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1<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/usr/local/sgml/4.2sgml/docbook.dtd">
2<book><title>Opie User Manual</title>
3<part><title>Getting Started</title>
4<chapter><title>What is Opie?</title>
5<para>
6Opie is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for the Linux operating system (and
7might work on other OSes as well). It was originally designed for handheld
8computers (such as the Compaq/HP iPAQ and the Sharp Zaurus), but which could
9probably function well in other environments requiring a light GUI, such as an
10old laptop, or an internet kiosk. It is bassed upon QT/Embedded from Trolltech,
11which is in turn a graphical environment designed for embedded applications,
12based upon the QT toolkit.
13</para>
14<para>
15Opie has been designed for devices with small screens, and a touchscreen input
16device (ie, only one mouse click, and no constant mouse position), as well as
17designed to fit in a relatively small amount of storage space (about 5 megabytes
18for the base libraries and the launcher).
19</para>
20</chapter>
21<chapter><title>Installation</title>
22<section><title>iPAQ</title>
23<para>
24To install opie on an iPAQ, you will need a fresh Familiar installation (ie,
25install Familiar, and stop before you do ipkg install task-complete or ipkg
26install task-x), go to http://familiar.handhelds.org to get the latest version,
27and to get installation instructions (again, stop after the initial boot and do
28not install X, as it is not necessary, and will only take up space).
29</para>
30
31<note>
32<para>
33Note: If you had qpe/qtopia installed previously, \emph{completely} remove it,
34and remove the src line for it from your /etc/ipkg.conf file before attempting
35to install opie.
36</para>
37</note>
38<para>
39Once you have Familiar installed, set up a network connection between your iPAQ
40and the ouside world (again, see the Familiar site for instructions on this),
41and then run this command:
42<informalexample>
43<literallayout>
44 echo src opie "http://131.152.105.154/feeds/ipaq/unstable/" \
45 >> /etc/ipkg.conf
46</literallayout>
47</informalexample>
48then, run:
49<informalexample>
50<literallayout>
51 ipkg update && ipkg install task-opie
52</literallayout>
53</informalexample>
54If you have a 3100 or 3800 series iPAQ, run:
55<informalexample>
56<literallayout>
57 ipkg install qt-embedded-rotation
58</literallayout>
59</informalexample>
60finally, start Opie with:
61<informalexample>
62<literallayout>
63 /etc/init.d/opie start
64</literallayout>
65</informalexample>
66</para>
67
68<para>
69Opie should now be running (if you should have to reboot, which is rare, Opie
70will start automatically). From here, you can use either the ``Software''
71application in the Settings tab, or run ipkg from the command line to install
72other Opie apps. Check out the various task-opie-* ipkgs to install various sets
73of apps at once (you can always uninstall individual apps individually). You
74will probably want to install opie-embeddedkonsole first, so you have access to
75the command line in Opie.
76</para>
77</section>
78
79<section><title>Zaurus</title>
80<para>
81To completely install Opie on the Zaurus, you will have to install OpenZaurus,
82which includes Opie. However, individual Opie applications will work fine on the
83default Zaurus rom. Do not install Opie's launcher on a default Zaurus ROM
84though.
85</para>
86</section>
87</chapter>
88
89<chapter><title>Using Opie</title>
90<para>
91Now that Opie is installed and running, it's time to start using it. When you
92first start Opie, you will see the ``Launcher'' from which you can start all of
93your Applications, and the ``Taskbar'' along the bottom, where you can see all
94the running applications, select an input method, and interact with the
95installed ``applets''.
96</para>
97
98<section><title>Getting Around</title>
99<para>
100Getting around in Opie is very easy, you simply click your stylus on whatever
101icon or button you want to click on. The main difference between using the
102stylus and using a mouse is that you cannot right click with a stylus, so things
103that require a right click are kept to a minimum. However, it is sometimes
104necessary to right click, and this is implemented with a ``press and hold''.
105Any time you want to do something that you think would require a right click on
106a normal pc, try pressing the stylus down and holding it still for a few
107seconds. This usually opens up a context sensative menu, much like a right
108click usually does on a desktop interface.
