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<!ENTITY date "January 2009">
<!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">
<!ENTITY yahoo "https://login.yahoo.com/config/login">
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  <!-- appropriate code -->
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    <title>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</title>       

    <copyright> 
      <year>2008, 2009</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@ubuntu.com</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>

    <releaseinfo revision="2.26" role="incomplete">
      <ulink type="bug" url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561033" />
      <ulink type="planning" url="http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/Documentation" />
    </releaseinfo>

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<!-- 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: -->
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<!-- * the second component of the revision number is a decimal unit that is incremented with each revision of the manual. -->
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    <revnumber>Empathy Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber> 
    <date>&date;</date> 
    <revdescription> 
      <para role="author">Milo Casagrande
        <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
      </para>
      <para role="publisher">Ubuntu Documentation Project</para>
    </revdescription> 
      </revision> 

      <revision> 
    <revnumber>Empathy Manual V2.0</revnumber> 
    <date>April 2008</date> 
    <revdescription> 
      <para role="author">Milo Casagrande
        <email>milo@ubuntu.com</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>
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  </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 (or <acronym>XMPP</acronym>)
      </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>
    <listitem>
      <para>
        And many others...
      </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.
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      <title>&app; Main Window</title> 
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          <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">
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        <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 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>

  <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, also called
      <emphasis>contacts</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 registered 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:
    <!-- Need to do like that, if using only
    <ulink>SERVICE</ulink> it wouldn't be possibile to
    localize the links -->
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <!-- Translators: try to find a localized version of the
        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="&gtalk;">Google
          Talk</ulink> service.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <!-- Translators: try to find a localized version of the
        registration service website -->
       <para>
          The <ulink type="http" url="&icq;">ICQ</ulink> service.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <!-- Translators: try to find a localized version of the
        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>
        <!-- Translators: try to find a localized version of the
        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>
        <!-- Translators: try to find a localized version of the
        registration service website -->
        <para>
          The <ulink type="http" url="&sipphone;">Sipphone</ulink> service.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
      </para>
      <para>
    For registering a <emphasis role="strong">Jabber</emphasis>
    account, you can use the automatic
    account creation of &app;. Not all Jabber service
    providers support the automatic creation of accounts, one
    service provider known to work with &app; is <ulink
    type="http" url="&jabber;">jabber.org</ulink>.
      </para>
      <para>
    If you already have a <emphasis
    role="strong">Jabber</emphasis> account, you can use one of
    the following services:
      </para>
      <para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Salut
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="empathy-create-account">
      <title>Adding your Account to &app;</title>
      <para>
    To add your account to &app;, proceed as follows:
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
          </link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
          click on the account button or press <keycap>F4</keycap> to open the
          <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          If it is the first time you launch &app;:
          <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            From the <guilabel>Type</guilabel> drop-down list choose
            the service you wish to add an account for, then click
            on the <guibutton>Create</guibutton> button.
          </para>
        </listitem>
          </orderedlist>
        </para>
        <para>
          Otherwise:
          <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Click on the <guilabel>Add</guilabel> button.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            From the <guilabel>Type</guilabel> drop-down list choose
            the service you wish to add an account for, then click
            on the <guibutton>Create</guibutton> button.
          </para>
        </listitem>
          </orderedlist>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Fill the required fields with your <emphasis>user
        name</emphasis> and
        <emphasis>password</emphasis>. Optionally, you can
        modify some advanced options. For more information,
          see <xref linkend="empathy-advanced-options"/>.
        </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.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
      
      <sect3 id="empathy-importing-accounts">
    <title>Importing Accounts</title>
    <para>
      If you use another instant messaging program, you can import
      the accounts from that program into &app;
    </para>
    <para>
      <note>
        <para>
          At the moment &app; can import the accounts only from
          the instant messaging program
          <application>Pidgin</application>. For more information
          about <application>Pidgin</application>, see the <ulink
          type="http" url="http://www.pidgin.im/">Pidgin website</ulink>.
        </para>
      </note>
    </para>
    <para>
      To import the accounts into &app;, proceed as follows:
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
        </link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
        click on the account button or press <keycap>F4</keycap> to open the
        <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Click on the <guibutton>Import Accounts...</guibutton>
        button to open the <guilabel>Import
        Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        Select the accounts you would like to import by
        clicking on the <guilabel>Import</guilabel> check-box.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        When you have selected all the desired accounts, click
        <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to import them. If you don't
        want to import the accounts, click
        <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>.
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
        When you import a new account into &app;, it will not be
        enabled by default.
          </para>
          <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.
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </para>
      </sect3>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="empathy-edit-account">
      <title>Editing an Account</title>
      <para>
    To edit one of your accounts, i.e. to change the
    <emphasis>password</emphasis> or your <emphasis>user
    name</emphasis>, proceed as follows:
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
          </link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
          click on the account button or press <keycap>F4</keycap> to open the
          <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Select the account you wish to edit in the box on the
          left.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Modify the desired data.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
      <para>
    <note>
      <para>
        Based on the type of the account, it is possibile to edit
        different settings.
      </para>
    </note>
      </para>
      <para>
    To modify the identifier of an account, how &app; identifies
    an account, proceed as follows:
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
          </link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
          click on the account button or press <keycap>F4</keycap> to open the
          <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Select the account you wish to edit in the box on the
          left and double-click on its name.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Change the name of the account as you desire.
        </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 follows:
      </para>
      <para>
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
          </link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
          click on the account button or press <keycap>F4</keycap>
          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 follows:
      </para>
      <para>
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
          </link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
          click on the account button or press <keycap>F4</keycap>
          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>
    
