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- <article id="index" lang="en">
- <!-- do not change this id, but replace id="myapplet-" throughout -->
-
-
- <articleinfo>
- <title>&applet; Applet Manual</title>
- <abstract role="description">
- <para>&applet; is ... <!-- insert brief description -->.</para>
- </abstract>
-
- <copyright>
- <year>2006</year>
- <holder>GNOME Documentation Project</holder>
- </copyright>
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- <publishername>GNOME Documentation Project</publishername>
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- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <firstname>Documentation</firstname>
- <surname>Writer 2</surname>
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- <surname>Writer 1</surname>
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- <!-- According to GNU FDL, revision history is mandatory if you are -->
- <!-- modifying/reusing someone else's document. If not, you can omit it. -->
- <!-- Remember to remove the &manrevision; entity from the revision entries other
- -->
- <!-- than the current revision. -->
- <!-- The revision numbering system for GNOME manuals is as follows: -->
- <!-- * the revision number consists of two components -->
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- <revhistory>
- <revision>
- <revnumber>&applet; Applet Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>
- <date>&date;</date>
- <revdescription>
- <para role="author">Documentation Writer 2
- <email>docwriter2@gnome.org</email></para>
- <para role="publisher">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
- </revdescription>
- </revision>
- <revision>
- <revnumber>Full title of previous manual.</revnumber>
- <date>Release date of previous manual.</date>
- <revdescription>
- <para role="author">Documentation Writer 1
- <email>docwriter2@gnome.org</email></para>
- <para role="publisher">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
- </revdescription>
- </revision>
- </revhistory>
- <releaseinfo> This manual describes version &appletversion; of &applet;.
- </releaseinfo>
-
- <legalnotice>
- <title>Feedback</title>
- <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; applet or
- this manual, follow the directions in the
- <ulink url="ghelp:user-guide?feedback-bugs" type="help">Feedback section of the GNOME User Guide</ulink>.
- </para>
- <!-- Translators may also add here feedback address for translations -->
- </legalnotice>
-
- </articleinfo>
- <indexterm zone="index">
- <primary>MY-GNOME-APPLET</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm zone="index">
- <primary>mygnomeapplet</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->
- <!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->
- <!-- Use the Introduction section to give a brief overview of what
- the applet is and what it does. -->
- <sect1 id="myapplet-introduction">
- <title>Introduction</title>
- <!-- You should start the Introduction with a screenshot of the applet in a panel -->
-
- <!-- ==== Figure ============================================= -->
- <informalfigure id="myapplet-fig">
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/myapplet_applet.png"
- format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <!-- EPS versions of the figures are not required at the moment. -->
- <!--
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/myapplet_applet.ps" format="EPS"/>
- </imageobject>
- -->
- <textobject>
- <phrase>Shows &applet; applet. Contains default character buttons.
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </informalfigure>
- <!-- ==== End of Figure ======================================= -->
-
- <para>
- Use &applet; applet to quickly access magic beans from a panel.
- With &applet;, you can plant beans, watch the grow, and climb up them to kill giants.
- </para>
-
- <para>To add &applet; to a panel:</para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Right-click on the panel to open the panel popup menu, then choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu>
- </menuchoice>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Select &applet; in the <guilabel>Add to Panel</guilabel> dialog, then click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- <para>
- For more information on adding &applet; to a panel, see the <ulink url="ghelp:user-guide?panels-addobject" type="help">GNOME User Guide</ulink>.
- </para>
- </sect1>
-
- <!-- ================ Usage ================================ -->
- <!-- Use this section to describe how to use the applet to perform the tasks for
- which the applet is designed. -->
- <sect1 id="myapplet-usage">
- <title>Usage</title>
- <para>When you add &applet; to a panel for the
- first time, the applet displays a default list of characters. You can select a
- character from the default list, or you can select a character from predefined
- groups of characters. Each predefined group of characters is associated with a
- standard character on your keyboard.