109</para>
110</section>
111
112<section><title>Launcher</title>
113<para>
114The Launcher behaves like the ``desktop'' on most PC GUIs. When no applications
115are running or visible, you will have access to the Launcher. You can also map
116a hardware key to bring the Launcher to the top without closing any of the
117running applications (this is similar to ``minimising'' all the applications
118that are running).
119</para>
120<para>
121Along the top of the Launcher you will see a list of tabs which function as
122categories for your applications. You can click on the tab for the category you
123want to view, and then click on the icon for the application that you wish to
124launch. By default, there will be an Applications tab and a Settings tab (if
125you install any games, they will appear in the Games tab). When new
126applications are installed, they will usually appear in one of these three tabs,
127or in a tab of their own. To add or delete tabs or to move applications between
128the tabs, you can use the Tab Manager application, or you can edit them by hand,
129by changing the directories in /opt/QtPalmtop/apps.
130</para>
131<para>
132There is also a tab to the far right called the ``Documents'' tab, which allows
133you to quickly open your most often used documents. You can click on a document
134to open it up in the proper application. For help on adding files to the
135Documents tab see \ref{docadd} on page \pageref{docadd}
136</para>
137</section>
138
139<section><title>Taskbar</title>
140<para>
141Opie has a ``Taskbar'' that always runs along the bottom of the screen in Opie,
142except for a few ``fullscreen'' applications that cover it up. The Taskbar is
143what lets you select which input method you would like to use, shows what
144applications are running, and is also where the ``applets'' draw their icons.
145On the left of the Taskbar is an ``O'' button that opens a menu which has an
146entry for every tab in the Launcher, allowing you to star an applications
147without going back to the Launcher, or quiting the application that you are
148running. On the right hand side of the Taskbar, you will probably see a clock
149(unless you installed task-opie-minimal), which is actually just another applet
150that draws the time instead of an icon.
151</para>
152<para>
153When an application is run, it adds its icon to the Taskbar, starting from the
154right side of the input method icon, with new application's icons appearing to
155the right. If you click on the icon for an application, it will be brought to
156the screen, allowing you to interact with it.
157</para>
158<para>
159To the right of the ``O'' menu you will see an icon for the currently selected
160input method. Clicking this will bring up the input method, allowing you to
161type into the currently running application. To the right of the input method
162icon is a small arrow pointing up, which will open a menu of all the currently
163installed input methods when clicked. When you select one of these, it will
164become the current input method, with its icon replacing the previous one.
165</para>
166</section>
167
168<section><title>Dialogs</title>
169<para>
170In Opie, dialogs, as well as some applications, have a button labeled ``Ok'' on
171the right side of the window title bar, in addition to the normal ``x''. For
172dialogs, the ``Ok'' button will apply your changes and close the window, while
173the ``x'' will cancel them before closing the window (for people used to most
174desktop GUI's the ``Ok'' and ``x'' behave like the ``Ok'' and ``Cancel'' buttons
175you would normally see in the bottom right of the dialog window).
176</para>
177<para>
178For applications that have an ``Ok'' button as well as the ``x'' button that all
179applications have, the ``Ok'' button will usually save the current file and then
180close the application, while the ``x'' button will close the application without
181saving.
182</para>
183</section>
184</chapter>
185
186<chapter><title>Upgrading</title>
187<para>
188First, you should shutdown Opie from the ``Shutdown'' app in the Settings tab.
189Normally, simply running
190<informalexample>
191<literallayout>
192 ipkg update && ipkg upgrade
193</literallayout>
194</informalexample>
195will upgrade Opie. However, if you currently have a version with the 1.5.0
196version number, you will have to upgrade it differently, because Opie now uses a
197different version number (the 1.5.0 was Qtopia's version number, we now use our
198own). To upgrade from one of these older versions, run:
199<informalexample>
200<literallayout>
201 ipkg update
202 ipkg install opie-update
203</literallayout>
204</informalexample>
205Opie should then be upgraded.
