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<bookinfo>
<title>the <application>kwrite</application> handbook</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>thad</firstname>
<surname>mcginnis</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>ctmcginnis@compuserve.com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<othercredit role="developer">
<firstname>jochen</firstname>
<surname>wilhelmy</surname>
<contrib>principal developer</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address><email>digisnap@cs.tu-berlin.de</email></address>
</affiliation>
</othercredit>
<othercredit role="developer">
<firstname>glen</firstname>
<surname>parker</surname>
<contrib>additional development</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address><email>glenebob@nwlink.com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</othercredit>
<othercredit role="developer">
<firstname>michael</firstname>
<surname>koch</surname>
<contrib>additional development</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address><email>koch@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
</othercredit>
<othercredit role="developer">
<firstname>christian</firstname>
<surname>tibirna</surname>
<contrib>original help document</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address><email>tibirna@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation>
</othercredit>
<othercredit role="reviewer">
<firstname>lauri</firstname>
<surname>watts</surname>
<contrib>reviewer</contrib>
<affiliation>
<address><email>vampyr@atconnex.net</email></address>
</affiliation>
</othercredit>
</authorgroup>
<copyright>
<year>2000</year>
<year>2001</year>
<holder>thad mcginnis</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
<para>permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license,
version 1.1 or any later version published by the free software
foundation; with no invariant sections, with no front-cover texts, and
with no back-cover texts. a copy of the license is included in <xref linkend="gnu-fdl"/>.</para>
</legalnotice>
<date>15/02/2001</date>
<releaseinfo>2.00.00</releaseinfo>
<abstract>
<para>this handbook describes <application>kwrite</application> version 2.0</para>
<para><application>kwrite</application> is a text editor for kde 2.0</para>
</abstract>
<keywordset>
<keyword>kde</keyword>
<keyword>kwrite</keyword>
<keyword>text</keyword>
<keyword>editor</keyword>
</keywordset>
</bookinfo>
<chapter id="introduction">
<title>introduction</title>
<para><application>kwrite</application> is more than a text editor for the kde desktop. it is meant
to be a programmer's editor, and could be considered as at least a partial
alternative to more powerful editors. it may be best used in conjunction
with <application>konqueror</application> for source file browsing for
different languages. <application>kwrite</application> also works very well as a simple text editor.
one of <application>kwrite</application>'s main features is the colorized syntax, customized for
many different programming languages such as: c/c++, <trademark>java</trademark>, python, perl,
bash, modula 2, <acronym>html</acronym>, and ada.</para>
</chapter>
<chapter id="on-screen-fundamentals">
<title>some fundamentals</title>
<para><application>kwrite</application> is very simple to use. anyone that has used a text editor should
have no problems. </para>
<sect1 id="drag-and-drop">
<title>drag and drop</title>
<para><application>kwrite</application> uses the kde drag and drop protocol. files may be dragged
and dropped onto <application>kwrite</application> from the desktop,
<application>konqueror</application> or some remote ftp site opened in one
of <application>konqueror</application>'s windows. </para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="command-line-options">
<title>command line options</title>
<para>though <application>kwrite</application> may most often be started from the kde program menu,
or a desktop icon, it can also be opened at the command line prompt of a
terminal window. there are a few useful options that are available when
doing this.</para>
<sect2 id="specify-a-file">
<title>specify a file</title>
<para>by specifying the path and name of a particular file the user can
have <application>kwrite</application> open (or create) that file immediately upon startup. this
option might look something like the following:</para>
<informalexample>
<screen><prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>kwrite</command> <option><replaceable>/home/myhome/docs/myfile.txt</replaceable></option></userinput></screen>
</informalexample>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="editing-files-on-the-internet">
<title>specify a file on the internet</title>
<para>the above-mentioned method could even be used to open files on the
internet (if the user has an active connection at the time.) an example of
this might look like the following:</para>
<informalexample>
</informalexample>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="other-command-line-options">
<title>other command line options</title>
<para>the following command line help options are available</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> <option>--help</option></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>this lists the most basic options available at the command
line.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> <option>--help-qt</option></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>this lists the options available for changing the way
<application>kwrite</application> interacts with <trademark>qt</trademark>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> <option>--help-kde</option></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>this lists the options available for changing the way
<application>kwrite</application> interacts with kde.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> <option>--help-all</option></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>this lists all of the command line options.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> <option>--author</option></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>lists <application>kwrite</application>'s authors in the terminal window</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><userinput><command>kwrite</command> <option>--version</option></userinput></term>
<listitem>
<para>lists version information for <trademark>qt</trademark>, kde, and <application>kwrite</application>. also available through <userinput><command>kwrite</command> <option>-v</option></userinput> </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="keybindings">
<title>key bindings</title>
<para>many of the key bindings (shortcuts) are configurable by way of the <link linkend="settings">settings</link> menu. by default <application>kwrite</application> honors the
following key bindings.</para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>insert</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> toggle between insert and overwrite mode. when in insert mode the
editor will add any typed characters to the text while pushing along any data to
the right of the text cursor. overwrite mode causes the entry of each character
to eliminate the character immediately to the right of the text
cursor.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>left arrow</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para>move the cursor one character to the left </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>right arrow</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> move the cursor one character to the right </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>up arrow</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> move the cursor up one line </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>down arrow</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> move the cursor down one line </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>page up</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> move the cursor up one page </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>page down</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para>move the cursor down one page </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>backspace</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> delete the character to the left of the cursor </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>home</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> move the cursor to the beginning of the line </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>end</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> move the cursor to the end of the line </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>delete</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para>delete the character to the right of the cursor (or any selected
text)</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>shift</keycap>
<keycap>left arrow</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> mark text one character to the left </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>shift</keycap>
