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<article id="index" lang="en">
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<title>Gnome Chess Manual</title>
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<holder>JP Rosevear</holder>
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<holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin translation)</holder>
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<legalnotice id="legalnotice">
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the <link linkend="fdl"><citetitle>GNU
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Free Documentation License</citetitle></link>, Version 1.1 or any later
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version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant
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Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the
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license can be found in <xref linkend="fdl">.
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Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their products and
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services are claimed as trademarks. Where those names appear in any
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GNOME documentation, and those trademarks are made aware to the members
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of the GNOME Documentation Project, the names have been printed in caps
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This manual describes version &version; of Gnome Chess. It was
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last updated on &date;.
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<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->
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<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<application>Gnome Chess</application> is an application which
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allows the user to do a variety of chess related things.
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Currently you can play the Crafty or GNU Chess engines, play on
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internet chess servers such as FICS and view games in PGN files.
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To run <application>Gnome Chess</application>, select
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<guisubmenu>Games</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Gnome Chess</guimenuitem>
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from the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, or type
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<command>gnome-chess</command> on the command line.
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<application>Gnome Chess</application> is included in the
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<filename>gnome-chess</filename> package. This document
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describes version &version; of <application>Gnome
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<title>Using Gnome Chess</title>
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<application>Gnome Chess</application> can be used to play against
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the GNU Chess or Crafty chess engines, view files in PGN format or
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play on chess servers like FICS. It provides an easy to easy-to-use
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graphical interface for this. This section describes basic usage of
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<application>Gnome Chess</application>.
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<title>Basic usage</title>
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Starting <application>Gnome Chess</application> opens the
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<interface>Main window</interface>, shown in <xref
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linkend="mainwindow-fig">. The window at first contains a chess
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board at the starting usual starting position.
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<figure id="mainwindow-fig">
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<title>Gnome Chess Main Window</title>
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<screeninfo>Gnome Chess Main Window</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="./figures/main.png" format="png" srccredit="JP Rosevear">
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<sect3 id="playing-program">
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<title>Playing Against A Program</title>
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To play against a program, once you have added some via the
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Preferences dialog, select
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<guisubmenu>File</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem>
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which will bring up a new game view in its own tab.
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By default you are white, simply begin moving the pieces and
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the program will respond.
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<sect3 id="playing-server">
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<title>Playing On A Server</title>
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To play on a server, once you have added some via the
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Preferences dialog, select
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<guisubmenu>File</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Programs</guimenuitem>
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which will bring up a new game view in its own tab. It will
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also bring up an information area which is a terminal view of the
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chess server with an area to enter commands.
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<title>Playing On A Server</title>
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To open PGN formatted files, select
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<guisubmenu>File</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem>
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which will bring up a new game view in its own tab. It will
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also bring up an information area which is a list of all the games
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Clicking on any game will display it in the game view. You can then
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use the buttons under the list of moves to move forward and backward
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The menu bar, located at the top of the <interface>Main
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Window</interface>, contains the following menus:
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<term><guimenu>File</guimenu></term>
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<guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem>
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— This opens a PGN file which is saved on your computer.
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<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>S</keycap></keycombo>
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<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
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— This saves the moves of the current game in PGN format.
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<guimenuitem>Programs</guimenuitem>
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— A list of programs to play against. Selecting one opens
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<guimenuitem>Server</guimenuitem>
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— A list of servers to play against. Selecting one opens
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a new game view and a info window displaying a terminal view of
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<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>W</keycap></keycombo>
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<guimenuitem>Close</guimenuitem>
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— This closes the current game view.
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<keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo>
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<guimenuitem>Exit</guimenuitem>
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— This quits the application.
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<term><guimenu>Game</guimenu></term>
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<term><guimenu>Settings</guimenu></term>
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<guimenuitem>Preferences…</guimenuitem>
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— This opens the <link
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linkend="prefs"><interface>Preferences
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Dialog</interface></link>, which allows you to configure
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<term><guimenu>Help</guimenu></term>
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<guimenuitem>Manual</guimenuitem> — This
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opens the <application>GNOME Help
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Browser</application> and displays this manual.
