# HG changeset patch
# User Rob Flynn <gaim@robflynn.com>
# Date 975995856 0
# Node ID 7596a75d1a498c68cd8fda8082d42b7a874b1327
# Parent  17193fb97b122c3d1c3b4c05036caf884226e481
[gaim-migrate @ 1214]
Lalal documentation lalala

committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>

diff -r 17193fb97b12 -r 7596a75d1a49 doc/gaim.1
--- a/doc/gaim.1	Tue Dec 05 02:53:51 2000 +0000
+++ b/doc/gaim.1	Tue Dec 05 05:57:36 2000 +0000
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@
 with a dialog box.  Enter your
 AIM screen name \fScreen Name\fR field and 
 enter the password in the \fIPassword\fR field.  Gaim will add multiple accounts,
-by simple typing in another screen name in the \fScreen Name\fR field. You must use existing accounts, because 
-\fBgaim\fR does not support creating accounts.  
+by simply typing in another screen name in the \fBScreen Name\fR field. You must use existing accounts, because 
+\fBgaim\fR does not support creating accounts. You may also modify your accounts
+by clicking on the \fBAccounts\fR button.
 .SH Buddies LIST
 The \fBgaim\fR Buddy list contains \fIGroups\fB,
 and \fIBuddies\fR.
@@ -66,10 +67,11 @@
 Buddy List\fR option under \fBFile\fR.
 .PP
 To add a new Buddy, under the \fIEdit Buddies\fR tab,
-click on the \fIAdd\fR button.  In the \fIAdd\fR dialog: Enter their online Screen
-Name, Select the group you would like them to be a member of in the \fITo Group\fR
+click on the \fIAdd\fR button.  In the \fIAdd\fR dialog: Enter their online screen
+name, an optional \fIalias\fR for the person in the alias field, and select the group you would like them to be a member of in the \fITo Group\fR
 field. 
 .PP
+The alias that you enter, if you so desire, will be how your buddy is known.  For example, you could add the buddy 'jsmith1281xx' with the alias 'John Q. Smith'.  John Q. Smith would appear on  your buddylist in place of jsmith1281xx. 
 .PP
 To create a new group, add a new account as above, and instead of
 selecting an existing group in the \fIGroup\fR field, enter the name
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@
 \fIEdit Buddies\fR tab, then click on the \fIRemove\fR button.
 .SH COMMUNICATION
 The \fIOnline\fR tab shows your Buddy list of online Buddies. Next to each
-Screen name is a icon indicating if a Buddy is a \fINormal AIM User, AOL User, Trial AIM User,
+Screen name, or alias, is a icon indicating if a buddy is a \fINormal AIM User, AOL User, Trial AIM User,
 Administrator,\fR or \fIAway\fR.
 .SS Messages
 To send a message to a Buddy, double
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@
 later versions.
 .SH PREFERENCES
 The preferences are accessed by selecting \fIPreferences\fR from the
-\fITools\fR menu.
+\fITools\fR menu.  These \fIpreferences\fR allow you to configure various aspects of gaim including: default fonts, colors, and user configurable sounds.  You may also configure different visual aspects of gaim.  For example, you may choose to have buttons displayed without accompanying text.
 .SH PLUGINS
 The plugins are accessed by selecting \fIPreferences\fR from the
 \fITools\fR menu.