<keycap>right arrow</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> mark text one character to the right </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>f1</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> help</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>shift</keycap>
<keycap>f1</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para><link linkend="whats-this">what's this?</link></para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>f</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para><link linkend="find"> find</link></para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>f3</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para><link linkend="find-again"> find again</link></para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>c</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> copy the marked text to the clipboard. </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>m</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para>set a bookmark</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>n</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> <link linkend="new">new</link> document</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>p</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para><link linkend="print">print</link> </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>q</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para>quit - close active copy of editor </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>r</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para><link linkend="replace"> replace</link></para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>s</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para>invokes the <link linkend="save"><guilabel>save</guilabel></link> command.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>v</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para> paste the clipboard text into line edit. </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>x</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para>delete the marked text and copy it to the clipboard. </para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>z</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para><link linkend="undo">undo</link></para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><para><keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>shift</keycap>
<keycap>z</keycap>
</keycombo></para></entry>
<entry><para><link linkend="redo">redo</link></para></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</sect1>
</chapter>
<chapter id="the-menu-entries">
<title>the menu entries</title>
<sect1 id="file">
<title>the <guimenu>file</guimenu> menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="new"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>n</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>n</accel>ew</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this starts a new document in the editor. if there is a current
document with unsaved changes the user is given a chance to save it.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="open"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>o</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>0</accel>pen</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this command opens a file. it does this by means of a dialog box
which allows the user to navigate the file system. the dialog operates
like a small file manager. clicking on directories displayed in the
central window directs the dialog to enter that directory - displaying its
contents. there is an entry/dropdown box which can be used to type in
directly the location and name of the file or by clicking the arrow at the
side choose from a dropdown list of recently used locations. below this is
a filter which similarly may have data entered directly or chosen from a
dropdown list of recent filter types. the filter facility lets only files
that meet its specifications be displayed in the central window. if the
filter contained text such as <literal role="extension">*.txt</literal> then only files
with the txt extension would be visible in the selection window. below the filter
is a status bar giving information about the number of files and subdirectories
within the current directory.</para>
<para>the toolbar, which is located at the top of the dialog, has left and right
arrow buttons that let the user move back and forth through previously selected
directories as well as an up arrow button for moving up the directory tree. the
button with the little house takes the user to his or her home directory and the one
with the two arrows curved in on each other updates the view of the current
directory. the flag button lets the user set a new bookmark at the current directory
or go to one that was previously set.
the last button on the toolbar allows you to create a new
directory, and finally there is dropdown box with a list of some commonly
frequented directories.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="open-recent"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>open
<accel>r</accel>ecent</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this is a shortcut to open recently saved documents. clicking on
this item opens a list to the side of the menu with several of the most recently
saved files. clicking on a specific file will open it in <application>kwrite</application> - if the file
still resides at the same location. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="save"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>s</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>s</accel>ave</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this saves the current document. if there has already been a
save of the document then this will overwrite the previously saved file without
asking for the user's consent. if it is the first save of a new document the
save as dialog (described below) will be invoked.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="save-as"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>save
<accel>a</accel>s</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this allows a document to be saved with a new file name. this is
done by means of the file dialog box described above in the <link linkend="open">open</link> section of this help file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="print"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>p</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>p</accel>rint</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>opens a simple print dialog allowing the user to specify what, where, and how to print</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="new-window"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>new <accel>w</accel>indow</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this creates a new window, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev> a new instance of <application>kwrite</application>. in this way the user can easily work
on more than one file at a time with <application>kwrite</application>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="new-view"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>new <accel>v</accel>iew</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this creates a new view of the current document, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev>, a new instance of
<application>kwrite</application> (as explained in the previous entry) but containing the same
document.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="close"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>q</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>f</accel>ile</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>q</accel>uit</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this will close the editor window, if you have more than one
instance of <application>kwrite</application> running, through the <guimenuitem>new view</guimenuitem> or
<guimenuitem>new window</guimenuitem> menu items, those instances will not be
closed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="edit">
<title>the <guimenu>edit</guimenu> menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="undo"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>z</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>und<accel>o</accel></guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this is used to eliminate or reverse the most recent user action or operation. just what
constitutes such an action may be better understood by referring to the <link linkend="group-undos">group undos</link> portion of this help file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="redo"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>shift</keycap>
<keycap>z</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>re<accel>d</accel>o</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this will reverse the most recent change (if any) made using undo</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="undohistory"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>undo/redo <accel>h</accel>istory</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this will call a display box showing a list of the most recent actions on
the left and another list of actions which have been 'undone' on the right.
