<link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="remove-account"/>
<desc>Add a new account to <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
- <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-24" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-24" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
</p>
<list>
- <item>
- <p>
- Press <key>F4</key>
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
- </p>
- </item>
+ <item>
+ Press <key>F4</key>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
</p>
<list>
- <item>
- <p>
- From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
- the service you wish to add an account for, then click
- on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
- </p>
- </item>
+ <item>
+ From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
+ the service you wish to add an account for, then click
+ on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</list>
<p>
- Otherwise:
+ Otherwise:
</p>
<steps>
- <item>
- <p>
- Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>
- From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
- the service you wish to add an account for, then click
- on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
- </p>
- </item>
+ <item>
+ Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
+ the service you wish to add an account for, then click
+ on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</steps>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Fill the required fields with your <em>user
- name</em> and <em>password</em>.
+ Fill the required fields with your <em>user
+ name</em> and <em>password</em>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- To enable the new account, select the
- <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
- the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.
+ To enable the new account, select the
+ <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
+ the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
<link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="offline-contacts"/>
<desc>Add someone to the contact list.</desc>
- <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-15" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-15" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
-
+
<comment>
<cite date="2009-06-15"><name>Phil Bull</name></cite>
<p>Instructions need review, didn't test with other IM services to confirm
</comment>
<title>Add someone to your list of contacts</title>
-
+
<steps>
<item>
<p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Chat</gui><gui>Add Contact</gui></guiseq>
+ Choose <guiseq><gui>Chat</gui><gui>Add Contact</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- From the <gui>Account</gui> drop-down list, select the type of
- service the person you want to add to your contacts is using.
+ From the <gui>Account</gui> drop-down list, select the type of
+ service the person you want to add to your contacts is using.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- In the <gui>Identifier</gui> text box, type the email address
- or the username of the person you want to add to your
- contacts list.
+ In the <gui>Identifier</gui> text box, type the email address
+ or the username of the person you want to add to your
+ contacts list.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- In the <gui>Alias</gui> text box, type their name.
+ In the <gui>Alias</gui> text box, type their name.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Click <gui>Add</gui> to add the person to your list of
- contacts.
+ Click <gui>Add</gui> to add the person to your list of
+ contacts.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
- <p>
- You can view your list of contacts in the main window of
- <app>Empathy</app>.
- </p>
-
<note>
<p>
To add a new person to your list of contacts, you need to be
- connected to the Internet and to your account.
+ connected to the Internet and to your account.
</p>
</note>
<desc>
Change your status, if you are going away from your computer for example.
</desc>
- <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
</info>
<note>
<p>
- If you do not use your computer for a while, or if the screen saver is turned on, Empathy will
- automatically set your status to <gui>Away</gui>.
+ If you do not use your computer for a while, or if the screen saver is turned on,
+ the status will be automatically set to <gui>Away</gui>.
</p>
</note>
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic"
id="create-account">
+
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="add-account"/>
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-21" status="draft"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-07" status="review"/>
-
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
- <comment>
- <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
- <p>Section about how to create an account.</p>
- </comment>
-
<title>Register for a new account</title>
-
+
<p>
You can freely create an account on any of the services listed below.
Follow the instructions reported on each website on
<p>
Click on the name of the service to visit its website.
</p>
-
+
<section id="im-services">
<title>Instant Messaging Services</title>
<note>
<p>
It is possible to use the automatic creation of accounts
- with this service and <app>Empathy</app>. Not all the
- service providers support it. One service provider known
- to work is <em>jabber.org</em>, the default one of the application.
+ with this service. Not all the service providers support it.
+ One service provider known to work is <em>jabber.org</em>,
+ the default one of the application.
</p>
</note>
</item>
These services will let you do voice call over the Internet with
other people using the same service or even to normal phones.
</p>
-
+
<list>
<item>
<p>
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="remove-account"/>
- <desc>Prevent an account from logging-in automatically when you start
- Empathy.</desc>
- <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
-
+ <desc>
+ Prevent an account from logging-in automatically when you start
+ <app>Empathy</app>.
+ </desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
-
- <comment>
- <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
- <p>Section about how to disable an account from <app>Empathy</app>.</p>
- </comment>
-
+
<title>Disable an account</title>
<p>
Disabling an account means to deactivate it, temporarily or
- permanently. All the conversations you had will be kept in your computer.
+ permanently. All the conversations you had will be kept in your computer.
</p>
<p>
- After disabling an account, you will be able to enable it again.
+ After disabling an account, it is possible to enable it again.
</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
- From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
+ From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
</p>
<list>
- <item>
- <p>
- Press <key>F4</key>
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
- </p>
- </item>
+ <item>
+ Press <key>F4</key>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Select the account you wish to disable in the box on the
- left of the dialog.
+ Select the account you wish to disable from the box on the
+ left of the dialog.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Deselect the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box.
+ Deselect the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
-
- <note>
- <p>
- If you want to remove an account, see <link xref="remove-account"/>.
- </p>
- </note>
</page>
<link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-name"/>
<desc>Create an IRC account.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-25" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<list>
<item>
<p>
- Press <key>F4</key>
+ Press <key>F4</key>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
+ Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
</list>
<link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="irc-join-room"/>
<desc>Join a password protected room.</desc>
- <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-07" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-07" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
</info>
<title>Join a protected room</title>
+
+ <p>
+ At the moment it is not possible to join a password protected room.
