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0008 <book id="choqok" lang="&language;">
0009 
0010 <bookinfo>
0011 <title>The &choqok; Handbook</title>
0012 
0013 <authorgroup>
0014 <author>
0015 <firstname>Mehrdad</firstname>
0016 <surname>Momeny</surname>
0017 <affiliation>
0018 <address>mehrdad.momeny@gmail.com</address>
0019 </affiliation>
0020 </author>
0021 <author>
0022 <firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
0023 <surname>Mahfouf</surname>
0024 <affiliation>
0025 <address>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;</address>
0026 </affiliation>
0027 </author>
0028 <author>
0029 <firstname>Andrea</firstname>
0030 <surname>Scarpino</surname>
0031 <affiliation>
0032 <address>scarpino@kde.org</address>
0033 </affiliation>
0034 </author>
0035 <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
0036 </authorgroup>
0037 
0038 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
0039 
0040 <date>2015-01-25</date>
0041 <releaseinfo>1.5</releaseinfo>
0042 
0043 <abstract>
0044 <para>&choqok; is a micro-blogging client by KDE
0045 (<ulink url="https://choqok.kde.org">https://choqok.kde.org</ulink>).</para>
0046 </abstract>
0047 
0048 <keywordset>
0049 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
0050 <keyword>micro-blogging</keyword>
0051 <keyword>client</keyword>
0052 <keyword>Twitter</keyword>
0053 <keyword>Pump.io</keyword>
0054 <keyword>GNU social</keyword>
0055 </keywordset>
0056 
0057 </bookinfo>
0058 <!--FIXME https://choqok.kde.org/news/2013/09/01/choqok-1-4-released.html -->
0059 <chapter id="introduction">
0060 <title>Introduction</title>
0061 
0062 <para>&choqok; is a micro-blogging client which currently supports
0063 Pump.io, GNU social and Twitter.com services.</para>
0064 <para>Micro-blogging is a form of multimedia blogging that allows users to
0065 send brief text updates or micro media such as photos or audio clips and publish
0066 them. These can be viewed either by anyone or by a restricted group, which can
0067 be decided by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means,
0068 including text messaging, instant messaging, email, digital audio or the
0069 web.</para>
0070 </chapter>
0071 
0072 <chapter id="using">
0073 <title>Using &choqok;</title>
0074 
0075 <sect1 id="getting-started">
0076 <title>Getting Started</title>
0077 
0078 <para>In the &choqok; main window there are some timelines allowing you to see
0079 what your friends have posted, replies to them and direct messages sent and
0080 received from friends. You can also post a new message.</para>
0081 
0082 <para>All of this will be available when you configure at least one account
0083 in &choqok;.</para>
0084 
0085 <screenshot>
0086 <screeninfo>Here is a screenshot of the &choqok; main window</screeninfo>
0087         <mediaobject>
0088           <imageobject>
0089             <imagedata fileref="choqok.png" format="PNG"/>
0090           </imageobject>
0091             <textobject>
0092             <phrase>&choqok; main window</phrase>
0093           </textobject>
0094         </mediaobject>
0095 </screenshot>
0096 
0097 <para>You have one tab per account, on the screenshot you can see a tab with the
0098 alias <guilabel>Pump.io</guilabel> and another with the alias
0099 <guilabel>twitter</guilabel>.</para>
0100 
0101 <para>On top of the tab you can choose to send a direct message to someone who
0102 is subscribed to your account. You can send direct messages to other users of
0103 the same service, as long as both of you are subscribed to each other. If you
0104 leave <guilabel>Direct message to</guilabel> unchecked your message will be
0105 posted publicly and all your friends will read it. If you check it, you will
0106 then choose a name in the list and the private message will only be posted to
0107 this person.</para>
0108 
0109 <para>The text area allows you to post your message which must have less than
0110 140 characters. The number of characters left is displayed in green on bottom
0111 right under the text area. The color changes to orange when you reach the 30
0112 characters limit then to red when you reach 0. If your message is longer
0113 than 140 characters, you will be asked if you want to post it anyway. If you
