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<tip category="IO">
<html>
<p>...that you can use ftp for file operations by using
<b>ftp://user@domain/path</b> in the file dialog? It will prompt you for your password.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="IO">
<html>
<p>...that you can use SSH/SCP for file operations by using
<b>fish://user@domain/path</b> in the file dialog? It will prompt you for your password.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="IO">
<html>
<p>...that you can view and manage the content of any
<b>project upload profile</b> in the in a tree in the right side dock? Dragging files from the upload profile to the project tree in the left dock will also prompt asking if you want to add them to the project if they are new.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Editor">
<html>
<p>...that you can turn on line numbering and the icon border
by default from <b>Settings > Configure Editor::Defaults</b>?
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can create actions that will run scripts from
<b>Settings > Configure Actions</b> and place them on the toolbar? You can even assign hot keys to them.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can create custom toolbars and even make them project
specific? You can customize any of Quanta's toolbars too.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that you can create remote projects and manage them with the
<b>kio slave of your choice</b>? Look in the project settings dialog.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that you can open and close groups of files in projects with
<b>Project Views</b>? You can even include project toolbars in the views. The new project toolbar makes it easy.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that you can have as many <b>upload profiles</b> as you want for a project? This means you can have a separate test server and production server and Quanta will keep track of what is uploaded where.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can view a summary of PHP classes, functions and variables
in the structure tree with <b>RMB Show Groups For > PHP</b>?
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can use auto-complete with PHP's built in functions by using <b>Ctrl+Space</b>?
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can turn on/off autoupdating of closing tags in
<b>Settings > Configure Quanta::Tag Style</b>?
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can cause Quanta to open files from Konqueror into the
currently open window by adding a <b>--unique</b> switch to your .desktop
file or menu entry? It would look like this: '[path/]quanta --unique'.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can add a keyboard shortcut for any action you define?
Just go to <b>Settings > Configure Shortcuts</b>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can add new local and remote top level folders to the Files Tree? Use <b>RMB New Top Folder...</b> and select a local folder or enter the remote server name in form of <i>ftp://user@server</i> and select the remote folder.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Information">
<html>
<p>...that there is a <b>README</b> file with useful information?
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Information">
<html>
<p>...that we have a mailing list for Quanta users at <b><a href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta</a></b>? This is a great place to go for help and information. Please join before posting, even if you read from a newsreader. You can set it not to send you mail and this is how we prevent spam.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Information">
<html>
<p>...that you can search the Quanta mailing list using <b><a href="http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&cof=&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.kde.org&q=&btnG=Google+Search">Google</a></b>?
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Information">
<html>
<p>...that we have additional mailing lists to support our users? Lists include Kommander and web development help.<b><a href="http://mail.tdewebdev.org/mailman/listinfo">Click here to see</a></b>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Information">
<html>
<p>...that you can help to financially support our program of sponsoring developers? <b><a href="http://tdewebdev.org/donate.php">Click here to help</a></b>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that you can set a project root below your document root and then upload database password files and libraries where they can only be accessed by your user account.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can use Quanta to enable new DTDs using our <b>tagxml DTD</b>? Quanta can even import a DTD for you.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can now edit and create Quanta <b>Document Type Editing Packages</b> from a dialog? Use DTD>Edit DTD settings to access this.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can use <b>Kommander</b> to create custom dialogs for Quanta? Open the editor with <i>kmdr-editor</i> or run a dialog with <i>kmdr-executor mydialog.kmdr</i>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that <b>bookmarks are now saved</b>?