206</para>
207</chapter>
208</part>
209
210<part><title>Applications</title>
211<chapter><title>Contacts</title>
212<para>
213Contacts is a way to keep track of all the people you know, and how to contact
214them. as well as other information, such as their birthday, the company they
215work for, etc.
216<para>
217
218<section><title>Adding Contacts</title>
219<para>
220To Add a user, go to <GUImenu>Contact</GUImenu><GUIMenuItem>Add</GUIMenuItem>,
221or click the add icon in the toolbar (looks like a blank piece of paper).
222First, you need to give the person a name. You can do this by either entering
223their name in the name field, or by pressing ``Full Name...'', which will open
224up a new dialog that lets you enter each part of their name individually. Three
225of the entry fields have pulldown menus instead of labels that let you set which
226parameter these input fields control. The File As field lets you control how
227their name is displayed in the main view, use the pulldown arrow to select from
228some common ways of ordering their first and last names, or type in a custom
229one. You can also select a category for the user to be filed under, and clicking
230the button labeled ``...'' lets you edit the available catagories (these are
231convinient for displaying just the contacts you want when you have a lot of
232them).
233</para>
234<para>
235The address tab lets you edit the contact's buisness and home addresses (select
236which one you want to change from the pulldown menu at the top). The bottom
237field behaves just like the three custom fields in the ``General'' tab (and if
238you select the same thing from the pulldown list, it will modify the same
239parameter).
240</para>
241<para>
242The Details tab is used for miscelaneous things like the person's position, the
243name of their spouse, etc.
244</para>
245<para>
246When you are done, click ``Ok'' in the top right of the screen (you can always
247edit their profile later), click the ``x'' to cancel, and not add the contact.
248</para>
249</section>
250<section><title>Editing Contacts</title>
251<para>
252To edit the contacts, select the person you want to edit, anc click the pencil
253icon, or go to <GUIMenu>Contact</GUIMenu><GUIMenuItem>Edit</GUIMenuItem>, and it
254will open up the same dialog used to add a user, except their information that
255is already entered will already be filled in. To finalise the changes, click
256``Ok'', or to cancel them, click ``x''.
257</para>
258</section>
259
260<section><title>Deleting Contacts</title>
261<para>
262To delete a contact, select the person from the list of contacts, and click the
263trash can icon, or go to Contact \begin{math}\rightarrow\end{math}Delete. A
264dialog will pop up asking if you want to actually delete that contact, click yes
265to delete it, no will cancel.
266</para>
267</section>
268
269<section><title>Editing Contacts</title>
270<para>
271To find a specific person, click the find icon (green magnifying glass), or go
272to <GUIMenu>Contact</GUIMenu><GUIMenuItem>Find</GUIMenuItem>. A dialog will pop
273up, and in the ``Find what'' input, enter the string you want to search for. You
274can also select if you want the search to be case sensative, and if you want it
275to search backwards from the currently selected user. The Category drop down
276menu lets you search only a specific category (``All'' to search all of them).
277When you click ``Find'', it will start search for the string in all the fields
278in all the contacts. When it finds a match, it will highlight the user in the
279main view. You can use this to search for (as an example) who a certain phone
280number belongs to, by entering the phone number in the ``find what'' field, and
281clicking ``Find''.
282</para>
283</section>
284
285<section><title>Viewing Contacts</title>
286<para>
287To view only the contacts in a certain category, go to the View menu, and check
288the categories you want to view.
289</para>
290<para>
291The list of letters on the bottom of the window lets you look at only the
292contacts who's names begin with that letter. These work much like entering text
293on a mobile phone. For example, to view all the contacts whos name starts with
294``B'', press the ``ABC'' group twice (since ``B'' is the second letter in that
295group). To go back to displaying all of the letters, click it two more times
296(pressing it four times brings you back to all the letters, so you pressed it 2
297times to get to ``B'' and 2 more times to get back to all letters. 2+2=4).
