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@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
<chapter id="menuref">
<title>Menu Reference</title>
<para>
- This section will serve as a reference for every capability that
- <application>Evolution</application> has. When menu items are
- repeated in <application>Evolution</application>, they're repeated
- here too.
+ This section will serve as a reference for every menu that
+ <application>Evolution</application> has. If you've ever wondered
+ what some obscure menu item does, this is the chapter for
+ you. When menu items are repeated in
+ <application>Evolution</application>, they're repeated here too.
</para>
<para>
From left to right, the menus available to you when you are
@@ -158,7 +159,9 @@
<sect1 id="menuref-mail">
<title>Mail Menus</title>
<para>
- All the menus for mail. FIXME: this paragraph needs content.
+ <application>Evolution</application> Mail has more specialized
+ menus, and more specialized menu items, than any other part of
+ the application.
</para>
<sect2 id="menuref-mail-edit">
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-mail-view">
- <title>The View Menu</title>
+ <title>The Mail View Menu</title>
<para>
This menu lets you control the way
<application>Evolution</application> displays your information
@@ -205,7 +208,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-mail-tools">
- <title>The Tools Menu</title>
+ <title>The Mail Settings Menu</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -218,9 +221,10 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>vFolder Editor</guimenuitem></term>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Virtual Folder Editor</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- Create, edit, and delete vFolders with this tool.
+ Create, edit, and delete Virtual Folders (<glossterm>vFolders</glossterm>)
+ with this tool.
To learn about using vFolders with mail, see
<xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-vfolders">.
</para></listitem>
@@ -237,66 +241,207 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Forget Passwords</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- Although it's really an Action (FIXME), this item will cause
- <application>Evolution</application> to forget what your
- password is.
- </para></listitem>
+ This item will cause <application>Evolution</application>
+ to forget what your password is.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="menuref-mail-folder">
+ <title>The Mail Folder Menu</title>
+ <para>
+ The items in this menu relate to
+ <application>Evolution</application> mail folders.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can:
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Mark all as Read</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <application>Evolution</application> keeps track of which messages
+ you've seen; to mark everything in a folder as read, choose this item.
+ You can mark a single message as read by right-clicking it in the message bar.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Delete All</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ This is a favorite item of everyone with too much junk-mail: one click, and it
+ deletes every message in the current folder.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Empties the trash folder, erasing messages permanently.
+ Once you've done this, they're gone for good.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Configure Folder</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- Another FIXME item, this allows you to set the file format
- in which <application>Evolution</application> stores mail.
+ Use this item to set the file format in which
+ <application>Evolution</application> stores mail. You
+ can choose from standard UNIX-style
+ <systemitem><filename>mbox</filename></systemitem>
+ files, or the
+ <systemitem><filename>mh</filename></systemitem> format.
+ Converting large mailboxes may take a long time, and
+ it's a good idea to have a backup copy beforehand.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="menuref-mail-actions">
- <title>The Actions Menu</title>
+ <sect2 id="menuref-mail-message">
+ <title>The Mail Message Menu</title>
<para>
- When you select one of the actions from this menu,
- <application>Evolution</application> will do your bidding,
- usually to the item you have selected.
+ The items in this menu relate to
+ <application>Evolution</application> mail messages. Most of
+ them require you to have a message selected, and are also
+ available by right-clicking on a message in the message
+ list.
</para>
<para>
- The actions you can perform are:
<variablelist>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Open in New Window</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Displays the selected message in a new window.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Edit Message</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- Select a message in the drafts folder before you select this
- item. You can only edit a message you have written. FIXME: POOR
- description of BROKEN behavior.
+ Open the selected message in the message composer. You
+ can only edit a message you have written: drafts and messages in
+ the <guilabel>Sent</guilabel> box.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>View Message</guimenuitem></term>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Print Message</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- Displays the selected message in a new window.
+ Displays the <interface>Print Preview</interface> window,
+ ready for printing.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Mark all Messages Read</guimenuitem></term>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Reply to Sender</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- <application>Evolution</application> keeps track of which messages
- you've seen; When you don't need to read all those messages, select this item.
