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First round of very basic FAQ updates.
Diffstat (limited to 'faq')
-rw-r--r--faq/en/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--faq/en/faq.xml29
-rw-r--r--faq/en/faq_001.xml180
-rw-r--r--faq/en/faq_002.xml271
-rw-r--r--faq/en/faq_003.xml97
-rw-r--r--faq/en/fdl.xml5
6 files changed, 250 insertions, 336 deletions
diff --git a/faq/en/ChangeLog b/faq/en/ChangeLog
index acd8f32..4b5bce5 100644
--- a/faq/en/ChangeLog
+++ b/faq/en/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-08-23 Petr Kovar <pknbe@volny.cz>
+
+ * *.xml: First round of very basic FAQ updates.
+
2009-08-12 Petr Kovar <pknbe@volny.cz>
* *.xml: Finished porting to DocBook XML.
diff --git a/faq/en/faq.xml b/faq/en/faq.xml
index a8b31a7..9b247e4 100644
--- a/faq/en/faq.xml
+++ b/faq/en/faq.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<!-- This document was created with Syntext Serna Free. -->
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY __faq__001 SYSTEM "faq_001.xml">
<!ENTITY __faq__002 SYSTEM "faq_002.xml">
<!ENTITY __faq__003 SYSTEM "faq_003.xml">
-<!ENTITY __faq__004 SYSTEM "faq_004.xml">
<!ENTITY __license SYSTEM "fdl.xml">
]>
<book>
@@ -15,11 +13,10 @@
</abstract>
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
- <holder>The Sylpheed Documentation Team</holder>
+ <holder>The Sylpheed Documentation Project.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
- <para>
- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+ <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
@@ -30,47 +27,47 @@
<author>
<firstname>Paul</firstname>
<surname>Kater</surname>
- <affiliation>
+ <!-- affiliation>
<address>
<email>paul AT nlpagan DOT net</email>
</address>
- </affiliation>
+ </affiliation -->
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Jens</firstname>
<surname>Oberender</surname>
- <affiliation>
+ <!-- affiliation>
<address>
<email>j DOT obi AT troja DOT net</email>
</address>
- </affiliation>
+ </affiliation -->
</author>
<author>
<firstname>François</firstname>
<surname>Barriere</surname>
- <affiliation>
+ <!-- affiliation>
<address>
<email>barriere DOT francois AT libertysurf DOT fr</email>
</address>
- </affiliation>
+ </affiliation -->
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Olivier</firstname>
<surname>Delhomme</surname>
- <affiliation>
+ <!-- affiliation>
<address>
<email>olivier DOT delhomme AT free DOT fr</email>
</address>
- </affiliation>
+ </affiliation -->
</author>
<author>
<firstname>Petr</firstname>
<surname>Kovář</surname>
- <affiliation>
+ <!-- affiliation>
<address>
<email>pknbe AT volny DOT cz</email>
</address>
- </affiliation>
+ </affiliation -->
</author>
<revhistory>
<!-- ******************************************************************************** --> <revision>
@@ -87,4 +84,4 @@
</revision>
<!-- ******************************************************************************** --> </revhistory>
</bookinfo>
-<!-- missing outdated remark about Sylpheed and Claws -->&__faq__001;&__faq__002;&__faq__003;&__faq__004;&__license;</book>
+<!-- missing outdated remark about Sylpheed and Claws -->&__faq__001;&__faq__002;&__faq__003;&__license;</book>
diff --git a/faq/en/faq_001.xml b/faq/en/faq_001.xml
index 22f2f2a..1fec3f5 100644
--- a/faq/en/faq_001.xml
+++ b/faq/en/faq_001.xml
@@ -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>
diff --git a/faq/en/faq_002.xml b/faq/en/faq_002.xml
index 6a3be09..4a0da77 100644
--- a/faq/en/faq_002.xml
+++ b/faq/en/faq_002.xml
@@ -5,66 +5,74 @@
<title>Installation and Configuration</title>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q01 What does it take to compile Sylpheed?