298</para>
299</section>
300
301<section><title>Personal Details</title>
302<para>
303Change your personal details by going to <GUIMenu>Contact </GUIMenu>
304<GUIMenuItem>My Personal Details</GUIMenuItem>. This is used in today to
305display who the device belongs to, as well as other apps.
306</para>
307</section>
308</chapter>
309
310<chapter><title>Calendar</title>
311<para>
312The Calendar is a way to keep track of all your appointments, birthdays,
313meetings, or any other event that you would put in a calendar.
314</para>
315
316<section><title>Navigation</title>
317<para>
318Navigation in the Calendar is simple. Along the top are five different buttons
319that allow you to set the type of view, which correspond to the five items in
320the ``View'' menu. Each one (except for ``Today'') changes the amount of time
321shown on the screen. ``Day'' shows one day, ``Week'' one week, etc. Today is the
322same as Day, except that it automatically sets the view to the current day.
323</para>
324<section><title>The Day view</title>
325<para>
326The day view shows your day divided up into blocks representing each hour. At
327the top is the navigation bar, wher you will see a row of buttons, which
328represent the days of the current week, and on the left and right sides of the
329navigation bar are arrows, which allow you to move one day in that direction. If
330you are on the last day of the week, pressing the arrow will bring you into the
331first day of the next week (or vice-versa if you are going backwards). There is
332also a button that lists the current day, which you can press to select a day to
333view from a calendar dialog.
334</para>
335<para>
336In the main view, there is a collumn of buttons, each of which represents one
337hour. If you select one, any new appointments will automatically default to
338begining at that time and ending an hour later (which you can, of course, change
339when you create the appointment).
340</para>
341<para>
342Clicking on an appointment will open a menu that lets you edit, delete or beam
343the appointment. Beam will beam the appointment to any device supporting the
344Obex protocol (PalmOS based devices, cellphones, etc). libopieobex must be
345installed to use this feature.
346</para>
347</section>
348
349<section><title>The Week View</title>
350<para>
351The week view allows you to see your week divided up into columns, representing
352each day of the week, and rows, representing each hour of the day. In the
353navigation bar at the top, there are two scroll boxes, the one on the left shows
354the current year, and the one to the right shows which week it is of that year.
355To the right of both of those is a label which shows the date range for the
356currently selected week.
357</para>
358<para>
359In the main view, you see the week divided up into rows and collumns
360representing the days of the week, and hours of the day. In each cell, you will
361see a blue square which represents an appointment, which you can press to see
362details of the appointment. If you press anywhere in the free space, you will go
363to the day of the column that you clicked in.
364</para>
365</section>
366
367<section><title>The Week List View</title>
368<para>
369The week list view shows you all the appointments that you have that week
370without graphically representing how long they are or showing the free time
371between them. This is convinient if you need to see a list of all your
372appointments, but do not need to see how your time is mapped out. The navigation
373bar has an arrow button on either side, allowing you to move to the next or
374previous week, as well as a button which gives the current week number for that
375year. Pressing the week number button will bring up a calendar dialog, which
376allows you to select the week you are viewing. Selecting a day from the calendar
377will bring you to the week that day is in. To the right of that is a button with
378a ``2'' in it. When this is depressed, the main view will show two weeks at a
379time, instead of one. The last item is a label which shows the range of dates
380for the currently selected week.
381</para>
382<para>
383The main view is comprised of several rows, each of which represents a day of
384the week. If you have an appointment on that day, the date will be red,
385otherwise it will be black (the current day is blue). Clicking on the date
386itself will bring you to the day view for that day. Under each day is a list of
387all the appointments for that day, as well as their start times. If you click on
388an appointment, you will go to an edit dialog for that appointment, which lets
389you view its details. Next to each day heading is a ``+'' sign, clicking it will
390create a new appointment for that day.
391</para>
392</section>
393
394<section><title>The Month View</title>
395<para>
396The month view looks like a normal monthly calendar, allowing you to see on what
397days of the month you have appointments. In the navigation bar, there are two
398pairs of arrows. The pair with an arrow and a vertical line will take you to the
399first or last month of the currently selected year, while the normal arrow
400buttons will take you to the next or previous month. There is a dropdown menu
401which allows you to select the month, and a entry field which allows you to
402select the year (press the up or down arrows, or enter in your own year).
