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<sect2 id="charpickapplet">
<title>Character Picker Applet</title>
<para>
<application>Character Picker</application> applet, shown in <xref
linkend="charpickapplet-fig">, allows you to easily write many
characters which are not available on standard keyboards such as
accented characters, certain mathemathical symbols and punctuation,
and some other special symbols. To add this applet to a
<interface>Panel</interface>,
right-click on the <interface>Panel</interface> and choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Applet</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Utility</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Character Picker</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
<figure id="charpickapplet-fig">
<title>Character Picker Applet</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Character Picker Applet</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/charpick_applet"
srccredit="muet">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- ============= Usage ================================ -->
<sect3 id="charpickapplet-usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<para>
First, bring the cursor focus to the <application>Character
Picker</application> applet by left-clicking on one of the
characters displayed in the applet. Specify the character group
by pressing the corresponding key on your keyboard. (For a
complete list of the character groups and corresponding keys, see
<xref linkend="charpickapplet-characters">.) For example,
to see the various accented versions of the "a" letter, press
"a". After you have found the correct letter or symbol,
left-click on it to copy the symbol into the buffer. The
character should appear as a depressed button. This is similar to
the common Copy command available in many programs. To paste the
symbol in any window, just click in the window with the middle
mouse button. Most applications which have Copy and Paste
features will also allow you to paste the symbol using its Paste
command.
</para>
<note>
<title>ISO-8859-1 (Latin-1) character support</title>
<para>
Note that some applications do not support ISO-8859-1
characters. These applications will not display some characters
from the <application>Character Picker</application> applet.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<title>Cut and Paste in X</title>
<para>
The X Windows system allows you to copy and paste text by
highlighting it with the first mouse button to copy the text and
then pasting the text by pressing the middle mouse button.
Note that <application>Character Picker</application> uses the
same copy buffer as X uses. Thus, when you
select a character in the <application>Character
Picker</application> it replaces any previous text in the buffer
from highlighting text. Similarly, if you have selected a
character in <application>Character Picker</application> and then
highlight text, the highlighted text will replace the character
in the buffer and the character's button will no longer appear
depressed.
</para>
</note>
<para>
Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the
following items:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Properties…</guimenuitem> —
opens the <link linkend="charpickapplet-prefs">
<guilabel>Properties</guilabel></link> dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> —
displays this document.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>About…</guimenuitem> —
shows basic information about <application>Character Picker
Applet</application>, inluding the applet's version and the
author's name.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Customization ============================= -->
<sect3 id="charpickapplet-prefs">
<title>Customization</title>
<para>
You can customize <application>Character Picker</application>
applet by right-clicking on it and choosing
<guimenuitem>Properties…</guimenuitem>. This will open the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog(shown in <xref
linkend="charpickapplet-settings-fig">), which allows you to
change various settings.
</para>
<figure id="charpickapplet-settings-fig">
<title>Properties dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Properties dialog</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/charpick_applet_settings"
srccredit="muet">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
The properties in the <guilabel>Size</guilabel> tab are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guibutton>Follow panel size</guibutton> — If this
button is checked, the
<application>Character Picker</application> applet will
automatically set the appropriate number of columns and rows
of characters to fit in the <interface>Panel</interface>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Minimum number of cells</guilabel>: (for autosize)
— This sets the
minimum number of character buttons (or "cells") which will be
shown. The actual number of character buttons may exceed this
number, depending upon the <interface>Panel</interface> size
and number chosen. Note that if this number is too small,
some characters may not be visible. (This variable does not
influence the cell layout if the <guibutton>Follow panel
size</guibutton> button is not selected.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Number of rows of buttons</guilabel>: — This
determines the number
of rows of character buttons (or "cells") that appear in the
applet. (This variable does not influence the cell layout if
the <guibutton>Follow panel size</guibutton> button is selected.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Number of columns of buttons</guilabel>: —
This determines the number
of columns of character buttons (or "cells") that appear in the
applet. (This variable does not influence the cell layout if
the <guibutton>Follow panel size</guibutton> button is selected.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Size of button</guilabel>: (pixels) — This is
the size (in pixels)
of each character button in the applet.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The properties in the <guilabel>Default List</guilabel> tab are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Default character list</guilabel> — This is
the list of characters
which will be shown in the applet when you press the space
bar. This is a convenient way to keep a list of your most
frequently used characters. Just enter your most frequently
used characters here.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
After you have made all the changes you want, click on
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and close the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog. Click
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to apply changes without closing.
<guibutton>Close</guibutton> closes
<interface>Properties</interface> without saving changes which
have not been applied. Applied changes cannot be cancelled.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Characters ================================== -->
<sect3 id="charpickapplet-characters">
<title>Characters</title>
<para>
<application>Character Picker</application> applet has all
the characters from the
ISO-8859-1(Latin 1) character set which are not on standard US
keyboards. They are mapped onto the standard characters as shown in
<xref linkend="charpickapplet-characters-fig">. The bold
characters in the first column of each half and to the left of the
dotted lines are the characters you
must type in the <application>Character Picker</application>
applet to obtain
the corresponding characters shown to the right.
</para>
<figure id="charpickapplet-characters-fig">
<title>Character Picker's Character Key</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Character Picker's Character Key</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/charpick_characters.png"
srccredit="muet">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Bugs ================================== -->
<!-- This section should describe known bugs and limitations of
the program if there are any - please be frank and list all
problems you know of -->
<sect3 id="charpickapplet-bugs">
<title>Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
<para>
This applet has no known bugs.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Authors ================================ -->
<sect3 id="charpickapplet-authors">
<title>Authors</title>
<para>
<application>Character Picker</application> was written by Alexandre Muñiz
(<email>munizao@xprt.net</email>). Please send all comments,
suggestions, and bug
reports to the <ulink url="http://bugs.gnome.org" type="http">GNOME
bug tracking database</ulink>. (Instructions for submitting bug
reports can be found <ulink
url="http://bugs.gnome.org/Reporting.html" type="http">
on-line</ulink>. If you are using
GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use <application>Bug Report
Tool</application> (<command>bug-buddy</command>), available in the
<guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of <guimenu>Main
Menu</guimenu>, for submitting bug reports.
</para>
<para>
This manual was written by Dan Mueth
(<email>d-mueth@uchicago.edu</email>). Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this manual to the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp">GNOME Documentation Project</ulink>
by sending an email to <email>docs@gnome.org</email>. You can also
submit comments online by using the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/">GNOME Documentation Status
Table</ulink>.
</para>
<!-- For translations: uncomment this:
<para>
Latin translation was done by ME
(<email>MYNAME@MYADDRESS</email>). Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this translation to SOMEWHERE.
</para>
-->
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Application License ============================= -->
<!--
<sect3 id="license">
<title>License</title>
<para>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the <citetitle>GNU General Public
License</citetitle> as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
</para>
<para>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> for more details.
</para>
<para>
A copy of the <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> is
included as an appendix to the <citetitle>GNOME Users
Guide</citetitle>. You may also obtain a copy of the
<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> from the Free
Software Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink> or by writing to
<address>
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
<street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330
<city>Boston</city>, <state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
<country>USA</country>
</address>
</para>
</sect3>
-->
</sect2>
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