Opens the transfer window where you can paste URL's.
Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the transfer window.
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 the offline mode button in the toolbar or choosing ->.
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.
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.
Pauses a download that is running.
Deletes a highlighted item from the KGet main window.
Combines the functions of Resume and Pause in one button.
Causes the highlighted entries in KGet to begin downloading.
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.
Delays the download of the highlighted items indefinitely.
, and are mutually exclusive; only one of them may be selected at a time.
Toggle use of animations to display KGet's state.
Toggle the use of sound to indicate events, for example, a file being added to the download list, or a download completing.
Turns off prompting.
KGet will ignore the current folder settings and place all new transfers in the folder where the last transfer was placed.
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. Expert Mode must be on to use this feature.
You can find more information about the Auto-Disconnect Mode in the section called “Configuration of Auto-Disconnect”.
Closes KGet after all the downloads are completed. The Expert Mode must be turned on.
Enable grabbing of files to download from the clipboard.
Hide the statusbar. The statusbar normally displays statistics about the currently downloading files.
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.
Display the the familiar KDE Keyboard Shortcut Configuration Dialog.
Display the the familiar KDE Toolbar Configuration Dialog.
Launch the main configuration dialog.
Invokes the TDE 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 TDE version and other basic information.
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