+ <para>What does it take to compile Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Any POSIX compliant UNIX or similar OS eg. Linux,
-FreeBSD, Solaris
-GTK+ 1.2.6 or later
+ <para>Any POSIX compliant UNIX or similar OS, e.g. Linux,
+FreeBSD, Solaris.
+GTK+ 2.4.0 or later (GTK+ 2.6.0 or later
+is recommended).
A recent ANSI C compiler (gcc 2.7.2.3 should also
-work)
+work).
Note: it is reported that Sun C will not compile
Sylpheed.
Optionally:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Imlib or gdk-pixbuf (for built-in image view)</para>
+ <para>compface (for X-Face)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>libcompface (for X-Face)</para>
+ <para>GPGME (for GnuPG)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>libjconv (for I18N)</para>
+ <para>OpenSSL for SSL support</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>GPGME (for GnuPG)</para>
+ <para>GtkSpell for a spell checking feature</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>JPilot</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>LDAP</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>the equivalent of GTK+-devel and Xfree86-devel.</para>
+ <para>the equivalent of GTK+-devel and Xfree86-devel</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>you may also require flex (lex) and bison
+(yacc).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Otherwise ./configure will fail.
-</para>
+See also the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file that is being distributed with the Sylpheed tarball.</para>
+ <para>Note that as Sylpheed now supports the Windows platform, you can also compile it using <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q02 How do I set up Sylpheed?
+ <para>How do I set up Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>When you run Sylpheed for the first time, it will
ask you where you want to store your mailboxes. The
-default is &lt;homedir&gt;/Mail. You can change this to
+default is <filename>$HOME/Mail</filename>. You can change this to
anything you like as long as it is a valid directory
name.</para>
- <para>
-Please note: When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the configuration files under $HOME/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of mailbox. The default is $HOME/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
+ <para>Please note: When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the configuration files under <filename>$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0/</filename>, and asks you the location of mailbox. The default is <filename>$HOME/Mail</filename>. If some files which are non-MH format already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q03 Why did the creation of the mailbox fail?
+ <para>Why did the creation of the mailbox fail?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Sylpheed reports such an error if it can&apos;t create the default
-mailboxes (inbox, outbox, etc ...). This can be because &lt;homedir&gt;/Mail
+mailboxes (inbox, outbox, etc ...). This can be because <filename>&lt;homedir&gt;/Mail</filename>
already contains files with the same names. This occurs when switching from
Kmail to Sylpheed, in this case backup and remove the existing Mail
directory or use another name for the Sylpheed mail directory.
@@ -73,22 +81,19 @@ directory or use another name for the Sylpheed mail directory.
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q04 How do I set up an account?
+ <para>How do I set up an account?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>After loading Sylpheed for the first time, you can
add an e-mail account by clicking the
-&quot;Configuration&quot; menu. Select the option &quot;Create new
-account&quot; and fill in the appropriate fields.
+&quot;<guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>&quot; menu. Select the option &quot;<guimenuitem>Create new account</guimenuitem>&quot; and fill in the appropriate fields.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q05 How many accounts can I set up in Sylpheed?
+ <para>How many accounts can I set up in Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -99,22 +104,20 @@ your computer stops responding.
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q06 Why does Sylpheed not delete my mails when I press &quot;delete&quot;? I set a filter, and Sylpheed does not filter. I moved a mail to a different mailbox and it did not move.
+ <para>Why does Sylpheed not delete my mails when I press &quot;Delete&quot;? I set a filter, and Sylpheed does not filter. I moved a mail to a different mailbox and it did not move.
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You have to click the &quot;execute&quot; button.
+ <para>You have to click the &quot;<guiicon>Execute</guiicon>&quot; button.
The other solution: in the configuration settings
-(common preferences -&gt; interface tab) you have to
-check the &quot;execute commands immediately&quot; box.
+(<guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Details</guimenuitem> tab -&gt; <guimenuitem>Interface</guimenuitem> tab) you have to
+check the &quot;<guilabel>Execute immediately when moving or deleting messages</guilabel>&quot; box.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q07 Can I set up special addresses/ports for my mailserver / newsserver?
