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| author | Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org> | 2009-09-02 03:30:58 +0800 |
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| committer | Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org> | 2009-09-02 03:31:28 +0800 |
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[help] More reviews and updates for account management topics
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diff --git a/help/C/prev-conv.page b/help/C/prev-conv.page index b521ada59..11c73c785 100644 --- a/help/C/prev-conv.page +++ b/help/C/prev-conv.page @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" - type="topic" - id="prev-conv"> + xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/" + type="topic" style="tasks" + id="prev-conv"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="index#text-conv"/> @@ -8,11 +9,17 @@ Search your previous conversations. </desc> <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-17" status="stub"/> - <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-19" status="review"/> + <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-31" status="review"> + <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/> + </revision> <credit type="author"> <name>Milo Casagrande</name> <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email> </credit> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Shaun McCance</name> + <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email> + </credit> <copyright> <year>2009</year> <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name> @@ -20,134 +27,98 @@ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> - <title>Previous conversations</title> + <title>View previous conversations</title> + + <comment> + <cite date="2009-08-31">Shaun McCance</cite> + <p>Highlighting text is quirky: + <link href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=593733">#593733</link>. + If there's an actual highlighting going on, independent of the selection + (like in yellow or something), we can use the term "highlight". Otherwise + we need to use the term "select". Watch that bug.</p> + </comment> <p> <app>Empathy</app> automatically saves all your text conversations you have - with your contacts, and lets you perform two different kinds of search: a - normal text search, or a per-conversation search. - </p> - <p> - The normal search is a <em>full text</em> search: it will search the exact text in - all your previous conversations. - </p> - <p> - The per-conversation search permits you to limit the text search to a particular - contact and conversation, and permits you to look at all the previous - conversations you had with your contacts. + with your contacts. You can <link xref="#search">search through all of your + previous conversations</link> or <link xref="#browse">browse previous + conversations</link> by contact and date. </p> <note> <p> - You do not need to be connected to the Internet to search your previous + You do not need to be connected to the Internet to view and search your previous conversations. </p> </note> + <section id="search" style="task"> + <title>Search previous conversations</title> + + <p>You can perform a full-text search through all of your previous conversations.</p> + <steps> <item> - <p> - To start searching your previous conversations, from the <gui>Contact List</gui> - window, perform one of the following: - </p> - <list> - <item> - <p> - Press <key>F3</key>. - </p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - Choose <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Previous Conversations</gui></guiseq>. - </p> - </item> - </list> + <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>View</gui> + <gui>Previous Conversations</gui></guiseq>. Alternatively, press <key>F3</key>.</p> </item> <item> - <p> - Based on the kind of search you want to perform, see - <link xref="prev-conv#normal-search"/> or <link xref="prev-conv#contact-search"/> - for more information. - </p> + <p>Select the <gui>Search</gui> tab.</p> </item> - </steps> - - <section id="normal-search"> - <title>Normal search</title> - <steps> <item> - <p> - Select the <gui>Search</gui> tab. - </p> + <p>In the <gui>For</gui> field, type the text you want to search for. + Click <gui>Find</gui> or press <key>Enter</key>.</p> </item> <item> - <p> - In the <gui>For</gui> text box, type the text you want to search, and click on - <gui>Find</gui>. - </p> + <p>Any conversations that matched your search terms will be shown in the list below + the search field. By default, conversations are ordered by date.</p> </item> <item> - <p> - If there are results, they will be shown in the first pane, ordered by date. - </p> - </item> - <item> - <p> - Click on the result to see the exact text you were searching for on the - bottom pane. - </p> - <p> - The search results will be highlighted. - </p> + <p>Click on a conversation to view it. <app>Empathy</app> will select the text + in the conversation that matched your search terms.</p> </item> </steps> </section> - <section id="contact-search"> - <title>Conversation search</title> + <section id="browse" style="task"> + <title>Browse previous conversations</title> + + <p>You can browse your previous conversations with your contacts or in + chat rooms by date.</p> + <steps> <item> - <p> - Select the <gui>Conversations</gui> tab. - </p> + <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>View</gui> + <gui>Previous Conversations</gui></guiseq>. Alternatively, press <key>F3</key>.</p> </item> <item> - <p> - From the drop-down list at the top of the window, select your account. - </p> + <p>Select the <gui>Conversations</gui> tab.</p> </item> <item> - <p> - From the left top pane, select the contact you want to look the previous - conversations of. The previous conversations will be shown on the right pane. - </p> - <p> - By default, the last conversation you had will be shown. - </p> - <note> - <p> - Based on your account selected and the service of that account, it will - be possible to select contacts, IRC rooms or group conversations. - </p> - </note> + <p>Select an account from the drop-down list in the top left. A list of + contacts and chat room for that account will be shown below.</p> </item> <item> - <p> - From the left bottom pane, you can browse your conversations by date. Based - on the contact selected, the date in which you had a conversation will - be highlighted in bold text. - </p> + <p>Select a contact or chat room to view your previous conversations from. + By default the most recent conversation will be shown.</p> </item> <item> - <p> - To perform a text search, type the text you want to search in the text box - at the top of the window. - </p> - <p> - The search results will be highlighted. - </p> + <p>You can browse your conversations by date. Days on which you had a conversation + with the selected contact will be shown in bold text. Click a date to select it. + Click the arrows next to the month and year to browse earlier dates.</p> </item> </steps> + + <p>You can search for text in the displayed conversation by typing into the + search field at the top. The matching text will be highlighted.</p> + + <note style="tip"> + <p>You can quickly view the previous conversations with one of your contacts + from the <gui>Contact List</gui> window. Simply right click the contact and + select <gui>View Previous Conversations</gui>. The <gui>Previous + Conversations</gui> window will open with that contact already selected.</p> + </note> + </section> </page> |