Opens the transfer window where you can paste URL's.
The shortcut button is
Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the
transfer window. The shortcut button is
Opens a Save As window that allows you to save
highlighted URL's to a .kget
file. To use this feature:
Place KGet in offline mode by clicking on
to change it to offline
.
Drag the URL's you wish to download on to KGet.
Next click on the top entry so that it is highlighted.
Hold down the Shift
key and click on the bottom URL to highlight the entries like so:
Now click on -> and enter the name of the
.kget
file for your downloads.
This feature is used to save items that will be downloaded on a regular basis, such as the KDE snapshots above.
Loads .kget
files that were created with
->
Imports URL's that are in text files. This is a powerful feature that allows you to parse URL's from text files and emails you may have received. It can discriminate between ordinary text and URL's, provided the URL begins at the left margin of the document. KGet will find these URL's and load them into its main window for you.
This feature only ignores regular text when you have clicked on
the Expert Mode icon. If the Expert Mode is not used
then the text file must contain only URL's.
Quits KGet
Opens a log window that shows the events that have occurred. This is useful
for seeing what happened during a lengthy download. Here you can see if any
packages were skipped or if a connection timed out.
The shortcut button is
The drop target is a desktop icon that allows for hiding
and restoring of KGet. This is used on a cluttered desktop when you want to
periodically check the status of a download.
The shortcut button is
In order for the entries in this menu to become active (not grayed out), you must highlight a download by clicking on the entry with the
mouse button.
This pastes a highlighted line into the KDE clipboard (Klipper).
Displays the selected download in its own window.
Moves a highlighted entry to the top of the download list.
The topmost URL in KGet is downloaded first.
Moves a highlighted entry to the bottom of the download list.
Resumes a download that has been paused.
The shortcut button is
Pauses a download that is running.
The shortcut button is
Deletes a highlighted item from the KGet main window.
The shortcut button is
Combines the functions of Resume and Pause in one
button. The shortcut button is
Causes the highlighted entries in KGet to begin
downloading. The shortcut button is
Delays the download of the highlighted items by one
minute. This is useful if you need to pause the download to check email or go
to a website.
The shortcut button is
Delays the download of the highlighted items
indefinitely.
The shortcut button is
,
and
are radio buttons. Only one of
the these three can be selected.
Turns off prompting.
The shortcut button is
KGet will ignore the current folder settings and
place all new transfers in the folder where the last transfer was placed.
The shortcut button is
Toggles KGet from being online (ready to download),
, to offline,
. The offline mode is used when
you want to copy URL's into KGet without them being downloaded
immediately.
Causes KGet to disconnect the modem. Usually this
would be KPPP. The shortcut button is . Expert Mode
must be on to use this feature.
For SuSE users the command cinternet
must be
substituted for -i
ppp0
-0
kppp
in the ->
Automations menu. For Fedora Core users the command
should be -k
/usr/sbin/usernetctl
ppp0
down
Closes KGet after all the downloads are
completed. The Expert Mode must be turned on.
The shortcut button is
Invokes the KDE Help system starting at the KGet help pages. (this document).
Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within KGet will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.
Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.
This will display version and author information.
This displays the KDE version and other basic information.