+ <para>Can I set up special addresses/ports for my mailserver/newsserver?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -125,20 +128,18 @@ can specify the exact port addresses you want to use.
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q08 Does Sylpheed have options for threading messages?
+ <para>Does Sylpheed have options for threading messages?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Yes. You can switch it on and off in the Summary
- Menu, just select &quot;Thread View&quot; or press Ctrl+T.
+ <para>Yes. You can switch it on and off in the <guimenu>View</guimenu>
+ menu, just select &quot;<guimenuitem>Thread view</guimenuitem>&quot; or press <keycap>Ctrl+T</keycap>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q09 Can I create multiple levels of subfolders to store mail?
+ <para>Can I create multiple levels of subfolders to store mail?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -148,8 +149,7 @@ Q09 Can I create multiple levels of subfolders to store mail?
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q10 Why isn&apos;t Sylpheed sending my mail out?
+ <para>Why isn&apos;t Sylpheed sending my mail out?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -161,46 +161,43 @@ Q10 Why isn&apos;t Sylpheed sending my mail out?
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q11 How do I apply a patch after downloading it?
+ <para>How do I apply a patch after downloading it?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Copy patch to sylpheed directory
- Apply the patch:</para>
+ <para>Copy patch to sylpheed directory.
+ Apply the patch as follows:</para>
<para>
- <computeroutput>% patch -p0 &lt; some.patch</computeroutput></para>
+ <command>% patch -p0 &lt; some.patch</command></para>
<para>
Or, if it&apos;s gzipped:</para>
<para>
- <computeroutput>% gzip -dc some.patch.gz | patch -p0</computeroutput></para>
+ <command>% gzip -dc some.patch.gz | patch -p0</command></para>
<para>
- Run <computeroutput>./autogen.sh</computeroutput>, remove the generated <computeroutput>/config.cache</computeroutput>
+ Run <filename>./autogen.sh</filename>, remove the generated <filename>/config.cache</filename>
file (unless you want to install in prefix
- <computeroutput>/usr/local</computeroutput>).
- Run <computeroutput>./configure</computeroutput> with the appropriate options and
- then <computeroutput>make</computeroutput>.
- (Text as found on the Sylpheed patches page.)
+ <filename>/usr/local</filename>).
+ Run <filename>./configure</filename> with the appropriate options and
+ then <filename>make</filename>.
+ (Text as found on the former Sylpheed patches page.)
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q12 How do I compile in support for compface pictures?
+ <para>How do I compile in support for compface pictures?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>You have to have a package called <computeroutput>libcompface</computeroutput>
installed, so this is available for compiling into
- Sylpheed.
+ Sylpheed. Note that the exact name of the package depends on OS or distribution you use.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q13 How do I make my own compface image?
+ <para>How do I make my own compface image?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -212,8 +209,7 @@ Q13 How do I make my own compface image?
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q14 How can I tell my browser/newsclient/other program to use Sylpheed as e-mail program?
+ <para>How can I tell my browser/newsclient/other program to use Sylpheed as e-mail program?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -233,28 +229,28 @@ Specific options for typical browsers:</para>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>Q15 How do I enable GPG support in Sylpheed?
+ <para>How do I enable GPG support in Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para> When compiling Sylpheed, make sure you add <computeroutput>--enable-gpgme</computeroutput> in the ./configure command.
-When that completes successfully, there is a &quot;privacy&quot; section in the Common preferences.
+When that completes successfully, there is a <guimenuitem>Privacy</guimenuitem> section in the <guimenuitem>Common Preferences</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>Q16 Mutt does not recognize Sylpheed&apos;s MH structure
+ <para>Mutt does not recognize Sylpheed&apos;s MH structure
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>For this to work you need to use the &quot;touch&quot; command in every MH folder. &quot;touch&quot; the file .xmhcache and Mutt should do just fine.
+ <para>For this to work you need to use the <command>touch</command> command in every MH folder. &quot;<command>touch</command>&quot; the file <filename>.xmhcache</filename> and Mutt should do just fine.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>Q17 Viewing a GIF file within Sylpheed causes a segmentation fault.
