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diff --git a/doc/kmag/index.docbook b/doc/kmag/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0faf531 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kmag/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,647 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kmag "<application>KMagnifier</application>"> + <!ENTITY kappname "&kmag;"> + <!ENTITY package "kdeaccessibility"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"><!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<!-- The language must NOT be changed here. --> + +<book lang="&language;"> + + +<bookinfo> +<title>The &kmag; Handbook</title> + +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Sarang</firstname> +<surname>Lakare</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>sarang@users.sf.net</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<author> +<firstname>Olaf</firstname> +<surname>Schmidt</surname> +<affiliation> +<address><email>ojschmidt@kde.org</email></address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + + +<copyright> +<year>2000</year> +<year>2002</year> +<holder>Sarang Lakare</holder> +</copyright> + +<copyright> +<year>2004</year> +<year>2005</year> +<holder>Olaf Schmidt</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + + + +<date>2006-05-25</date> +<releaseinfo>1.0</releaseinfo> + +<!-- Abstract about this handbook --> + +<abstract> +<para> +&kmag; is a screen magnifier. You can use +&kmag; to magnify a part of the screen just as you would use a lens to magnify +a newspaper fine-print or a photograph. This application is useful for a +variety of people: from researchers to artists to web-designers to people with +low vision. This document will try to be a complete reference manual for using +&kmag;. +</para> + +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>kmag</keyword> +<keyword>K Magnifier</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para> +&kmag; is a screen magnifier for the K Desktop Environment (&kde;). It can be used +to magnify a part of the screen. This application can be useful to various people: +People with low vision can use this application to magnify a part of the screen which they +are unable to view clearly, +artists can use this application to zoom into the graphics they produce and verify it +at the pixel level, +image-processing researchers can use this application to zoom into images and study them closely. +Other than these, &kmag; can be used for various other purposes ⪚ is possible to use the +application for grabbing a portion of the screen and saving it to the disk (with an option of +zooming the screen captured). +</para> +<para> +&kmag; is a very powerful application with new features being added all the time. It is optimized +for use on low processing power machines. +</para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="using-kmag"> +<title>Using &kmag;</title> + +<screenshot> +<screeninfo>Here's a screen shot of &kmag;</screeninfo> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="screenshot.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>Screen shot of &kmag;</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> +</screenshot> + +<para> +After running &kmag; you will get a window similar to the one show above. The main window of +&kmag; shows the magnified (or zoomed) contents. +We refer to this window as the <quote>zoom window</quote>. The zoomed image shown inside the zoom window is +captured from a part of the screen. The part of the screen which is magnified is referred to +as the <quote>selection window</quote>. +</para> +<para> +By default, &kmag; magnifies the region around the mouse cursor into the zoom window (think of it as a moving lens). +Alternatively, you can ask &kmag; to magnify an chosen area of the screen into the zoom window +(<guilabel>Selection Window Mode</guilabel>), or the area around the mouse cursur to one of the screen edges +(e.g. <guilabel>Left Screen Edge Mode</guilabel>). +</para> +<para> +If you would prefer not to see the mouse cursor in the zoomed image, select +<guilabel>Hide Mouse Cursor</guilabel>. Please note that &kmag; cannot yet find out the current cursor shape. +Thus, it shows the default &kde;/&Qt; cursor. +</para> + +<sect1 id="changing-selection-window"> +<title>Changing the part of the screen to be magnified</title> +<para> +When in <guilabel>Selection Window Mode</guilabel>, the selection window can be moved and resized. +You can also change the position and size of the selection window using the arrow keys on the keyboard, +or by clicking into the zoom window: +</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><keycap>Arrow keys</keycap> or &LMB;</term> +<listitem> +<para>By keeping the left mouse button pressed and moving the +mouse, you can grab and drag the contents of the zoom window. +You can also use the arrow keys.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><keycombo>&Shift;<keycap>Arrow Keys</keycap></keycombo> or +&Shift;&LMB; or &MMB;.</term> +<listitem> +<para>By additionally pressing &Shift; or using the &MMB;, +you can move the selection window. +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>Arrow Keys</keycap></keycombo> or +&Ctrl;&LMB;</term> +<listitem> +<para>By using this combination, you can resize the selection +window. Keep in mind that the top-left corner of the selection window +is kept constant and the bottom-right corner is movable.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="kmag-features"> +<title>More &kmag; features</title> + +<para>&kmag; comes with lots of features. Its possible to print the zoomed +image directly to a printer, save the image to a file, copy the zoomed +image to the clipboard (which can be later used to paste in other applications), +rotate the magnification image and more. +</para> + +</sect1> +</chapter> + + +<chapter id="menus"> +<title>Menu Reference</title> + +<sect1 id="the-file-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Opens a new &kmag; window.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save Snapshot As...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Saves the zoomed view to an image file.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Prints the current zoomed view.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Quits the application</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="the-edit-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Copy the current zoomed view to the clipboard which +you can paste in other applications.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="the-view-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"> +<keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Start/Stop</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Start/Stop updating of the display. +Stopping the update will zero the processing power required (CPU +usage)</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Zoom</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Select the zoom factor.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Click on this button to zoom-out on the selected region.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Click on this button to zoom-in on the selected region.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"> +<keycap>F6</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Invert Colors</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para><action>Inverts</action> colors on the view, &ie; black things will be shown white.