403</para>
404<para>
405The main view is divided up into a grid, where the columns are the days of the
406week, and the rows are the weeks (just like an ordinary calendar). The currently
407selected day has a bold box drawn around it, and if the day has an appointment,
408there will be a small blue square in the bottom right corner of it (that square
409will have a smaller white square if it is a recurring appointment). If the
410appointment is an all day event, it will be drawn as a green dot instead. When
411you click on the sqaure of a day, you will be taken to the day view for that
412day.
413</para>
414</section>
415</section>
416
417<section><title>Adding Appointments</title>
418<para>
419To add an appointment, click on the add appointment button in the toolbar at the
420top of the window (an image of a blank page), and a dialog will open up,
421allowing you to enter information about the appointment (depending on the
422current view, and what you may have selected, there may be certain default
423settings).
424</para>
425<para>
426At the top of the window is the description field, where you can enter in a
427short description of the appointment, or select a common one from the dropdown
428list. The location field allows you to do the same. The category dropdown allows
429you to assign the appointment to a category, which you can use later to view
430only some of your appointments. The button labeled ``...'' to the right of that
431will open up a dialog where you can add, delete, or edit certain categories.
432</para>
433<para>
434To enter a start and end time, select the date for each from the dropdown menu,
435and then you can either manually enter a time, or you can use the three rows of
436numbers to more quickly enter it in. To use the fast input method, first click
437in the text entry field of the time you want to edit, then you need to select
438the hour. The first two rows are the hours, click whichever one you want. The
439third row of numbers are the minutes, in units of five. When you select the
440minutes field for the start time, it will automatically set the minutes field
441for the end time to the same thing, but you can change this by selecting the end
442field and giving it its own minutes field. Because of this, it is fastest to set
443the start time first and then the end time. There is also an ``all day''
444checkbox, which will make the appointment take up the entire day.
445</para>
446<para>
447Underneath this you can set the timezone of the appointment from the dropdown
448list. To change the available timezones, click the world icon, and it will open
449the City Time application. Refer to its documentation for changing the
450timezones. If you want to have an alarm go off, check the ``alarm'' checkbox,
451and then set the number of minutes before the appointment that you want the
452alarm to sound. If you set the dropdown list next to that to ``silent'' you will
453only be given a visual alarm, wheras if you set the alarm to ``Loud'', there
454will be an alarm sound as well. Note: opie-alarm must be installed for alarms to
455work.
456</para>
457<para>
458To set whether the appointment repeats, click the "Repeat" button and a new
459dialog will open up. At the top is a row of buttons, which lets you set how
460often the appointment repeats. Selecting one of these buttons will change the
461interface below, to represent the available options for that type of repetition
462(selecting ``None'' will turn off repetition if you turned it on and no longer
463want it). When you are done, click ``ok'' in the upper right to select that type
464of repetition, or ``x'' to set it back to what it was (none if it is a new
465appointment).
466</para>
467<para>
468Finally, you can add notes to the appointment by clicking the ``Notes...''
469button which will open a dialog with a text entry field for adding notes. Press
470``ok'' to accept the changes to the notes, ``x'' to cancel.
471</para>
472<para>
473When you are done setting up the appointment, click ``ok'' in the top right of
474the window, or ``x'' to cancel adding the appointment.
475</para>
476</section>
477<section><title>Editing Appointments</title>
478<para>
479How you start editing an appointment varies depending on what view you are in,
480but they will all open the same dialog. The dialog is the same as the Add
481Appointment dialog, except that the fields will already be filled in with the
482information that the appointment contains. Clicking ``ok'' will keep your
483changes, ``x'' will revert them to what they were before you edited them.
484</para>
485</section>
486
487<section><title>Finding Appointments</title>
488<para>
489To find a specific appointment, click the find button in the toolbar (small
490green magnifying glass) and it will open a find dialog. Here you can enter the
491text you want to search for, as well as the category you want to search for, as
492well as the start date, and whether you want the search to be case sensitive.
