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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY kappname "&tdeiconedit;">
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<!ENTITY package "tdegraphics">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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]>
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &tdeiconedit; Manual</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Thomas</firstname>
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<surname>Tanghus</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address>&Thomas.Tanghus.mail;</address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<copyright>
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<year>1997</year>
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<holder>&Thomas.Tanghus;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>2001</year><year>2003</year>
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<holder>&Lauri.Watts;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>
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&FDLNotice;
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</legalnotice>
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<date>2005-12-10</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.5.0</releaseinfo>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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&tdeiconedit; is designed to help create icons for &kde; using the
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standard icon palette.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>tdegraphics</keyword>
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<keyword>TDEIconEdit</keyword>
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<keyword>icon</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="Introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<blockquote>
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<attribution>&Thomas.Tanghus;
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&Thomas.Tanghus.mail;</attribution>
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<para>
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&tdeiconedit; is designed to help create icons for &kde; using the
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standard icon palette.
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</para>
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<para>
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I hope you will find this program somehow useful and I would
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appreciate any suggestions and comments.
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</para>
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</blockquote>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="onscreen-fundamentals">
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<title>Onscreen Fundamentals</title>
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<para>
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In this section will be briefly described the Icon Editor user
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interface.
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</para>
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<para>
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The Icon Editor window is separated in five areas: main toolbar, tools
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toolbar, statusbar, color palette and the grid, where you paint the icon.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="main-toolbar">
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<title>Main Toolbar</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>New</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Create a new icon.</action> If the current file has been
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modified you will be asked if you want to save the changes. After that a
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dialog will open where you can choose to create the icon from scratch or
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from a template.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Open</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Open an existing icon file.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Save</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Save the currently open icon.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Print</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Print the icon.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Undo</guiicon></term>
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<listitem><para>Undo the last action</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Redo</guiicon></term>
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<listitem><para>Redo the last action undone. If no actions have been
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undone, this action is disabled.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Cut</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Cuts out the entire icon and put it onto the clipboard.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Copy</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Copies the entire icon to the clipboard.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Paste</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Paste the contents of the clipboard as a new image (if the
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clipboard contains a valid icon).</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Zoom</guiicon></term>
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<term><guiicon>Zoom In</guiicon></term>
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<term><guiicon>Zoom Out</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Zoom to predefined zoom factor, zoom in or zoom out.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Resize</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Resize icon to width X height.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><action>GrayScale</action></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Gray scale the icon image.</action> This may create colors not
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conformant to the &kde; icon palette.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Show Grid</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Toggle grid on/off.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="tools-toolbar">
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<title>Tools Toolbar</title>
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<para>
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This toolbar contains the tools you can use to manipulate the
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icon.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Freehand</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw free hand.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Color Picker</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Doesn't change the icon but <action>changes the current drawcolor to the
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color clicked on.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Rectangle</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw a rectangle.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Filled Rectangle</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw a filled rectangle.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Circle</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw a circle.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Filled Circle</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw a filled circle.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Ellipse</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw an ellipse</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Filled Ellipse</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw a filled ellipse</action> (almost the same thing as drawing
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a circle.)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Spray</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draws a randow dotted pattern like a spraycan.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Flood Fill</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Fill an area with the current color.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Line</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw a line.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Eraser (Transparent)</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Draw transparent (invisible).</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guiicon>Rectangular Selection</guiicon></term>
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<term><guiicon>Circular Selection</guiicon></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Select (mark) a part of the icon.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="grid">
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<title>Grid</title>
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<para>
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The grid is where you manipulate the icon contents.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="statusbar">
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<title>Statusbar</title>
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<para>
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The status bar keeps you informed of current operations. From left to
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right, it tells you the x,y coordinates of the pixel you are working on,
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the size of the current canvas, the zoom factor, and the current number
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of colors in the icon.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="the-menu-entries">
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<title>The Menu Entries</title>
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<sect1 id="file">
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<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<para>
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The following functions are available from the <guimenu>File</guimenu>
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menu:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Lets you create a new icon</action>, either from a template or
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by specifying the size.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Open a new Icon Editor window.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Open an existing icon file.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Open Recent</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Displays a list of recently opened icons to choose
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from.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Save the currently open icon.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Save As...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Save the currently open icon under a new name.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Print...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Print the icon</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>W</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Close</action> &tdeiconedit;.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="edit">
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<title>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<para>
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The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu contains the following entries:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Undo the last action</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>Z</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Redo</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Redo the last action undone. If no actions have been
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undone, this action is disabled.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Cuts out the entire icon and put it onto the clipboard.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Copies the entire icon to the clipboard.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Paste the contents of the clipboard (if the clipboard contains a
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valid icon).</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Paste as New</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Paste the contents of the clipboard as a new image into a new Icon Editor window (if the
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clipboard contains a valid icon).</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Clear</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Clear the grid and fill it with transparent color.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Select All</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Marks the entire icon as selected.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Resize...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>
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<action>Resize icon to width X height.</action>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>GrayScale</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Gray scale the icon image.</action> This may
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create colors not conformant to the &kde; icon palette.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="view">
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<title>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Magnify the view of the icon</action>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<shortcut><keycombo action="simul">
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&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></shortcut>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<action>Shrink the view icon to a smaller screen size</action>
|
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Zoom</guisubmenu>
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</menuchoice>
|
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Zoom to a predefined zoom factor</para>
|
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="tools">
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<title>The <guimenu>Tools</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>
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<menuchoice>
|
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<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Freehand</guimenuitem>
|
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</menuchoice>
|
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</term>
|
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<listitem>
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<para>
|
|
Draw free hand.
