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diff --git a/docs/usermanual/irda.sgm b/docs/usermanual/irda.sgm index 2ca48c6..a2f084c 100644 --- a/docs/usermanual/irda.sgm +++ b/docs/usermanual/irda.sgm @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -<chapter><title>IrDA Applet</title> +<chapter id=irda><title>IrDA Applet</title> <para> The IrDA Applet provides a GUI for easilly controlling communication between your device and others using the IrDA protocol. You can use it to communicate with PalmOS based devices, cell phones, and almost anything else that can use infra red to communicate. </para> <section><title>Starting IrDA</title> <para> To start IrDA, click the IrDA Applet icon in the taskbar, and select "Enable IrDA". The icon should then turn red, and @@ -20,15 +20,26 @@ the applet's menu, and a white box should appear in the bottom left corner of th have the other device send the file, and Opie should recieve it and open the file in whatever application is appropriate. </para> <para> When you are done recieving files, you will want to select "Disable Recieve" and "Disable Discovery" from the IrDA Applet's menu so that you are not wasting system resources. </para> </section> +<section><title>Beaming Files</title> +<para> +Several applications support beaming files in a format specific to that application (specifically, Contacts, Calendar, +and Todo). However, sometimes you may need to simply send a file to another device via IrDA, regardless of the +file type. To do this, you can use either AdvancedFM (yet to be documented), or you can do this from the +Documents tab. To beam a file from the Documents tab, you must first add that file to the Documents tab if you +havent already (see <xref linkend="adddoc">). Then, go to the Documents tab and press and hold on the icon for +the file you want to send. A dialog should appear, with a button in the bottom right labeled "Beam". Press this +button, and Opie will beam the file to any waiting devices. +</para> +</section> <section><title>Stoping IrDA</title> <para> Sometimes it is necessary to stop IrDA, usually so that you can use the IR port for another application. To do this, select "Disable IrDA" from the IrDA applet's menu. </para> </section> </chapter>
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