- You can mark a single message as read by right-clicking it in the message bar.
- </para></listitem>
+ Opens a message composition window addressed to the
+ author of the message. Covered in detail in
+ <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-reply">.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Expunge</guimenuitem></term>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Reply to All</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- Emtpies the trash folder, erasing messages permanently.
- Once you've done this, don't come crying to me if you
- want a message back.
- </para></listitem>
+ Opens a message composition window addressed to the
+ author of the message and all known recipients.
+ Covered in detail in <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-reply">.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Appends the body of the selected message to a new message.
+ Covered in detail in <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-fwd">.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Delete Message</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Marks a message for deletion.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Move Message</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Choose a folder in which to place this message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Copy Message</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Copy the selected message to another folder.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>VFolder on Subject</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ This item, and the three that follow it, will create vFolders
+ which you may customize further or save as-is. This one will
+ create a vFolder which will display all messages that contain the
+ subject line of the selected message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>VFolder on Sender</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Creates a vFolder to hold all messages from the sender of
+ the selected message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>VFolder on Recipients</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Creates a VFolder to hold all messages addressed to the
+ recipient of the selected message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Filter on Subject</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ This item, and the three that follow it, will create Filters
+ for which you must select actions. You may keep the criteria as
+ they are, or alter them as you wish. This one will
+ create a filter which will affect all messages that contain the
+ subject line of the selected message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Filter on Sender</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Creates a filter which affects all messages from the sender of
+ the selected message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenuitem>Filter on Recipients</guimenuitem></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Creates a filter which will affect all messages addressed to the
+ recipient of the selected message.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -343,8 +488,7 @@
<term><guimenu>Save in Folder</guimenu></term>
<listitem><para>
Save a message as a draft, rather than
- as a seperate text file. (FIXME: should be removed, and
- functionality subsumed under "Save As").
+ as a separate text file.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -357,12 +501,19 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenu>Send</guimenu></term>
+ <term><guimenu>Send Now</guimenu></term>
<listitem><para>
Sends the message immediately.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenu>Send Later</guimenu></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Queue
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenu>Close</guimenu></term>
<listitem><para>
@@ -430,18 +581,16 @@
As with <guimenuitem>Find Regex</guimenuitem>,
<guimenuitem>Find Again</guimenuitem>, and
<guimenuitem>Replace</guimenuitem>, <application>Evolution</application>
- will offer you the option to search forwards or backwards, and.
-
+ will offer you the option to search forwards or backwards.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guimenuitem>Find Regex</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
- If you are familiar with regular expressions, often called
- "regexes," you can search for something more complicated,
- using wildcards and boolean logic. If you're not familiar with
- them, there are numerous resources for you on the web.
+ If you are familiar with <glossterm>regular expressions</glossterm>,
+ often called "regexes," you can search for something more complicated,
+ using wildcards and boolean logic.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -503,7 +652,7 @@
<term><guimenuitem>Show Attachments</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
Toggles the display of attachments. When this item is selected,
- <application>Evolution</application> will create a seperate pane
+ <application>Evolution</application> will create a separate pane
of the composition window to show what attachments you are appending
to the message.
</para></listitem>
@@ -559,142 +708,8 @@
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="menuref-mail-context">
- <title>Contextual Menus in Evolution Mail</title>
- <para>
- The following menus appear when you right-click on something:
- </para>
-
- <sect2 id="menuref-mail-context-message">
- <title>Right-click menu for messages in the message list</title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Open in New Window</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Open a new window to read this message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Edit this Message</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Available only for messages you have
- written and saved to the <guilabel>Drafts</guilabel>
- or <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> folders, this opens the
- message in a message composition window, so you can alter it.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Print</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Opens the Print Preview window in preparation
- for printing the message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Reply to Sender</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Opens a message composition window addressed to the
- author of the message. Covered in detail in
- <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-reply">.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Reply to All</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Opens a message composition window addressed to the
- author of the message and all known recipients.
- Covered in detail in <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-send-reply">.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Appends the body of the selected message to a new message.
