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First round of very basic FAQ updates.
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@@ -34,20 +34,12 @@
<para><ulink url="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/es/faq/faq.html">Sylpheed FAQ in Spanish</ulink>, translated by Ricardo Mones Lastra.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><ulink url="http://silver.lacmhacarh.gr.jp/sylpheed/sylpheedfaq-ja.htm">Sylpheed FAQ in Japanese</ulink>, courtesy of WAKAI &quot;SilverRain&quot; Kazunao.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><ulink url="http://www.cs.uoi.gr/~csst9910/el_sylfaq.html">Sylpheed FAQ in Greek</ulink>, courtesy of Theofilos Intzoglou.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><ulink url="http://hem.passagen.se/webplats/sylpheed-faq-se.html">Sylpheed FAQ in Swedish</ulink>, courtesy of Mattias Stergren.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><ulink url="http://sylpheed.goodhorse.idv.tw/faq/sylpheed-faq.html">Sylpheed FAQ in Traditional Chinese</ulink>, courtesy of Franklin.</para>
+ <para><ulink url="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/zh_TW.Big5/sylpheed-faq.html">Sylpheed FAQ in Traditional Chinese</ulink>, courtesy of Franklin.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- You can download this FAQ from <ulink url="http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net">http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net</ulink>.</para>
+ You can always download this FAQ from <ulink url="http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net">http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net</ulink>.</para>
+ <para>Did not found your language in the list? Would you like to contribute with a new translation to the Sylpheed Documentation Project? Then please contact the Project members at <ulink url="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/">their website</ulink>. Thank you.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
@@ -85,7 +77,7 @@
<answer>
<para>
You can download it from <literal>
- <ulink url="http://sylpheed.good-day.net">sylpheed.good-day.net</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/">http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/</ulink>
</literal> There are links to download
the tarball sources, and also links to sites where you can
download RPM&apos;s (for Redhat and Mandrake), DEB packages for
@@ -101,7 +93,7 @@
</question>
<answer>
<para>
- Hiroyuki Yamamoto (<literal>hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp</literal>)
+ Hiroyuki Yamamoto <email>hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp</email>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -127,9 +119,9 @@
<answer>
<para>
Mails are stored in the MH mailfile format as used by MH
- and EMH. Maildir and mbox format are not (yet)
+ and EMH. Maildir, mbox, and eml formats are not (yet)
supported, although it is possible to import an mbox
- file into a Sylpheed mailbox.
+ file or an eml file into a Sylpheed mailbox.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -154,7 +146,7 @@
</question>
<answer>
<para>
- Yes. You can find it in Configuration -&gt; filtering tab.</para>
+ Yes. You can find it in <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Filter settings...</guimenuitem></para>
<para>
Please note that filtering is not yet implemented for IMAP accounts.
</para>
@@ -205,7 +197,7 @@
<answer>
<para>
Yes. GPG is implemented and works fine. For activating it in Sylpheed,
- see Q14 in the Installation section.
+ see the appropriate question in the Installation section.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -232,11 +224,7 @@
No. A discussion has gone around over this topic, and
the outcome was that HTML mail is not wanted. If you
really need to send HTML, you can of course attach a
- webpage to an e-mail. Several patches have been made to
- facilitate better HTML handling in Sylpheed. You can
- find these patches at the Sylpheed Patch Page (see
- further down in the document).
- </para>
+ webpage to an e-mail.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
@@ -248,7 +236,7 @@
<answer>
<para>
Yes. When you search for a name that starts with &quot;<literal>don</literal>&quot;,
- type &quot;<literal>don</literal>&quot; (without the quotes) and press the TAB key.
+ type &quot;<literal>don</literal>&quot; (without the quotes) and press the <keycap>Tab</keycap> key.
This will show you the correct name (when only one &quot;don&quot;
exists in your addressbook. Otherwise a dropdown list
appears, which allows you to select the name you want.
@@ -261,7 +249,7 @@
<qandaentry>
<question id="faq-tab-error-sylpheed">
<para>
- Fine, but when I hit the TAB key I get an error message.
+ Fine, but when I hit the Tab key I get an error message.
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -280,8 +268,7 @@
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>
- That&apos;s what it is designed for!
+ <para>That&apos;s what it is designed for!