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</para>
|
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</listitem>
|
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Color
|
|
Picker</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Select a color from the screen to use as the
|
|
foreground color.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
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<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Rectangle</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
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<listitem>
|
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<para>
|
|
Draw a rectangle.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Filled Rectangle</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Draw a filled rectangle.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Circle</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Draw a circle.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Filled Circle</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Draw a filled circle.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Ellipse</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Draw an ellipse
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Filled Ellipse</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Draw a filled ellipse</action> (almost the same thing as drawing
|
|
a circle.)
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Spray</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Draws a random dotted pattern like a spraycan.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Flood Fill</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Fill an area with the current color.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Line</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Draw a line.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Eraser (Transparent)</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Draw transparent (invisible).</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Rectangular Selection</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Circular Selection</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para><action>Select (mark) a part of the icon.</action>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="settings">
|
|
<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Toolbars</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Toggle on and off the display of the toolbars.</action>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Statusbar</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Toggle on and off the display of the status bar.</action>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Show/Hide Grid</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<action>Toggle on and off the grid.</action>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Opens a dialog where you can customize &tdeiconedit;'s
|
|
keyboard shortcuts.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term>
|
|
<menuchoice>
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure &tdeiconedit;...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Opens the &tdeiconedit; <link linkend="configuration">configuration
|
|
dialog</link> configuration dialog, described separately.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="help">
|
|
<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
&help.menu.documentation;
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
</chapter>
|
|
|
|
<chapter id="configuration">
|
|
<title>Configuration</title>
|
|
|
|
<sect1>
|
|
<title>Configuring &tdeiconedit;</title>
|
|
<para>Selecting the <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Configure &tdeiconedit;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item will
|
|
open a configuration dialog with the tree tabs <guilabel>Icon Templates</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Background</guilabel> and <guilabel>Icon Grid</guilabel>.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>&tdeiconedit; configuration dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject><imagedata fileref="tdeiconedit-configuration.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject><phrase>&tdeiconedit; configuration dialog</phrase></textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="icon-templates-tab">
|
|
<title>The <guilabel>Icon Templates</guilabel> Tab</title>
|
|
<para><guilabel>Add...</guilabel>, <guilabel>Edit...</guilabel> and <guilabel>Remove</guilabel>
|
|
the templates for <guilabel>Standard File</guilabel>, <guilabel>Source File</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Compressed File</guilabel> &etc;.</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="background-tab">
|
|
<title>The <guilabel>Background</guilabel> Tab</title>
|
|
<para>Select to <guibutton>Use color</guibutton> or to <guibutton>Use pixmap</guibutton>
|
|
as background. A <guilabel>Preview</guilabel> of your choice is displayed.</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="icon-grid-tab">
|
|
<title>The <guilabel>Icon Grid</guilabel> Tab</title>
|
|
<para>Select to <guilabel>Paste transparent pixels</guilabel> or <guilabel>Show rulers</guilabel>
|
|
and set a <guilabel>Solid Color</guilabel> or a <guilabel>Checkerboard</guilabel> as
|
|
<guilabel>Transparency Display</guilabel>.
|
|
You can set the Checkerboard <guilabel>Size:</guilabel> to <guilabel>Small</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Medium</guilabel> or <guilabel>Large</guilabel> and choose <guilabel>Color 1:</guilabel>
|
|
and <guilabel>Color 2:</guilabel> of the checkerboard.</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
</chapter>
|
|
|
|
<chapter id="credits-and-license">
|
|
<title>Credits and Licenses</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
&tdeiconedit;
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Program copyright &Thomas.Tanghus; <email>tanghus@kde.org</email>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<title>Contributors</title>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
John Califf <email>jcaliff@compuzone.net</email>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Laurent Montel <email>lmontel@mandrakesoft.com</email>
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Aaron Seigo &Aaron.J.Seigo.mail;</para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Nadeem Hassan <email>nhasan@nadmm.com</email> - Rewrote UI to use
|
|
XMLGUI, Lots of fixes and cleanup</para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Adrian Page <email>Adrian.Page@tesco.net</email> - Bug Fixes and &GUI; tidy up.</para></listitem>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
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|
<!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS -->
|
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|
|
&underFDL;
|
|
&underGPL;
|
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|
</chapter>
|
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|
|
<appendix id="installation">
|
|
<title>Installation</title>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="how-to-obtain-the-icon-editor">
|
|
<title>How to obtain &tdeiconedit;</title>
|
|
|
|
&install.intro.documentation;
|
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|
|
</sect1>
|
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|
|
<sect1 id="compilation-and-installation">
|
|
<title>Compilation and Installation</title>
|
|
|
|
&install.compile.documentation;
|
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</sect1>
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