there are also three buttons at the right of the box labeled
<guibutton>undo</guibutton>, <guibutton>redo</guibutton>, and
<guibutton>close</guibutton>. clicking on the <guibutton>undo</guibutton>
button will cause the action at the top of the undo list to be reversed which
will place that particular action at the top of the redo list. likewise,
clicking on the <guibutton>redo</guibutton> button will reinstate the reversed
action and move it back to the top of the undo list. clicking on an item below
the top item in either list will select all the items from the top down to that
point. a subsequent click on the corresponding button will cause all the
selected actions to be undone or redone accordingly. this would be particularly
useful when the user knows precisely the point to which she or he would like to
proceed - making it unnecessary to go through a series of single undo or redo
actions.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="cut"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>x</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>c<accel>u</accel>t</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this command deletes the current selection and places it on the clipboard. the
clipboard is a feature of kde that works invisibly to provide a way to transfer data between
applications.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="copy"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>c</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>c</accel>opy</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this copies the currently selected text to the clipboard so that it may be
pasted elsewhere. the clipboard is a feature of kde that works invisibly to
provide a way to transfer data between applications.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="paste"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>v</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>p</accel>aste</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this will insert the contents of the clipboard at the cursor position. the
clipboard is feature of kde that works invisibly to provide a way to transfer
data between applications.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="select-all"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>a</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>select <accel>a</accel>ll</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this will select the entire document. this could be very useful for
copying the entire file to another application.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="invert-the-selection"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>invert <accel>s</accel>election</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this selects any unselected text while unselecting any selected text -
effectively reversing the current state of selection.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="find"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>f</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>f</accel>ind</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this opens the find dialog which is used to specify the <guilabel>text to
find</guilabel> in the document. there is small text box for entering the search
pattern which also doubles as a dropdown box. clicking on the dropdown arrow at
the side of the box makes available other recent search patterns. other
parameters are included to make the search more efficient. selecting
<guilabel>case sensitive</guilabel> will limit finds to entries that match the
case (upper or lower) of each of the characters in the search
pattern. <guilabel>find backwards</guilabel> directs the search to proceed in an
upwardly direction. the <guilabel>selected text</guilabel> option keeps the
search within currently selected text. checking <guilabel>whole words
only</guilabel> prevents the search from stopping on words that contain the
searched for pattern. the <guilabel>search from cursor</guilabel> option begins
the search from the current position of the cursor within the document rather
than from the beginning.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="find-again"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>f3</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>find <accel>n</accel>ext</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this repeats the last find operation, if any, without calling the find
dialog box.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="replace"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>r</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>r</accel>eplace</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this command opens the replace dialog box. the replace dialog is
almost identical to the above-mentioned find dialog. in addition to the features in
the find dialog it contains a <guilabel>replace with:</guilabel> text
entry/dropdown box. using this dialog the user can specify both the text to be found
and text with which to replace it. the additional <guilabel>prompt
on replace</guilabel> option allows the user to have <application>kwrite</application> ask for
confirmation before each replacement.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="insertfile"/>
<menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>e</accel>dit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>i</accel>nsert file</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this <action>opens</action> the <guimenu>file</guimenu> <link linkend="open"><guimenuitem>open</guimenuitem></link> dialog box whereby the
user can insert a complete file in the open document. the the contents of
the file will be entered at the position of the blinking text
cursor.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="go">
<title>the <guimenu>go</guimenu> menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="go-to-line"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>g</accel>o</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>g</accel>o to line</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this opens the goto line dialog box which is used to have the cursor jump
to a particular line (specified by number) in the document. the line number may
be entered directly into the text box or graphically by clicking on the up or
down arrow spin controls at the side of the text box. the little up arrow will
increase the line number and the down arrow decrease it. there is also a slide
control to the right of the text box which allows the user to move the goto
point in the document in an analog manner.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="add-marker"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>m</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>g</accel>o</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>a</accel>dd marker</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this creates a marker in the document at the line where the cursor is
located and places it at the bottom of the list of markers located at the
bottom of the go menu.</para>
<para>markers are points within a <application>kwrite</application> document