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta has a visual <b>problem reporter</b> for your current DTD? Switch to the <b>Structure Tree</b> and make the problem description widget visible with <b>View > Show Problem Reporter</b>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that you can save <b>file descriptions</b> that appear in the project tree? Right click on a project file, select <i>Properties</i> and go to the <i>Quanta File Info</i> tab.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that you can set the <b>Upload Status</b> of files and folders in the project tree? Right click on a project file or folder and select <i>Upload Status</i> and set the appropriate actions. This enables you to set a project root below the document root and prevent support files from uploading while requiring confirmation on sensitive data files.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can set the file tabs to one of three modes for close buttons? You can set them to never, always or delay/hover in <b>Settings > Configure Quanta::User Interface</b>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can move the file tabs now? <b>Hold the middle mouse button on a tab and drag it where you want it.</b>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that the file tabs now have popup menus? <b>RMB on a file tab</b> and you can even select which open file to view from a menu list.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta can convert <b>tag and attribute case</b> for you? It's on the Tools menu.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta comes with a number of applications that run a plug ins? Quanta can also load other programs if they are installed including HTML Tidy, Cervisia and Kompare. Make sure you have HTML Tidy and the tdesdk module installed to use them all.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can use Cervisia to manage CVS from inside Quanta? <b>Click on the Cervisia icon</b> and it will load up the current project directory (if it is CVS). If you have never used CVS before Cervisia has great help files and setting up a local repository is easy.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that common CVS commands are available in the project context menu inside Quanta? <b>Open the project tree and right click on a file or folder.</b> This functionality uses the DCOP services of Cervisia so you must have it installed. It will also support any versioning system supported by Cervisia.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can use KFileReplace to find and replace across your entire project? <b>Click on the KFileReplace button</b> and you can set extensive configurations, use multi line values and wild cards, and even go to the files found in Quanta.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can create image maps easily with Quanta? <b>Select KImageMapEditor from the Plugins menu</b> and you have estensive options at your fingertips.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can debug XSL from within Quanta? <b>Click on the XSL icon for KXSL Dbg</b> and Quanta will load an interactive XSL debugger.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can visually check the status of your links from within Quanta? <b>Select KLinkStatus from the Plugins menu</b> and Quanta will load a visual link checker.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can view the HTML source when using project preview with PHP (or other server side scripting) in Quanta? <b>right click on a preview and select View Document Source</b> and Quanta will load a tab with the rendered HTML.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta has XML tools for things like XSL Transforms? <b>Select the scripts tree on the left</b> and you will find several Kommander dialogs that use your installed libxml libraries.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta has a local script library for useful scripts? <b>Select the scripts tree on the left</b> and you will find scripts and Kommander dialogs for doc generation, Quick Start, XSL Transforms and more.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can create the XML files used to display information about scripts in the Script tree? <b>Select the scripts tree on the left</b> and you will find scriptinfo.kmdr. Right click and select <i>Run Script</i> and fill in the dialog.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can create text templates using <b>Drag and Drop </b>? Have your template tree open, select some text, drag it to the tree and drop it on a folder. Quanta will prompt you for a file name.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can create <b>filter actions for templates</b>? Right click on a template in the tree and select properties, Quanta Templates and a filtering action, which is a script from the scripts tree. This can take the template and filter it.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta has <b>four types of templates</b>? There are document (page), text snippet, binary (linked files) and site (tgz files holding entire trees) templates. These all go in folders for each type.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta has a deeply <b>integrated PHP debugger</b>? you can enable it from your <i>Project Settings</i>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta now has <b>Team Project</b> capabilities? You can share information about roles, subprojects and tasks. This integrates with Quanta's new <b>Event Actions</b>. See the <i>Project Properties</i> dialog.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Project">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta supports attaching scripts to events with <b>Event Actions</b> in your projects? You can share information about roles, subprojects and tasks. This integrates with Quanta's new <b>Event Actions</b>. See the <i>Project Properties</i> dialog.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that Quanta now has a <b>public repository</b> for all resources? Quanta uses <i>KNewStuff</i> to make templates, scripts, DTEPs, toolbars and more available for download. Need something? Check the download menu items.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
<tip category="Application">
<html>
<p>...that you can contribute to <b>Quanta's public repository</b> of resources? Just <a href="mailto:submissions@tdewebdev.org?subject=Quanta%20Resource">email it here</a>.
</p>
</html>
</tip>
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