493Click ``Find'' to find the next appointment that matches your criteria.
494</para>
495</section>
496</chapter>
497
498<chapter><title>Todo</title>
499<para>
500Todo is designed for storing information about things you need to do, but which
501arent going to happen at a specific time, like "change the oil" or "mow the
502lawn". You can also give todo items a deadline, if they have to be completed by
503a certain time.
504</para>
505
506<section><title>Adding Tasks</title>
507<para>
508Go to Data \begin{math}\rightarrow\end{math}New Task, or click on the new task
509icon (blank page). The priority drop down menu lets you select the priority of
510the task. The lower the number, the more important it is. The categories behave
511in much the same way that they do in Calendar, you can select the category from
512the drop down menu, or you can click the ``...'' button to add, delete, or edit
513categories. To give the task a due date, check the ``Due'' checkbox, and then
514click the button next to it (it should contain the current date). That will open
515a calendar from which you can select the due date. The ``Completed'' check box
516is the same as the checkbox next to each item in the main view. The ``Summary''
517field is for a short summary that will be visible in the main view, as well as
518in the Today application. The down arrow next to it will copy the text in the
519``Summary'' field into the large text field below it, which is used for a more
520detailed description of the task. Click ``ok'' in the upper right to add the
521new task, or ``x'' to close the window without adding the new task.
522</para>
523</section>
524<section><title>Editing Tasks</title>
525<para>
526To edit a task, you can select it, and then go to
527<GUIMenu>Data</GUIMenu><GUIMenuItem>Edit
528Task</GUIMenuItem>, or click the edit task icon (an image of a pencil). The same
529dialog should apear as if you were adding a task, but the information for that
530task should already be filled in. You can change any of it you want to, and then
531click ``ok'' in the top right corner to save the changes, or ``x'' to go back to
532the way it was.
533</para>
534</section>
535
536<section><title>Deleting Tasks</title>
537<para>
538To delete a task, first select it, and then either select
539<GUIMenu>Data</GUIMenu>
540<GUIMenuItem>Delete...</GUIMenuItem> or press the Delete icon (an image of
541a trash can). A dialog should pop up, asking if you want to delete the task,
542click yes to delete it, or no to cancel.
543</para>
544</section>
545<section><title>Finding Tasks</title>
546<para>
547To find a task, either go to
548<GUIMenu>Options</GUIMenu><GUIMenuItem>Find</GUIMenuItem>
549, or
550click the find icon (an image of a green magnifying glass), and a dialog should
551pop up. Enter the text you want to search for in the description, and select the
552category that you want it to search through (this will speed the search up, if
553you know what category it is in). You can also select ``case sensative'' which
554makes the search pay attention to the case of what you type (so if you look for
555``mow lawn'', it won't find a task called ``Mow lawn''). ``Search Backwards''
556will search backwards from the currently selected task. Click ``Find'' to
557initiate the search, when it finds a task that matches the string, it will
558select it. If you click Find again, it will find the next one in the list (or
559the previous one, if ``Search backwards'' is selected).
560</para>
561</section>
562
563<section><title>Viewing Tasks</title>
564<para>
565To only view tasks filled under certain categories, go to the Category menu, and
566check the categories you want to view. Also, under the Options menu, you can
567select whether or not you want completed tasks to be visible, and whether or not
568you want to see the deadline.
569</para>
570</section>
571
572<section><title>Completing Tasks</title>
573<para>
574To mark a task as completed without deleting it, you can either check the
575checkbox next to it in the main view, or edit it, and check the "completed"
576check box in the edit dialog. If <GUIMenu>Options</GUIMenu>
577<GUIMenuItem>Completed<GUIMenuItem> tasks is not checked, the task will
578disapear when you mark it completed. but do not worry, it is not gone forever,
579just check Completed tasks in the options menu, and you can see and edit it
580again.