marked for easy return. if the user thinks (s)he may need to return to a specific
point (s)he may by way of this feature instruct <application>kwrite</application> to remember it. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="set-bookmark"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>g</accel>o</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>s</accel>et marker</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this creates a marker in the document at the line where the cursor is
located, and allows the user to choose its position in the list of bookmarks
which is appended at the bottom of this menu item.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="clear-bookmarks"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>g</accel>o</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>c</accel>lear markers</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this command will remove all the markers from the docucument as well as the
list of markers which is appended at the bottom of this menu item.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>at the bottom of this menu, a list of markers appears if any
markers are available for this window.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="tools">
<title>the <guimenu>tools</guimenu> menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="spelling..."/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>t</accel>ools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>s</accel>pelling...</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para><action>this initiates the spell checking program - a program
designed to help the user catch and correct any spelling errors.</action>
clicking on this entry will start the checker and bring up the speller dialog
box through which the user can control the process. there are three text boxes
lined up vertically in the center of the dialog with their corresponding labels
just to the left. starting at the top they are:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>misspelled word:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>here, the spell checker indicates the word currently under
consideration. this happens when the checker encounters a word not in its
dictionary - a file containing a list of correctly spelled words against which
it compares each word in the editor.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>replacement:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para> if the checker has any similar words in its dictionary the
first one will be listed here. the user can accept the suggestion, type in his
or her own correction, or choose a different suggestion from the next
box.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>suggestions:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para> the checker may list here a number of possible replacements for
the word under consideration. clicking on any one of the suggestions will cause
that word to be entered in the <guilabel>replacement:</guilabel> box,
above.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>on the right side of the dialog box are 6 buttons that allow the user to
control the spell check process. they are:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>replace</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para> this button has the checker replace the word under
consideration in the document with the word in the
<guilabel>replacement:</guilabel> box.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>replace all</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para> this button causes the checker to replace not only the current
<guilabel>misspelled word:</guilabel> but to automatically make the same
substitution for any other occurences of this <guilabel>misspelled
word:</guilabel> in the document.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>ignore</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para>activating this button will have the checker move on without
making any changes.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>ignore all</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para> this button tells the checker to do nothing with the current
<guilabel>misspelled word:</guilabel> and to pass over any other instances of
the same word.</para>
<note>
<para>this only applies to the current spell check
run. if the checker is run again later it will stop on this same
word.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>add</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para>pressing this button adds the word in the <guilabel>misspelled
word:</guilabel> box to the checker's dictionary. this means that in the future
the checker will always consider this word to be correctly
spelled.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>stop</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para> this button stops the spell check process.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>located horizontally along the bottom of the spell check dialog is a
progress bar. as the checking process proceeds the bar will fill from left to
right providing a graphical representation of how far along in the document the
process has reached. in addition, the progress is displayed numerically in
the center of the progress bar.</para>
<note>
<para>a numerical display of the spell check
process is simultaneously displayed in the status bar of the editor. the <link linkend="show-statusbar">status bar</link> is the horizontal strip at the bottom
of the editor just outside of the text entry area.</para>
</note>
<para>two more buttons are located below the progress bar. they are:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>help</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para> this invokes the kde help system starting at the <application>kwrite</application> help
pages (this document).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guibutton>cancel</guibutton></term>
<listitem>
<para> this button cancels the spell check process.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="indent"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu>tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>indent</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this increases the paragraph's indentation by one step. the size of the
step depends on the <link linkend="pref-indent"> indentation
settings</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="unindent"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu>tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>unindent</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this reduces the paragraph's indentation by one step. the size of the step
depends on the <link linkend="pref-indent"> indentation settings</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="cleanindent"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu>tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>clean
indentation</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>not yet implemented</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>comment</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this adds one space to the beginning of the line
