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+ <!ENTITY appletversion "2.8">

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+ <!ENTITY date "August 2004">

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+<article id="index" lang="en">

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+<articleinfo>

+ <title>&applet; Manual</title>

+ <abstract role="description">

+ <para>The &applet; shows the active keyboard group and

+ enables switching between different groups.</para>

+ </abstract>

+

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2004</year>

+ <holder>Angela Boyle</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2004</year>

+ <holder>Sergey Udaltsov</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ <!-- translators: uncomment this:

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2003</year>

+ <holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin translation)</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ -->

+

+ <publisher role="maintainer">

+ <publishername>MATE Documentation Project</publishername>

+ </publisher>

+

+ <revhistory>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>2.8</revnumber>

+ <date>2004-08</date>

+ </revision>

+ </revhistory>

+

+ &legal;

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+ <authorgroup>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Angela</firstname>

+ <surname>Boyle</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>

+ </affiliation>

+ </author>

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Sergey</firstname>

+ <surname>Udaltsov</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>

+ </affiliation>

+ </author>

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+ <contrib>Latin translation</contrib>

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+ </authorgroup>

+

+ <releaseinfo revision="2.26" role="review"/>

+

+ <releaseinfo>This manual describes version &appletversion; of the

+ &applet; applet.</releaseinfo>

+

+ <legalnotice>

+ <title>Feedback</title>

+ <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &applet;

+ applet or this manual, follow the directions in the

+ <ulink url="ghelp:mate-feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback

+ Page</ulink>.</para>

+ <!-- Translators may also add here feedback address for translations -->

+ </legalnotice>

+</articleinfo>

+

+<indexterm>

+ <primary>Keyboard Indicator</primary>

+</indexterm>

+

+<sect1 id="gswitchit-applet-intro">

+ <title>Introduction</title>

+

+ <para><application>&applet;</application> indicates the active keyboard group.

+ The applet shows you which group you are currently using. Aside from the

+ standard applet popup menu functions, the <application>&applet;</application>

+ applet popup menu allows you to launch the applet Preferences tool and to

+ switch between language groups.</para>

+

+ <para>To add <application>&applet;</application> to a panel,

+ right-click on the panel, then choose <guimenuitem>Add to

+ Panel</guimenuitem>. Select <application>&applet;</application>

+ in the <application>Add to the panel</application> dialog, then

+ click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. For more on this, see <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:user-guide?panels-addobject">Adding an Object to a Panel</ulink>.</para>

+

+ <para>To open the <application>Keyboard</application> preference tool, choose

+ <guimenuitem>Open Keyboard Preferences</guimenuitem> in the applet popup

+ menu. You may need to go to this dialog to be able to configure the keyboard

+ (choose model, layouts, options, etc.). For help with setting

+ Keyboard preferences, see

+ <ulink url="ghelp:user-guide?prefs-keyboard">Configuring Keyboard

+ Preferences</ulink>.</para>

+</sect1>

+

+<sect1 id="gswitchit-applet-switching">

+ <title>Switching Language</title>

+

+ <para>First, you must know that a group is a set of characters, whether it be

+ for a language or non-language-related set of characters, like a dvorak. Each

+ language may have more than one subset, and each subset is called a group.

+ There are many ways you can switch the group that you are using on your

+ keyboard.</para>

+

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Mouse Click</term>

+ <listitem><para>You can switch between groups with a single click on the

+ applet's panel icon. The groups switch in a cycle determined by the

+ current configuration.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Popup Menu</term>

+ <listitem><para>To pick a specific group, select

+ <guisubmenu>Groups</guisubmenu> from the popup menu. From there,

+ choose the group you want to switch to.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Keyboard</term>

+ <listitem><para>In the <application>Keyboard</application>

+ preference tool, you can set

+ which key that you would like to use to switch groups on your keyboard. Choose

+ <guimenuitem>Open Keyboard Preferences</guimenuitem> in the applet popup

+ menu, and choose the key you want to use in the <ulink url="ghelp:user-guide#prefs-keyboard-layoutoptions"><guilabel>Layout Options</guilabel></ulink> tab, under <guilabel>Group Shift/Lock behavior</guilabel>.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ <para>To add other layouts to the list, open the <application>Keyboard</application> preference tool. Choose other layouts in the <ulink url="ghelp:user-guide#prefs-keyboard-layouts"><guilabel>Layouts</guilabel> tab</ulink>.</para>

+</sect1>

+

+<sect1 id="layout-view">

+ <title>Layout View</title>

+ <para>Choose <guimenuitem>Layout View</guimenuitem> from the applet popup menu to see a diagram of your current keyboard layout.</para>

+ <para>In the <guilabel>Layout View</guilabel> window, press a key on your keyboard to highlight its representation in the diagram.</para>

+ <para>Each key in the diagram has up to four characters. These can be produced with different keyboard modifiers, as follows:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>For the character shown in the bottom left, press the key alone.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>For the character shown in the top left, press the key with <keycap>Shift</keycap>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>For the character shown in the bottom right, press the key with the third level modifier.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>For the character shown in the top right, press the key with <keycap>Shift</keycap> and the third level modifier.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <note><para>By default, no key is assigned to act as a third-level modifier. You can assign a key to act as a third level modifier in the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:user-guide?prefs-keyboard-layoutoptions">Keyboard Layout Options Preferences</ulink>.</para></note>

+

+

+</sect1>

+

+<sect1 id="gswitchit-applet-plugins">

+ <title>Plugins</title>

+ <para>To open the <guilabel>Keyboard Indicator Plugins</guilabel> dialog,

+ select <guimenuitem>Plugins</guimenuitem> from the popup menu. Your current

+ plugins are shown in the <guilabel>Active plugins</guilabel> area.</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Adding a New Plugin</term>

+ <listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. In the <guilabel>Add

+ Plugin</guilabel> window, select one of the plugins in the

+ <guilabel>Available plugins</guilabel> area and click the

+ <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Removing a Plugin</term>

+ <listitem><para>Select the plugin in the <guilabel>Active

+ plugins</guilabel> area that you do not want anymore and

+ click <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Moving Items in the Plugin List</term>

+ <listitem><para>To move items up and down the plugin list in the

+ <guilabel>Active plugins</guilabel> area, select the plugin you

+ want to move, and click <guibutton>Up</guibutton> or

+ <guibutton>Down</guibutton>. You can use the arrows on the keyboard

+ to move the selection point up and down.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Changing the Properties of a Plugin</term>

+ <listitem><para>To change the properties of the plugins, select

+ the plugin you want and click <guibutton>Properties</guibutton>.

+ The properties vary for each plugin.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+</sect1>

+</article>

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