From: Frédéric Péters Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:56:33 +0000 (+0200) Subject: remove obsolete help file X-Git-Url: https://git.0d.be/?p=empathy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=5e6fc11a838de8923e5d494eb40ee3e65e8a0f5c;hp=23a733f9087d62e802571a8000c9d3ec37b3e47a remove obsolete help file --- diff --git a/help/C/empathy.xml b/help/C/empathy.xml deleted file mode 100644 index e6a1a728..00000000 --- a/help/C/empathy.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1395 +0,0 @@ - - - - - -Empathy"> - - - - - - - - - - -]> - -
- - - - &app; Manual V&manrevision; - - - 2008, 2009 - Ubuntu Documentation Project - - - 2009 - GNOME Documentation Project - - - - - GNOME Documentation Project - - - - &legal; - - - - Milo - Casagrande - - GNOME Documentation Project -
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Empathy Manual V&manrevision; - &date; - - Milo Casagrande - milo@ubuntu.com - - GNOME Documentation Project - - - - - Empathy Manual V2.1 - January 2009 - - Milo Casagrande - milo@ubuntu.com - - Ubuntu Documentation Project - - - - - Empathy Manual V2.0 - April 2008 - - Milo Casagrande - milo@ubuntu.com - - Seth Dudenhofer - sdudenhofer@gmail.com - - Ubuntu Documentation Project - - - - - - This manual describes version &appversion; of &appname;. - - - Feedback - - To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; application or - this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page. - - - - - - &appname; is an application for instant messaging. - - - - - - - Empathy - - - empathy - istant messaging - - - - Introduction - - &app; is a multi-protocol instant messaging program for the - GNOME Desktop. With &app; you can keep in touch with all of your - friends through lots of supported instant messaging services. - - - &app; supports the following services: - - - - AIM - - - - - Google Talk - - - - - ICQ - - - - - IRC - - - - - Jabber (or XMPP) - - - - - MSN - - - - - Salut - - - - - SIP - - - - - Yahoo - - - - - And many others... - - - - - - - - Getting Started - - - Starting &appname; - You can start &app; in the following ways: - - - - Applications menu - - Choose - - Internet - Empathy IM Client - . - - - - - Command line - - Type empathy and then press - Enter. - - - - - - - - When You Start &appname; - - When you start &app; the following window is shown. - -
- &app; Main Window - - - - - - - - Shows &app; main window. Contains the titlebar, the - menubar, contact list, status icon and status arrow - button list. - - - - -
- - - - describes the components of - &app;'s main window. - - &app; Main Components - - - - - - - Component - - - Description - - - - - - - Menubar - - - - Contains menus used to perform actions in &app;. - - - - - - Status Drop-Down List - - - - Allows to update the status. - - - - - - Account Button - - - - Opens the Accounts dialog. - - - - - - Contact List - - - - Shows all the available contacts and their - associated status. - - - - - -
- - - - - - Accounts - - To use &app; you need at least one account of the supported services. - - - If you don't already have an account and you don't have your user - name and password, you need to - register a new account (see ). - - - In order to talk with other users, also called - contacts, you need to use the same service - they are using. If, for example, one contact is using the Jabber service, you need to have an - account registered with that service. - - - &app; can handle as many accounts on any supported services as you want and - you can have them all open at the same time. - - - - Registering an Account - - You can freely register an account on any of the following - services. Follow the instructions reported on each website on - how to register your new account. At the end of the - registration process you should have a user - name (or an account ID) and - a password that you will use to - create the account in &app;. - - - Click on the name of the service to visit its website: - - - - - - The AIM service. - - - - - - The Google - Talk service. - - - - - - The ICQ service. - - - - - - The MSN service. - - - - - - The Yahoo service. - - - - - - For registering a SIP account, you can use one of the - following service: - - - - - - - The Ekiga service. - - - - - - The FWD (Free - World Dialup) service. - - - - - - The Sipphone service. - - - - - - For registering a Jabber - 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 jabber.org. - - - If you already have a Jabber account, you can use one of - the following services: - - - - - - Salut - - - - - - - - Adding your Account to &app; - - To add your account to &app;, proceed as follows: - - - - From the main window - (Contact List) - click on the account button or press F4 to open the - Accounts dialog. - - - - - If it is the first time you launch &app;: - - - - From the Type drop-down list choose - the service you wish to add an account for, then click - on the Create button. - - - - - - Otherwise: - - - - Click on the Add button. - - - - - From the Type drop-down list choose - the service you wish to add an account for, then click - on the Create