where the text cursor is located or to the beginning of any
selected lines.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu>tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>uncomment</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this removes one space (if any exist) from the beginning of the line
where the text cursor is located or from the beginning of any
selected lines.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="settings">
<title>the <guimenu>settings</guimenu> menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="show-toolbar"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>show <accel>t</accel>oolbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>when checked, this displays a movable toolbar containing buttons used to
initiate frequently used commands. when unchecked the toolbar is hidden.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="show-statusbar"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>show <accel>s</accel>tatusbar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>when checked, this displays a small bar at the bottom of the editor
containing information about the status of the current document. when unchecked
the statusbar is hidden.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="show-path"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>sho<accel>w</accel> path</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>when selected, this displays in the title bar the path (its location in the
file system) of the current document. when unchecked the path is hidden.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="configure-keybindings"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>configure <accel>k</accel>ey bindings</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this command opens a dialog box whereby the <link linkend="keybindings">key bindings</link> may be changed. a display window at
the top of the dialog box shows the list of commands (actions) that can have
keyboard shortcuts. below the display are three radio buttons. the user may choose
between no key, default key, and custom key. (note that a set of radio buttons only
allows the selection of one of the offered items - in the way that buttons on a car
radio only offer the selection of one preset station. also, the default key
selection is only available for those commands that actually have a 'default'
shortcut.) selecting the custom key option activates the three check boxes and key
button at the bottom of the dialog. the user may then select a key
combination for the command in question by means of the check boxes and key
button. for example, with the about kde command selected in the display window,
the user could select <keycap>ctrl</keycap> and <keycap>alt</keycap>, click on
the key button, and then press the <keycap>k</keycap> key on the keyboard. this
would mean that anytime he or she held down the <keycap>ctrl</keycap> and
<keycap>alt</keycap> buttons and pressed <keycap>k</keycap> (while using
<application>kwrite</application>) the about kde display box would be called. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="configure-toolbars"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>configure tool<accel>b</accel>ars</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this will open the dialog whereby the toolbar configuration may
be changed. the user can choose which shortcut buttons should appear on the
toolbar. a display window on the left lists the commands available to placed
on the toolbar. a display on the right lists those commands already on the
toolbar. a set of four arrow buttons between the two displays manipulates the
selections. the right pointing arrow places any command selected in the left
pane onto the right pane, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev>, it is added to the toolbar.
the left arrow does just the opposite, removing any action selected in the right
window from the toolbar. the up and down pointing arrows change the position of
an action selected in the right window which changes the position of its button
in the toolbar.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="preferences"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>p</accel>references</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this menu item opens a dialog whereby several different <link linkend="pref-dialog">settings</link> may be adjusted.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>configure
highlighti<accel>n</accel>g</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>opens a dialog box allowing configuration of the syntax
highlighting. the dialog is described in <xref linkend="pref-highlighting"/>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="vertical-selection"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>v</accel>ertical
selection</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this is used to turn on or off the vertical selection feature. vertical
selection allows text to be selected by column as well as by row. in other
words with this feature the user is able to select text contained in only
particular contiguous columns and rows. in affect the user can select a
rectangular area of text anywhere in the document.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="set-highlight"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>h</accel>ighlight mode</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this allows the user to choose the style of color highlighting which the
editor uses to display the text. the styles are selected by programming
language. the font/color information is not stored with the document.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="end-of-line"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>s</accel>ettings</guimenu>
<guisubmenu><accel>e</accel>nd of line</guisubmenu>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this opens a sub-menu from which the user can select the type of <quote>end of
line</quote> code for <application>kwrite</application> to use, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev>, the accepted standard
used by unix, <trademark class="registered">mac</trademark> or msdos/<trademark class="registered">windows</trademark> systems.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="help">
<title>the <guimenuitem>help</guimenuitem> menu</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="contents"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>f1</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>h</accel>elp</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>c</accel>ontents</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this invokes the kde help system starting at the <application>kwrite</application> help pages (this document).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="whats-this"/><menuchoice>
<shortcut>
<keycombo>
<keycap>shift</keycap>
<keycap>f1</keycap>
</keycombo>
</shortcut>
<guimenu><accel>h</accel>elp</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>what's <accel>t</accel>his?</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark.
