--- a/htdocs/faq.txt Tue Dec 20 15:15:57 2005 -0500
+++ b/htdocs/faq.txt Tue Dec 20 20:11:55 2005 -0500
@@ -255,9 +255,10 @@
Q: How do I use AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, ICQ, or any other protocol?
-A: Use the Account Editor (Accounts->Add/Edit) to add the account of
+A: Use the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts, or +the Accounts button on the start screen) to add the account of the appropriate messaging service. Use the checkbox in the
-account editor to enable the account.
+account editor to sign online. Q: How do I use Google Talk?
@@ -283,32 +284,21 @@
<a href="http://themes.freshmeat.net/">themes.freshmeat.net</a>,
<a href="http://art.gnome.org/">art.gnome.org</a>, or searching on Google.
+If you're having a problem with the font size used by a specific person, +you can try turning on the Ignore Font Sizes preference in +Preferences->Message Text. <p>Similarly, the other font preferences are the defaults for outgoing
messages, and gaim's global settings are controled by the gtk theme.
Additionally, some settings to specific parts of gaim can be set by a Gtk+
-Q: Where did my ability to use Ctrl-Enter to send a message go?
+Q: How do I make gaim use emacs-like keybindings? -A: Gaim used to have an option in the preferences window which let you
-choose whether to use Enter or Ctrl-Enter to send a message. This was less than
-optimal for many reasons, not least of which was because it only let you
-choose between those two options. It also caused large problems for people
-who required an alternate input method (people who were typing in Chinese or
-Japanese for example). On top of all this gtk provides an incredibly nice
-mechanisms which allows keybindings to be set for things via the gtk theme
-files. Gaim decided to use this gtk interface as a method of allowing
-people to use Ctrl-Enter to send but to also allow people to use anything else
-they felt like and to reduce the clutter in the User Interface. The gtk
-interface is, unfortunately, not as immediately obvious as a simple checkbox,
-however it is still simple. The example gtkrc file seen <a href="./gtkrc-2.0">here</a>
-shows you how to do it (among other things).
-Q: How do I make gaim use emacs-like keybindings, or assign a custom
-A: You need to edit your <code>~/.gtkrc-2.0</code> to contain the appropriate line from <a href="./gtkrc-2.0">this example file</a>. If you are using <code>gtk-can-change-accels = 1</code>, then you hover over the menu item then press your desired key stroke.
+A: You need to edit your <code>~/.gtkrc-2.0</code> to contain the keybindings line from +<a href="./gtkrc-2.0">this example file</a>. Q: How do I use smiley themes?
@@ -439,7 +429,7 @@
A: Currently the only supported method to see your own status is to add
yourself to your buddy list. This works with Aim, ICQ, Y!M, IRC, and some
-of the others, and is mimicked by gaim for MSN and Jabber.
+of the others, and is mimiced by gaim for MSN and Jabber. Q: Can I use Gaim for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something else
@@ -591,12 +581,12 @@
Q: Can I set a buddy icon?
-A: Yes. Go to the Account Menu, and click to "Modify" the AIM/ICQ account you
-wish to have an icon. Enter the full path to the image you wish to use in the
-box labeled "Buddy Icon File." The file must be smaller than 4KB. It can have
-any dimensions, and can be in any format. However, if you wish Windows users
-to see it, it must be in a format Windows understands, such as .bmp, .gif, and
+A: Yes. Go to the Account Editor (Tools->Accounts from the buddy list), +and click to "Modify" the AIM/ICQ account you wish to have an icon. Enter +the full path to the image you wish to use in the box labeled "Buddy Icon +File." The file must be smaller than 4KB. It can have any dimensions, and +can be in any format. However, if you wish Windows users to see it, it must be in +a format Windows understands, such as .bmp, .gif, and .jpg. Q: I just changed my buddy icon, and I can't see the new one.