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -292,12 +279,8 @@
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>
- The Sylpheed Patch homepage:
- <literal>
- <ulink url="http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed/">http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed/</ulink>
- </literal>
- (Also see section on Installation on how to install a patch)
+ <para>In most cases, current patches are being posted by Sylpheed users and contributors to the <ulink url="http://www.sraoss.jp/mailman/listinfo/sylpheed">Sylpheed mailing list <email>sylpheed@sraoss.jp</email></ulink>.
+ (Also, see the Installation section on how to install a patch.)
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -308,14 +291,13 @@
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>
- To talk to others, you should join the Sylpheed mailing
- list at <literal>http://sylpheed.good-day.net</literal>. Note that there is
- a japanese and an english list, so pick the right one!
+ <para>To talk to others, you should join the Sylpheed mailing
+ list at <ulink url="http://www.sraoss.jp/mailman/listinfo/sylpheed">
+ <literal>http://www.sraoss.jp/mailman/listinfo/sylpheed</literal>
+ </ulink>. Note that there is
+ a Japanese and an English list, so pick the right one!
If you have made a patch that you want the world to know
- of, please get in touch with the manager of the Sylpheed
- Patch homepage, at <literal>sylpheed@thewildbeast.co.uk</literal>
- </para>
+ of, please post it either to the mailing list, or contact the Sylpheed author, Hiroyuki Yamamoto <email>hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp</email>. </para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
@@ -326,8 +308,7 @@
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>
- If ISO-8859-1 characters (&gt;= 0x80) are not used in the
+ <para>If ISO-8859-1 characters (&gt;= 0x80) are not used in the
message body, Sylpheed will automatically set the
charset value in the Content-Type header as US-ASCII.
</para>
@@ -340,8 +321,7 @@
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>
- Word wrapping is a bit peculiar perhaps. You can type
+ <para>Word wrapping is a bit peculiar perhaps. You can type
lines as long as you like. By the time you send or queue
a mail with long lines, Sylpheed will first wrap the
lines to the line length you set up, and then the mail
@@ -354,16 +334,12 @@
<literallayout>
This is a long line that
is wrapped.
- </literallayout>
-
- Now you add one word in the first line:
+ </literallayout>Now you add one word in the first line:
<literallayout>
This is a very long line
that
is wrapped
- </literallayout>
-
- This would cause you a lot of manual reformatting to get
+ </literallayout>This would cause you a lot of manual reformatting to get
a presentable mail again.
Note: As of Sylpheed 0.8.0., active wordwrap has been
@@ -373,21 +349,6 @@
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
- <question id="faq-faq-sylpheed">
- <para>
- Where can I find the latest FAQ on Sylpheed?
- </para>
- </question>
- <answer>
- <para>
- Go to <ulink url="http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net">http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net</ulink> and check out
- the FAQ and manual from the sylpheeddoc project. Both
- documents are available in multiple languages there and
- usually contain the latest updates.
- </para>
- </answer>
- </qandaentry>
- <qandaentry>
<question id="faq-import-mbox-sylpheed">
<para>
Can I import a mbox into Sylpheed&apos;s MH mailfolders?
@@ -396,7 +357,7 @@
<answer>
<para>
Yes, just create/select the folder you want your
- mails in, and select &quot;Import mbox file&quot; in the File
+ mails in, and select &quot;<guimenuitem>Import mbox file...</guimenuitem>&quot; in the <guimenu>File</guimenu>
menu.
</para>
</answer>
@@ -432,7 +393,7 @@
<para>Upgrade to 0.4.50: you should reconfigure your newsgroup settings</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Upgrade to 0.4.63: you should set the URL string colors from the Configuration menu</para>
+ <para>Upgrade to 0.4.63: you should set the URL string colors from the <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu> menu</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Upgrade to 0.4.65: some menu items have been moved</para>
@@ -445,28 +406,26 @@
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="faq-update-views-sylpheed">
- <para>
- How can I quickly update the views in Sylpheed?
+ <para>How can I quickly update the views in Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
- Just press Alt-U or select &quot;update&quot; from the summary menu.
+ Just press <keycap>Alt-U</keycap> or select <guimenuitem>Update summary</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="faq-gvim-external-editor-sylpheed">
- <para>
- Why can&apos;t I use gvim as external editor?
+ <para>Why can&apos;t I use gvim as external editor?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
If one wishes to use gvim as an external editor it&apos;s
- necessary to start it with the no-fork option -f, i.e.