clicking on items within <application>kwrite</application> with this arrow will open a help window (if
one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="report-bug"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>h</accel>elp</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>r</accel>eport bug</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para><action>this calls a dialog box to help
the user help the kde team to track down and solve any
problems(bugs) in the program. the dialog attempts to do this by
means of email using the information given by the user.</action></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="about-kwrite"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>h</accel>elp</guimenu>
<guimenuitem><accel>a</accel>bout kwrite</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this will display version and author information</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><anchor id="about-kde"/><menuchoice>
<guimenu><accel>h</accel>elp</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>about <accel>k</accel>de</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice></term>
<listitem>
<para>this displays the kde version and other basic information.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
</chapter>
<chapter id="pref-dialog">
<title>configure <application>kwrite</application></title>
<para>selecting
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>settings</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>configure
kwrite</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> from the menu brings up the configure-kwrite
dialog box. this dialog can be used to alter a number of different settings. the
settings available for change vary according to which category the user chooses from
a vertical list on the left side of the dialog. by means of three buttons
along the bottom of the box the user can control the process. she or he may invoke
the <guilabel>help</guilabel> system, accept the current settings and close the
dialog by means of the <guibutton>ok</guibutton> button, or
<guibutton>cancel</guibutton> the process. the categories
<guilabel>colors</guilabel>, <guilabel>indent</guilabel>,
<guilabel>select</guilabel>, <guilabel>edit</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>spelling</guilabel> are detailed below.</para>
<sect1 id="prefcolors">
<title>colors</title>
<para>this section provides access to <link linkend="pref-color-settings">five different color settings</link>,
described below. each of these settings may be changed by clicking on its
corresponding button. these are special wide buttons that are the color of
the current setting. clicking on one of the buttons calls a special color
dialog box used to change the setting.</para>
<para>the color dialog box provides a convenient and graphical way to
select a color. in the upper left of the box is a rectangular display of a
spectrum of colors. to the immediate right of this, is vertical bar
displaying a range of intensity from the most dark at the bottom to the
most light at the top. the user may select and adjust a color by clicking
in these two boxes. clicking in the rectangular display selects a
particular mix of red, green, and blue colors and in the vertical bar
selects a level of intensity (value). the various color attributes are displayed
in numerical form in small text boxes located directly below the spectral
rectangle and the user can see them change as the color is adjusted. these
attributes include the mix of the basic color components (red, green, and
blue) as well as hue and saturation levels. alternatively the user can
enter figures directly in these boxes. there is also a square at the
bottom center of the dialog box which displays the color which is under
consideration at any time. to the right of this display is another text
box labeled <guilabel>html:</guilabel> this shows the user the color code
that would be used to specify the particular displayed color in
<acronym>html</acronym> code which is widely used for web pages.</para>
<para>in addition to the above, the color dialog allows the capture of any
color currently displayed on the desktop or in another program. clicking
on the button with the dropper icon (located on the right side of the
dialog box,) changes the shape of the mouse cursor to a set of crosshairs.
clicking again will pick up the color attributes of whatever color is
displayed under the cross hairs.</para>
<para>furthermore the user has the option of adding any color to a personal
palette of <quote>custom colors</quote> by clicking on the wide button labeled
<guibutton>add to custom colors</guibutton> (which is located directly above the
display square.) this adds the current color to the custom color palette. this
palette and any other available palettes can be displayed using the drop down
selection box located directly above the palette display at the top right of the
dialog box. besides the custom colors, the user can access a number of
pre-prepared palettes.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="pref-color-settings">
<term><guilabel>background</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>here the user can specify a color for the general background of
<application>kwrite</application>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>text background</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this is used to set a particular color to display in the
background of those areas of the document containing text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>selected</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this allows the user to select a color to be used for indicating
selected (or highlighted) portions of the document.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>found</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this specifies the preferred color with which to mark text
encountered as the result of a <link linkend="find">find</link>
operation.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>selected + found</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this sets the color for text that has not only been found as in
the previous entry above but that has also been selected.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="pref-indent">
<title>indent</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>auto indent</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this causes
new lines to begin with the same indentation level as the previous
line.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>indent with spaces</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this
replaces tabs with the number of spaces selected in the tab width window in
the <link linkend="pref-edit">edit</link> section of the preferences
dialog.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>backspace key indents</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this allows the
<keycombo>
<keycap>backspace</keycap>
</keycombo> key to be used to
indent.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>tab key indents</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this
allows the <keycombo>
<keycap>tab</keycap>
</keycombo> key to be used to
indent.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>keep indent profile</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this
retains current indentation settings for future documents.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>keep extra spaces</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>indentations of more than the selected number of spaces
will not be shortened.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="pref-select">
<title>select</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>persistent selections</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this prevents key input or cursor movement by way of the
arrow keys from causing the elimination of text
selection. </para>
<note>
<para>(note: if the overwrite selections option is
activated then any typed character input or paste operation will replace
the selected text.)</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>overwrite selections</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>any keyed character input or paste operation will replace
the selected text. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>mouse autocopy</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>any text
selected with the mouse will be automatically copied to the
clipboard.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>x11-like single selection</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>not implemented yet.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>vertical selections</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this
