X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/offlineimap/blobdiff_plain/35e7250187183faf5ca06fdfd0edf04e0d6156f6..1e90e0fd78f2b05e4b857c902fd881e3d2d0eea5:/offlineimap.sgml diff --git a/offlineimap.sgml b/offlineimap.sgml index 0bd0ce3..f0481f7 100644 --- a/offlineimap.sgml +++ b/offlineimap.sgml @@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ remoteuser = jgoerzen taken care of for you. If you do not have Python already, check with your system administrator or operating system vendor; or, download it from the Python website. - If you intend to use the Tk interface, you must have Tkinter - (python-tk) installed. If you intend to use the SSL interface, your + If you intend to use the SSL interface, your Python must have been built with SSL support. @@ -412,27 +411,22 @@ cd offlineimap-x.y.z option can override the configuration file setting. The available values for the configuration file or command-line are described in this section. + - Tk.Blinkenlights - Tk.Blinkenlights is an interface designed to be sleek, fun to watch, and + Curses.Blinkenlights + + Curses.Blinkenlights is an interface designed to be sleek, fun to watch, and informative of the overall picture of what &OfflineIMAP; is doing. I consider it to be the best general-purpose interface in &OfflineIMAP;. - Tk.Blinkenlights contains, by default, a small window with a row of - LEDs, a small log, and a row of command buttons. - The total size of the window is - very small, so it uses little desktop space, yet it is quite - functional. The optional, toggleable, log shows more + Curses.Blinkenlights contains a row of + "LEDs" with command buttons and a log. + The log shows more detail about what is happening and is color-coded to match the color of the lights. - - Tk.Blinkenlights is the only user interface that has configurable - parameters; see the example offlineimap.conf - for more details. - Each light in the Blinkenlights interface represents a thread of execution -- that is, a particular task that &OfflineIMAP; @@ -538,32 +532,6 @@ cd offlineimap-x.y.z - - Curses.Blinkenlights - - Curses.Blinkenlights is an interface very similar to Tk.Blinkenlights, - but is designed to be run in a console window (an xterm, Linux virtual - terminal, etc.) Since it doesn't have access to graphics, it isn't - quite as pretty, but it still gets the job done. - - Please see the Tk.Blinkenlights section above for more - information about the colors used in this interface. - - - - - Tk.VerboseUI - - Tk.VerboseUI (formerly known as Tk.TkUI) is a graphical interface - that presents a variable-sized window. In the window, each - currently-executing thread has a section where its name and current - status are displayed. This interface is best suited to people running - on slower connections, as you get a lot of detail, but for fast - connections, the detail may go by too quickly to be useful. People - with fast connections may wish to use Tk.Blinkenlights instead. - - - TTY.TTYUI