0114 agree, it will be posted up to 140 characters.</para>
0115 
0116 <para>The <guilabel>Home</guilabel> tab displays the timeline which consists in
0117 all posts you and your friends wrote. A post using Pump.io is called a post
0118 while a post using Twitter is called a tweet.</para>
0119 
0120 <para>The <guilabel>Reply</guilabel> tab displays posts that are replies to
0121 you.</para>
0122 
0123 <para>All the private messages you sent will be displayed in the
0124 <guilabel>Outbox</guilabel> tab while the received ones will be displayed in the
0125 <guilabel>Inbox tab</guilabel>.</para>
0126 
0127 </sect1>
0128 
0129 <sect1 id="search">
0130 <title>Searching</title>
0131 
0132 <para>You can search through services for something (anything that
0133 the service-search API can offer to a client).</para>
0134 
0135 <para>This function is available via the <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
0136 <guimenuitem>Search</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu (shortcut:
0137 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
0138 <keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>)
0139 For example you can search for a special word in all users' posts:</para>
0140 
0141 <screenshot>
0142 <screeninfo>&choqok; search feature</screeninfo>
0143         <mediaobject>
0144           <imageobject>
0145             <imagedata fileref="choqok_search.png" format="PNG"/>
0146           </imageobject>
0147             <textobject>
0148             <phrase>&choqok; search feature</phrase>
0149           </textobject>
0150         </mediaobject>
0151 </screenshot>
0152 
0153 </sect1>
0154 
0155 <sect1 id="configuring-account">
0156 <title>Configuring an Account</title>
0157 
0158 <para>Open the &choqok; configuration window via
0159 <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure
0160 &choqok;...</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> then go to the
0161 <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab and click the <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
0162 button, the <guilabel>Add a new account</guilabel> window will appear.
0163 </para>
0164 
0165 <screenshot>
0166 <screeninfo>Adding an account</screeninfo>
0167         <mediaobject>
0168           <imageobject>
0169             <imagedata fileref="add_account.png" format="PNG"/>
0170           </imageobject>
0171             <textobject>
0172             <phrase>Adding an account</phrase>
0173           </textobject>
0174         </mediaobject>
0175 </screenshot>
0176 
0177 <para>Simply enter your desired unique alias, username and password and click
0178 the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button. This will check your credentials and, if
0179 everything is okay, your account will be ready to use.</para>
0180 <para>You can configure other accounts subsequently.</para>
0181 </sect1>
0182 
0183 <sect1 id="special-features">
0184 <title>Special Features</title>
0185 
0186 <itemizedlist>
0187 <listitem><para>
0188 You can disable the timeline updating of &choqok; (the timeline is the list of
0189 posts by you and your friends).
0190 </para></listitem>
0191 <listitem><para>
0192 Another special feature is the ability to notify the user about new
0193 received posts.
0194 </para></listitem>
0195 <listitem><para>
0196 You can do a quick post by pressing
0197 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
0198 <keycap>T</keycap></keycombo>
0199 to open the quick micro-blog window and write your post:
0200 <screenshot>
0201 <screeninfo>Quick posting dialog</screeninfo>
0202         <mediaobject>
0203           <imageobject>
0204             <imagedata fileref="choqok_quick.png" format="PNG"/>
0205           </imageobject>
0206             <textobject>
0207             <phrase>Quick posting dialog</phrase>
0208           </textobject>
0209         </mediaobject>
0210 </screenshot>
0211 <note><para>You can post the same text to all accounts at once.</para></note>
0212 </para></listitem>
0213 <listitem><para>
0214 When new posts are received, &choqok; marks them as unread and shows the number
0215 of unread posts in the system tray icon. When the main window is shown and
0216 then minimized to system tray it then marks all new messages as read.
