The KBear Handbook

The KBear Handbook

Björn Sahlström <kbjorn@users.sourceforge.net>

Peter Swärd <tocool@telia.com>


Revision 0.9

Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002 Björn Sahlström

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

KBear is a graphical ftp client with ability to connect to multiple hosts simultanously.

This Handbook describes KBear Version 2.1

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Getting Started
Starting KBear
From the Menu
From the Command Line
First start
Working with KBear
3. Using KBear
Open a connection
The Quick Connect dialog
The SiteManager
The SiteManager menu
The Open Recent menu
Copy or move files and folders
Drag and drop
Cut and paste
Synchronizing directories
Add a new directory to synchronize
Open an existing synchronization.
Working with the Synchronizing tool.
Configuring the Synchronizing tool.
Additional views
Transfer view
Log view
4. Using The Sitemanager
General information
Earlier versions
The Database
The Sitemanager in Konqueror
Changing contents in the Sitemanager
Site and Group names in the Sitemanager
How to create a new site
How to create a new group
How to move a site or group
How to rename a site or group
How to remove a site or group
How to import bookmarks files
Advanced Settings
5. Configure KBear
View Settings
Window Settings
Miscellaneous Settings
Firewall Settings
How to setup the Firewall
6. Menu Entries
The FTP Menu
The Edit Menu
The View Menu
The Synchronize Menu
The SiteManager Menu
Tools Menu
The Settings Menu
The Window Menu
7. Credits and License
A. Installation
How to obtain and install KBear
How to obtain KBear
Requirements
Compilation and installation
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