+ </p>
</page>
<link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-name"/>
<desc>How to set the password of a nickname.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-26" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
<list>
<item>
<p>
- Press <key>F4</key>
+ Press <key>F4</key>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
+ Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
</list>
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic"
id="remove-account">
-
+
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
<desc>Completely remove an account from <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
- <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
-
- <comment>
- <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
- <p>Section about how to remove an account from <app>Empathy</app>.</p>
- </comment>
-
+
<title>Remove an account</title>
<p>
the conversations you had with other people.
</p>
<p>
- After removing an account you will not be able to recover it or
- the conversations you had.
+ After removing an account you will not be able to recover it or to recover
+ the conversations you had.
</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
- From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
+ From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
</p>
<list>
- <item>
- <p>
- Press <key>F4</key>
- </p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
- </p>
- </item>
+ <item>
+ Press <key>F4</key>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Select the account you wish to remove in the box on the
- left of the dialog.
+ Select the account you wish to remove from the box on the
+ left of the dialog.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Click on the <gui>Remove</gui> button.
+ Click on the <gui>Remove</gui> button.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- A dialog will be shown asking for confirmation. Click on
- the <gui>Remove</gui> button to permanently remove the
- account.
+ A dialog will be shown asking for confirmation. Click on
+ the <gui>Remove</gui> button to permanently remove the
+ account.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
-
- <note>
- <p>
- If you only want to disable an account, see <link xref="disable-account"/>.
- </p>
- </note>
</page>
<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="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
</p>
</item>
</steps>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ It is possible to send files only using the following services: <em>Jabber</em>,
+ <em>Google Talk</em> and <em>Salut</em>.
+ </p>
+ </note>
<p>
If your contact accepts the file transfer, you can watch the progress of the
<link type="seealso" xref="change-status"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="status-icons"/>
<desc>
- Setting a custom status.
+ Set a personal message for your status.
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-30" status="draft"/>
-
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
</info>
- <title>Set a custom status</title>
+ <title>Set a custom message</title>
+
+ <p>
+ Sometimes you may want to set a custom message for your status, for example to let
+ people know that you will be unavailable for a certain period of time.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ It is possible to set a custom message based on the different statuses available.
+ </p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
<p>
- Sometimes you may want to set a custom status, for example to let people know that you will be unavailable for a certain period of time.
- </p>
-
- <steps>
+ From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at
+ the top.
+ </p>
+ </item>
<item>
<p>
- Click on the drop-down list at the top of the main window of
- <app>Empathy</app>.
+ Select the status you want to add a custom message to. You have to select the one
+ identified with the label <gui>Custom Message</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Enter your custom status message into the "Add New Preset" box.
+ Enter your custom message in the text box at the top of the window, and
+ press <key>Enter</key> to set the message.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Select a generic status type from the drop-down menu.
+ If you want to set the custom message as a favorite, saving it in order to use it
+ again, click on the little star on the right of the text box where you wrote your
+ custom message.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ If you do not do it, the custom message will not be available the next time you
+ use <app>Empathy</app>. It will be saved only for the current session.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <section id="edit-custom">
+
+ <title>Edit, remove and add a custom message</title>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at
+ the top.
</p>
- </item>
- <item>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<p>
- Click on the +Add button to add the custom status to
- your list of possible status indicators.
+ Select <gui>Edit Custom Message</gui>.
</p>
</item>
- <item>
+ <item>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ To edit a custom message:
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ From the <gui>Saved Presets</gui> box, select the status message
+ you want to edit and double-click on it.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Type the new custom message and press <key>Enter</key> to modify it.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ To remove a custom message:
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ From the <gui>Saved Presets</gui> box, select the status message you want
+ to remove.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click on the <gui>Remove</gui> button.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ To add a new custom message, from the <gui>Add New Preset</gui> section:
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click on the drop-down list to select the status you want to set a custom
+ message to.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click on the text box, and type the new custom message.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click on <gui>Add</gui> to add the new message to the presets ones.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<p>
- Click "Close" and then select your newly-created status from
- the drop-down menu at the top of the application.
+ When finished, click on <gui>Close</gui>.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ When you edit or add a new custom message, it will not be set as the current
+ status message. You will need to select it from the <gui>Contact List</gui> window.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+
+ </section>
+
</page>
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
<desc>
- Share your desktop with one of your contacts.
+ Share the desktop with your contacts.
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-02" status="stub"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
+ <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2009</year>
+ <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+ </copyright>
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
- <title>Share the desktop</title>
+
+ <title>Share your desktop</title>
+
+ <p>
+ It is possible, with some of your contacts, to share your desktop with them, or to start
+ using your contacts desktop. You can use
+ this functionality to show your desktop to your contacts, to ask for help or to
+ help your contacts resolve a problem.
+ </p>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ In order to be able to share your desktop or to remotely use your contacts desktop,
+ it is necessary to have a remote desktop viewer application installed in your system.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
+ </p>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Select the contact you want to share your desktop with, and choose
+ <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Contact</gui><gui>Share my desktop</gui></guiseq>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Right-click on the name of the contact you want to share your desktop with,
+ and select <gui>Share my desktop</gui>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ A request will be sent to the contact you want to share your desktop with.
+ If they accept, the default remote desktop viewer application will be launched in
+ order to permit you to disconnect the user that is controlling your desktop.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ For more information about how to use the remote desktop viewer application,
+ refer to its help.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <p>
+ When you share your desktop with someone else, it is possible to experience
+ system performance slowdown and low Internet speed.
+ </p>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ Not all your contacts might be able to support this functionality. It is necessary
+ for them to have at least the 2.28 version of <app>Empathy</app> and a remote desktop
+ viewer application installed in their system.
+ </p>
+ </note>
</page>
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