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31 <H1>2.2 Menus</H1>
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32 <P>This section describes the functions of each item on the menu bar
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33 in the GQview main window.</P>
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34 <P><BR><BR>
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35 </P>
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36 <P><U>File Menu</U></P>
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37 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>New window</B>: Opens a new main
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38 window, with the initial path set to the current folder.</P>
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39 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>New
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40 collection</B>: Opens a new collection window, the new collection
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41 will be empty.</P>
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42 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Open
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43 collection</B>: Displays a dialog to open a collection stored on
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44 disk, the selected collection will then appear in a new window.</P>
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45 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Open recent</B>: This menu item
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46 lists the recently active collections, selecting an item from the
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47 list will open that collection in a new window. The most recent item
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48 will appear at the top of the list.</P>
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49 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Search...</B>:
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50 Opens a new Search window.</P>
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51 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Find
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52 duplicates...</B>: Opens a new Find Duplicates window.</P>
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53 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Print..</B>:
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54 Opens a print dialog.</P>
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55 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>New folder...</B>: Creates a new
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56 folder in the current path.</P>
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57 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Copy...</B>:
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58 Opens a dialog to select a destination to copy the currently selected
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59 files.</P>
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60 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-weight: medium"><B>Move...</B>:
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61 Opens a dialog to select a destination to move currently selected
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62 files.</P>
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63 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Rename...</B>: Renames the current
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64 file selection.</P>
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65 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Delete...</B>: Deletes the current
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66 file selection.</P>
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67 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Close window</B>: Closes the window
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68 containing the menu, if the window is the last main window GQview
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69 will quit.</P>
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70 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Quit</B>: Quits the GQview
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71 application, if collections have been changed but not saved, the user
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72 will be prompted for confirmation.</P>
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73 <P><U>Edit menu</U></P>
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74 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>in <command name>...</B>:
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75 This will execute the external command associated with <command
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76 name>, these can be changed edited on the <A HREF="10_5_editor_commands.html">Editors
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77 tab</A> of the Option dialog.</P>
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78 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Adjust</B> sub menu:</P>
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79 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Rotate clockwise</B>: Rotates the
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80 current image clockwise 90 degrees, does not effect the file on disk.</P>
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81 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Rotate counterclockwise</B>:
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82 Rotates the current image counterclockwise 90 degrees, does not
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83 effect the file on disk.</P>
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84 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Rotate 180</B>: Rotates the current
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85 image 180 degrees, does not effect the file on disk.</P>
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86 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Mirror</B>: Swaps the left and
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87 right sides of the image so that the result is similar to that of
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88 looking at the image in a mirror, does not effect the file on disk.</P>
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89 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Flip</B>: Swaps the top and bottom
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90 sides of the image, does not effect the file on disk.</P>
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91 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Properties</B>: Opens a Properties
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92 Window for the currently selected files.</P>
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93 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Select all</B>: Selects all files
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94 displayed in the file list.</P>
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95 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Select none</B>: Clears the current
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96 file selection.</P>
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97 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Preferences...</B>: Opens the
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98 <A HREF="10_options.html">Preferences Dialog</A> for changing of user
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99 preferences.</P>
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100 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Thumbnail maintenance</B>: Opens a
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101 dialog with utilities to manage cached thumbnails and keywords data.</P>
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102 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Set as wallpaper</B>: Renders the
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103 current image to the root window (desktop). The resulting image will
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104 be tiled to fit the root window if zoom is not set to <U>fit to
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105 window</U>; when zoom is set to <U>fit to window</U>, the image will
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106 be scaled to fill the root window.</P>
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107 <P><U>View menu</U></P>
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108 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Zoom in</B>: Increases the zoom by
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109 one increment, resulting in a larger image.</P>
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110 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Zoom out</B>: Decreases the zoom by
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111 one increment, resulting in a smaller image.</P>
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112 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Zoom 1:1</B>: Resets the zoom to
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113 the original size of the image.</P>
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114 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Zoom to fit</B>: Automatically
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115 adjusts the zoom so that the image will fit within the display pane.