+ <para>Viewing a GIF file within Sylpheed causes a segmentation fault.
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -266,68 +262,59 @@ When that completes successfully, there is a &quot;privacy&quot; section in the
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>Q18 How can I make Sylpheed notify me when new mail arrives?
+ <para>How can I make Sylpheed notify me when new mail arrives?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>For this you can do several things:</para>
- <para>
-* Look at the Sylpheed patch page at <ulink url="http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed/">http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/sylpheed/</ulink> for a new mail patch.</para>
- <para>
-* Download Gkrellm or a similar program that is able to notify you of new incoming mail. Gkrellm is available at <ulink url="http://www.gkrellm.net">the Gkrellm page</ulink>
-</para>
+ <para>Download Gkrellm or a similar program that is able to notify you of new incoming mail. Gkrellm is available at <ulink url="http://www.gkrellm.net">the Gkrellm page</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>Q19 Can I use a spell checker with Sylpheed?
+ <para>Can I use a spell checker with Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Yes. You can use ispell for this. In Common Preferences, in the spot where you can define an alternative editor (as long as you do not use that, of course), you enter &quot;xterm -e ispell %s&quot;. Do not enter the quotes.
-With this set up, you can have spell checked when writing an e-mail by hitting the &quot;Editor&quot; button in the compose window.</para>
- <para>
-Note that you can enter the xterm type of your choice, so wterm, eterm and aterm should also work, as long as they are installed on your system.</para>
+ <para>Yes. You need to have GtkSpell installed prior to Sylpheed compilation. The support for GtkSpell is enabled by default in <computeroutput>configure</computeroutput>. (If you want to disable it, make sure you add <computeroutput>--disable-gtkspell</computeroutput> in the <command>./configure</command> command.)</para>
+ <para>The GtkSpell option is not supported in Sylpheed for Windows (yet), so you will have no spell checking under this OS.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>Q20 How can I make Sylpheed send my compface image in the mails?
+ <para>How can I make Sylpheed send my compface image in the mails?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>In the Configuration menu, Preferences for current account, Send tab, check Add user-defined header and press Edit button. A dialog appears, add a header named &quot;X-Face&quot; and fill the value field with your face data. Note that if you paste the data from a terminal into the field some spurious newlines can be added, and these can mangle your face, be careful.</para>
+ <para>In the <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu> menu, <guimenuitem>Preferences for current account...</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Send</guimenuitem> tab, check <guilabel>Add user-defined header</guilabel> and press <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button. A dialog appears, add a header named &quot;X-Face&quot; and fill the value field with your face data. Note that if you paste the data from a terminal into the field, some spurious newlines can be added, and these can mangle your face, be careful.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q21 I checked out the sources using cvs and cant find any configure script.
+ <para>I checked out the sources using SVN and can&apos;t find any configure script.
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>The cvs versions are meant to be used by developers rather than &quot;normal&quot;
+ <para>The SVN versions are meant to be used by developers rather than &quot;normal&quot;
users, so the source (or binary) distributions are easier to use.</para>
<para>
- - Yeah, but the latest features from cvs really look sexy...</para>
+ - Yeah, but the latest features from SVN really look sexy...</para>
<para>
- You need to generate the configure script by running &quot;autgen.sh&quot;.
+ You need to generate the configure script by running <filename>autogen.sh</filename>.
Be sure to have autoconf and automake packages installed for this.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q22 Running &quot;autogen.sh&quot; gives errormessages that &quot;AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF&quot; or
+ <para>Running &quot;autogen.sh&quot; gives error messages that &quot;AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF&quot; or
&quot;AM_PATH_(whatever)&quot; is not found.