activates the <link linkend="vertical-selection">vertical selection</link>
option.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>toggle old</term>
<listitem>
<para>not yet implemented</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="pref-edit">
<title>edit</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term id="pref-word-wrap"><guilabel>word wrap</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>word wrap is a feature that causes the editor to
automatically start a new line of text and move (wrap) the cursor to the
beginning of that new line. <application>kwrite</application> will automatically start a new line of text
when the current line reaches the length specified by the <link linkend="pref-wrap-words-at">wrap words at:</link>
option.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term id="pref-wrap-words-at"><guilabel>wrap words
at:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>if the <link linkend="pref-word-wrap">word wrap</link> option is selected this entry
determines the length (in characters) at which the editor will
automatically start a new line.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term id="pref-replace-tabs-by-spaces"><guilabel>replace tabs by
spaces</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para><application>kwrite</application> will replace any tabs
with the number of spaces indicated in the <link linkend="pref-tab-width">tab width:</link> entry.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term id="pref-tab-width">tab width</term>
<listitem>
<para>if the <link linkend="pref-word-wrap"><guilabel>replace tabs by spaces</guilabel></link>
option is selected this entry determines the number of spaces with which
the editor will automatically replace tabs.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>remove trailing spaces</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para><application>kwrite</application> will automatically eliminate extra spaces at the
ends of lines of text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>auto brackets</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>when the
user types a left bracket ([,(, or {) <application>kwrite</application> automatically
enters the right bracket (}, ), or ]) to the right of the
cursor.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term id="group-undos"><guilabel>group undos</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>groups of similar actions are to be considered a single
<link linkend="undo">undo</link> step by <application>kwrite</application>. in other words, a series
of regular character keystrokes (words or expressions) would be considered
one step and therefore be removed by a single undo operation. if the
series of character entries were interrupted by a non-character entry
operation (such as a backspace), invoking undo would only remove the
entries made since that operation. the next undo would then reverse that
operation and so on.</para>
<para> when this option is not selected <application>kwrite</application> considers
each keystroke to be a single step. so if the user (with this option
active) were to type several words or even sentences without having to make
corrections or cut or paste or some other non-character entry operation
then a click of the undo button would eliminate all that had been typed
since the last non-entry operation. a second click would eliminate that
operation and a third any operation or series of entries that occurred
before the operation and so on. when not selected three clicks of the undo
button would only remove the last three letters typed, or the last three
operations.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>show tabs</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>the editor will display a symbol to indicate the presence
of a tab in the text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>smart home</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>not yet implemented</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>page up/down moves cursor</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this option changes the behavior of the cursor when
the user presses the <keycap>page up</keycap> or <keycap>page down</keycap> key. if
unselected the text cursor will maintain its relative position within the visible
text in <application>kwrite</application> as new text becomes visible as a result of the operation. so if
the cursor is in the middle of the visible text when the operation occurs it will
remain there (except when one reaches the beginning or end.) with this
option selected, the first key press will cause the cursor to move to either the top
or bottom of the visible text as a new page of text is displayed.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>wrap cursor</term>
<listitem>
<para>when this option is chosen, moving
the cursor with the arrow keys off the end of a line (to the right) causes
it to jump down to the beginning of the next line. likewise when the
cursor is moved past the beginning of a line (to the left) it jumps up to
the end of the preceding line. when this option is not selected, moving the
cursor right past the end of a line merely causes it to continue
horizontally in the same line and trying to move it left past the beginning
does nothing.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><link linkend="undo">undo</link> steps:</term>
<listitem>
<para>here
the user may specify the number of steps <application>kwrite</application> will retain in memory for
purposes of undoing entries and actions. this means that the higher the
number of steps set the more memory <application>kwrite</application> will use for this. setting
this entry to 10 would mean that the user would be be able reverse the last
ten operations, <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev>i>, click the <guibutton>undo</guibutton>
button 10 times and obtain results.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="prefspellchecker">
<title>spelling</title>
<para>a spell checker is a program designed to
help the user catch and correct any spelling errors. this section of the
preferences dialog allows certain important settings to be adjusted in this
regard.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>create root/affix combinations not in
dictionary</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>selecting this option allows
the spell checker to register as 'correct' combinations of root words with
suffixes or prefixes even if the particular combination is not listed in
its dictionary data base of words.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>consider run-together words as spelling
errors</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>selecting this will cause the
spell checker to register as 'misspelled' two or more correctly spelled
words that are 'run-together', <abbrev>i.e.</abbrev>, that do not have spaces
separating them.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>dictionary:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>depending on
the user's installation one or more different language spelling
dictionaries may be available. this drop down box allows the user to
choose which language the spell checker should use.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>encoding:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>there are
different coding systems used to associate particular codes with particular
characters and symbols. if the user knows which code he or she is using
this drop down box allows this code to be specified so that the spell
checker can do its job correctly. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>client:</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>since <application>kwrite</application>
does not contain its own spell checker, an external one must be chosen.
this is where the user may specify which spell check program to
use.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect1>
</chapter>
<chapter id="pref-highlighting">
<title>highlighting</title>
<para>the <guilabel>configure highlighting</guilabel> dialog consists of two
pages, <guilabel>defaults</guilabel> and <guilabel>highlighting
modes</guilabel>. the user can select which page to view by clicking on the
appropriate tab at the top of the dialog</para>
<para>items available on the <guilabel>defaults</guilabel> page are as
follows:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>default item styles</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>the user can configure the default appearance for particular items.
