<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
- type="topic"
- id="send-file">
+ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
+ type="topic"
+ id="send-file">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
<desc>Send a file from your computer to one of your contacts.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-07-21" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review">
+ <!--
+ <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-09" status="deferred"/>
+ -->
+ </revision>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+<!--
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+-->
</info>
<title>Send files</title>
<list>
<item>
<p>
- Right-click on the contact you want to send a file, and select <gui>Send file</gui>.
+ Right click on the contact you want to send a file to, and choose <gui>Send file</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- The <gui>File Transfers</gui> window will appear. Wait for your contact to accept the
- file transfer, or click <gui>Stop</gui> to halt the transfer.
+ The <gui>File Transfers</gui> window will appear.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Wait for your contact to accept the file transfer, or click
+ <gui>Stop</gui> to halt the transfer.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Once the transfer is finished, it is possible to close the <gui>File Transfers</gui>
+ window.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
- <p>
- If your contact accepts the file transfer, you can watch the progress of the
- transfer and see the estimated amount of time remaining before it is complete.
- </p>
- <p>
- If they do not accept it, the status of the transfer will change to <gui>File
- transfer cancelled</gui>, and the file will not be sent.
- </p>
- <p>
- Once a transfer is finished, you can close the <gui>File Transfers</gui>
- window. If you have multiple finished transfers listed in the window, click on
- <gui>Clear</gui> to empty the list. This will only remove the files from the
- list and will not delete them from your computer.
- </p>
-
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>
+ If you have multiple finished transfers listed in the window, click on
+ <gui>Clear</gui> to empty the list. This will only remove the files from the
+ list and will not delete them from your computer.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ It is possible to send files only using the following services: <em>Jabber</em>,
+ <em>Google Talk</em> and <em>People Nearby</em>.
+ </p>
+ </note>
<note>
<p>
- In order to send a file to someone, you need to be connected to the Internet, or to
+ In order to send a file to someone, you need to be connected to the Internet, or to
a local area network.
</p>
</note>