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<guimenuitem>About</guimenuitem> — This
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opens the <interface>About</interface> dialog
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which shows basic information about
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<application>Gnome Chess</application>, such as
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the author's name, the application version number,
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and the URL for the application's Web page if one
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<title>Customization</title>
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To change the application settings, select
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Preferences...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>. This opens the
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<interface>Preferences</interface> dialog, shown in <xref
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linkend="preferences-fig">.
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<figure id="preferences-fig">
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<title>Preferences Dialog</title>
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<screeninfo>Preferences Dialog</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="./figures/prefs.png" format="png" srccredit="JP Rosevear">
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The properties in the <guilabel>Board & Pieces</guilabel> tab are:
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<term> <guilabel>Light Colored Squares</guilabel></term>
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Select the color that light (white) board squares will be.
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<term> <guilabel>Dark Colored Squares</guilabel></term>
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Select the color that dark (black) board squares will be.
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Select the directory in which the piece set you want to use
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is located. Defaults to the set that comes with Gnome Chess.
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The properties in the <guilabel>Playing</guilabel> tab are:
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<term>Beep when a move is made</term>
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If checked, a beep will be emitted whenever a move is made.
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<term>Always promote to queen</term>
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Automatically promotes a pawn to a queen, rather than any
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<term>Autoflag</term>
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Automatically call your opponents flag. Currently works
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only on chess servers.
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<term>Move list in Standard Algebraic Notation</term>
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Check this to have the move list display Standard Algebraic
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<term>Move list in Coordinate Notation</term>
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Check this to have the move list display Coordinate Notation
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The properties in the <guilabel>Servers</guilabel> tab are:
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<term>Server List</term>
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This is a list of servers available to connect to. Click
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the Add button to add one. Highlight a server in the list
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and click the Modify button to change it or the Delete button
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to remove it from the list. The list of servers for connecting
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will be available under the File menu.
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<term>Telnet Program</term>
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Use this to set the program to use when connecting to a
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chess server. You may, for instance, wish to use timeseal
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rather than the default telnet.
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The properties in the <guilabel>Programs</guilabel> tab are:
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<term>Program List</term>
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This is a list of chess program available to play. Click
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the Add button to add one. Highlight a program in the list
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and click the Modify button to change it or the Delete button
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to remove it from the list. The list of programs for playing
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will be available under the File menu. Note that play GNU Chess
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you should use the gnuchessx executable program.
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<term>Telnet Program</term>
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Use this to set the program to use when connecting to a
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chess server. You may, for instance, wish to use timeseal
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rather than the default telnet.
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After you have made all the changes you want, click on
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<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and close the
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<interface>Properties</interface> dialog. To cancel the changes
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and return to previous values, click the
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<guibutton>Close</guibutton> button.
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<title>Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
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All known bugs are listed on <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org"
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type="http">Gnome Bugzilla</ulink>.
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<title>Authors</title>
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<application>Gnome Chess</application> was written by Robert Wilhelm
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(<email>robert.wilhelm@gmx.net</email>) and JP Rosevear
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(<email>jpr@ximian.com</email>). To find more information about
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<application>Gnome Chess</application>, please visit the <ulink
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url="http://primates.ximian.com/~jpr/gnome-chess" type="http">Gnome Chess
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Web page</ulink>. This manual was written by JP Rosevear
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(<email>jpr@ximian.com</email>).
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If you have some comments or suggestions regarding this
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application, need help, or want to report a bug, plese contact us!
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Instructions for doing so are given in <ulink type="help"
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url="gnome-help:gnome-feedback"><citetitle>Reporting GNOME bugs and other
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feedback</citetitle></ulink> document, which you can find in the
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<guilabel>Help</guilabel> tab of
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<application>Nautilus</application> file manager.
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Latin translation was done by ME
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(<email>MYNAME@MYADDRESS</email>). Please send all comments and
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suggestions regarding this translation to SOMEWHERE.
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<title>License</title>
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the <ulink type="help" url="gnome-help:gpl">
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<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle></ulink> as
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published by the Free Software Foundation;
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either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> for more details.
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A copy of the <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> is
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included as an appendix to the <citetitle>GNOME Users
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Guide</citetitle>. You may also obtain a copy of the
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<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> from the Free
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Software Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
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url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink> or by writing to
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Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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<street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330
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<city>Boston</city>, <state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
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<country>USA</country>
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