The following screenshot files are referenced in the DocBook source, but do not exist. They should be taken or the references removed: ./userguide/knode-news-account.png ./userguide/titlebar.png
*** Bug 109662 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Oops, it seems that titlebar.png is only referenced in a comment, so it doesn't need to be taken. About to commit the KNode one.
SVN commit 490049 by philrod: Update the "Usenet news" chapter to match the current interface, and take new screenshots. BUG:103601 BUG:111992 M knode-identity.png M knode-mail-account.png AM knode-news-account.png M knode-start.png M +18 -14 usenet.docbook ** branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/doc/userguide/knode-news-account.png #property svn:executable + * ** branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/doc/userguide/knode-news-account.png #property svn:mime-type + application/octet-stream --- branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/doc/userguide/usenet.docbook #490048:490049 @@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ <title>Usenet News</title> -<!-- TODO: Write an intro to news in general and an abstract about --> -<!-- knode --> +<para>Usenet newsgroups are forums in which you can post messages to discuss +various topics: almost any subject you like (and many you don't!) can +be found there. Although usenet has become less popular than it once +was, because of the increasing use of web forums, &etc;, it is still a +useful tool. &kde; provides a powerful usenet news reader called &knode;.</para> <para>You can find &knode; in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu under the <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu> entry: the menu entry @@ -96,13 +99,12 @@ <para>Now we must tell &knode; about where we get the news from or -where to send the articles to later on. In the tree view on the -right, there is an <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> entry; click on it -with the mouse; then, two sub entries will be opened out. Choose the -<guilabel>News</guilabel> entry, because we first want to configure +where to send the articles to later on. In the list on the +right, there is an <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> entry; click on it and choose the +<guilabel>Newsgroup servers</guilabel> tab, because we first want to configure the news account: the list of accounts is still empty.</para> -<para>To create a new account click on <guibutton>New...</guibutton>. The +<para>To create a new account click on <guibutton>Add...</guibutton>. The following dialog appears:</para> <screenshot> @@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ <para>Sometimes you need to answer to the author of an article directly, without posting to the newsgroup; for example, when you want to make a very personal comment or want to correct an error. If you -want to do this, select <guilabel>Mail</guilabel> in the tree view. The +want to do this, select the <guilabel>Mail Server (SMTP)</guilabel> tab. The following dialog box appears:</para> <screenshot> @@ -186,10 +188,6 @@ </mediaobject> </screenshot> -<para>You will notice this dialog box is very similar to the news -account settings dialog box.</para> - - <variablelist> <varlistentry> @@ -201,7 +199,7 @@ <guilabel>Server</guilabel> field.</para> <para>In our example we enter <userinput><systemitem -class="systemname">mail.server.de</systemitem></userinput></para> +class="systemname">mail.server.com</systemitem></userinput></para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -219,8 +217,14 @@ <!-- Add links to "further reading" here --> <itemizedlist> <title>Related Information</title> -<listitem><para></para> +<listitem><para>The comp.windows.x.kde newsgroup is the main user +support group for &kde; on usenet. You can find other resources for +getting help with &kde; in <xref linkend="getting-help"/>.</para> </listitem> +<listitem><para><ulink url="http://gmane.org">Gmane</ulink> provides a +usenet frontend to many mailing lists, including most of the &kde; +lists, so you can read them with &knode;.</para> +</listitem> </itemizedlist>