    <sect2 id="empathy-edit-personal-information">
      <title>Editing Personal Information</title>
      <para>
    To change your personal information, your alias and your
    icon (the image that other contacts will see of you), for each
    of your accounts, proceed as follows:
      </para>
      <para>
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main
        window</link>, select <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
        <guimenuitem>Personal Information</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <guilabel>Account</guilabel> drop-down list, choose
          the account you want to edit.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          In the <guilabel>Alias</guilabel> text box, write your new
          alias.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          To change your icon, click on the person-looking button and
          choose an image file.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          When done, click <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
      <para>
    <note>
      <para>
        An <emphasis>alias</emphasis> is an alternative way you
        can identify yourself. You can use your real
        name or a nickname.
      </para>
    </note>
      </para>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="empathy-advanced-options">
      <title>Advanced Options</title> 
      <para>
    Based on the service you are using, it is possible to
    configure more advanced options to modify the normal behavior of
    &app;.
      </para>
      <para>
    To configure these options, when you are <link
    linkend="empathy-create-account">adding a new
    account</link>, click on the drop-down section
    <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel>.
      </para>

      <sect3 id="empathy-xmpp-advanced">
    <title>
      Jabber (or <acronym>XMPP</acronym>) and Google Talk
    </title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Encryption required (TLS/SSL)</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Select this option in order to use some sort of
          encryption during your conversations.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Ignore SSL certificate errors</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Select this option in order to ignore the errors
          that can be generated by some types of security
          certificates. Usually these certificates are called
          auto-signed.
        </para>
        <para>
          <note>
            <para>
              Select this option only if you are sure the
              certificate is secure and you can trust it.
            </para>
          </note>
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Resource</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to set a name with which you can
          identify the running program based on where you are
          running it. With this option, and the
          <guilabel>Priority</guilabel> one, you can
          use your account simultaneously in two different
          devices. For example, if you set one device to
          <replaceable>desktop</replaceable> and of the other
          one to <replaceable>mobile</replaceable>, you can
          connect with both of them and based on the
          <guilabel>Priority</guilabel> value you will receive
          messages on one of the two devices or both.
        </para>
        <para>
          This can be useful if you have two devices, a main
          one and a portable one, and you move away from the
          main one bringing with you the other: you can still
          receive messages from your account with the portable
          device even if you do not disconnet from the main one.
        </para>
        <para>
          <note>
            <para>
              If you set the same value for this text box on
              both the devices, when you connect with one of
              them, the other one will be disconnected, even
              if you set a different value with the
              <guilabel>Priority</guilabel> spin box.
            </para>
          </note>
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Priority</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this spin box to indicate wich device, set in
          the <guilabel>Resource</guilabel> text box, will
          receive the new messages. The higher the number, the
          higher the priority: you will receive the new
          messages on the device with the highest number.
        </para>
        <para>
          You can set values in the range from
          <literal>-128</literal> to <literal>127</literal>.
        </para>
        <para>
          <note>
            <para>
              If you set the same value of this spin box in
              both the devices, you will receive messages on
              both of them.
            </para>
          </note>
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
    <para>
      In the <guilabel>Override server settings</guilabel> section
      you can set options that take precedence over the default settings.
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Server</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to write the name of the
          server you want to use for this service.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Port</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this spin box to set the number of the port of
          the server to use.
        </para>
        <para>
          You can set values in the range from
          <literal>0</literal> to <literal>65,555</literal>.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Use old SSL</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Select this option to use the old version of the
          secure protocol for encrypting your connection.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
      </sect3>

      <sect3 id="empathy-yahoo-advanced">
    <title>Yahoo</title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Ignore conference and chatrooms
        invitations</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Select this option to ignore the invitations that
          other people may send you.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Room List locale</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          The value of this text box identifies the language
          used to retrieve the room list when connecting to
          the Yahoo service.
        </para>
        <para>
          If you need to change this value, use the two letter
          code of your language.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Charset</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          The value of this text box identifies the set of the
          characters used by &app;.
        </para>
        <para>
          <note>
            <para>
              It is advise to leave this value to
              <literal>UTF-8</literal>. Change it only
              if that charset does not cover your language.
            </para>
          </note>
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>       
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Server</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to write the name of the
          server you want to use for this service.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Port</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this spin box to set the number of the port of
          the server to use.
        </para>
        <para>
          You can set values in the range from
          <literal>0</literal> to <literal>65,555</literal>.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Use Yahoo Japan</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Select this option only if you have a Yahoo! Japan
          account. With the Yahoo! Japan service you can only
          use a Yahoo! Japan account: if you have registered
          an account with the English version of the service,
          that account will not work. 
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
      </sect3>

