From d1aae04383d6f9b29f22c09925a6e0398b5dc4a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Gregory Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 17:31:09 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Closes #6611 Help updated for 0.4 --- help/C/accounts.page | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ help/C/bugs.page | 2 -- help/C/limits.page | 2 +- help/C/overview.page | 2 +- help/C/preferences.page | 4 ++-- help/C/search.page | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++ help/C/shortcuts.page | 20 ++++++++++++++++++ help/C/star.page | 12 +++++------ help/C/write.page | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- help/CMakeLists.txt | 2 ++ 10 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) create mode 100644 help/C/accounts.page create mode 100644 help/C/search.page diff --git a/help/C/accounts.page b/help/C/accounts.page new file mode 100644 index 00000000..16ab97b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/accounts.page @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ + + + + + + + + Accounts + +
+ Adding accounts + +

The first time you start Geary, you will be prompted to add an email account. On this screen, + select if your account is Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook.com, or other. For other account types, you will + need to enter your IMAP and SMTP login settings manually.

+ +

Additional accounts can be added from the Accounts dialog. Click Accounts in the Gear menu + (or press CtrlM) to open the Accounts dialog. To add an account, click the + button.

+ +
+ +
+ Editing existing accounts + +

From the Accounts dialog, select an account and click the pencil icon to change various settings. + Please note that Geary cannot change server settings on an existing account. If you need to + change your IMAP or SMTP server, you will need to delete the account and re-add it.

+ +

To change the order that accounts are displayed in the folder list, drag the accounts in the + Accounts dialog to the desired order.

+ +
+ +
+ Removing accounts + +

To delete an account, open the Accounts dialog, select the account, and press the - button. + Geary will delete all information associated with the account.

+ +
+ + + diff --git a/help/C/bugs.page b/help/C/bugs.page index 609cf49a..0d04c0b7 100644 --- a/help/C/bugs.page +++ b/help/C/bugs.page @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ - - Think you've found a bug?

If you suspect you've found a bug in Geary, follow these steps to report it:

diff --git a/help/C/limits.page b/help/C/limits.page index 412ab368..ea6705ee 100644 --- a/help/C/limits.page +++ b/help/C/limits.page @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Limitations -

Geary is still in early development. Geary supports IMAP and has been tested with Gmail, Yahoo and the free Dovecot mail server. Geary may not yet work well with other IMAP servers. Additionally, Geary is still missing search and numerous other features.

+

Geary is still in early development. Geary supports IMAP and has been tested with Gmail, Yahoo, and the free Dovecot mail server. Experimental support for Outlook.com is provided. Geary may not yet work well with some IMAP servers. At this time Geary is still missing numerous features including offline mode.

To learn more about the features we're working on and the future of Geary, please visit Geary's Redmine page.

diff --git a/help/C/overview.page b/help/C/overview.page index 0beef1cb..5584cb48 100644 --- a/help/C/overview.page +++ b/help/C/overview.page @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

Geary is a lightweight email reader for the GNOME desktop. It works with mail servers that -support the IMAP protocol, including popular services such as Gmail and Yahoo Mail.

+support the IMAP protocol, including popular services such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Outlook.com.

Geary groups mail messages into conversations. A conversation contains all messages in a single thread of discussion.

diff --git a/help/C/preferences.page b/help/C/preferences.page index 48db0af2..ec9667c9 100644 --- a/help/C/preferences.page +++ b/help/C/preferences.page @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ - + Preferences

To set preferences in Geary, click the gear menu at the upper right @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ an adjacent message.

- <gui>Display message preview</gui> + <gui>Display conversation preview</gui>

Enables message previews in the conversation list. Previews show the first few lines of each message.

diff --git a/help/C/search.page b/help/C/search.page new file mode 100644 index 00000000..03f62ef2 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/search.page @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ + + + + + + + + Search + +

Geary supports a per-account full text search. To start a search, select a folder associated + with the account you'd like to search against. Then click the search box in the toolbar (or + press CtrlS) and start typing. Results will appear after a brief delay.