this would allow a programmer to more easily identify different items (types of
entries) in his or her code.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>item</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this drop down list offers a variety of items that the user
might want to highlight. they include <guilabel>normal</guilabel> for
text does not fit in any of the other categories, <guilabel>comment</guilabel>,
<guilabel>string</guilabel>, <guilabel>keyword</guilabel> and many more. not
all of these entries will need to be configured for every language and so may be
selected as needed. the options in the rest of this section apply
to the entry selected in this box.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>normal</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this allows the user to choose the item's normal
(unselected) color. this is done by means of a color selection
dialog box, a further explanation of which may be found in the <link linkend="prefcolors">colors</link> section of <link linkend="pref-dialog">configure kwrite</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>bold</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this option determines whether or not the item should be displayed in
bold text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>italic</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this option determines whether or not the item should be displayed in italic
text.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>selected</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this allows the user to choose the item's color
when selected. this is done by means of a color selection
dialog box, a further explanation of which may be found in the <link linkend="prefcolors">colors</link> section of <link linkend="pref-dialog">configure kwrite</link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>default font</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>here the user can choose the default font for all
text.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>family</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this is used to choose the font family. the default is fixed.
for most programming purposes, a monospaced font (one in which a w takes up the same
amount of space as an i) may be the best choice.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>size</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>the font size can be changed here. the default is 12
points.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>charset</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>here the user can choose which character set to work in.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>items on the <guilabel>highlight modes</guilabel> tab allow the user to define
more specific highlighting depending on the language style.</para>
<para>one need not set every available option, items not configured
specifically will use the default configuration specified on the previous
(<guilabel>defaults</guilabel> tab.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>config select</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this group of options is used to customize the highlighting styles
for each programming language type. any changes you made in
other areas of this dialog apply only to this type.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>highlight</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this is used to choose the language type to
configure</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>item</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>this is to choose the syntax item to configure. remember
this only configures <emphasis>this</emphasis> item for <emphasis>this</emphasis>
language.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>as an example, if the user wished to configure the appearance of
<quote>comments</quote> while writing c++, she or he could choose c++ in the
<guilabel>highlight</guilabel> drop down list, and then choose comment in the
<guilabel>item</guilabel> drop down list. to have <quote>comments</quote> look
the same across all languages, the user would need to configure this in the
<guilabel>defaults</guilabel> page of this dialog box while leaving
<quote>comments</quote> unconfigured within the more specific
<guilabel>highlight modes</guilabel> page.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>item style</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>here the user can configure the general appearance of the above
selected item. checking the <guilabel>default</guilabel> checkbox causes the default
style as configured on the previous tab to be set, or the
appearance can be configured directly. the available options are the same as on the
<guilabel>defaults</guilabel> tab: <guilabel>normal</guilabel>,
<guilabel>selected</guilabel>, <guilabel>bold</guilabel> and
<guilabel>italic</guilabel>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>highlight auto select</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para><application>kwrite</application> can apply syntax highlighting automatically, depending
on the file extension or mime-type of the opened file. the defaults are fairly
comprehensive, but users that regularly edit files with non-standard extensions
can add them here. wildcards are allowed in the <guilabel>file
extensions</guilabel> text box. for example, the default entry for the c++
language is <userinput>*.cpp;*.cc;*.c;*.h</userinput>. opening a file called
<filename>foo.h</filename> would automatically apply the c++ style to it.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>item font</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>here the user can choose the font for the selected item.</para>
<para>the default style can be applied by checking the
<guilabel>default</guilabel> checkbox or the user can choose a specific font
<guilabel>family</guilabel>, <guilabel>size</guilabel> and
<guilabel>charset</guilabel>. the available options are the same as those on
the <guilabel>defaults</guilabel> tab.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</chapter>
<chapter id="credits">
<title>credits and licenses</title>
<para><application>kwrite</application> copyright 2000 by jochen wilhelmy
<email>digisnap@cs.tu-berlin.de</email></para>
<para>contributions:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>additional contributions by glen parker <email>glenebob@nwlink.com</email></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>michael koch <email>koch@kde.org</email></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>documentation by thad mcginnis <email>ctmcginnis@compuserve.com</email></para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>this version of the <application>kwrite</application> handbook is based on the original by cristian tibirna <email>tibirna@kde.org</email></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>converted to docbook/proofreading by lauri watts <email>vampyr@atconnex.net</email></para>
<para id="gnu-fdl" xreflabel="the section entitled gnu free documentation license">this documentation is licensed under the terms of the <ulink url="common/fdl-license.html">gnu free documentation
license</ulink>.</para>
<para>this program is licensed under the terms of the <ulink url="common/gpl-translated.html">gnu general public license</ulink>.</para>
</chapter>
<appendix id="installation">
<title>installation</title>
<para><application>kwrite</application> is packaged as part of the kdebase package. for more information
on installing and compiling kde please see <ulink url="http://www.kde.org">www.kde.org</ulink>.</para></appendix>
</book>