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-<!ENTITY manrevision "2.0">
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+<!ENTITY manrevision "2.2">
+<!ENTITY date "May 2009">
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<!ENTITY gtalk "http://www.google.com/talk/">
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-<!ENTITY ekiga "http://www.ekiga.net/user/reg/">
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+<!ENTITY sipphone
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- <articleinfo>
- <title>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</title>
+ <articleinfo>
+ <title>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</title>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2008, 2009</year>
+ <holder>Ubuntu Documentation Project</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2009</year>
+ <holder>GNOME Documentation Project</holder>
+ </copyright>
- <copyright>
- <year>2008</year>
- <holder>Ubuntu Documentation Project</holder>
- </copyright>
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- <publisher>
- <publishername>Ubuntu Documentation Project</publishername>
- </publisher>
+ <publisher>
+ <publishername>GNOME Documentation Project</publishername>
+ </publisher>
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&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>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author role="maintainer">
+ <firstname>Milo</firstname>
+ <surname>Casagrande</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>GNOME Documentation Project</orgname>
+ <address><email>milo@ubuntu.com</email></address>
+ </affiliation>
+ <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="2.28" 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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<revhistory>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>Empathy Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
+ <date>&date;</date>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Milo Casagrande
+ <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
+ </para>
+ <para role="publisher">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>Empathy Manual V2.1</revnumber>
+ <date>January 2009</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 V&manrevision;</revnumber>
- <date>&date;</date>
- <revdescription>
+ <revnumber>Empathy Manual V2.0</revnumber>
+ <date>April 2008</date>
+ <revdescription>
<para role="author">Milo Casagrande
- <email>milo_casagrande@yahoo.it</email>
+ <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>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
</revhistory>
<releaseinfo>
<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>.
+ this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="ghelp:user-guide?feedback" type="help">GNOME Feedback Page</ulink>.
</para>
</legalnotice>
</articleinfo>
<indexterm zone="index">
- <primary>Empathy</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm zone="index">
- <primary>empathy</primary>
+ <primary>Empathy</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm zone="index">
+ <primary>empathy</primary>
<secondary>istant messaging</secondary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Jabber
+ Jabber (or <acronym>XMPP</acronym>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Yahoo
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ And many others...
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect1>
<para>Choose
<menuchoice>
<guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Empathy Instant Messenger</guimenuitem>
+ <guimenuitem>Empathy IM Client</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
</listitem>
</entry>
<entry valign="top">
<para>
- Allows to update the user's status.
+ Allows to update the status.
</para>
</entry>
</row>
</table>
</para>
</sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="empathy-when-start-new">
- <title>When You Start &appname; for the First Time</title>
- <para>
- When you start &app; for the first time and you don't have
- configured any account yet, the following dialog is shown.
- <!-- Figure 2 -->
- <figure id="empathy-FIG-newaccount">
- <title>&app; Accounts Dialog</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/empathy-new-account.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>
- Shows &app; account creation dialog.
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
- <!-- End of Figure -->
- </para>
- <para>
- From here, you can configure and create your accounts. See
- <xref linkend="empathy-accounts" /> for more information.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
</sect1>
<sect1 id="empathy-accounts">
register a new account (see <xref linkend="empathy-register-account" />).
</para>
<para>
- In order to talk with other users (called
- <emphasis>contatcs</emphasis>), you need to use the same service
+ 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 registerd with that service.
+ account registered with that service.
</para>
<para>
&app; can handle as many accounts on any supported services as you want and
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
- You can use one of the following services if you already have
- a <emphasis role="strong">Jabber</emphasis> account:
+ 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>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="empathy-create-account">
- <title>Creating an Account</title>
+ <title>Adding your Account to &app;</title>
<para>
- To create an account, proceed as follow:
+ 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 to open the
+ 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>Add</guibutton> button.
+ 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>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
<para>
- From the <guilabel>Type</guilabel> drop-down list choose
- the service you wish to create an account for, then click
- on the <guibutton>Create</guibutton> button.
+ 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>.
+ 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 of the
- <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog. -->
+ 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>
<sect2 id="empathy-disabling-removing-account">
<title>Disabling and Removing an Account</title>
<para>
- To disable an account, proceed as follow:
+ To disable an account, proceed as follows:
</para>
<para>
<orderedlist>
<para>
From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
</link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
- click on the account button to open the
+ click on the account button or press <keycap>F4</keycap>
+ to open the
<guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
<para>
- To remove an account, proceed as follow:
+ To remove an account, proceed as follows:
</para>
<para>
<orderedlist>
<para>
From the <link linkend="empathy-FIG-mainwindow">main window
</link> (<guilabel>Contact List</guilabel>)
- click on the account button to open the
+ click on the account button or press <keycap>F4</keycap>
+ to open the
<guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> dialog.
</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 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">
- <title>Contacts</title>
+ <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>
- <sect2 id="empathy-add-contact">
- <title>Adding a Contact</title>
+ <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 follow:
+ To add a new contact, proceed as follows:
</para>
<para>
<orderedlist>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- In the <guilabel>Identifier</guilabel> text-box type the
+ 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
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- In the <guilabel>Alias</guilabel> text-box type the name
+ In the <guilabel>Alias</guilabel> text box type the name
you want to give at the the new contact.
</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="empathy-remove-contact">
- <title>Removing a Contact</title>
<para>
- To remove a contact, proceed as follow:
+ To remove a contact, proceed as follows:
</para>
<para>
<orderedlist>
</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>Contact</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>, or right-click on it
+ and choose <guilabel>Edit</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>Contact</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>, or right-click on it
+ and choose <guilabel>Edit</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>
- <title>Modifying a Contact</title>
+
+ <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>Contact</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>, or right-click on it
+ and choose <guilabel>Edit</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>
+<!--
+ <sect1 id="empathy-send-receive-message">
+ <title>Sending and Receiving Messages</title>
+ <para>
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1 id="empathy-preferences">
+ <title>Preferences</title>
+ <para>
+ </para>
+ </sect1>
+-->
+
</article>
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