In this section you will find a few pieces of information that might be handy in making Sylpheed more clear for you in respect to the used shortcut keys, and a layout of the format of the address book.
Ctrl-C: copy
Ctrl-A: select all
Ctrl-F: Find in current message
Shift-Ctrl-F: Search messages
V: show or hide message view.
Ctrl-T: turn on and off thread display.
P: open previous message (in current folder).
N: open next message (in current folder).
Shift-P: open previous unread message.
Shift-N: open next unread message.
G: change the current folder.
Ctrl-Alt-N: open the selected message in a new window.
Ctrl-U: view the message source.
Ctrl-H: toggle the header display (turn it on and off).
Ctrl-Alt-U: update the sumary view.
Ctrl-I: get new mail (for current account).
Shift-Ctrl-I: get new mail (for all accounts).
Ctrl-M: compose a new message.
Ctrl-R: reply to message (reply to sender only).
Shift-Ctrl-R: reply to all (includes all addresses in To: and Cc:).
Ctrl-L: reply to mailing list.
Ctrl-Alt-F: forward message
Ctrl-O: move message
Shift-Ctrl-O: copy message
Ctrl-D: delete message
Shift-*: mark selected message.
U: unmark selected message.
Shift-!: mark selected message as unread.
Sylpheed's graphical interface is based on GTK. This means that it is very simple to change the key binding (shortcut key, hotkey) for menu items. If you are used to a certain key combination from another program, you can tell Sylpheed to use that same key combination.
The procedure is very simple. Suppose you want to change the key binding for getting new mail (message menu) from Alt-I to Ctrl-M.
Open the message menu with the mouse or by pressing Alt-M
Select the "get new mail" option (do not click it, this will activate the function!). If you use the mouse, just move the mouse cursor over the option.
Now you press Ctrl-M. You will immediately see the new key combination appear on the menu.
Congratulations, you have just changed a key binding. This way you can change all the options that you want. Do note that it is best to use just the alt, shift and ctrl key combinations. Several functions within Sylpheed are called up by one-key actions which are programmed in.
You can also choose among predefined shortcuts lists,
from the preference settings. Open the Common preferences
window, choose the Interface tab, click the
Set key bindings button. Select one of the predefined
set of key bindings from the list found in the new window
that pops up.
If you want to change the font that shows the menu of Sylpheed, this is controlled by the window manager that you are using. You have to go into the setup of the window manager (KDE, Gnome, XFCE) and change the font to your desired one.
Changing the font of the views of Sylpheed is done by selecting Common preferences in the Configuration menu. There you select the Display tab, and in the first section of the window you can browse the fonts available on your computer.
If you wish to use Sylpheed from within for example Netscape or Opera, then you need to go to the `preferences` section, then choose `applications` and in the email client part, you need to enter sylpheed --compose.
The addressbook is located in ~/.sylpheed. It is named addressbook.xml. As you may guess it from its extension, the format is XML. The general format of the addressbook is:
< addressbook > <p>
< common_address ><p>
< group name="Common addresses" ><p>
< item ><p>
< name > Paul < /name ><p>
< address > paul@nlpagan.net < /address ><p>
< remarks > Writes Sylph. manual < /remarks ><p>
< /item ><p>
< /group ><p>
< /common_address ><p>
< /addressbook >