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authorAaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org>2004-02-11 06:24:54 +0800
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C2004-02-10 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>
* C/usage-mail.xml: Fix bugs noted by Dimitrios. Special thanks to him for this patch. * C/usage-mail-org.xml: especially to filtering section * C/usage-print.xml: Remove, this is not a useful section. * C/usage-contacts: spelling * C/config-prefs.xml: lots of user-suggested corrections here. * C/Makefile.am: delete printing page and related images. * Also some places in menuref and so forth. svn path=/trunk/; revision=24693
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--- a/help/C/config-prefs.xml
+++ b/help/C/config-prefs.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Checking for new mail: If you would
+ <para><guilabel>Checking for new mail:</guilabel> If you would
like Evolution
to check for new mail automatically,
check the box and select a frequency in
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<listitem>
<para>
- Message Storage: If you'd like to store
+ <guilabel>Leave messages on server:</guilabel> If you'd like to store
copies of your mail on the server, check
this option.
</para>
@@ -251,13 +251,14 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<listitem>
- <para>Store Store status headers in
- Elm/Pine/Mutt format: If you would like to
- use the X-Status header format used by the
- mail clients Elm, Pine, and Mutt, select
- this option. This option is useful if you
- plan to check your mail with those clients
- from time to time.
+ <para><guilabel>Disable support for all
+ POP3 extensions:</guilabel> Some email
+ servers refuse to work with the extended
+ POP3 command set; select this item to
+ have Evolution use a more limited set of
+ interactions with the server. If your
+ server periodically drops your
+ connection, this option may help.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -365,16 +366,6 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
account, check this box.
</para>
</listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Store status headers in Elm/Pine/Mutt format</guilabel>:
- If you would like to use the X-Status header format used
- by the mail clients Elm, Pine, and Mutt, select this
- option. This option is useful if you plan to check your
- mail with those clients from time to time.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -445,14 +436,14 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<title>Folder Settings</title>
<para>
There are three sets of folder options. In the first,
- <guilabel>Defaults</guilabel>, select which folders will be
- your usual mail, contact, calendar, and task folders. These
- are the folders opened when you click items in the shortcut
- bar, and when you want to save a calendar attachment or
- address card.
+ <guilabel>Default Folders</guilabel>, select which folders will be
+ your usual mail, address book, calendar, and tasks
+ folders. When you save a contact or appointment attached to an
+ email, it will be stored in your default contact or calendar
+ folder.
</para>
<para>
- The <guilabel>Offline Folders</guilabel> are the ones which
+ The <guilabel>Offline Folders</guilabel> are the ones that
will be cached when you activate the <guilabel>Go
Offline</guilabel> feature.
</para>
@@ -465,7 +456,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail">
- <title>Mail Options</title>
+ <title>Mail Preferences</title>
<para>
The <guilabel>Mail Options</guilabel> tool lets you choose how
to display citations, how long to wait before marking a
@@ -502,7 +493,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
you.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Mark Messages as Read</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Mark Messages as Read...</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Normally, Evolution will mark a message as read as soon
@@ -514,7 +505,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Default Character Encoding</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Default Character Encoding</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This setting allows you to select character
@@ -527,7 +518,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Quotation Highlight Color</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Highlight Quotations</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Choose a color to highlight quotations from other
@@ -541,7 +532,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Deleting Mail</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Deleting Mail</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Here, choose whether to delete messages automatically
@@ -552,7 +543,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>New Mail Notification</term>
+ <term><guilabel>New Mail Notification</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Evolution can alert you to the arrival of new mail with
@@ -564,11 +555,11 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
- The options in the <guilabel>HTML Mail</guilabel> section are:
+ The options in the <guilabel>HTML Mail</guilabel> tab are:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Loading Images</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Loading Image</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
You can embed a image in an email and have it load only
@@ -619,7 +610,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<sect1 id="config-prefs-mail-composer">
- <title>Message Composer Preferences</title>
+ <title>Composer Preferences</title>
<para>
There are three tabs of settings you can change for the
message composer. The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab covers shortcuts and
@@ -629,7 +620,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Default Behavior</guilabel></term>
+ <term>Default Behavior</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Choose how you will normally forward and reply
@@ -642,13 +633,13 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Alerts</guilabel></term>
+ <term>Alerts</term>
<listitem>
<para>
There are two optional alerts here:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guilabel>Prompt when sending messages with an empty subject</guilabel></term>
+ <term><guilabel>Prompt when sending messages with an empty subject line</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The composer will warn you if you try to send a
@@ -701,7 +692,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu></menuchoice>,
click on the <guiicon>Composer preferences</guiicon> icon, then
select the <guilabel>Spell Checking</guilabel> tab and check the
- <guilabel>Check spelling while i type</guilabel> box, and
+ <guilabel>Check spelling while I type</guilabel> box, and
choose a color for your misspelled words.