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>There are some *.m4 files in the &quot;ac/missing&quot; directory. Try to copy
- them into the &quot;ac&quot; directory and run &quot;autogen.sh&quot; again.</para>
+ <para>There are some *.m4 files in the <filename>ac/missing</filename> directory. Try to copy
+ them into the <filename>ac</filename> directory and run <filename>autogen.sh</filename> again.</para>
<para>
- If there are still some .m4 files not found (e.g. those from Gtk), try
+ If there are still some <filename>.m4</filename> files not found (e.g. those from GTK+), try
to run </para>
<literallayout>
% locate m4 | less
@@ -338,8 +325,8 @@ Q22 Running &quot;autogen.sh&quot; gives errormessages that &quot;AM_PATH_GDK_P
% locate aclocal | less
</literallayout>
<para>to find additional directories containing those macros. If you find e.g. a
- &quot;gtk.m4&quot; in &quot;/opt/gnome/share/aclocal&quot;, change following line in
- &quot;autogen.sh&quot; from</para>
+ <filename>gtk.m4</filename> in <filename>/opt/gnome/share/aclocal</filename>, change following line in
+ <filename>autogen.sh</filename> from</para>
<literallayout>
aclocal -I ac \
</literallayout>
@@ -353,69 +340,63 @@ Q22 Running &quot;autogen.sh&quot; gives errormessages that &quot;AM_PATH_GDK_P
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q23 I dont want to compile in support for ... any longer, but after running
+ <para>I don&apos;t want to compile in support for ... any longer, but after running
&quot;configure&quot;, those libraries are still used.
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Remove the &quot;config.cache&quot; file and run &quot;configure&quot; again. You should
+ <para>Remove the <filename>config.cache</filename> file and run <command>./configure</command> again. You should
also use &quot;make clean&quot; to avoid undefined references.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q24 How can I select different applications to open with specific MIME types?
+ <para>How can I select different applications to open with specific MIME types?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>The MIME-type-&gt;application associations are kept in /etc/mailcap.
+ <para>The MIME-type-&gt;application associations are kept in <filename>/etc/mailcap</filename>.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q25 How can I change the suggested mimetype for attachments?
+ <para>How can I change the suggested mimetype for attachments?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>The extension-&gt;MIME-type associations are kept in /etc/mime.types
+ <para>The extension-&gt;MIME-type associations are kept in <filename>/etc/mime.types</filename>
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q26 The folderlist is not updated after I manually moved/copied folders.
+ <para>The folderlist is not updated after I manually moved/copied folders.
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>You need to update Sylpheeds cache. Right click on the mailbox and choose
- &quot;rescan folder tree&quot;.
+ &quot;<guimenuitem>Rebuild folder tree</guimenuitem>&quot;.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q27 How can I revert original settings, e.g. for fonts, keybindings, etc.?
+ <para>How can I revert original settings, e.g. for fonts, keybindings, etc.?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Sylpheed keeps its configuration files in $HOME/.sylpheed/sylpheedrc and creates default
- entries, if none are found. So the easiest way is to quit sylpheed,
- temporarily renaming your $HOME/.sylpheed e.g. to *.bak and restarting
- sylpheed in order to get default entries.
+ <para>Sylpheed keeps its configuration files in <filename>$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0/sylpheedrc</filename> and creates default
+ entries, if none are found. So the easiest way is to quit Sylpheed,
+ temporarily renaming your <filename>$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0</filename> e.g. to <filename>*.bak</filename> and restarting
+ Sylpheed in order to get default entries.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q28 What environment variables have effect on Sylpheed?
+ <para>What environment variables have effect on Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -423,7 +404,7 @@ Q28 What environment variables have effect on Sylpheed?
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>HOME
- - location of .sylpheed (config directory) and default folder for Mailboxes.</para>
+ - location of <filename>.sylpheed-2.0</filename> (config directory) and default folder for Mailboxes.</para>
<para>LANG,</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -433,48 +414,34 @@ Q28 What environment variables have effect on Sylpheed?
<para>LC_CTYPE,</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>LC_MESSAGES</para>
- <para>- locale settings, e.g. language and date format.</para>
+ <para>LC_MESSAGES - locale settings, e.g. language and date format.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q29 Special characters (e.g. umlauts) are not displayed correctly.
+ <para>Special characters (e.g. umlauts) are not displayed correctly.