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Rotation</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Select the rotation degree (<guimenuitem>No Rotation (0 Degrees)</guimenuitem>, +<guimenuitem>Left (90 Degrees)</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Upside Down (180 Degrees)</guimenuitem>, +<guimenuitem>Right (270 Degrees)</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>View</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Refresh</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Select the refresh rate (<guimenuitem>Very Low</guimenuitem>, +<guimenuitem>Low</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Medium</guimenuitem>, +<guimenuitem>High</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Very High</guimenuitem>). +The higher the rate, the more computing power (CPU) +will be needed.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="the-settings-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Menu</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Toggles the menubar on/off.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Main Toolbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Toggles the main toolbar on/off.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide View Toolbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Toggles the view toolbar on/off.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Settings Toolbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Toggles the settings toolbar on/off.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"> +<keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Follow Mouse Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In this mode the area around the mouse cursor is shown in a normal window.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"> +<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Selection Window Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In this mode a selection window is opened. The selected area is shown in a normal window.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Top Screen Edge Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In this mode the area around the mouse is magnified to the top screen edge.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Left Screen Edge Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In this mode the area around the mouse is magnified to the left screen edge.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Right Screen Edge Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In this mode the area around the mouse is magnified to the right screen edge.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Bottom Screen Edge Mode</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>In this mode the area around the mouse is magnified to the bottom screen edge.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut> +<keycombo action="simul"> +<keycap>F4</keycap></keycombo> +</shortcut> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Mouse Cursor</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Show or hide the mouse cursor in the magnified image.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Opens a window that lets you configure the keyboard +shortcuts for many menu commands.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem><para>Opens a window that lets you choose which icons are visible +in the toolbar.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="the-help-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect1> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="commands"> +<title>Command Reference</title> + +<para>&kmag; automatically uses all your default shortcuts for saving +file, opening new window, printing, starting/stopping refresh (reload +button in &konqueror;), zoom-in, zoom-out &etc;</para> + +<table> +<title>Default Keyboard Shortcuts</title> +<tgroup cols="2"> +<tbody> +<row> +<entry><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></entry> +<entry><para>This will save the contents of the zoom window to a +file.</para> +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycap>F1</keycap></entry> +<entry><para>Switch to "Follow Mouse Mode".</para> +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycap>F2</keycap></entry> +<entry><para>Switch to "Selection Window Mode".</para> +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycap>F4</keycap></entry> +<entry><para>Show or hide the mouse cursor in the magnified image.</para> +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycap>F5</keycap></entry> +<entry><para>This will start the refresh of the zoom window if it is +stopped, or stops the refresh of the zoom window if the refresh is +currently on.</para> +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycap>F6</keycap></entry> +<entry><para>Invert Colors</para> +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></entry> +<entry><para>This will open a new &kmag; window.</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo></entry> +<entry><para>This will open the print dialog for printing the contents +of the zoom window.</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></entry> +<entry><para>This will copy the zoom window contents to the +clipboard.</para> +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo></entry> +<entry><para>Show/Hide the menubar.</para> +</entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></entry> +<entry><para>Zoom out</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></entry> +<entry><para>Zoom in</para></entry> +</row> +<row> +<entry><keycombo>&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo></entry> +<entry><para>Quits the application.</para></entry> +</row> +</tbody> +</tgroup> + +</table> + +</chapter> + +<!-- +<chapter id="faq"> +<title>Questions and Answers</title> + +&reporting.bugs; +&updating.documentation; + +<para> +This section is currently empty as I have not received any questions from any users! I +will add some FAQ if I hear from any of the users. +</para> + +</chapter> +--> +<chapter id="credits"> + +<!-- Include credits for the programmers, documentation writers, and +contributors here. The license for your software should then be included below +the credits with a reference to the appropriate license file included in the KDE +distribution. --> + +<title>Credits and License</title> + +<para> +&kmag; +</para> +<para> +Program copyright 2001-2003 Sarang Lakare <email>sarang@users.sf.net</email> and 2003-2005 Olaf Schmidt <email>ojschmidt@kde.org</email>. +</para> +<para> +Contributors: +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Michael Forster <email>forster@fmi.uni-passau.de</email> (original author)</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</para> + + +<para> +Documentation copyright 2002 Sarang Lakare <email>sarang@users.sf.net</email> and +2004-2005 Olaf Schmidt <email>ojschmidt@kde.org</email> +</para> + +<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> +&underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove. Commercial development should --> +&underGPL; <!-- GPL License --> + +</chapter> + +<appendix id="installation"> +<title>Installation</title> + +<sect1 id="getting-kmag"> +<title>How to obtain &kmag;</title> + +&install.intro.documentation; + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="compilation"> +<title>Compilation and Installation</title> + +&install.compile.documentation; + +</sect1> + +</appendix> + +&documentation.index; +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-minimize-attributes:nil +sgml-general-insert-case:lower +sgml-indent-step:0 +sgml-indent-data:nil +End: +--> |