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1<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><chapter id="sylpheed-faq-3">
2 <title>Sylpheed FAQ - Interface</title>
3 <qandaset id="faq-interface">
4<?dbhtml cellspacing="13px" ?> <qandaentry>
5 <question id="faq-display-language">
6 <para>How do I make Sylpheed display my language?</para>
7 </question>
8 <answer>
9 <para>You have to set some environment variables, such as
10 <envar>LANG</envar>, <envar>LC_CTYPE</envar>, <envar>LC_MESSAGES</envar> to your local language.
11 Usually <envar>LANG</envar> (or <envar>LC_ALL</envar>) is sufficient. Note that modern distributions and operating systems do this for you automatically.</para>
12 <para>Under UNIX, if you need to set e.g. the <envar>LANG</envar> environment variable manually, execute the following command (using <literal>sh</literal> or related shell):</para>
13 <para><command>export LANG=<replaceable>value</replaceable></command></para>
14 <para>Replace <replaceable>value</replaceable> with a valid ISO <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_code">language code</ulink> (e.g. <literal>en_GB</literal> for British English).</para>
15 <para>If you intend to set the displayed language manually under Windows, you can do so by creating the
16<envar>LANG</envar> environment variable with a valid ISO language code value under <menuchoice>
17 <guimenu>Control Panel</guimenu>
18 <guimenuitem>System</guimenuitem>
19 <guisubmenu>Advanced</guisubmenu>
20 <guibutton>Environment Variables</guibutton>
21 </menuchoice>.</para>
22 <para>Also see the <link linkend="faq-environment-variables">question</link> regarding environment variables that have effect on Sylpheed.</para>
23 </answer>
24 </qandaentry>
25 <qandaentry>
26 <question>
27 <para>I don&apos;t like the default font. Can I change that?</para>
28 </question>
29 <answer>
30 <para>Yes. In <menuchoice>
31 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
32 <guimenuitem>Common preferences...</guimenuitem>
33 </menuchoice>, under the
34 <guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem> tab.</para>
35 </answer>
36 </qandaentry>
37 <qandaentry>
38 <question>
39 <para>There are too many columns in the message list!</para>
40 </question>
41 <answer>
42 <para>In <menuchoice>
43 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
44 <guimenuitem>Common preferences...</guimenuitem>
45 </menuchoice> under the
46 <guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem> tab, you can press the button <guibutton>Set display item of summary...</guibutton>. That pops up a screen with all the
47 options you can show or leave out of the message
48 list.</para>
49 </answer>
50 </qandaentry>
51 <qandaentry>
52 <question>
53 <para>How do I disable or enable the alternating row colors in the message list?</para>
54 </question>
55 <answer>
56 <para>Under UNIX, you can directly edit the appropriate hidden setting stored in the <filename>$HOME/.sylpheed-2.0/sylpheedrc</filename> configuration file by changing the setting value to 0, or 1, respectively (default is on, i.e. 1): </para>
57 <programlisting>enable_rules_hint=0</programlisting>
58 <tip>
59 <para>There are various other hidden settings that can be adjusted in your <filename>sylpheedrc</filename> configuration file, see the <filename>README</filename> file for details.</para>
60 </tip>
61 <para>The above does not work under Windows, however, so you have to edit the <filename>C:\Program Files\Sylpheed\share\themes\MS-Windows\gtk-2.0\gtkrc</filename> file and set the following setting to 1, or 0, respectively (default is off under Windows, i.e. 0):</para>
62 <programlisting>GtkTreeView::allow-rules = 1</programlisting>
63 <note>
64 <para>Since the hidden setting described above is not stored within your user profile under Windows, it may be overwritten when installing a new version of Sylpheed. To avoid this at least partially, keep a backup copy of the <filename>gtkrc</filename> file somewhere safe.</para>
65 </note>
66 </answer>
67 </qandaentry>
68 <qandaentry>
69 <question>
70 <para>Can I use a different editor to write my mails?</para>
71 </question>
72 <answer>
73 <para>You can. In <menuchoice>
74 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
75 <guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem>
76 </menuchoice>, under
77 the <guimenuitem>Details</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>External commands</guimenuitem> tabs, you can define your editor of choice.
78 Remember, if you want to use a command line editor
79 like vi or emacs, to write the name of the shell
80 (term, term, rxvt) with the <parameter>-e</parameter> parameter in front of
81 the editor. E.g.: <command>rxvt -e vi %s</command>.</para>
82 <para>Also, make sure that you have checked <guilabel>Automatically launch the external editor</guilabel> in <menuchoice>
83 <guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem>
84 <guimenuitem>Compose</guimenuitem>
85 <guimenuitem>Editor</guimenuitem>
86 </menuchoice>, if you want the editor of your choice to be launched every time you begin composing a message.</para>
87 </answer>
88 </qandaentry>
89 <qandaentry>
90 <question>
91 <para>How to change the font size in the Sylpheed interface?</para>
92 </question>
93 <answer>
94 <para>You can set the GTK+ font by <filename>$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0</filename>, or
95 <filename>$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0.mine</filename>,
96 (which is included by <filename>$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0</filename>).
