Organization
This book is divided into two parts, with several
appendices. The first part is a guided
tour, which will explain how to use
Evolution. If you are new to
Evolution or to groupware in
general, this section is for you. The second section, covering
configuration, is targeted at
more advanced users, but anyone who wants to change the way
Evolution looks or acts can benefit
from reading it.
Typographical conventions
In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography:
ApplicationsCommands you type at the command lineLabels for buttons and other portions of the graphical interface Menu selections look like this:
MenuSubmenuMenu ItemButtons you can
clickAnything you type
inText
output from a computerWords
that are defined in the .
We'll provide assorted bits of additional information in tips set off from the rest of the book, as well.
Tip
Tips and bits of extra information will look like
this.
Examples are also set off from the rest of the text. They look like this:
Example Example
This is what an example looks like. We'll provide
examples for some of the more complicated tasks you
might be performing.
Lastly, we'll have warnings, in cases where you should be careful:
Example Warning
This is what a warning looks like. If there's a chance
you'll run into trouble, we'll warn you beforehand.
Additional Help Sources
You can find additional help in three places. For information
about command-line options, open a terminal window and type
man evolution or evolution
--help. For support, late-breaking news, and errata,
visit the Ximian support center at support.ximian.com.
What's New in Evolution &appversion;
If you're already familiar with Ximian Evolution 1.2, there
are a number of new features in this version. Most of the
changes, however, have been made behind the scenes, as we
moved to the GNOME 2 platform. Ximian Connector for Microsoft
Exchange also has new features, described in .
You can find a complete list of bugs fixed and features added
in the Evolution release notes at the Ximian Developer
Website. Some of the features include:
Better Fonts
Ximian Evolution &appversion; uses the same font
smoothing technology as the rest of your GNOME 2
desktop.
Cleaner Shutdowns
We have fixed several bugs that caused Evolution to
continue to occupy system resources when it was not
running.
Mail Composer HTML Improvements
The message composer has continued to improve.
New Graphics and Icons
We've added new graphics and icons.
Introductory Tips for Experienced Users
This section has a few tips for experienced users of Linux or
UNIX systems:
Backups and File Locations
To create a backup of your Evolution data, copy the
~/evolution/local/ directory to
your backup disk. To access data you
have backed up, use the Import tool to
restore individual files as needed.
Default Browsers
To set the browser that opens when you click a link in
an email, open the GNOME preferences tool
(SystemSettings
or gnome-control-center) and start the
File Associations tool. There, look under
Internet Services, select
World wide web (http), and select
the browser of your choice. If you wish to use a
browser other than the ones suggested, you will need to
enter the full shell command. For example you might use
mybrowser "%s" to start the
mybrowser program at the right page.
Making Evolution Your Default Mail Client
For GNOME desktops, you can set
Evolution to be the default
mail client, so that it opens when you click a mailto:
link in web pages and help tools. To do that, open the
GNOME preferences tool and start the File
Associations tool. There, look under
Internet Services, select
Electronic mail transmission
(mailto), and select
Evolution from the drop-down
list.
For applications such as Mozilla and Netscape, which do
not use the GNOME preference tools, you will need to
find the protocol handler preference tool for that
application and enter evolution
"%s" as your choice for handling mailto links.