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diff --git a/doc/kate/man-kate.1.docbook b/doc/kate/man-kate.1.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..80899a4fb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kate/man-kate.1.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> +]> + +<refentry lang="&language;"> +<refentryinfo> +<title>KDE User's Manual</title> +<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> +<date>June 07, 2005</date> +<productname>K Desktop Environment</productname> +</refentryinfo> + +<refmeta> +<refentrytitle><command>kate</command></refentrytitle> +<manvolnum>1</manvolnum> +</refmeta> + +<refnamediv> +<refname><command>kate</command></refname> +<refpurpose>Advanced text editor for &kde;</refpurpose> +</refnamediv> + +<refsynopsisdiv> +<cmdsynopsis> +<command>kate</command> +<group choice="opt"><option>-s, --start</option> <replaceable> +name</replaceable> </group> +<group choice="opt"><option>-u, --use</option></group> +<group choice="opt"><option>-p, --pid</option><replaceable> +pid</replaceable></group> +<group choice="opt"><option>-e, --encoding</option> <replaceable> +name</replaceable></group> +<group choice="opt"><option>-l, --line</option> <replaceable> +line</replaceable></group> +<group choice="opt"><option>-c, --column</option> +<replaceable> column</replaceable></group> +<group choice="opt"><option>-i, --stdin</option></group> +<arg choice="opt">KDE Generic Options</arg> +<arg choice="opt">Qt Generic Options</arg> +</cmdsynopsis> +</refsynopsisdiv> + +<refsect1> +<title>Description</title> +<para>&kate; is the &kde; Advanced Text Editor. </para> +<para>&kate; also provides the editor part for various applications, under +the name &kwrite;.</para> +<para>Some of &kate;'s many features include configurable syntax +highlighting for languages ranging from C and C++ to +<acronym>HTML</acronym> to bash scripts, the ability to create and +maintain projects, a multiple document interface +(<acronym>MDI</acronym>), and a self-contained terminal emulator. +</para> + +<para> +But &kate; is more than a programmer's editor. Its ability to open +several files at once makes it ideal for editing &UNIX;'s many +configuration files. This document was written in &kate;. +</para> + + +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> +<title>Options</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><option>-s</option>, <option>--start</option> <replaceable>name</replaceable></term> + +<listitem><para>Start &kate; with a given session.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><option>-u, --use</option></term> +<listitem><para>Use an already running &kate;</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><option>-p, --pid</option> <replaceable> +pid</replaceable></term> +<listitem><para>Only try to reuse kate instance with this +<replaceable>pid</replaceable></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><option>-e, --encoding</option> <replaceable> +name</replaceable></term> +<listitem><para>Set encoding for the file to open</para><para>You can use +this to force a file opened in utf-8 format, for instance. (The command +<command>iconv -l</command> provides a list of encodings, which may be +helpful to you.)</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><option>-l, --line</option> <replaceable> line</replaceable></term> +<listitem><para>Navigate to this line</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><option>-c, --column</option> <replaceable> +column</replaceable></term> +<listitem><para>Navigate to this column</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +<varlistentry> +<term><option>-i, --stdin</option></term> +<listitem><para>Read the contents of +<filename>stdin</filename></para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> +<title>See Also</title> + +<para>kwrite(1)</para> + +<para>More detailed user documentation is available from <ulink +url="help:/kate">help:/kate</ulink> +(either enter this <acronym>URL</acronym> into &konqueror;, or run +<userinput><command>khelpcenter</command> +<parameter>help:/kate</parameter></userinput>).</para> + +<para>There is also further information available at <ulink +url="http://kate.kde.org/">the &kate; website</ulink>.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> +<title>Examples</title> + +<para>To open a file named <filename>source.cpp</filename> at column 15, +line 25, in an existing &kate; window, you could use:</para> +<screen><userinput><command>kate</command> <option>-c 15</option> <option>-l +25</option> <option>-u</option> <filename>source.cpp</filename></userinput> </screen> + +<para>If you have an active internet connection, you can take advantage of +&kde;'s network transparency to open a file from an ftp site. If you do not +have write permission on the remote server, the file will be opened read +only and you will be prompted for a local filename to save to if you make +changes. If you do have write permission, changes will be saved +transparently over the network.</para> +<screen><userinput><command>kate</command> <option><replaceable>ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/README_FIRST</replaceable></option></userinput></screen> + +<!-- FIXME: Some more useful examples would be cool, how about this snagged --> +<!-- from a mail of anders (slightly edited /line/l to remove the double --> +<!-- dashes: + +> /some/file/path/file.name:lineno +> it would rock if Kate could understand that and not only open up file.name, +> but jump to lineno after the file is opened. + +How bad is it to have to convert that into +-l lineno /some/file/path/file.name + +sed s,([^:]*):(\d+),-l \2 \1, + +will do that, for example.--> + +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> +<title>Authors</title> +<para>The maintainer of &kate; is &Christoph.Cullmann; +&Christoph.Cullmann.mail;. A comprehensive list of authors and contributors +is available in the complete user manual mentioned above.</para> +</refsect1> + +</refentry> |