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>In most cases, this is caused by fonts, that use an unsuitable encoding.</para>
- <para>
- Standard Sylpheed currently doesnt offer all font settings in the settings
- window, so if you take a look into your $HOME/.sylpheedrc, you will find some
- more font entries in the following form:</para>
- <literallayout>
- bold_font=-unknown-Helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-110-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
-</literallayout>
- <para>The last two entries (&quot;iso8859&quot; and &quot;1&quot;) define the encodig. You can try to
- use wildcards (&quot;*&quot;) or force a specific encoding.</para>
- <literallayout>
- bold_font=-unknown-Helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-110-*-*-p-*-*-*
-</literallayout>
+ <para>In most cases, this is caused by fonts that use an unsuitable encoding on a not Unicode-based system. (On a Unicode-based system, fonts should support all thinkable characters for the vast majority of languages.)</para>
+ <para>Choose <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem> tab -&gt; <guimenuitem>General</guimenuitem> tab, and click the button right to <guilabel>Text font</guilabel>. Now, a special dialog appears that allows you to pick a desirable font family, style, and size.</para>
<para>You should also make sure that your environment variables regarding locale
settings have sensible values.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q30 How can I convert my old mailbox / adressbook from (some mailclient).
+ <para>How can I convert my old mailbox/adressbook from (some mailclient).
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>In the source distribution, you can find some scripts in the &quot;tools&quot;
+ <para>In the source distribution, you can find some scripts in the &quot;<filename>tools</filename>&quot;
subdirectory, maybe your application is supported. You can also try to
- export your old mailbox to MH or MBOX format.</para>
+ export your old mailbox to MH, MBOX or EML format.</para>
<para>
- Tip: Take a look at the &quot;harvest addresses&quot; function from the &quot;tools&quot;
+ Tip: Take a look at the <guimenuitem>Add sender to address book...</guimenuitem> item from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
menu, it could be a useful alternative or addition, when importing your old
contacts.
</para>
@@ -482,62 +449,54 @@ Q30 How can I convert my old mailbox / adressbook from (some mailclient).
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q31 What config files are there, and what are they used for?
+ <para>What config files are there, and what are they used for?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Sylpheeds config files can be found in $HOME/.sylpheed. They are in plain
- text format and quite easy to understand, so dont fear to take a look
+ <para>Sylpheeds config files can be found in <filename>$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0</filename>. They are in plain
+ text format and quite easy to understand, so don&apos;t fear to take a look
into them using a texteditor.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>sylpheedrc - main configuration: nearly all options from the
+ <para><filename>sylpheedrc</filename> - main configuration: nearly all options from the
settings window, e.g. mailbox location, font
entries, etc.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>accountrc - settings for pop/imap/nntp accounts</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>actionsrc - user defined actions</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>customheaderrc - contains user defined header lines</para>
+ <para><filename>accountrc</filename> - settings for POP/IMAP/NNTP accounts</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>dispheaderrc - headers to display above the mail body</para>
+ <para><filename>actionsrc</filename> - user-defined actions</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>filterrc - traditional filter settings</para>
+ <para><filename>addrbook-*.xml</filename> - contents of your addressbook</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>folderitemrc - folder specific settings, e.g. default outbox</para>
+ <para><filename>customheaderrc</filename> - contains user-defined header lines</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>matcherrc - new filtering and scoring settings</para>
+ <para><filename>dispheaderrc</filename> - headers to display above the mail body</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>menurc - Key bindings</para>
+ <para><filename>filter.xml</filename> - filter settings</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>addrbook-*.xml - contents of your addressbook</para>
+ <para><filename>folderlist.xml</filename> - folder specific settings, e.g. hiding
+ read messages, sort order, etc.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>folderlist.xml - additional folder specific settings, e.g. hiding
- read messages, sort order, etc.</para>
+ <para><filename>menurc</filename> - Key bindings</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q32 What to do when printing an e-mail prints off the paper?
