References, tips and tricks
In this section you will find a few pieces of information
that might be handy in making Sylpheed more clear for you
in respect to the used shortcut keys, and a layout of
the format of the address book.
Short-Cut Key List
Shortcuts to the File menu:
Ctrl-S: Save-As
Ctrl-Q: exit
Shortcuts to the Edit menu
Ctrl-C: copy
Ctrl-A: select all
Ctrl-F: Find in current message
Shift-Ctrl-F: Search messages
Shortcuts to the View menu
V: show or hide message view.
Ctrl-T: turn on and off thread display.
P: open previous message (in current folder).
N: open next message (in current folder).
Shift-P: open previous unread message.
Shift-N: open next unread message.
G: change the current folder.
Ctrl-Alt-N: open the selected message in a new window.
Ctrl-U: view the message source.
Ctrl-H: toggle the header display (turn it on and off).
Ctrl-Alt-U: update the sumary view.
Shortcuts to the Message menu
Ctrl-I: get new mail (for current account).
Shift-Ctrl-I: get new mail (for all accounts).
Ctrl-M: compose a new message.
Ctrl-R: reply to message (reply to sender only).
Shift-Ctrl-R: reply to all (includes all addresses
in To: and Cc:).
Ctrl-L: reply to mailing list.
Ctrl-Alt-F: forward message
Ctrl-O: move message
Shift-Ctrl-O: copy message
Ctrl-D: delete message
Shift-*: mark selected message.
U: unmark selected message.
Shift-!: mark selected message as unread.
Shortcuts to the Tool menu
Shift-Ctrl-A: open addressbook.
X: execute (execute pending moves and deletes).
Shift-Ctrl-L: open log window.
Changing Key Binding of Short-Cut Key
Sylpheed's graphical interface is based on GTK. This means
that it is very simple to change the key binding
(shortcut key, hotkey) for menu items. If you are used to
a certain key combination from another program, you can tell
Sylpheed to use that same key combination.
The procedure is very simple. Suppose you want to change the
key binding for getting new mail (message menu) from Alt-I
to Ctrl-M.
Open the message menu with the mouse or by
pressing Alt-M
Select the "get new mail" option (do not click it,
this will activate the function!). If you use the
mouse, just move the mouse cursor over the option.
Now you press Ctrl-M. You will immediately see the
new key combination appear on the menu.
Congratulations, you have just changed a key binding.
This way you can change all the options that you want.
Do note that it is best to use just the alt, shift and
ctrl key combinations. Several functions within Sylpheed
are called up by one-key actions which are programmed in.
Predefined shortcuts
You can also choose among predefined shortcuts lists,
from the preference settings. Open the Common preferences
window, choose the Interface tab, click the
Set key bindings button. Select one of the predefined
set of key bindings from the list found in the new window
that pops up.
Changing Fonts on Menu, etc.
If you want to change the font that shows the menu of Sylpheed,
this is controlled by the window manager that you are using.
You have to go into the setup of the window manager (KDE, Gnome, XFCE)
and change the font to your desired one.
Changing the font of the views of Sylpheed is done by selecting
Common preferences in the Configuration menu. There you select
the Display tab, and in the first section of the window you
can browse the fonts available on your computer.
How to tell another program to use Sylpheed as e-mail program
If you wish to use Sylpheed from within for example Netscape or Opera,
then you need to go to the `preferences` section, then choose
`applications` and in the email client part, you need to enter
sylpheed --compose.
Data Format of Address Book
The addressbook is located in ~/.sylpheed. It is named
addressbook.xml. As you may guess it from its extension,
the format is XML.
The general format of the addressbook is:
< addressbook > <p>
< common_address ><p>
< group name="Common addresses" ><p>
< item ><p>
< name > Paul < /name ><p>
< address > paul@nlpagan.net < /address ><p>
< remarks > Writes Sylph. manual < /remarks ><p>
< /item ><p>
< /group ><p>
< /common_address ><p>
< /addressbook >