97 For example:</para>
98 <programlisting>style &quot;default&quot; {
99 font = &quot;-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 &quot;
100}
101widget_class &quot;*&quot; style &quot;default&quot;
102</programlisting>
103 </answer>
104 </qandaentry>
105 <qandaentry>
106 <question>
107 <para>Sylpheed saves my outgoing mail (in Outbox). Can I make it stop doing that?</para>
108 </question>
109 <answer>
110 <para>In <menuchoice>
111 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
112 <guimenuitem>Common preferences...</guimenuitem>
113 </menuchoice>, there is a
114 checkbox <guilabel>Save sent message to outbox</guilabel>. Uncheck it,
115 and it&apos;s solved.</para>
116 </answer>
117 </qandaentry>
118 <qandaentry>
119 <question>
120 <para>How can I change the key bindings (hotkeys) in Sylpheed?</para>
121 </question>
122 <answer>
123 <para>Unlike Sylpheed 1.x, Sylpheed 2.x and 3.x doesn&apos;t allow direct modification of the menu shortcuts by default. Nevertheless, you can use the following methods to configure them:</para>
124 <orderedlist>
125 <listitem>
126 <para><emphasis>Using GNOME 2.8 or later:</emphasis> run gconf-editor from <menuchoice>
127 <guimenu>Applications</guimenu>
128 <guisubmenu>System Tools</guisubmenu>
129 <guimenuitem>Configuration Editor</guimenuitem>
130 </menuchoice>. Select <menuchoice>
131 <guimenu>desktop</guimenu>
132 <guisubmenu>gnome</guisubmenu>
133 <guisubmenu>interface</guisubmenu>
134 </menuchoice> and check <guilabel>can-change-accels</guilabel> there.</para>
135 </listitem>
136 <listitem>
137 <para><emphasis>Using GNOME before 2.8, or other environments:</emphasis> add the following line to the file <filename>~/.gtkrc-2.0</filename> (or create a new one, if it doesn&apos;t exist):</para>
138 <programlisting>gtk-can-change-accels = 1</programlisting>
139 </listitem>
140 <listitem>
141 <para>When Sylpheed is not running, directly edit <filename>~/.sylpheed-2.0/menurc</filename> with a text editor.</para>
142 </listitem>
143 </orderedlist>
144 <para>After that, the key binding change itself is very simple. Suppose you want to assign a
145 shortcut key to a function, e.g. sending all mail
146 out should start when you press <keycombo>
147 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
148 <keycap>Y</keycap>
149 </keycombo>. Click the
150 <guimenu>Message</guimenu> menu and move the mouse over <guimenuitem>Send all messages</guimenuitem>. Now you press <keycombo>
151 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
152 <keycap>Y</keycap>
153 </keycombo>. Immediately the menu
154 text is updated and the function is in place. Please
155 note that a previous function that <keycombo>
156 <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
157 <keycap>Y</keycap>
158 </keycombo> was
159 assigned to, will no longer have a shortcut key. If
160 you want to remove the key binding, do the same
161 thing, but press the <keycap>Delete</keycap> key on the menu item.
162 Then the key binding is removed.</para>
163 <para>Also see <menuchoice>
164 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
165 <guimenuitem>Common preferences...</guimenuitem>
166 <guimenuitem>Details</guimenuitem>
167 <guimenuitem>Interface</guimenuitem>
168 <guilabel>Set key bindings...</guilabel>
169 </menuchoice> where you are able to reset the Default key bindings, or use other predefined key bindings.</para>
170 </answer>
171 </qandaentry>
172 <qandaentry>
173 <question>
174 <para>Can I close windows without the mouse?</para>
175 </question>
176 <answer>
177 <para>Of course! Not all windows, but by pressing <keycap>Escape</keycap>,
178 you can close the address book, the window of viewing
179 a mail source (<menuchoice>
180 <guimenu>View</guimenu>
181 <guimenuitem>Message source</guimenuitem>
182 </menuchoice>), the window of
183 viewing the headers, and several others. Just give
184 it a try and you will find all of them.</para>
185 </answer>
186 </qandaentry>
187 <qandaentry>
188 <question>
189 <para>Can I change the way the date is displayed in the message summary?</para>
190 </question>
191 <answer>
192 <para>As of 0.4.65 you can. The options are:</para>
193 <programlisting> %y = year in numbers %m = month in number
194 %d = day in numbers %c = date/time for locale
195 %A = full weekday name %a = short month name
196 %B = full month name %b = short month name
197 %H = hours in 24-clock %I = hours in 12-clock</programlisting>
198 <para>For more information, go to the <menuchoice>
199 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
200 <guimenuitem>Common preferences</guimenuitem>
201 <guimenuitem>Display</guimenuitem>
202 <guimenuitem>General</guimenuitem>
203 </menuchoice> and choose the <guibutton>...</guibutton> labeled button.