button. - - - - - - - - Fill the required fields with your user - name and - password. Optionally, you can - modify some advanced options. For more information, - see . - - - - - To enable the new account, select the - Enabled check-box next to - the name of the account in the box on the left. - - - - - - - Importing Accounts - - If you use another instant messaging program, you can import - the accounts from that program into &app; - - - - - At the moment &app; can import the accounts only from - the instant messaging program - Pidgin. For more information - about Pidgin, see the Pidgin website. - - - - - To import the accounts into &app;, proceed as follows: - - - - From the main window - (Contact List) - click on the account button or press F4 to open the - Accounts dialog. - - - - - Click on the Import Accounts... - button to open the Import - Accounts dialog. - - - - - Select the accounts you would like to import by - clicking on the Import check-box. - - - - - When you have selected all the desired accounts, click - OK to import them. If you don't - want to import the accounts, click - Cancel. - - - - - When you import a new account into &app;, it will not be - enabled by default. - - - To enable the new account, select the - Enabled check-box next to - the name of the account in the box on the left. - - - - - - - - - Editing an Account - - To edit one of your accounts, i.e. to change the - password or your user - name, proceed as follows: - - - - From the main window - (Contact List) - click on the account button or press F4 to open the - Accounts dialog. - - - - - Select the account you wish to edit in the box on the - left. - - - - - Modify the desired data. - - - - - - - - Based on the type of the account, it is possibile to edit - different settings. - - - - - To modify the identifier of an account, how &app; identifies - an account, proceed as follows: - - - - From the main window - (Contact List) - click on the account button or press F4 to open the - Accounts dialog. - - - - - Select the account you wish to edit in the box on the - left and double-click on its name. - - - - - Change the name of the account as you desire. - - - - - - - - Disabling and Removing an Account - - To disable an account, proceed as follows: - - - - - - From the main window - (Contact List) - click on the account button or press F4 - to open the - Accounts dialog. - - - - - Select the account you wish to disable in the box on the - left of the dialog and deselect the - Enabled check-box. - - - - - - To remove an account, proceed as follows: - - - - - - From the main window - (Contact List) - click on the account button or press F4 - to open the - Accounts dialog. - - - - - Select the account you wish to disable in the box on the - left of the dialog. - - - - - Click on the Remove button. - - - - - A dialog will be shown asking for confirmation. Click on - the Remove button to remove the account. - - - - - - - - Editing Personal Information - - 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: - - - - - - From the main - window, select - Edit - Personal Information - . - - - - - From the Account drop-down list, choose - the account you want to edit. - - - - - In the Alias text box, write your new - alias. - - - - - To change your icon, click on the person-looking button and - choose an image file. - - - - - When done, click Close. - - - - - - - - An alias is an alternative way you - can identify yourself. You can use your real - name or a nickname. - - - - - - - Advanced Options - - Based on the service you are using, it is possible to - configure more advanced options to modify the normal behavior of - &app;. - - - To configure these options, when you are adding a new - account, click on the drop-down section - Advanced. - - - - - Jabber (or <acronym>XMPP</acronym>) and Google Talk - - - - - - Encryption required (TLS/SSL) - - - - Select this option in order to use some sort of - encryption during your conversations. - - - - - - Ignore SSL certificate errors - - - - 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. - - - - - Select this option only if you are sure the - certificate is secure and you can trust it. - - - - - - - - Resource - - - - 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 - Priority one, you can - use your account simultaneously in two different - devices. For example, if you set one device to - desktop and the other - one to mobile, you can - connect with both of them and based on the - Priority value you will receive - messages on one of the two devices or both. - - - 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. - - - - - 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 - Priority spin box. - - - - - - - - Priority - - - - Use this spin box to indicate wich device, set in - the Resource 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. - - - You can set values in the range from - -128 to 127. - - - - - If you set the same value of this spin box in - both the devices, you will receive messages on - both of them. - - - - - - - - - In the Override server settings section - you can set options that take precedence over