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which is described in detail in the chapter `The Menus' | |
You can close here all connections. For a detailed description see the chapter `The Tool Bar' | |
The Messages you type in this window are transmitted to your talk-partners. For a detailed description see the chapter `The Sending Window' | |
You can find here the last status message. For a detailed description see the chapter `The Status Bar' |
Talk to ... | Opens a dialog window, in which you can insert a talk address to talk to. |
Addressbook ... | Opens a dialog window, in which new entries of the addressbook can be inserted, or existing ones can be changed or deleted. |
Close all connections | Disconnects all existing connections and closes the talk windows. This command has the same result as pressing the Close All button in the main window. |
Ping | Tests the connection to all ktalk clients of version 0.2.7 or newer. The results are presented in a new window. |
File Transfer | With this command a file can be transfered between ktalk clients of version 0.2.7 or newer. A new window pops up in which you can enter a file name and a receiver. At the receiver another window pops up, in which he can accept (or reject) the transfer, and possibly change the file name. Instead of using this dialog, you can also drag a local file from a kfm window and drop it onto the ktalk window. |
Show messages ... | Opens a window that shows all messages about connections and problems. |
Message Font ... | Opens a dialog window to change the font of the message window. |
Talk Font ... | Opens a dialog window to change the font of the sending window and the talk windows. |
Options... | Opens a dialog, in which the options of the ktalk client can be specified. |
/etc/passwd
by pressing the "Reset" button.
(The entry of that file can be changed with chfn
.)
Translate Special Characters:
You can specify the type of translation that should be done with characters
of the range 128 to 255. The value "western europe" is appropriate for German,
French and the Scandinavian languages, "eastern europe" for Slovakian and
Czech. You will only need the translation if you are communicating with an
old talk client that doesn't support these characters directly.
Sound on incoming announcements
You can specify here whether a speaker beep or a sound file should be played
on a new incoming talk request. With the button "Test" you can hear the sound
file specified.
Only One Window
If this option is activated, every new talk connection is added to the main
window. If it is deactivated, every connected talk partner is shown in a
separate window.
Beep on new connection
If activated, a speaker beep is played when a connection is established.
Close on Disconnect
If activated, the connection window is closed automatically when a connection
is finished. If not activated, the window remains open, so you can mark text
with the mouse, for example.
Exit on no Window
If activated, ktalk exits automatically after the last talk window is closed.
This option is also activated with the commandline parameter "--autoexit".
A few special cases of input:
All special characters of the standart ASCII character set (32 - 126)
are working. Furthermore the [TAB] key and [CTRL] +
[G] (which rings the alarm bell on the computer of every
connected talk partner) are working.
You can delete a character with the [BACKSPACE] key, a word with
[CTRL] + [W] and the complete line with [CTRL] +
[U].
If the length of the line is longer than the width of the window, the
line is broken automatically, but the line break is not sent.
You can insert a text out of the X clipboard by pressing the
middle mouse button. The text is always inserted at the end.
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