.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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registration service website -->
<para>
The <ulink type="http" url="&icq;">ICQ</ulink> service.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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registration service website -->
<para>
The <ulink type="http" url="&msn;">MSN</ulink> service.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!-- Translators: try to find a localized version of the
registration service website -->
<para>
The <ulink type="http" url="&yahoo;">Yahoo</ulink> service.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
For registering a <acronym>SIP</acronym> account, you can use one of the
following service:
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
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registration service website -->
<para>
The <ulink type="http" url="&ekiga;">Ekiga</ulink> service.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!-- Translators: try to find a localized version of the
registration service website -->
<para>
The <ulink type="http" url="&fwd;"><acronym>FWD</acronym></ulink> (Free
World Dialup) service.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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registration service website -->
<para>
The <ulink type="http" url="&sipphone;">Sipphone</ulink> service.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
You can use one of the following services if you already have
a <emphasis role="strong">Jabber</emphasis> account:
</para>
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Salut
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="empathy-create-account">
<title>Creating an Account</title>
<para>
To create an account, proceed as follow:
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
</link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
click on the account button to open the
<guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
From the <guilabel>Type</guilabel> drop-down list choose
the service you wish to create an account for, then click
on the <guibutton>Create</guibutton> button.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fill the required fields with your <emphasis>user
name</emphasis> and <emphasis>password</emphasis>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
To enable the new account, select the
<guilabel>Enabled</guilabel> check-box next to
the name of the account.
<!-- in the box on the left of the
<guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog. -->
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="empathy-disabling-removing-account">
<title>Disabling and Removing an Account</title>
<para>
To disable an account, proceed as follow:
</para>
<para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
</link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
click on the account button to open the
<guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select the account you wish to disable in the box on the
left of the dialog and deselect the
<guilabel>Enabled</guilabel> check-box.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
<para>
To remove an account, proceed as follow:
</para>
<para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
</link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
click on the account button to open the
<guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Select the account you wish to disable in the box on the
left of the dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click on the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
A dialog will be shown asking for confirmation. Click on
the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button to remove the account.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="empathy-contacts">
<title>Contacts</title>
<para>
All the contacts are handled within &app;'s <link
linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window</link>.
</para>
<sect2 id="empathy-add-contact">
<title>Adding a Contact</title>
<para>
To add a new contact, proceed as follow:
</para>
<para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main
window</link> choose <menuchoice>
<guimenu>Chat</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Add Contact...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>. The <guilabel>New Contact</guilabel>
dialog will be shown.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
From the <guilabel>Account</guilabel> drop-down list,
choose the service used by the contact you are adding.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In the <guilabel>Identifier</guilabel> text-box type the
<emphasis>address</emphasis> of the contact in the form
of
<userinput><replaceable>user name</replaceable>@<replaceable>service
domain</replaceable></userinput>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In the <guilabel>Alias</guilabel> text-box type the name
you want to give at the the new contact.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Click on <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add the new contact.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="empathy-remove-contact">
<title>Removing a Contact</title>
<para>
To remove a contact, proceed as follow:
</para>
<para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main
window</link>, select the contact you would like
to remove and right-click on it.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
From the popup menu, choose <guilabel>Remove</guilabel> to
remove the contact.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Modifying a Contact</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</article>