+ <para>What to do when printing an e-mail prints off the paper?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You can use enscript for this. Use enscript %s to print everything on one page, or enscript -U2 %s for printing two logical pages on one physical page.
+ <para>You can use enscript for this. Use <command>enscript %s</command> to print everything on one page, or <command>enscript -U2 %s</command> for printing two logical pages on one physical page.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
diff --git a/faq/en/faq_003.xml b/faq/en/faq_003.xml
index 0b9af4b..1ba5cfa 100644
--- a/faq/en/faq_003.xml
+++ b/faq/en/faq_003.xml
@@ -1,43 +1,40 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><chapter id="sylpheed-faq-3">
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<chapter id="sylpheed-faq-3">
<title>Sylpheed FAQ - Interface</title>
<qandaset>
<qandadiv id="faq-interface">
<title>Interface</title>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q01 How do I make Sylpheed display my language?
+ <para>How do I make Sylpheed display my language?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You have to set some environment variables such as
+ <para>You have to set some environment variables, such as
<computeroutput>LANG,LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES</computeroutput> to your local language.
- Usually <computeroutput>LANG</computeroutput> (or <computeroutput>LC_ALL</computeroutput>) is sufficient.
+ Usually <computeroutput>LANG</computeroutput> (or <computeroutput>LC_ALL</computeroutput>) is sufficient. Note that modern distributions and operating systems do this for you automatically.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q02 I don&apos;t like the default font. Can I change that?
+ <para>I don&apos;t like the default font. Can I change that?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Yes. In Configuration-&gt;common preferences under the
- &quot;Display&quot; tab.
+ <para>Yes. In <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>-&gt;<guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem>, under the
+ &quot;<guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem>&quot; tab.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q03 There are too many columns in the message list!!
+ <para>There are too many columns in the message list!
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>In Configuration-&gt;common preferences under the
- &quot;Display&quot; tab you can press the button &quot;Set display
- item of summary&quot;. That pops up a screen with all the
+ <para>In <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>-&gt;<guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem>, under the
+ &quot;<guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem>&quot; tab you can press the button &quot;<guibutton>Set display item of summary...</guibutton>&quot;. That pops up a screen with all the
options you can show or leave out of the message
list.
</para>
@@ -45,30 +42,28 @@ Q03 There are too many columns in the message list!!
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q04 Can I use a different editor to write my mails?
+ <para>Can I use a different editor to write my mails?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You can. In Configuration-&gt;common preferences under
- the &quot;Other&quot; tab you can define your editor of choice.
+ <para>You can. In <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>-&gt;<guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem>, under
+ the &quot;<guimenuitem>Details</guimenuitem>&quot; and <guimenuitem>External commands</guimenuitem> tabs, you can define your editor of choice.
Remember, if you want to use a command line editor
like vi or emacs, to write the name of the shell
(term, term, rxvt) with the -e parameter in front of
- the editor. E.g.: <computeroutput>rxvt -e vi %s</computeroutput>
+ the editor. E.g.: <computeroutput>rxvt -e vi %s</computeroutput>. Also, make sure that you have checked <guilabel>Automatically launch the external editor</guilabel> in <guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Compose</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Editor</guimenuitem> tab, if you want the editor of your choise to be launched every time you begin composing a message.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q05 How to change the font size in the Sylpheed interface?
+ <para>How to change the font size in the Sylpheed interface?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You can set the GTK+ font by <computeroutput>$HOME/.gtkrc</computeroutput>, or
- <computeroutput>$HOME/.gtkrc.mine</computeroutput>,
- (which is included by <computeroutput>$HOME/.gtkrc</computeroutput>).
+ <para>You can set the GTK+ font by <filename>$HOME/.gtkrc</filename>, or
+ <filename>$HOME/.gtkrc.mine</filename>,
+ (which is included by <filename>$HOME/.gtkrc</filename>).
For example:
<computeroutput>style &quot;default&quot; { font = &quot;-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 &quot; } widget_class &quot;*&quot; style &quot;default&quot;</computeroutput>
</para>
@@ -76,21 +71,19 @@ Q05 How to change the font size in the Sylpheed interface?