+ necessary to start it with the no-fork option <literal>-f</literal>, i.e.
in the configuration dialog box you need to enter
- &quot;gvim -f %s&quot;. If not the editor forks and open up a
+ <literal>gvim -f %s</literal>. If not the editor forks and open up a
separate file and when one quits the editor the changes
are lost and don&apos;t show up in the composer window.
(Thanks, Ed Collins!)
@@ -475,35 +434,29 @@
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="faq-quote-messages-sylpheed">
- <para>
- Can I quote just parts of the original message when replying?
+ <para>Can I quote just parts of the original message when replying?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
- Yes, select the part in the textview and choose &quot;reply&quot;.
+ Yes, select the part in the textview and choose <guiicon>Reply</guiicon>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="faq-not-quoting-sylpheed">
- <para>
- Can I reply without quoting at all?
+ <para>Can I reply without quoting at all?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>
- Right click on the &quot;reply&quot; button in the toolbar
- and choose &quot;reply without quote&quot; (also works with
- &quot;forward&quot;).
- Tip: You can also assign hotkeys to these menu entries.
- </para>
+ <para>You need to disable quoting by editing the reply format under <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Compose</guimenuitem> tab -&gt; <guimenuitem>Format</guimenuitem> tab
+ (also works with
+ forward format which is available below the reply format).</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="faq-selective-download-sylpheed-claws">
- <para>
- How does selective download work?
+ <para>How does selective download work?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -511,7 +464,7 @@
There are two ways using it.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Manually: Open &quot;Tools/Selective download&quot; and
+ <para>Manually: Open <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Selective download</guimenuitem> and
choose &quot;Fetch&quot; to retrieve the mail headers. Afterwards,
select the mails to delete and pres the remove button.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -529,33 +482,50 @@
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
- <question id="faq-two-filter-options-sylpheed-claws">
- <para>
- Why are there two filter options?
+ <question id="faq-faq-sylpheed">
+ <para>Where can I find the latest FAQ on Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
- &quot;Filter setting&quot; is the traditional one with less options.
- The &quot;Filtering&quot; option is new in sylpheed-claws and more
- powerful and may replace the old option in the future.
- Tip: To convert your old filter rules into the new format,
- you can use the &quot;filter_conv.pl&quot; script, that can be found
- in &quot;tools&quot; subdirectory from sylphed-claws sources.
- </para>
+ Go to <ulink url="http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net">http://sylpheeddoc.sf.net</ulink> and check out
+ the FAQ and manual from the sylpheeddoc project. Both
+ documents are available in multiple languages there and
+ usually contain the latest updates. Also see the question about available language versions at the top of this section. </para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
- <question id="faq-use-both-filter-sylpheed-claws">
- <para>
- Can I use both filter options?
- </para>
+ <question>
+ <para>I have found an error and/or outdated information in this document!</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>
- No, as soon as you define a new &quot;filtering&quot; rule, the
- traditional &quot;filter&quot; rules are ignored.
- </para>
+ <para>Please report any errors, misleading and/or outdated information to the <ulink url="http://sylpheeddoc.sourceforge.net/">Sylpheed Documentation Project</ulink>. You can see the list of Project members in the following question, so you can also contact them directly.</para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+ <qandaentry>
+ <question>
+ <para>Who are the members of the Sylpheed Documentation Project?</para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>The current members of the Sylpheed Documentation Project are:</para>
+ <literallayout>
+Francois Barriere fbarriere@users.sourceforge.net
+Petr Kovar pknbe@users.sourceforge.net
+</literallayout>
+ <para>Below is the list of former members of the Sylpheed Documentation Project. Big thank you goes to all of them!</para>
+ <literallayout>
+Martin Bretschneider furbour@users.sourceforge.net
+Olivier Delhomme dup@users.sourceforge.net
+Doruk Fisek dobidik@users.sourceforge.net
+Melvin Hadasht mhadasht@users.sourceforge.net
+Nicolas Kaiser nikai@users.sourceforge.net
+Paul Kater pkater@users.sourceforge.net
+Ricardo Mones Lastra mones@users.sourceforge.net
+Jens Oberender jobi@users.sourceforge.net
+Marcelo Ramos hackpando@users.sourceforge.net
+Guido Rudolphi malatesta@users.sourceforge.net
+Frank Weng fweng@users.sourceforge.net
+</literallayout>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>