+ +

The full text search includes email text, email addresses (to, from, and cc), subject lines and + attachment filenames.

+ +

Keywords that match your search are highlighted the message view. Geary will match different + forms of the same word, for example searching for "walk" will also match "walking" and "walked."

+ + + diff --git a/help/C/shortcuts.page b/help/C/shortcuts.page index 040c230d..29b6850f 100644 --- a/help/C/shortcuts.page +++ b/help/C/shortcuts.page @@ -74,6 +74,26 @@

Accounts

CtrlM

+ +

Close composer window

+

CtrlW

+ + +

Jump to search box

+

CtrlS

+ + +

Find in current conversation

+

CtrlF

+ + +

Find next in current conversation

+

CtrlG

+ + +

Find previous in current conversation

+

CtrlShiftG

+ diff --git a/help/C/star.page b/help/C/star.page index 2ed389bc..2cb055dc 100644 --- a/help/C/star.page +++ b/help/C/star.page @@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ Star messages

You can star messages to indicate that they're important to you. To mark a conversation with a star, click its star icon in the conversation list. You can star an individual message by clicking the star at the upper right of the message itself.

-

Starred messages appear in the Starred folder in the folder list.

+

With Gmail accounts, starred messages appear in the Starred folder in the folder list.

Mark messages as read or unread

Geary marks messages as read automatically as you read them. - To mark one or more conversations as unread, select the conversations(s), then select - Mark as Unread from the Mark menu on the toolbar. To mark an - individual message as unread, select Mark as Unread from the message menu - at the upper right of the message.

+ To manually toggle a conversation as read or unread, click the circle icon in the conversation list.

-

To mark an individual message as read, you may select Mark as Read from the dropdown menu .

+

Alternately, the Mark as Unread in the Mark menu on the toolbar can + be used to toggle the read status of the selected conversation(s).

+ +

To mark an individual message as read, select Mark as Read from the dropdown menu.

diff --git a/help/C/write.page b/help/C/write.page index c31e19f4..ef2ee54c 100644 --- a/help/C/write.page +++ b/help/C/write.page @@ -5,22 +5,46 @@ - Write a message + +

To compose a new message in Geary, press the New Message button on the toolbar.

To reply to a message, open the message menu in the upper right corner of the message and choose Reply, Reply All or Forward. You can also reply to the last message in a conversation via the Reply, Reply All or Forward buttons on the toolbar.

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+ +
+ Features +

Geary's email composer lets you adjust the font, size and color of text. You can also insert hyperlinks into messages.

+

Geary can also send plain text messages. In the drop-down menu, check or uncheck "Rich Text" + to toggle between plain text and rich text mode.

+

You can attach a file to a message you're writing in either of these ways:

-

Press the Attach a file button at the lower left +

Press the Attach File button at the lower left of the composer window, then select a file to attach.

Drag the file from the Nautilus file manager to the composer window, and drop it either on the text fields at the top of the window or on the toolbar at the bottom.

 + +
+
+ Drafts + +

For mail servers that support drafts, Geary will automatically save the message as you type. + If you close the composer without sending, Geary will prompt you to keep the draft or to discard it.

+ +

To edit an existing draft, select the Drafts folder in the folder list, select the message, + and click "Edit Draft" in the message viewer.

+ +

Geary deletes the draft when you send the message.

+ +
+ diff --git a/help/CMakeLists.txt b/help/CMakeLists.txt index 057e56df..bdef3586 100644 --- a/help/CMakeLists.txt +++ b/help/CMakeLists.txt @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ set(HELP_DEST share/gnome/help/geary/C) set(HELP_FILES + C/accounts.page C/archive.page C/bugs.page C/index.page @@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ set(HELP_FILES C/limits.page C/overview.page C/preferences.page + C/search.page C/shortcuts.page C/star.page C/write.page