- </para>
-
- <!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
- <sect2 id="myapplet-charselect">
- <title>Topic 1</title>
- <para>To select a character from the applet
- and insert the character into a text
- string, perform the following steps:
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Click on the character in the applet that you require. The
- character button is pressed in to indicate that the character is selected.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Point to the location in an application where you want to put
- the character and middle-click to insert the character. You can also paste the
- character into the application if a paste facility is available. You can repeat
- the insertion as many times as you want because the character remains selected
- until you click on another character in the applet. </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist></para>
- <para>Some applications do not support the full ISO-8859-1 character set
- specification. You can not insert unsupported characters into an
- application.</para>
- </sect2>
- <!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
-
- <sect2 id="myapplet-display-chargroup">
- <title>Topic 2</title>
- <para>You can change the characters that are displayed in the applet from
- the default list to a predefined group of characters.</para>
- <para>To display a group of predefined characters, perform the following
- steps:
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Click on any character in the default list to activate the
- applet. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Press the keyboard character that is associated with the
- group of characters that you want to display. For example, press
- <keycap>A</keycap> to display the group of characters in the
- following figure.
- <!-- ==== Figure ============================================= -->
-
- <figure id="myapplet-fig2">
- <title>Character Group Associated With the A Key</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/myapplet_fig2"
- format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <!-- EPS versions of the figures are not required at the moment. -->
- <!--
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/myapplet_fig2" format="EPS"/>
- </imageobject>
- -->
- <textobject>
- <phrase>Screen shot of the character group associated
- with the "A" key. </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
- <!-- ==== End of Figure ======================================= -->
-
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist></para>
- <para>You can select the character that you require from the group of
- characters in the applet, then insert the character into your text string.
- </para>
- <para>The following chart lists keyboard characters and their associated
- groups of characters. The keyboard characters are listed in the first column of
- each section in the chart. The character groups that are associated with each
- keyboard character are shown in the other columns. </para>
- <!-- ==== Figure ============================================= -->
- <figure id="myapplet-fig3">
- <title>Character Groups Associated With Keyboard Keys</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/myapplet_fig3"
- format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
-
- <!-- EPS versions of the figures are not required at the moment. -->
- <!--
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/myapplet_fig3" format="EPS"/>
- </imageobject>
- -->
- <textobject>
- <phrase>Screen shot of character groups associated with various
- keyboard keys. </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
- <!-- ==== End of Figure ======================================= -->
- </sect2>
- <!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
- <sect2 id="myapplet-default-list">
- <title>Topic 3</title>
- <para>To return to the current default character list, click on any
- character in the applet, then press the space bar on your keyboard. </para>
- </sect2>
-
- <!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
- <sect2 id="myapplet-default-new">
- <title>Topic 4</title>
- <para>You can use a character selection application such as
- <application>GNOME Character Map</application> to set up a new default list.
