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authorAaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com>2003-07-15 00:48:13 +0800
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fix typo in encryption section.
2003-07-14 Aaron Weber <aaron@ximian.com> * C/usage-mail.xml: fix typo in encryption section. * C/menuref.xml: add command line reference. svn path=/trunk/; revision=21808
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<note id="shortcuts">
<title>Custom Keyboard Shortcuts</title>
<para>
- If you have set custom keyboard shortcuts for your desktop, (you can
- do this the control center: select
- <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
- from your menu panel), they may interfere with Evolution keyboard
- shortcuts.
-</para>
-<para>
- For example, if you have chosen Emacs-style key bindings for your
- desktop-wide text editor, the shortcut
+ As of GNOME 2.0, custom keyboard shortcuts lose out to keyboard
+ shortcuts as defined in application menus. For example, even if you have
+ chosen Emacs-style keybindings, the
+<keycombo>
+<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
+<keycap>A</keycap>
+</keycombo> shortcut
+select the entire message (as noted in in
+<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Select
+All</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), not go to the beginning of a line, as it would in Emacs.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Keybindings that are not overridden by menu definitions are not affected. For example,
<keycombo action="simul">
<keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
- <keycap>W</keycap>
+ <keycap>K</keycap>
</keycombo>
- will act as "Cut region" rather than as "Close Window" in the
- message composer.
+ still acts as "cut line."
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ To change keybinding settings, select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Personal
+ Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ from your menu panel and double-click the
+<guiicon>Shortcuts</guiicon> icon.
</para>
+
</note>
+<sect1 id="commandline">
+ <title>Command Line Options</title>
+ <para>
+ Evolution is primarily a graphical (GUI) tool, but it has a few
+ command-line flags and options you may want to use.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Force Evolution to Quit</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Earlier versions of Evolution shipped with a "killev"
+ script to halt all Evolution processes. Evolution 1.4 uses
+ the --force-shutdown flag instead. If Evolution has
+ stopped responding, try runing the command <command>evolution-1.4
+ --force-shutdown</command>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Handling Mailto Links with a Subject</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Evolution handles mailto links from browsers. If you use
+ Galeon, you can set the mail handler by selecting
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Personal
+ Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and double-clicking the <guiicon>File
+ Associations</guiicon> icon.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ For other browsers or applications, enter your custom
+ email handler as the command <userinput>evolution-1.4 "%s"</userinput> </para>
+ <para>
+ To create a preformed subject, enter the command like so:
+ <command>evolution-1.4 mailto:address@isp.com?subject="Subject of Message"</command>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term> Disable splash screen</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If you dislike the splash screen, add the flag
+ <userinput>--no-splash.</userinput>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Start Online or Offline</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To start in online mode or in offline mode, add the <userinput>--offline</userinput>
+ or <userinput>--online</userinput> flag to the command line.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Capture Debugging Output</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To gather debugging information for a bug report, run
+ Evolution with the flag
+ <userinput>--debug=filename.txt</userinput>. All debugging output
+ will go to the file name you choose.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Additional Command Line Help</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Run <command>evolution --help</command> or
+ <command>evolution -?</command> to get a long listing of
+ additional options, most of which are available for all GNOME
+ applications. To get a short syntax summary, run the command
+ <command>evolution-1.4 --usage</command>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+</sect1>
<sect1 id="quickref-open">