- Covered in detail in <xref linkend="usage-mail-getnsend-fwd">.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Delete Message</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Marks a message for deletion.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Move Message</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Choose a folder in which to place this message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>VFolder on Subject</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- This item, and the three that follow it, will create vFolders
- which you may customize further or save as-is. This one will
- create a vFolder which will display all messages that contain the
- subject line of the selected message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>VFolder on Sender</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Creates a vFolder to hold all messages from the sender of
- the selected message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>VFolder on Recipients</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Creates a VFolder to hold all messages addressed to the
- recipient of the selected message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Filter on Subject</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- This item, and the three that follow it, will create Filters
- for which you must select actions. You may keep the criteria as
- they are, or alter them as you wish. This one will
- create a filter which will affect all messages that contain the
- subject line of the selected message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Filter on Sender</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Creates a Filter which affects all messages from the sender of
- the selected message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>Filter on Recipients</guimenuitem></term>
- <listitem><para>
- Creates a filter which will affect all messages addressed to the
- recipient of the selected message.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-
- <sect1 id="menuref-cal">
+ <sect1 id="menuref-cal">
<title>The Calendar Menus</title>
<para>
The Main window of the calendar has the same menus as the main
@@ -784,31 +799,26 @@
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="menuref-cal-tools">
- <title>The Calendar Tools Menu</title>
+ <sect2 id="menuref-cal-settings">
+ <title>The Calendar Settings Menu</title>
<para>
This menu is empty.
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="menuref-cal-actions">
- <title>The Calendar Actions Menu</title>
- <para>
- This menu is empty.
- </para>
- </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="menuref-cal-editor">
<title>The Appointment Editor Menus</title>
<para>
- FIXME: Insert Content Here.
+ The appointment editor has its own menus, to help you use its
+ wide-ranging abilities.
</para>
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-file">
- <title>The Appintment Editor's File Menu</title>
+ <title>The Appointment Editor's File Menu</title>
<para>
- This menu contains several items, including a <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu>
+ This menu contains several items, including a <guisubmenu>New</guisubmenu> submenu
that is identical to that in the
<link linkend="menuref-universal-file">main window's file menu</link>.
Its other contents are:
@@ -914,7 +924,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-edit">
- <title>The Appintment Editor's Edit Menu</title>
+ <title>The Appointment Editor's Edit Menu</title>
<para>
FIXME: this menu is copied and pasted entirely from somewhere
else.
@@ -922,7 +932,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-view">
- <title>The Appintment Editor's View Menu</title>
+ <title>The Appointment Editor's View Menu</title>
<para>
This menu allows you to look at different appointments, and
set the way you look at them, without having to move back to
@@ -982,7 +992,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-insert">
- <title>The Appintment Editor's Insert Menu</title>
+ <title>The Appointment Editor's Insert Menu</title>
<para>
This menu contains: (FIXME: Insert Content Here)
<variablelist>
@@ -1013,7 +1023,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-format">
- <title>The Appintment Editor's Format Menu</title>
+ <title>The Appointment Editor's Format Menu</title>
<para>
This menu contains two items, neither of which
have any functionality yet:
@@ -1037,7 +1047,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-tools">
- <title>The Appintment Editor's Tools Menu</title>
+ <title>The Appointment Editor's Tools Menu</title>
<para>
This menu contains four items, none of which
@@ -1061,7 +1071,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-actions">
- <title>The Appintment Editor's Actions Menu</title>
+ <title>The Appointment Editor's Actions Menu</title>
<para>
This menu contains:
@@ -1101,7 +1111,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="menuref-cal-editor-help">
- <title>The Appintment Editor's File Menu</title>
+ <title>The Appointment Editor's File Menu</title>
<para>
This menu is empty.
</para>
@@ -1124,7 +1134,7 @@
<sect2 id="menuref-contact-view">
- <title>Contact Manager Edit Menu</title>
+ <title>Contact Manager View Menu</title>
<para>
This menu contains the following items:
@@ -1146,7 +1156,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><guimenuitem>As Table</guimenuitem></term>
+ <term><guimenuitem>As Table</guimenuitem> / <guimenuitem>As Minicards</guimenuitem></term>
<listitem><para>
View your contacts as a table.
When in table-view mode, this menu item reads