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4. Working with KNode


4.1. The main window

The main window is the window, that appears when KNode is started. It consists of:


The main view
The main view is divided into three panes :

The Groups-Pane (left pane)
This pane contains a list of newsgroups and three folders for your own messages. To select a newsgroup for reading just higlhight the list-item by clicking on it. If you rightclick on the item, a popupmenu appears, that gives you a quick access to some often-used commands.
The list-items provide some useful information about the groups. You can see the total number of articles in the group and how many of them are unread. The items do also indicate, when a group has new articles in it. In this case they are displayed with a bold font.

The Articles-Pane (upper right pane)
This pane shows a list of the articles in the currently selected group. Each article is represented by one list-item, that provides information about the subject, the author, the score and the date of the article. Therefore the list is divided into 4 columns. You can set the size of the columns by resizing the corresponding header-section.
To sort the list click on the header-section of the column you want the sort by. Clicking once will sort the list ascending, clicking twice descending.
The article-list also gives some additional information about the articles and threads:

If you rightclick on an article, a popupmeu appears, that gives you quick access to often used commands.
Since KNode uses threading infos, the article-list can display threads in a tree-like structure.

The Message-Pane (lower right pane)
This Pane displays the currently selected article. The article is basically divided into three parts: the header, the body, the optional signature. In the header-part informations about the article are shown, like subject, author etc. The author's name is respented by a hyperlink. Clicking on this link opens a new mail-message to the authors email-adress.
At the bottom of the header-part are up to 5 links representing the references of the article. Clicking on one of them displays the corresponding reference-article (if present) and highlights the appropriate item in the article-list. If you use the middle button, the reference is opened in a new window.
Right below the header follows the body of the article. There is not much to say about this part, except that KNode can display quoted text in up to 3 different colors.
Finally at the bottom of the page the authors signature is displayed, if present. This part is separated by a thin horizontal line. You can choose, whether you want to see the signature or not.
For more information see the Customizing KNode section.



The menubar

  1. File
    • Save as : save the currently selected article as a textfile
    • Print : print the contents of the Message-Pane
    • (Dis-)Connect : connect to or disconnect from the server
    • Download all : check for new articles in every group and download them
    • Exit : Guess what ;-)
  2. Group
  3. Article
  4. Goto
  5. View
  6. Options


The toolbar

The toolbar provides an easy and fast access to often used menu-items :
connect to, disconnect from the server
check for new articles in all groups and download them
post a new article
post a reply to the current article
mail a reply to the author of the current article
goto the next unread article
goto the next unread thread
set a filter for the article-list
refresh the article-list according to the current filter
show the group-dialog
open the preferences-dialog


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