- For example, to create a new default list with <application>GNOME Character
- Map</application>, perform the following steps: </para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para> Right-click anywhere in the applet, then select
- <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para> In the
- <guilabel>Character Picker Settings</guilabel> dialog, click on the
-
- <guilabel>Default List</guilabel> tab. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para> Select the contents of the
- <guilabel>Default character list</guilabel> text box, then press
- <keycap>Back Space</keycap> to delete the current default list.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para> Open <application>GNOME Character Map</application>, then
- select the characters you want for your new default list. You can select up to
- 25 characters. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para> Copy the contents of the
- <guilabel>Text to copy</guilabel> text box from <application>GNOME
- Character Map</application> to the
- <guilabel>Default character list</guilabel> text box. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para> Click
- <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to view the new default list in the
- applet, then click
- <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </sect2>
- <!-- ================ Usage Subsection ================================ -->
-
- <sect2 id="myapplet-change-size">
- <title>Topic 5</title>
- <para>You can configure the size characteristics of the applet in the
- following ways:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>To make the applet adjust to fit into a panel, select the
- <guilabel>Follow panel size</guilabel> option, see
- <xref linkend="myapplet-size"/>. The only other options you
- can specify in this case are the minimum number of cells and the size of the
- cells. The applet adjusts the number of rows and columns to fit the display to
- the panel dimensions in the most optimum way. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>To make the panel adjust to accommodate the applet, deselect
- the
- <guilabel>Follow panel size</guilabel> option, see
- <xref linkend="myapplet-size"/>. You can choose the number of
- rows, the number of columns and the size of the cells. The configuration you
- specify might produce a display size that is larger than the panel dimensions,
- in which case the panel adjusts in size to accept the applet. </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist></para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-
- <!-- ============= Customization ============================= -->
- <!-- Use this section to describe how to customize the applet. -->
- <sect1 id="myapplet-prefs">
- <title>Settings</title>
- <para>To configure &applet;, right-click on the
- applet, then choose
- <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> from the popup menu.</para>
- <para>The
- <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> dialog contains the following
- tabbed sections: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="myapplet-size"/></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="myapplet-set-default"/></para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
-
- <!-- =============== Customization Subsection ================ -->
- <!-- Use a new section to describe different tabbed sections on the Settings or Preferences
- dialog. -->
- <sect2 id="myapplet-size">
- <title>Size</title>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <guilabel>Follow panel size</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Select this option to automatically set the appropriate
- number of columns and rows of characters in the applet to fit in your
- panel.</para>
- <para>Default: selected.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <guilabel>Minimum number of cells: (for autosize)</guilabel></term>
-
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Use this spin box to specify the minimum number of character
- cells in the applet. You can specify up to 25 cells. If you specify a low
- minimum number of cells, some characters might not be visible.</para>
- <para>Default: 8 cells.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <guilabel>Number of rows of buttons</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use this spin box to specify the number of character rows in
- the applet. You can specify up to 5 rows. </para>
- <para>Default: 2 rows.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <guilabel>Number of columns of buttons</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use this spin box to specify the number of character columns
- in the applet. You can specify up to 5 columns.</para>
- <para>Default: 4 columns. </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <guilabel>Size of buttons: (pixels)</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use this spin box to specify the size in pixels of each
- character cell in the applet. You can specify a button size up to 40
- pixels.</para>
- <para>Default: 22 pixels.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </sect2>
-
- <!-- ============= Customization Subsection ===================== -->
- <!-- Another tabbed section on the Preferences dialog. -->
- <sect2 id="myapplet-set-default">
- <title>Default List</title>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>
- <guilabel>Default character list</guilabel></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use this text box to specify your own default character
- list.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
-
- <!-- ============= Bugs ================================== -->
- <!-- This section is optional and is commented out by default.
- You can use it to describe known bugs and limitations of the
- program if there are any - please be frank and list all
- problems you know of.
-
- <sect1 id="myapplet-bugs">
- <title>Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
- <para> </para>
- </sect1>
- -->
- <!-- ============= About ================================== -->
- <!-- This section contains info about the program (not docs), such as
- author's name(s), web page, license, feedback address. This
- section is optional: primary place for this info is "About.." box of
- the program. However, if you do wish to include this info in the
- manual, this is the place to put it. Alternatively, you can put this
- information in the title page.-->
-
- <sect1 id="myapplet-about">
- <title>About &applet;</title>
- <para>
- &applet; was written by GNOME-HACKER
- (<email>hacker@gnome.org</email>). To find more information about
- &applet;, please visit the <ulink
- url="http://www.my-gnome-app.org" type="http">MY-GNOME-APP Web
- page</ulink>.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or
- this manual, follow the directions in the
- <ulink url="ghelp:user-guide?feedback-bugs" type="help">Feedback section of the GNOME User Guide</ulink>.
- </para>
-
- <para> This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU
- General Public license as published by the Free Software
- Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
- any later version. A
- <ulink url="ghelp:gpl" type="help">copy of this license</ulink>
- is included with this documentation; another can be found in the file
- COPYING included with the source code of this program.
- </para>
-
- </sect1>
-
- </article>
-