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116 The effect on images with an original size smaller than the display
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117 pane can be changed with the <U>Allow enlargement of image for zoom
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118 to fit</U><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"> option located on the
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119 <A HREF="10_2_image.html">Image tab</A> of the preferences dialog</SPAN>.</P>
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120 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Thumbnails</B>: Toggles the display
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121 of image thumbnails in the file list, this item is not available when
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122 the file list is in icon view mode. A check appears next to this item
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123 when thumbnails are enabled.</P>
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124 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>List</B>: Changes the file list to
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125 display files in list format.</P>
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126 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Icons</B>: Changes the file list to
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127 display files as icons.</P>
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128 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Tree</B>: Toggles the folder list
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129 between simple and tree modes. A check appears next to this item when
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130 the folder is in tree mode.</P>
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131 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Full screen</B>: Toggles the full
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132 screen window display.</P>
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133 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Float file list</B>: Toggles the
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134 location of the menu bar, tool bar, status bar, and file lists
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135 between the main window and a second window. A check appears next to
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136 this item when the location is the second window.</P>
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137 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Hide file list</B>: Toggles
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138 visibility of the menu bar, tool bar, status bar, and file lists.</P>
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139 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Hide toolbar</B>: Toggles
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140 visibility of the tool bar. A check appears next to this item when
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141 the tool bar is not visible.</P>
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142 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Keywords</B>: Toggles display of
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143 the Keywords sidebar.</P>
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144 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Exif data</B>: Toggles display of
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145 the EXIF sidebar.</P>
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146 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Sort manager</B>: Toggles display
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147 of the Sort Manager sidebar.</P>
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148 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Toggle slideshow</B>: Begins or
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149 ends a slide show, the slide show status is displayed in the status
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150 bar.</P>
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151 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Refresh</B>: Updates the contents
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152 of the folder and file lists to match what is currently on disk, the
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153 current image will also be reread from disk.</P>
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154 <P><U>Help menu</U></P>
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155 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Contents</B>: Open the GQview user
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156 manual in a new browser window.</P>
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157 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Keyboard shortcuts</B>: Displays a
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158 window listing the default keyboard shortcuts.</P>
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159 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Release notes</B>: Displays a
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160 window containing the release notes for the version of GQview in use.</P>
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161 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>About</B>: Opens a window
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162 containing the GQview version, credits, website, and email contact
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163 information.</P>
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164 <P><BR><BR>
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165 </P>
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166 <P><U>Tear off menus</U></P>
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167 <P>Menus can be permanently displayed by selecting the dotted line
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168 item at the top of each menu category. A tear off menu will behave
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169 the same as an ordinary window. To close a tear off menu, select the
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170 dotted line item at the top of the menu.</P>
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171 <P><BR><BR>
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172 </P>
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173 <P><U>Keyboard shortcuts</U></P>
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174 <P>The keyboard sequence associated to each menu entry is listed
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175 within the main window menu bar. For reference, the complete list of
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176 default keyboard shortcuts can be found in section <A HREF="11_2_keyboard_shortcuts.html">11.2
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177 Keyboard Shortcuts</A>.</P>
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178 <P><BR><BR>
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179 </P>
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180 <P><U>Changing the main window menu bar keyboard shortcuts</U></P>
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181 <P STYLE="text-decoration: none">The keyboard shortcuts associated
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182 with the menu bar items can be changed by editing the accels file
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183 located in the GQview configuration folder <B>while the GQview
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184 application is not running</B>:</P>
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185 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><CODE><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">($HOME)/.gqview/accels</SPAN></CODE></P>
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186 <P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">To change a menu item, first
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187 find the line corresponding to the menu item</SPAN> to change. For
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188 example the File menu Quit line originally looks like this:</P>
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189 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><CODE><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">;
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190 (gtk_accel_path "<main>/File/Quit" "<Control>q")</SPAN></CODE></P>
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191 <P STYLE="text-decoration: none">To change this menu's keyboard
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192 shortcut, first remove the leading semicolon (;), removing the
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193 semicolon will tell GQview that this menu item has been customized.
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194 Then change the keyboard shortcut defined by the text in quotes at
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195 the end of the line, be sure to only change the text within the
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196 quotes; in this case the text “<control>q”. For
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197 example changing the shortcut associated with Quit to the Q key will
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198 result in this line:</P>
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199 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><CODE><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">(gtk_accel_path
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200 "<main>/File/Quit" "q")</SPAN></CODE></P>
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201 <P STYLE="text-decoration: none">Please note the removed semicolon
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202 and the change of “<control>q” to “q”,
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203 be careful not to change any of the other text on the line or GQview
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204 may ignore the customization. The keyboard modifiers and their
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205 respective text are listed below:</P>
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214 <P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Key</B></P>
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217 <P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Text to use in accels file</B></P>
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222 <P ALIGN=CENTER>[Shift]</P>
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225 <P ALIGN=CENTER><shift></P>
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230 <P ALIGN=CENTER>[Control]</P>
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233 <P ALIGN=CENTER><control></P>
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238 <P ALIGN=CENTER>[Alt]</P>
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248 </P>
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249 <P>Modifiers can be combined, for example in the exit line above, the
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250 text would be “<control><shift>q” to set the
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251 exit shortcut to [Control] + [Shift] + Q.</P>
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