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q06 Sylpheed saves my outgoing mail (in Outbox). Can I make it stop doing that?
+ <para>Sylpheed saves my outgoing mail (in Outbox). Can I make it stop doing that?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>In Configuration-&gt;common preferences there&apos;s a
- checkbox &quot;Save sent message to outbox&quot;. Uncheck it,
+ <para>In <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>-&gt;<guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem>, there&apos;s a
+ checkbox &quot;<guilabel>Save sent message to outbox</guilabel>&quot;. Uncheck it,
and it&apos;s solved.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q07 How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Sylpheed?
+ <para>How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Sylpheed?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -110,14 +103,13 @@ Q07 How can I change the key-bindings (hot-keys) in Sylpheed?
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q08 Can I close windows without the mouse?
+ <para>Can I close windows without the mouse?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Of course!! Not all windows, but by pressing ESCape,
+ <para>Of course! Not all windows, but by pressing <keycap>Escape</keycap>,
you can close the addressbook, the window of viewing
- a mail-source (message-&gt;view source), the window of
+ a mail source (<guimenu>View</guimenu>-&gt;<guimenuitem>Message source</guimenuitem>), the window of
viewing the headers, and several others. Just give
it a try and you will find all of them.
</para>
@@ -125,8 +117,7 @@ Q08 Can I close windows without the mouse?
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q09 Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message summary?
+ <para>Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message summary?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -136,71 +127,63 @@ Q09 Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message summary?
%A = full weekday name %a = short month name
%B = full month name %b = short month name
%H = hours in 24-clock %I = hours in 12-clock
- For more information go to the configuration menu,
- select Common preferences / Display and move the
- mouse cursor over the input box for the date display
- format.
+ For more information, go to the <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu> menu,
+ select <guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem> tab -&gt; <guimenuitem>General</guimenuitem> tab and choose the <guibutton>...</guibutton> labeled button.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q10 Why can&apos;t I see the compface pictures?
+ <para>Why can&apos;t I see the compface pictures?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>You need to enable displaying of the header pane in the
- general preferences
+ general preferences.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q11 I still can&apos;t see the pictures. Why not?
+ <para>I still can&apos;t see the pictures. Why not?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You may not have compiled in Compface support. See Q11
- in the Installation/Configuration section.
+ <para>You may not have compiled in Compface support. See the appropriate question in the Installation/Configuration section.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q12 Why does the URL Launcher not launch my webbrowser?
+ <para>Why does the URL launcher not launch my web browser?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You need to double-click the url.
+ <para>You need to double click the URL.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q13 Attachments with spaces in the name won&apos;t open!
+ <para>Attachments with spaces in the name won&apos;t open!
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>When you try to launch a helper application, like an image viewer, with an attachment that has spaces in the name, put quotes around the %s
-parameter. Example: gedit &apos;%s&apos;
+parameter. Example: <command>gedit &apos;%s&apos;</command>
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>
-Q14. Where is the Bcc when I compose a mail?
+ <para>Where is the Bcc when I compose a mail?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Open Configuration -&gt; Preferences for current account -&gt; Compose. There you can check the Bcc checkbox and optionally enter an e-mail address.
+ <para>Open <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Preferences for current account...</guimenuitem> -&gt; <guimenuitem>Compose</guimenuitem> tab. There you can check the <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> checkbox and optionally enter an e-mail address.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>
</qandaset>
-</chapter> \ No newline at end of file
+</chapter>
diff --git a/faq/en/fdl.xml b/faq/en/fdl.xml
index e3ae267..b4d6c67 100644
--- a/faq/en/fdl.xml
+++ b/faq/en/fdl.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><appendix id="sylpheed-faq-5">
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<appendix id="sylpheed-faq-4">
<appendixinfo>
<title>GNU Free Documentation License</title>
<pubdate>Version 1.2, November 2002</pubdate>
@@ -379,4 +380,4 @@ recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of free
software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to permit
their use in free software.</para>
</section>
-</appendix> \ No newline at end of file
+</appendix>