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diff --git a/doc/knode/faq.docbook b/doc/knode/faq.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6f37d8765 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/knode/faq.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,189 @@ +<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> +--> +<chapter id="faq"> +<title>Questions and Answers</title> + +<qandaset> +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>I have installed &kde; 3, but &knode; does not exist in the +<guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu.</para> + </question> +<answer> +<para>Does the <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>entry exist? If not, +maybe the kdenetwork package isn't installed (perhaps because your +distribution possibly doesn't do this for you); if the entry is there, +but you do not have a <guimenuitem>KNode</guimenuitem> item +in it, you should try to open a &konsole; and run &knode; from +there. Type</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>knode &</command></userinput> +</screen> + +<para>If an error message appears that tells you that &knode; could +not be started or found please check whether the file +<filename>knode</filename> exists in <filename +class="directory">$<envar>KDEDIR</envar>/bin</filename> and that its +permissions are correctly set.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para> +When I start &knode;, a message appears in the task bar but suddenly +disappears without &knode; being started.</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Try to start &knode; from the &konsole; (see previous question) +and keep attention for the messages displayed there: if they do not +make sense to you mark them with your mouse and copy it to the +clipboard; then, ask for help on one of the &kde; mailing lists or +&kde; news groups.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>I need an important article, but &knode; doesn't have it any +more; where can I find this article?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>You can find some extensive usenet archives at +<ulink +url="http://groups.google.com/usenet/">groups.google.com</ulink> or +<ulink url="http://av.com">AltaVista</ulink>; they even contain +articles that are several years old.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>How do I open and read several articles at the same time?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para> Open the article with <guimenuitem>Open in own +window</guimenuitem>.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>My articles do not appear in the newsgroup.</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>When you publish an article it may be some time until your +news server has it; wait several hours before you send the article +again.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>I want to keep an article; how do I archive it?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Choose the article in the article +view and then use +<menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice> +to open a file dialog; you can then save the article to a file. Another +possibility is to copy the article to a folder.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>Some set headers do not appear for several articles in the +article window; am I doing something wrong?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>This is not unusual because many headers are optional and often +not contained in articles; in this case &knode; does not show those +header lines.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>Sometimes I see an article which refers to other articles but +&knode; does not show any references; why is that?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>This happens when somebody posted an article in another news +group and checked the option <guilabel>Followup To</guilabel>; the +article in question is then sent to your news group, but the referring +article is absent. In many cases the poster tells the reason for his +choice to set a followup.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>When I want to answer an article an error message appears +telling me that the external editor could not be started, but the +editor is correctly set.</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>Have a look whether you entered the place-holder for a filename +after the editor command; if not, enter it. If you want, for example, to +use &kedit; enter <userinput><command>kedit</command><token> +%f</token></userinput></para> +<para>If the <token>%f</token> is absent, your editor cannot be +run.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question> +<para>Why can I not receive data from my local news server?</para> +</question> +<answer> +<para>If you use &knode; together with with a local news server, you +must make sure that this server is correctly set up and started; for +further details, please consult the documentation of your local news +server.</para> +<tip> +<para> +The availability of the local news server can easily be verified with +the <command>telnet</command> program: open a console and type:</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput><command>telnet</command> <parameter>localhost nntp</parameter></userinput> +</screen> + +<para>Followed by that, the news server should respond with:</para> + +<screen> +<computeroutput> +Trying 127.0.0.1... +Connected to localhost. +Escape character is '^]'. +200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.9.16 running at konqi.org +</computeroutput> +</screen> + +<para>You can quit the <command>telnet</command> session with:</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>%</prompt> <userinput>quit</userinput> +</screen> + +<para>If that does not work there is either no local news server +set up or the server was not started; in this case, please consult the +documentation of your local news server.</para> +</tip> + +<para>If you are trying to connect to a news server on the Internet +you need, of course, an open (dial-in) connection and to have set +up &knode; to use your <acronym>ISP</acronym>'s news server; your +<acronym>ISP</acronym> should be able to give you information about +which news servers you can use.</para> +</answer> +</qandaentry> + +</qandaset> + + +</chapter> |