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diff --git a/doc/kcoloredit/Makefile.am b/doc/kcoloredit/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 00000000..085981d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcoloredit/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + +KDE_LANG = en +KDE_DOCS = AUTO + diff --git a/doc/kcoloredit/index.docbook b/doc/kcoloredit/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8599cdf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcoloredit/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,468 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY kcoloredit "<application>KColorEdit</application>"> + <!ENTITY kappname "&kcoloredit;"> + <!ENTITY package "kdegraphics"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> <!-- Change language only here --> +] +> + +<book lang="&language;"> +<bookinfo> +<title> The &kcoloredit; Handbook</title> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Artur</firstname> +<surname>Rataj</surname> +<affiliation> +<address>&Artur.Rataj.mail;</address> +</affiliation> +</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> + +</authorgroup> + +<copyright> +<year>2000</year> +<holder>&Artur.Rataj;</holder> +</copyright> + +<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> + +<date>2005-12-10</date> +<releaseinfo>3.5.0</releaseinfo> + +<abstract> +<para>&kcoloredit; is a palette files editor. It can be used for editing +color palettes and for color choosing and naming.</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>graphics</keyword> +<keyword>palette</keyword> +</keywordset> +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="introduction"> +<title>Introduction</title> + +<para>&kcoloredit; is a palette files editor. It can be used for +editing color palettes and for color choosing and naming.</para> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="file-operations"> +<title>File operations</title> + +<sect1 id="file"> +<title>About palette files</title> + +<para> +The palette files installed by &kde; can be either system-wide or the +user ones. The latter are in you private &kde; configuration +folders, and they are named <guilabel>Custom Colors</guilabel> and +<guilabel>Recent Colors</guilabel>. +</para> + +<para> +In &kcoloredit;, you may open all of these palettes, as well as +palettes in arbitrary files. +</para> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="file-open"> +<title>Opening a file</title> +<para> +In the <guilabel>Open File</guilabel> dialog, you may choose from a +list of installed palettes, or browse folders for files. +</para> +</sect1> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="Edition"> +<title>Editing</title> + +<sect1 id="cursor"> +<title>Cursor</title> + +<para>The cursor is visible as a line in the palette view. It can be +moved by clicking on an area beside a color.</para> + +<para>The cursor has the following functions:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para> +It points to the color after it. The color, if any, is described below +the palette view. You may edit its name there. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +It can be used to make a selection. A selection can be made by +clicking on an area beside a color, so to move the cursor there, and +by moving the mouse then with the left mouse button pressed. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para>If the <guilabel>At cursor</guilabel> check-box near the +<guilabel>Add Color</guilabel> button is checked, a color from the +color chooser is put at the cursor. The color is either inserted +or it overwrites another one, depending on whether the +<guilabel>Overwrite</guilabel> mode is chosen. The mode can be chosen +by checking the <guilabel>Overwrite</guilabel> check-box, that is next +to the <guilabel>At cursor</guilabel> one.</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id = "selection"> +<title>Selection</title> +<para> +A selection, that can be made as it was written in the previous +section, can be used with the copy, cut and paste operations. +</para> +</sect1> + +<sect1 id = "clipboard-format"> +<title>Clipboard format</title> +<para> +&kcoloredit; uses the following format for clipboard data: for each +color three numbers for red, green and blue components, respectively, +and an optional color name, followed by a new line character if there +is another color. Therefore, if for example three numbers are in the +clipboard, they can be pasted by &kcoloredit; as a color. +</para> +</sect1> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="color-selection"> +<title>Selecting a color from an RGB space</title> + +<para> +A color can be selected from an RGB space in &kcoloredit; in the +following ways: +<itemizedlist> +<listitem> +<para> +By editing the HSV or RGB components. +</para> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<para> +By selecting a color from color gradient panels. In the left one, two +from HSV components can be selected, and in the right one, the third +one. The third component can be chosen by clicking on one of the +buttons labeled <guilabel>H:</guilabel>, <guilabel>S:</guilabel> and +<guilabel>V:</guilabel>. The one component panel display colors with +the other two components equal to these selected in the two components +panel. The two components panel may display colors with the third +component fixed, or, if the <guilabel>Variable</guilabel> check-box is +set, with a value equal to the one selected in the one component +panel. In the <guilabel>Replace</guilabel> mode, the color selected in +panels replaces the output one instantly, and in the +<guilabel>Change:</guilabel> mode it modifies the output color after +each click, or a mouse move while a mouse button is +pressed. Therefore, in the latter mode the color selected in the +gradient panels may be different from the output color. To synchronize +the colors, the <guibutton>Synchronize</guibutton> button can be used. +</para> +</listitem> +</itemizedlist> +</para> +</chapter> + +<!-- Someone energetic might want to write a small chapter here --> +<!-- describing RGB vs HSV etc --> + +<chapter id="drag-and-drop"> +<title>Drag and drop</title> +<para> +The palette colors and the color selection output color can be dragged +with a mouse. +</para> +</chapter> + +<chapter id="menu-reference"> +<title>Menu Reference</title> + +<sect1 id="file-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Start a new palette in the current window.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Open a new window</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Open a saved palette.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Open Recent</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Reopen a palette that you have recently been +editing.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Save the currently open palette.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Save the currently open palette with a new +name.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Close</action> the current &kcoloredit; window</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>File</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Quit</action> &kcoloredit;.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="edit-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Cut the currently selected color to the +clipboard.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Copy the currently selected color to the +clipboard.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl; +<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo></shortcut> +<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Paste a color from the clipboard.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="color-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>Color</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Color</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>From Palette</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Find the color currently selected in the palette, in the +color selector on the left.</action></para><!-- eww... needs rewrite --> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Color</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>From Screen</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Pick a color from anywhere on the screen, and find it +in the color selector on the left.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="settings-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Hide/Show Toolbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle on and off the toolbar icons.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Hide/Show Statusbar</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Toggle on and off the status bar.</action></para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Hide/Show Color Names</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para>If the currently open palette has color name, <action>display +them alongside the colors</action>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Configure</action> the keyboard keys you use to access the +different actions.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><menuchoice> +<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> +<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem> +</menuchoice></term> +<listitem> +<para><action>Configure</action> the items you want to put in the toolbar +</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +</variablelist> + +</sect1> + +<sect1 id="help-menu"> +<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title> + +&help.menu.documentation; + +</sect1> + +</chapter> + +<chapter id="credits-and-licenses"> +<title>Credits and Licenses</title> + +<para>&kcoloredit; copyright 2000 &Artur.Rataj;</para> + +<para>Documentation copyright 2000 &Artur.Rataj;</para> + +<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> + +&underFDL; +&underGPL; +</chapter> + +<appendix id="installation"> +<title>Installation</title> + +&install.intro.documentation; + +&install.compile.documentation; + +</appendix> + +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-omittag: nil +sgml-shorttag: t +End: +--> + |