</para>
</sect1>
@@ -732,7 +723,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<sect1 id="config-prefs-cal">
- <title>Calendar and Task List Settings</title>
+ <title>Calendar and Tasks Settings</title>
<para>
The calendar configuration tool has two tabs
<guilabel>General</guilabel> and
@@ -752,7 +743,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</para>
<para>
- The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab lets you set the
+ The General tab lets you set the
following:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -776,11 +767,9 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<term><guilabel>Work Week</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- When does your work day start, and when does it end?
- In the day and week views,
- Evolution displays all the
+ In the day and week views, Evolution displays all the
hours in the range you select here, even if there are
- no appointments for those times. Of course, you can
+ no appointments for those times. You can
still schedule an appointment outside of these hours,
and if you do, the display will be extended to show
it.
@@ -830,7 +819,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</para>
<para>
- The <interface>Display</interface> section lets you choose how
+ The Display tab lets you choose how
your appointments and tasks will appear in your calendar.
</para>
<para>The display properties you can set are:
@@ -840,9 +829,9 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<term><guilabel>Time divisions</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sets the increments shown on the daily view in the
- calendar. You can set this to be anywhere from five
- minutes to an hour, in five minute increments.</para>
+ Sets the time increments shown as fine lines on the
+ daily view in the calendar.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -850,8 +839,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<term><guilabel>Show appointment end times in week and month views</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- If there is space,
- Evolution will show the end
+ If there is space, Evolution will show the end
times in the week and month views for each
appointment.
</para>
@@ -881,8 +869,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<term><guilabel>Tasks due today</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Configures what color to set your tasks that are due
- today to.
+ Select the color for tasks due today.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -894,11 +881,24 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Hide Completed Tasks</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Check this box to have completed tasks hidden after a
+ period of time measured in days, hours,
+ or minutes. If you leave the box unchecked,
+ completed tasks will remain in your task list, marked
+ as complete.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="config-prefs-contact">
- <title>Directory Server Settings</title>
+ <title>Directory Servers</title>
<para>
Address book settings are limited to the usage and
configuration of directory servers (LDAP and
@@ -909,33 +909,46 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</para>
<para>
- To add a new <glossterm linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> server
- to your available contact folders:
+ To add a new address book, either local or remote, do the following:
</para>
<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
<listitem>
<para>
- Select
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- and click the <guilabel>Directory Servers</guilabel>
- shortcut button.
+ Open the address book by clicking the
+ <guilabel>Contacts</guilabel> button.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Click the <guilabel>Add</guilabel> button on the right
- side to open a Directory Server addition assistant.
+ Right-click on the list of address books and select <guimenuitem>New Address</guimenuitem>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select a name and group for the address book. The name is
+ for display only. </para>
+
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guilabel>Forward</guilabel>. If the address book is stored locally,
+ in the <guilabel>On This Computer</guilabel> group, then
+ you don't have to provide any more information. Click
+ <guilabel>OK</guilabel> and you are done.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+
<listitem>
+
<para>
- Enter the server information as requested by the assistant:
+ If you are creating an <glossterm
+ linkend="ldap">LDAP</glossterm> server, enter the server information
+ as requested by the assistant:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Server name</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Server name</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Address of the server where the address book is located.
@@ -943,18 +956,19 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Login Method</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Login Method</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specify whether your login is anonymous, using
an email address, or a "distinguished name." If
- the login is not anonymous, enter the login name
- required by the server.
+ the login is not anonymous, enter the email
+ address or distinguished name (DN) required by
+ the server.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Port</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Port</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The internet port
@@ -965,7 +979,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Use SSL/TLS</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Use SSL/TLS</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
SSL and TLS are security mechanisms. If you
@@ -981,7 +995,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<varlistentry>
- <term>Search base</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Search base</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <glossterm linkend="search-base">search
@@ -992,7 +1006,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Search scope</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Search scope</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <glossterm linkend="search-scope">search
@@ -1023,7 +1037,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Timeout Limit</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Timeout (minutes)</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This is the maximum time Evolution will attempt to
@@ -1034,7 +1048,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<varlistentry>
- <term>Download Limit</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Download Limit</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the maximum number of results for a given
@@ -1048,7 +1062,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
<varlistentry>
- <term>Display name</term>
+ <term><guilabel>Display name</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This is the name you will use to label this
@@ -1062,14 +1076,7 @@ smtp.omniport.com:143
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Click <guilabel>OK</guilabel>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Click <guilabel>OK</guilabel> to permanently make
- changes or <guilabel>Apply</guilabel> to temporarily
- set the changes.
+ Click <guilabel>Apply</guilabel>.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>