      <sect3 id="empathy-msn-advanced">
    <title><acronym>AIM</acronym>, GroupWise and <acronym>MSN</acronym></title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Server</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to write the name of the
          server you want to use for this service.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Port</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this spin box to set the number of the port of
          the server to use.
        </para>
        <para>
          You can set values in the range from
          <literal>0</literal> to <literal>65,555</literal>.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>       
    </para>
      </sect3>

      <sect3 id="empathy-salut-advanced">
    <title>Salut</title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Published Name</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to write the name that will be
          visible to the other users of the network. 
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Email</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to write your email.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Jabber ID</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to write your Jabber ID, if you
          have one.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
      </sect3>

      <sect3 id="empathy-icq-advanced">
    <title>ICQ</title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Charset</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          The value of this text box identifies the set of the
          characters used by &app;.
        </para>
        <para>
          <note>
            <para>
              It is advise to leave this value to
              <literal>UTF-8</literal>. Change it only
              if that charset does not cover your language.
            </para>
          </note>
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>       
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Server</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to write the name of the
          server you want to use for this service.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
        <guilabel>Port</guilabel>
          </term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this spin box to set the number of the port of
          the server to use.
        </para>
        <para>
          You can set values in the range from
          <literal>0</literal> to <literal>65,555</literal>.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
      </sect3>

      <sect3 id="empathy-gadugadu-advanced">
    <title>Gadu Gadu</title>
    <para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><guilabel>Nick</guilabel></term>
          <listitem>
        <para>
          Use this text box to write an alternative name to
          use with this service.
        </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
      </sect3>

    </sect2>
    
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="empathy-contacts-groups">
    <title>Contacts and Groups</title>
    <para>
      All the contacts are handled within &app;'s <link
      linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window</link>.
    </para>
    <para>
      You can add or remove a contact or you can edit the information
      of a particular contact. It is also possibile to arrange
      contacts in groups. You can have a group for your work contacts,
      one for you family contacts, and so on.
    </para>
     <sect2 id="empathy-add-contact">
      <title>Adding and Removing a Contact</title>
      <para>
    To add a new contact, proceed as follows:
      </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>
      <para>
    To remove a contact, proceed as follows:
      </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>
      <para>
    <note>
      <para>
        An <emphasis>alias</emphasis> is an alternative way you
        can identify that particular contact. You can use the real
        name or the nickname of that person.
      </para>
    </note>
      </para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="empathy-edit-contact">
      <title>Editing a Contact</title>
      <para>
    To edit a contact, proceed as follows:
      </para>
      <para>
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main
        window</link>, select the contact you would like
          to modify and choose <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
        <guisubmenu>Account</guisubmenu>
        <guimenuitem>Modify</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice>, or right-click on it
          and choose <guilabel>Modify</guilabel>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
      <para>
    From the <guilabel>Edit Contact Information</guilabel> dialog,
    you can modify the <emphasis>alias</emphasis>
    and the <emphasis>group</emphasis> of the contact.
      </para>
      <para>
    <note>
      <para>
        An <emphasis>alias</emphasis> is an alternative way you
        can identify that particular contact. You can use the real
        name or the nickname of that person.
      </para>
    </note>
      </para>
      <para>
    For more information about groups, see <xref
      linkend="empathy-add-contact-group"/> and <xref
      linkend="empathy-add-group"/>.
      </para>
    </sect2>
    
    <sect2 id="empathy-add-contact-group">
      <title>Adding a Contact to a Group</title>
      <para>
    To add a contact to one or more groups, proceed as follows:
      </para>
      <para>
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main
        window</link>, select the contact you would like
          to modify and choose <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
        <guisubmenu>Account</guisubmenu>
        <guimenuitem>Modify</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice>, or right-click on it
          and choose <guilabel>Modify</guilabel>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <guilabel>Groups</guilabel> section, select the
          group, or groups, you want to add the contact to.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          When done, click <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="empathy-add-group">
      <title>Adding a New Group</title>
      <para>
    To add a new group, proceed as follows:
      </para>
      <para>
    <orderedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main
        window</link>, select one contact and choose <menuchoice>
        <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
        <guisubmenu>Account</guisubmenu>
        <guimenuitem>Modify</guimenuitem>
          </menuchoice>, or right-click on it
          and choose <guilabel>Modify</guilabel>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          In the <guilabel>Groups</guilabel> section, write the
          name of the group you want to add and then click on
          <guibutton>Add Group</guibutton>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          When done, click <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
      </para>   
    </sect2>
  </sect1>



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    <title>Sending and Receiving Messages</title>
    <para>
    </para>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="empathy-preferences">
    <title>Preferences</title>
    <para>
    </para>
  </sect1>
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</article>