the default settings. - - - - Server - - - - Use this text box to write the name of the - server you want to use for this service. - - - - - - Port - - - - Use this spin box to set the number of the port of - the server to use. - - - You can set values in the range from - 0 to 65,555. - - - - - - Use old SSL - - - - Select this option to use the old version of the - secure protocol for encrypting your connection. - - - - - - - - - Yahoo - - - - - Ignore conference and chatrooms - invitations - - - - Select this option to ignore the invitations that - other people may send you. - - - - - - Room List locale - - - - The value of this text box identifies the language - used to retrieve the room list when connecting to - the Yahoo service. - - - If you need to change this value, use the two letter - code of your language. - - - - - - Charset - - - - The value of this text box identifies the set of the - characters used by &app;. - - - - - It is advise to leave this value to - UTF-8. Change it only - if that charset does not cover your language. - - - - - - - - Server - - - - Use this text box to write the name of the - server you want to use for this service. - - - - - - Port - - - - Use this spin box to set the number of the port of - the server to use. - - - You can set values in the range from - 0 to 65,555. - - - - - - Use Yahoo Japan - - - - 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. - - - - - - - - - <acronym>AIM</acronym>, GroupWise and <acronym>MSN</acronym> - - - - - Server - - - - Use this text box to write the name of the - server you want to use for this service. - - - - - - Port - - - - Use this spin box to set the number of the port of - the server to use. - - - You can set values in the range from - 0 to 65,555. - - - - - - - - - Salut - - - - - Published Name - - - - Use this text box to write the name that will be - visible to the other users of the network. - - - - - - Email - - - - Use this text box to write your email. - - - - - - Jabber ID - - - - Use this text box to write your Jabber ID, if you - have one. - - - - - - - - - ICQ - - - - - Charset - - - - The value of this text box identifies the set of the - characters used by &app;. - - - - - It is advise to leave this value to - UTF-8. Change it only - if that charset does not cover your language. - - - - - - - - Server - - - - Use this text box to write the name of the - server you want to use for this service. - - - - - - Port - - - - Use this spin box to set the number of the port of - the server to use. - - - You can set values in the range from - 0 to 65,555. - - - - - - - - - Gadu Gadu - - - - Nick - - - Use this text box to write an alternative name to - use with this service. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Contacts and Groups - - All the contacts are handled within &app;'s main window. - - - 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. - - - Adding and Removing a Contact - - To add a new contact, proceed as follows: - - - - - - From the main - window choose - Chat - Add Contact... - . The New Contact - dialog will be shown. - - - - - From the Account drop-down list, - choose the service used by the contact you are adding. - - - - - In the Identifier text box type the - address of the contact in the form - of - user name@service - domain. - - - - - In the Alias text box type the name - you want to give at the the new contact. - - - - - Click on Add to add the new contact. - - - - - - To remove a contact, proceed as follows: - - - - - - From the main - window, select the contact you would like - to remove and right-click on it. - - - - - From the popup menu, choose Remove to - remove the contact. - - - - - - - - An alias is an alternative way you - can identify that particular contact. You can use the real - name or the nickname of that person. - - - - - - Editing a Contact - - To edit a contact, proceed as follows: - - - - - - From the main - window, select the contact you would like - to modify and choose - Edit - Contact - Edit - , or right-click on it - and choose Edit. - - - - - - From the Edit Contact Information dialog, - you can modify the alias - and the group of the contact. - - - - - An alias is an alternative way you - can identify that particular contact. You can use the real - name or the nickname of that person. - - - - - For more information about groups, see and . - - - - - Adding a Contact to a Group - - To add a contact to one or more groups, proceed as follows: - - - - - - From the main - window, select the contact you would like - to modify and choose - Edit - Contact - Edit - , or right-click on it - and choose Edit. - - - - - From the Groups section, select the - group, or groups, you want to add the contact to. - - - - - When done, click Close. - - - - - - - - Adding a New Group - - To add a new group, proceed as follows: - - - - - - From the main - window, select one contact and choose - Edit - Contact - Edit - , or right-click on it - and choose Edit. - - - - - In the Groups section, write the - name of the group you want to add and then click on - Add Group. - - - - - When done, click Close. - - - - - - - - - -