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<H3><A NAME="s4">4. The Menu Entries</A></H3>

<P>All popup menu operations are local to the KNotes on which you pressed the
right mouse button and apply only to that particular KNotes note. This
KNotes note will be referred to as "current KNotes" in the following.
The only exception is the "Set Defaults" menu entry. "Set Defaults" will let you 
specify the global defaults which will apply to all KNotes notes.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.1">4.1 Insert Date</A>
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<P>Insert the current Date and Time into the current KNotes not.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.2">4.2 Clear</A>
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<P>Clears the current KNotes note.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.3">4.3 New KNote</A>
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<P>Creates a new KNotes
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.4">4.4 Quit</A>
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<P>Quits the KNotes application. All notes, alarms, and options are saved.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.5">4.5 Delete KNote</A>
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<P>Deletes the current KNotes note permanently and cancels any associated alarm.
If you just want to close a KNotes note, use the close button on the window bar.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.6">4.6 Rename KNote</A>
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<P>Rename the current KNotes note. You need to choose a unique new name.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.7">4.7 Alarm ...</A>
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<P>Brings up the Alarm Timer dialog corresponding to the current KNotes note. 
You can set or unset an alarm for the current KNotes.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.8">4.8 Calendar</A>
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<P>Exectutes the command <CODE>cal</CODE> on you system and inserts the output into
the current KNotes. This should result in a calendar of the current month in
your current note.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.9">4.9 Mail Note</A>
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<P>This will bring up a dialog which will allow you to mail the content of the 
current KNotes note. You can specify the command used by KNotes to mail
the current note, on the Defaults Tab dialog under "Set Defaults".
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.10">4.10 Print Note</A>
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<P>This will print the current note using the print command, which you can
specify in the Defaults Tab dialog under "Set Defaults". The default
is a2ps. I recommend you install a2ps if you don't have it on your system
yet.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.11">4.11 3D Frame</A>
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<P>Toggles the current note between a note with a 3D frame and one with a 
plain frame. This options is local to the current note and will be 
saved on exit.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.12">4.12 Auto Indent</A>
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<P>Toggles between auto indent mode and no auto indent mode in the current KNotes
note. In auto indent mode, the cursor will be place underneath the first non
character on the first nonempty line above the current line.
The mode will be saved on exit.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.13">4.13 Font</A>
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<P>Brings up the font dialog, which lets you choose the font of the current 
KNotes  This option is local to the current note and will be saved on exit.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.14">4.14 Colors</A>
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<P>Allows you to change the text and background color of the current KNotes.
This option is local to the current note and will be saved on exit.
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.15">4.15 Set Defaults</A>
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<P>Allows you to set the defaults for all options. All newly created KNotes
notes will will obsereve the defaults set here.
All options should be self explanatory. KNotes uses "%s" place holders
to supply the argument to the mail and print commands. 
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<H3><A NAME="ss4.16">4.16 Key Bindings</A>
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<P>KNotes honors the following key bindings.
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<LI><CODE>Left Arrow</CODE> Move the cursor one character leftwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Right Arrow</CODE> Move the cursor one character rightwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Up Arrow</CODE> Move the cursor one line upwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Down Arrow</CODE> Move the cursor one line downwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Page Up</CODE> Move the cursor one page upwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Page Down</CODE> Move the cursor one page downwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Backspace</CODE> Delete the character to the left of the cursor </LI>
<LI><CODE>Home</CODE> Move the cursor to the beginning of the line </LI>
<LI><CODE>End</CODE> Move the cursor to the end of the line </LI>
<LI><CODE>Delete</CODE> Delete the character to the right of the cursor </LI>
<LI><CODE>Shift - Left Arrow</CODE> Mark text one character leftwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Shift - Right Arrow</CODE> Mark text one character rightwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-A</CODE> Move the cursor to the beginning of the line </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-B</CODE> Move the cursor one character leftwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-C</CODE> Copy the marked text to the clipboard. </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-D</CODE> Delete the character to the right of the cursor </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-E</CODE> Move the cursor to the end of the line </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-F</CODE> Move the cursor one character rightwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-H</CODE> Delete the character to the left of the cursor </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-K</CODE> Delete to end of line </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-N</CODE> Move the cursor one line downwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-P</CODE> Move the cursor one line upwards </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-V</CODE> Paste the clipboard text into line edit. </LI>
<LI><CODE>Control-X</CODE> Cut the marked text, copy to clipboard. </LI>
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