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1 | <chapter><title>File Manager</title> | ||
2 | <para> | ||
3 | The file manager allows easy access to your file system, letting you browse, | ||
4 | copy, move, delete and link files. You can also use it to open the file in an | ||
5 | application based upon the file type, or add the file to your "Documents" tab, | ||
6 | as well as several other filesystem related things. | ||
7 | <para> | ||
8 | |||
9 | <section><title>Navigating</title> | ||
10 | <para> | ||
11 | To enter a directory, simply press its icon or name in the main view. There are | ||
12 | also two buttons in the toolbar which help with navigation. The back arrow will | ||
13 | take you back to the directory you were previously looking at, while the up | ||
14 | arrow will take you up one level in the directory structure (so, if you are in | ||
15 | /usr/bin, it will take you to /usr, regardless of where you were before). The | ||
16 | "Dir" menu shows the current path, with each directory as a menu item. So, if | ||
17 | you are in /opt/QtPalmtop/bin there will be four entries: /, opt, QtPalmtop, and | ||
18 | |||
19 | bin. Selecting one of these will take you immediately to that directory. | ||
20 | </para> | ||
21 | </section> | ||
22 | |||
23 | <section><title>Selecting Files</title> | ||
24 | <para> | ||
25 | When you click on a file, its selection status is toggled. So the first time you | ||
26 | click on it, it will be selected, and the second time it will be deselected. To | ||
27 | select multiple files, simply click on each one you want to select. | ||
28 | </para> | ||
29 | </section> | ||
30 | <section><title>Moving Files</title> | ||
31 | <para> | ||
32 | To copy a file from one directory to another, press and hold on the filename, | ||
33 | and select "Copy" from the menu that pops up. Then, change into the directory | ||
34 | that you want to copy it into, and press the "paste" icon (an image of a | ||
35 | clipboard and a piece of paper). To move a file, do the same thing, except | ||
36 | select "Cut" from the first menu, instead of "Copy". You can also move or | ||
37 | copy multiple files by selecting all of them and using the cut or copy buttons | ||
38 | in the toolbar. | ||
39 | </para> | ||
40 | </section> | ||
41 | |||
42 | <section><title>Deleting Files</title> | ||
43 | <para> | ||
44 | To delete a file, press and hold it to bring up its menu, then select | ||
45 | "Delete", and click "Yes" (or "No" to cancel). Delete will delete all the | ||
46 | currently selected files, which may be more than the one that you pressed and | ||
47 | held on. | ||
48 | </para> | ||
49 | </section> | ||
50 | |||
51 | <section><title>Renaming Files</title> | ||
52 | <para> | ||
53 | To change a file's name, first bring up the input method you want to use (unless | ||
54 | you are going to use the hardware keyboard), then press and hold on the | ||
55 | filename, and select "rename". A new file will appear with a "Name" field | ||
56 | that is editable, enter the new name, and click another file to keep the new | ||
57 | name. | ||
58 | </para> | ||
59 | </section> | ||
60 | |||
61 | <section><title>Creating Directories</title> | ||
62 | <para> | ||
63 | To create a directory, first bring up the input method you want to use (if you | ||
64 | are using one), and then click the new directory button (an image of a file | ||
65 | folder with a "+" sign). A new folder will be created with the name "New | ||
66 | Folder", and the folder name will be editable. Enter the name you want and then | ||
67 | click another file to create the folder. | ||
68 | </para> | ||
69 | </section> | ||
70 | |||
71 | <section><title>Viewing Files</title> | ||
72 | <para> | ||
73 | To view a file, press and hold on a file, and the menu that comes up will | ||
74 | contain two entries for vieing the file, the first depends on the filetype, but | ||
75 | usually lets you open the file in a specific program. The second is "view as | ||
76 | text" which will open the file up in TextEdit (regardless of whether or not it | ||
77 | is actually a text file). | ||
78 | </para> | ||
79 | </section> | ||
80 | |||
81 | <section id="adddoc"><title>Adding to "Documents"</title> | ||
82 | <para> | ||
83 | To add a file to your "Documents", press and hold the file, and select "Add | ||
84 | to documents" from the menu. This will add the file to the documents tab, which | ||
85 | you can use to quickly open the file (simply click on the icon for the file in | ||
86 | the Documents tab). Some programs also use the Documents list to aid in quickly | ||
87 | opening files. | ||
88 | </para> | ||
89 | </section> | ||
90 | |||
91 | <section><title>Sorting Files</title> | ||
92 | <para> | ||
93 | To sort the files, use the "Sort" menu to select wich field you want to sort | ||
94 | the files by ("by Name", for instance, will sort the file alphabetically by | ||
95 | name). If "Ascending" is checked, the files will be sorted in ascending order, | ||
96 | if it is not, they will be sorted in descending order. You can also press the | ||
97 | name of the column in the main view to sort by that field. | ||
98 | </para> | ||
99 | </section> | ||
100 | |||
101 | <section><title>Viewing Options</title> | ||
102 | <para> | ||
103 | The "View" menu lets you choose which files to view. If "Hidden" is checked, | ||
104 | hidden files will be visible (in Linux, hidden files start with a "."). If | ||
105 | "Symlinks" is checked, symbolic links (files or directories which are merely | ||
106 | links to other files or directories) will be visible. | ||
107 | </para> | ||
108 | </section> | ||
109 | </chapter> \ No newline at end of file | ||