0217 </para></listitem>
0218 </itemizedlist>
0219 </sect1>
0220 
0221 </chapter>
0222 
0223 <chapter id="commands">
0224 
0225 <title>Command Reference</title>
0226 
0227 <sect1 id="menu">
0228 <title>The Menu Items</title>
0229 
0230 <variablelist>
0231 <title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
0232 <varlistentry>
0233 <term><menuchoice>
0234 <shortcut>
0235 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo>
0236 </shortcut>
0237 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
0238 <guimenuitem>Quick Post</guimenuitem>
0239 </menuchoice></term>
0240 <listitem><para><action>Open the quick posting window.</action>
0241 </para></listitem>
0242 </varlistentry>
0243 
0244 <varlistentry>
0245 <term><menuchoice>
0246 <shortcut>
0247 <keycombo><keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo>
0248 </shortcut>
0249 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
0250 <guimenuitem>Update Timelines</guimenuitem>
0251 </menuchoice></term>
0252 <listitem><para><action>Update timelines.</action>
0253 </para></listitem>
0254 </varlistentry>
0255 
0256 <varlistentry>
0257 <term><menuchoice>
0258 <shortcut>
0259 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>
0260 </shortcut>
0261 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
0262 <guimenuitem>Mark All As Read</guimenuitem>
0263 </menuchoice></term>
0264 <listitem><para><action>Mark all messages as read.</action>
0265 </para></listitem>
0266 </varlistentry>
0267 
0268 <varlistentry>
0269 <term><menuchoice>
0270 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
0271 <guimenuitem>Minimize</guimenuitem>
0272 </menuchoice></term>
0273 <listitem><para><action>Minimize &choqok; window to tray.</action>
0274 </para></listitem>
0275 </varlistentry>
0276 
0277 <varlistentry>
0278 <term><menuchoice>
0279 <shortcut>
0280 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo>
0281 </shortcut>
0282 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
0283 <guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
0284 </menuchoice></term>
0285 <listitem><para><action>Quit</action> &choqok;.</para></listitem>
0286 </varlistentry>
0287 </variablelist>
0288 
0289 <variablelist>
0290 <title>The <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu</title>
0291 <varlistentry>
0292 <term><menuchoice>
0293 <shortcut>
0294 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>
0295 </shortcut>
0296 <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
0297 <guimenuitem>Search</guimenuitem>
0298 </menuchoice></term>
0299 <listitem><para><action>Open search window for current account.</action>
0300 </para></listitem>
0301 </varlistentry>
0302 </variablelist>
0303 
0304 <variablelist>
0305 <title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
0306 <varlistentry>
0307 <term><menuchoice>
0308 <shortcut>
0309 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo>
0310 </shortcut>
0311 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0312 <guimenuitem>Enable Update Timer</guimenuitem>
0313 </menuchoice></term>
0314 <listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> update timeline timer.</para></listitem>
0315 </varlistentry>
0316 
0317 <varlistentry>
0318 <term><menuchoice>
0319 <shortcut>
0320 <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
0321 </shortcut>
0322 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0323 <guimenuitem>Enable Notifications</guimenuitem>
0324 </menuchoice></term>
0325 <listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> notifications.</para></listitem>
0326 </varlistentry>
0327 
0328 <varlistentry>
0329 <term><menuchoice>
0330 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0331 <guimenuitem>Show Statusbar</guimenuitem>
0332 </menuchoice></term>
0333 <listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the statusbar.</para></listitem>
0334 </varlistentry>
0335 
0336 <varlistentry>
0337 <term><menuchoice>
0338 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0339 <guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
0340 </menuchoice></term>
0341 <listitem><para><action><action>Configure</action> the keyboard shortcuts used
0342 by &choqok;.
0343 </action>
0344 </para></listitem>
0345 </varlistentry>
0346 
0347 <varlistentry>
0348 <term><menuchoice>
0349 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0350 <guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem>
0351 </menuchoice></term>
0352 <listitem><para><action>Configure</action> the items you want to put in the
0353 toolbar.
0354 </para></listitem>
0355 </varlistentry>
0356 
0357 <varlistentry>
0358 <term><menuchoice>
0359 <guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
0360 <guimenuitem>Configure &choqok;...</guimenuitem>
0361 </menuchoice></term>
0362 <listitem><para><action>Display</action> the &choqok; settings dialog.
0363 </para></listitem>
0364 </varlistentry>
0365 
0366 </variablelist>
0367 
0368 <para>In addition &choqok; has the well known <guimenu>Help</guimenu> menu items.
0369 </para>
0370 </sect1>
0371 
0372 </chapter>
0373 
0374 
0375 <chapter id="credits-and-license">
0376 <title>Credits and License</title>
0377 
0378 <para>&choqok; copyright 2008-2015 Mehrdad Momeny <email>mehrdad.momeny@gmail.com</email>
0379 </para>
0380 <para>Documentation copyright 2009 Mehrdad Momeny <email>mehrdad.momeny@gmail.com</email>
0381 </para>
0382 
0383 <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
0384 
0385 &underFDL;
0386 &underGPL;
0387 
0388 </chapter>
0389 
0390 &documentation.index;
0391 </book>
0392 
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