204For more options, see <command>man 3 strftime</command>.</para>
205 </answer>
206 </qandaentry>
207 <qandaentry>
208 <question>
209 <para>Why can&apos;t I see the compface pictures?</para>
210 </question>
211 <answer>
212 <para>You need to enable displaying of the header pane in the
213 general preferences.</para>
214 </answer>
215 </qandaentry>
216 <qandaentry>
217 <question>
218 <para>I still can&apos;t see the pictures. Why not?</para>
219 </question>
220 <answer>
221 <para>You may not have compiled in Compface support. See the appropriate question in the Installation and Configuration section.</para>
222 </answer>
223 </qandaentry>
224 <qandaentry>
225 <question>
226 <para>Why does the URL launcher not launch my web browser?</para>
227 </question>
228 <answer>
229 <para>You need to double click the URL.
230Also, check that you have configured your web browser correctly in <menuchoice>
231 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
232 <guimenuitem>Common preferences...</guimenuitem>
233 <guimenuitem> Details</guimenuitem>
234 <guimenuitem>External commands</guimenuitem>
235 </menuchoice>. </para>
236 </answer>
237 </qandaentry>
238 <qandaentry>
239 <question>
240 <para>Attachments with spaces in the name won&apos;t open!</para>
241 </question>
242 <answer>
243 <para>When you try to launch a helper application, like an image viewer, with an attachment that has spaces in the name, put quotes around the <parameter>%s</parameter>
244parameter. Example: <command>gedit &apos;%s&apos;</command></para>
245 </answer>
246 </qandaentry>
247 <qandaentry>
248 <question>
249 <para>Execute command for my dynamic signature seems not to be working!</para>
250 </question>
251 <answer>
252 <para>Under Windows, if you have created e.g. a simple batch file to echo a line to be included in your dynamic signature, you need to execute the command (specified under <menuchoice>
253 <guimenu>Account preferences</guimenu>
254 <guisubmenu>Compose</guisubmenu>
255 <guimenuitem>Signature</guimenuitem>
256 <guilabel>Command output</guilabel>
257 </menuchoice>) using either forward slashes or double
258backslashes for paths, for example:</para>
259 <para><command>cmd /c &apos;c:\\signature.bat&apos;</command></para>
260 <para>Note that it is also recommended to enclose paths with single quotes, as is illustrated above.</para>
261 </answer>
262 </qandaentry>
263 <qandaentry>
264 <question>
265 <para>Where is the Bcc when I compose a mail?</para>
266 </question>
267 <answer>
268 <para>Open <menuchoice>
269 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
270 <guimenuitem>Preferences for current account...</guimenuitem>
271 <guimenuitem>Compose</guimenuitem>
272 </menuchoice>. There you can check the <guilabel>Bcc</guilabel> checkbox and optionally enter an email address.</para>
273 </answer>
274 </qandaentry>
275 <qandaentry>
276 <question>
277 <para>How do I change the toolbar?</para>
278 </question>
279 <answer>
280 <para>Go to <menuchoice>
281 <guimenu>View</guimenu>
282 <guimenuitem>Customize toolbar...</guimenuitem>
283 </menuchoice> and select items from the <guilabel>Available items</guilabel> list to be displayed on the toolbar. You can modify the order by using the <guibutton>Up</guibutton> or <guibutton>Down</guibutton> button. The customization dialog also offers you to revert your modifications to default.</para>
284 </answer>
285 </qandaentry>
286 <qandaentry>
287 <question>
288 <para>Why isn&apos;t the next message displayed when I delete a message? </para>
289 </question>
290 <answer>
291 <para>Go to <menuchoice>
292 <guimenu>Configuration</guimenu>
293 <guimenuitem>Common preferences...</guimenuitem>
294 <guimenuitem>Details</guimenuitem>
295 <guimenuitem>Interface</guimenuitem>
296 </menuchoice>, and select <guilabel>Always open messages in summary when selected</guilabel>. </para>
297 </answer>
298 </qandaentry>
299 <qandaentry>
300 <question>
301 <para>How can I remove mailing list information from Subject headers?</para>
302 </question>
303 <answer>
304 <para>Very often, when you are subscribed to a mailing list, you will store each message from that list in a folder dedicated to that list. Depending on remote software solution and configuration, mailing lists tend to include some words in the Subject header to identify the messages, optionally accompanied with a message number, for instance <literal>[sylpheed:33101]</literal>. These additions do not provide useful info if you have organized your folders as described, but Sylpheed allows you to disable displaying the additions in summary, and/or, if you wish, delete the additions on reply.</para>
305 <para>To do that, right-click on a folder from the folder tree, and select <guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> In the <guilabel>Folder properties</guilabel> dialog, check <guilabel>Don&apos;t display [...] or (...) at the beginning of subject in summary</guilabel>, or <guilabel>Delete [...] or (...) at the beginning of subject on reply</guilabel>, respectively.</para>
306 </answer>
307 </qandaentry>
308 </qandaset>
309</chapter>
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