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author | Aaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org> | 2000-06-02 07:24:58 +0800 |
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committer | Aaron Weber <aaron@src.gnome.org> | 2000-06-02 07:24:58 +0800 |
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improved filter instructions, vFolder instructions. still need work
* C/usage-mail.sgml: improved filter instructions, vFolder
instructions. still need work though.
* C/usage-contact.sgml: added screenshot.
* C/usage-calendar.sgml: added screenshot.
* C/config-prefs.sgml: added screenshots, and now describes the
actual prefs dialogs.
* C/fig/config-camel.png: new (screenshot) file
* C/fig/filter-druid.png: same
* C/fig/vfolder-druid.png: same
* C/fig/calendar.png: same
* C/fig/contact.png: same
* C/fig/vfolder-createrule-fig.png: same
* C/fig/filter-new-fig.png: same
* C/fig/config-camel-fig.png: same
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diff --git a/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml b/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml index 2dd289e4c3..35fa51fa38 100644 --- a/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml +++ b/doc/C/usage-mail.sgml @@ -704,6 +704,75 @@ </para> </example> + <para> + To create a vFolder, select <guimenuitem>VFolder + Druid</guimenuitem> from the <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> + menu in the <interface>main window</interface>. This + will bring up a dialog box that looks suspiciously like + the Filter Druid (for more information on filters, see + <xref linkend="usage-mail-organize-filters">), and which + presents you with a list of vFolders you have previously + created. If you have already created vFolders, you can + click on them in the frame labelled <guilabel>Select Rule + Type</guilabel>, and edit or remove them. If you have + not created any, there will be only one available option: + click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add a new vFolder. + </para> + <para> + You'll be prompted to create a filtering rule. To do so, + select one of the base rules, and click + <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to customize it. Your options are: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + For matching messages: you may select one or more + search criteria; the vFolder you create will + contain messages that match all of + them. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Messages from a certain person: you enter an email + address, and the vFolder will contain any messages + from that address. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Messages to a certain address: any messages sent + directly to this address will be in the vFolder you create. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Messages with a given subject: enter a subject, + and the vFolder will contain messages with that + subject. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + as is shown in <xref linkend="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule"> + + <figure id="usage-mail-vfolder-fig-createrule"> + <title>Selecting a vFolder Rule</title> + <screenshot> + <screeninfo>Selecting a vFolder Rule</screeninfo> + <graphic fileref="fig/vfolder-createrule-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> + </graphic> + </screenshot> + </figure> + </para> + <para> + + Once you click <guibutton>Next</guibutton>, you'll + customize the vFolder rule. This process is somewhat + complicated, but promises to get much more simple in + future versions of <application>Evolution</application>. + As it stands now, try clicking different things to have + the sentence in the bottom frame make sense. + + </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="usage-mail-organize-filters"> @@ -717,9 +786,21 @@ To create a filter, go to your <interface>Inbox</interface>. Then select <guimenuitem>Filter Druid</guimenuitem> from the - <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. This will start the a - <glossterm> druid</glossterm>, which will allow you to - create filters. + <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> menu. This will bring up a + <glossterm>druid</glossterm>, or assistant, which will + allow you to create filters. The <interface>filter + druid</interface> is shown in <xref linkend="usage-mail-filters-fig-new"> + + + <figure id="usage-mail-filters-fig-new"> + <title>Creating a new Filter</title> + <screenshot> + <screeninfo>Creating a new Filter</screeninfo> + <graphic fileref="fig/filter-new-fig" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber"> + </graphic> + </screenshot> + </figure> + </para> <para> The <interface>filter druid</interface> window @@ -774,3 +855,4 @@ </sect1> </chapter> <!-- ================ END OF MAILER CHAPTER ============= --> + |