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control-enter faq from deryni. he rocks

2005-12-19, Luke Schierer
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Parents 5c9cf829a193
Children e3d5919f8bd2
control-enter faq from deryni. he rocks
--- a/htdocs/faq.txt Sat Dec 17 22:31:54 2005 -0500
+++ b/htdocs/faq.txt Mon Dec 19 01:40:24 2005 -0500
@@ -284,17 +284,28 @@
<a href="http://themes.freshmeat.net/">themes.freshmeat.net</a>,
<a href="http://art.gnome.org/">art.gnome.org</a>, or searching on Google.
</p>
-<p>
-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-&gt;Message Text.
-</p>
<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+
theme.</p>
+Q: Where did my ability to use Ctrl-Enter to send a message go?
+
+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?
A: You need to edit your <code>~/.gtkrc-2.0</code> to contain the keybindings line from
@@ -429,7 +440,7 @@
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 mimiced by gaim for MSN and Jabber.
+of the others, and is mimicked by gaim for MSN and Jabber.
Q: Can I use Gaim for e-mail, blogging, an RSS feed, or something else
that isn't IM-related?