581</para>
582</section>
583</chapter>
584
585<chapter><title>File Manager</title>
586<para>
587The file manager allows easy access to your file system, letting you browse,
588copy, move, delete and link files. You can also use it to open the file in an
589application based upon the file type, or add the file to your ``Documents'' tab,
590as well as several other filesystem related things.
591<para>
592
593<section><title>Navigating</title>
594<para>
595To enter a directory, simply press its icon or name in the main view. There are
596also two buttons in the toolbar which help with navigation. The back arrow will
597take you back to the directory you were previously looking at, while the up
598arrow will take you up one level in the directory structure (so, if you are in
599/usr/bin, it will take you to /usr, regardless of where you were before). The
600``Dir'' menu shows the current path, with each directory as a menu item. So, if
601you are in /opt/QtPalmtop/bin there will be four entries: /, opt, QtPalmtop, and
602bin. Selecting one of these will take you immediately to that directory.
603</para>
604</section>
605
606<section><title>Selecting Files</title>
607<para>
608When you click on a file, its selection status is toggled. So the first time you
609click on it, it will be selected, and the second time it will be deselected. To
610select multiple files, simply click on each one you want to select.
611</para>
612</section>
613<section><title>Moving Files</title>
614<para>
615To copy a file from one directory to another, press and hold on the filename,
616and select ``Copy'' from the menu that pops up. Then, change into the directory
617that you want to copy it into, and press the "paste" icon (an image of a
618clipboard and a piece of paper). To move a file, do the same thing, except
619select ``Cut'' from the first menu, instead of ``Copy''. You can also move or
620copy multiple files by selecting all of them and using the cut or copy buttons
621in the toolbar.
622</para>
623</section>
624
625<section><title>Deleting Files</title>
626<para>
627To delete a file, press and hold it to bring up its menu, then select
628``Delete'', and click ``Yes'' (or ``No'' to cancel). Delete will delete all the
629currently selected files, which may be more than the one that you pressed and
630held on.
631</para>
632</section>
633
634<section><title>Renaming Files</title>
635<para>
636To change a file's name, first bring up the input method you want to use (unless
637you are going to use the hardware keyboard), then press and hold on the
638filename, and select ``rename''. A new file will appear with a ``Name'' field
639that is editable, enter the new name, and click another file to keep the new
640name.
641</para>
642</section>
643
644<section><title>Creating Directories</title>
645<para>
646To create a directory, first bring up the input method you want to use (if you
647are using one), and then click the new directory button (an image of a file
648folder with a ``+'' sign). A new folder will be created with the name ``New
649Folder'', and the folder name will be editable. Enter the name you want and then
650click another file to create the folder.
651</para>
652</section>
653
654<section><title>Viewing Files</title>
655<para>
656To view a file, press and hold on a file, and the menu that comes up will
657contain two entries for vieing the file, the first depends on the filetype, but
658usually lets you open the file in a specific program. The second is ``view as
659text'' which will open the file up in TextEdit (regardless of whether or not it
660is actually a text file).
661</para>
662</section>
663
664<section><title>Adding to ``Documents''</title>
665<para>
666To add a file to your ``Documents'', press and hold the file, and select ``Add
667to documents'' from the menu. This will add the file to the documents tab, which
668you can use to quickly open the file (simply click on the icon for the file in
669the Documents tab). Some programs also use the Documents list to aid in quickly
670opening files.
671</para>
672</section>
673
674<section><title>Sorting Files</title>
675<para>
676To sort the files, use the ``Sort'' menu to select wich field you want to sort
677the files by (``by Name'', for instance, will sort the file alphabetically by
678name). If ``Ascending'' is checked, the files will be sorted in ascending order,
679if it is not, they will be sorted in descending order. You can also press the
680name of the column in the main view to sort by that field.
681</para>
682</section>
683
684<section><title>Viewing Options</title>
685<para>
686The ``View'' menu lets you choose which files to view. If ``Hidden'' is checked,
687hidden files will be visible (in Linux, hidden files start with a ``.''). If
688``Symlinks'' is checked, symbolic links (files or directories which are merely
689links to other files or directories) will be visible.
690</para>
691</section>
692</chapter>
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