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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml">
+<!ENTITY appversion "2.24">
+<!ENTITY manrevision "2.0">
+<!ENTITY date "April 2008">
+<!ENTITY app "<application>Empathy</application>">
+<!ENTITY appname "Empathy">
+]>
+
+<article id="index" lang="en">
+ <!-- please do not change the id; for translations, change lang to -->
+ <!-- appropriate code -->
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</title>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2008</year>
+ <holder>Ubuntu Documentation Project</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <!-- An address can be added to the publisher information. If a role is
+ not specified, the publisher/author is the same for all versions of the
+ document. -->
+ <publisher>
+ <publishername>Ubuntu Documentation Project</publishername>
+ </publisher>
+
+ <!-- licence stuff -->
+ &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>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Jesse N.</firstname>
+ <surname>Richardson</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>Ubuntu Documentation Project</orgname>
+ <address><email>richardson183@bellsouth.net</email></address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+
+<!-- According to GNU FDL, revision history is mandatory if you are -->
+<!-- modifying/reusing someone else's document. If not, you can omit it. -->
+<!-- Remember to remove the &manrevision; entity from the revision -->
+<!-- entries other than the current revision. -->
+<!-- The revision numbering system for GNOME manuals is as follows: -->
+<!-- * the revision number consists of two components -->
+<!-- * the first component of the revision number reflects the release version of the GNOME desktop. -->
+<!-- * the second component of the revision number is a decimal unit that is incremented with each revision of the manual. -->
+<!-- For example, if the GNOME desktop release is V2.x, the first version of the manual that -->
+<!-- is written in that desktop timeframe is V2.0, the second version of the manual is V2.1, etc. -->
+<!-- When the desktop release version changes to V3.x, the revision number of the manual changes -->
+<!-- to V3.0, and so on. -->
+ <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="author">Jesse N. Richardson
+ <email>richardson183@bellsouth.net</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 that allows you to keep in touch with your friends
+ over a network.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ It supports the following protocols:
+ <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>
+ Yahoo
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="empathy-getting-started">
+ <title>Getting Started</title>
+
+ <sect2 id="empathy-starting">
+ <title>To Start &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>Return</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 displayed.
+ <!-- Figure -->
+ <!--
+ Commented out, need to find a solution on how to
+ structure this section.
+ <figure id="empathy-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 a browser 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>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+</article>