The context menu is basically split into two functional parts:
The upper part shows a list of entries, each entry having a small icon like
this next to it. This list represents
the list of currently configured news sites. You can click on any of the news
sources to open another menu which contains a listing of headlines which are
available for that particular news site as well as an entry labelled
Check news to
refresh the headline list for this news site. Each of the headlines has an
icon next to it which indicates whether you
have read that article already or the
in case it is still
unread.
The lower part shows currently four entries (explaining from top to bottom):
This entry has a little next to it. If you want to
force KNewsTicker to check the configured news sites for new articles, you can
click here.
![]() | This does not reset the internal timer which queries the news sites for new headlines automatically in certain intervals. |
This entry in the context menu has no icon associated to it. Click this button to enable a special "offline mode" which pauses the internal timer for querying the news sites and prevents any automatical download of new headlines. The offline mode comes in handy if you have to leave your computer for a while during which the system isn't connected to the Internet, as it saves you from all the error messages which pop up if any of the news sites couldn't be connected.
![]() | You can still force a reload
for single news sites as well as for all the news sites by selecting the
respective |
This entry is marked with a small . Clicking
on this entry opens the KNewsTicker documentation (which you're reading in
this moment) which details all the features and abilities of KNewsTicker.
This entry is marked with a small
, too. Selecting it opens a small
dialog which lists the contributors of KNewsTicker as well as the copyright
and the license.
This entry is easily recognizable due to the icon which
is next to it. Select this entry to open the preferences dialog which lets you
customize all of the properties for
KNewsTicker