Note that depending on the window you are in, some of these options might be enabled or disabled. The following table describes each menu item:
Menu Item | Description |
New Greeting | This option creates a new untitled window in which you can record and save your greetings. See the section on greeting windows for more information. |
Open Message... | This option gives you a standard open panel to select a message to open. Once you have selected the message to open, you will get a message window. |
Trash Message | This option is only available with message windows so refer to the message window documentation for more info. |
Close | This option closes the current window. If this is the last window in BePhoney, the application quites. Note that this will not stop BePhoneyd if it is running. |
Save | This option is only available in config and greeting windows. Refer to the documentation on these window for more details |
Save As... | This option is only available in greeting windows so you should refer to the documentation on that window for more details. |
Print... | This option is only available in fax windows so you should refer to the documentation on that window for more details. |
About BePhoney | This option brings up a simple window that tells you something about me and the program. |
Quit | This option will attempt to quit BePhoney. If there are any unsaved greetings or configuration windows, you will be prompted if you really want to close those windows without saving. The BePhoneyd program will not quit. |
Note that depending on the window you are in, some of these options might be enabled or disabled. The following table describes each menu item:
Menu Item | Description |
Undo | This option is never enabled in any window. It is there to give a common UI experience to the user. |
Cut | This option is never enabled in any window. It is there to give a common UI experience to the user. |
Copy | This option is only enabled in the control window. Support for copying a selection in the fax window is not supported yet. |
Paste | This option is never enabled in any window. It is there to give a common UI experience to the user. |
Select All | This option selects all of the text or all of the graphic image in the control and fax windows. |
Note that depending on the window you are in, some of these options might be enabled or disabled. The following table describes each menu item:
Menu Item | Description |
BePhoneyd Control | This option brings up a control window. See the section on control windows for more information. |
Minimal Prompts | This option is either checked or unchecked. If the option is checked, a warning will not be displayed before putting a message into the trash, closing an unsaved greeting or closing an unsaved configuration window. In those cases, any unsaved changes are lost. If the option is unchecked, the user will be presented with a warning when deleting messages or closing an unsaved window. |
Configure Port | This is a submenu which contains a list of the possible serial ports where you could configure a modem. By selecting one of these, a configuration window will be opened. See the section on configutation windows for more information. |
Input Port | This submenu is only enabled within greeting windows. See the greeting window documentation for more information. |
Input Device | This submenu is only enabled within greeting windows. See the greeting window documentation for more information. |
Input Encoding | This submenu is only enabled within greeting windows. See the greeting window documentation for more information. |
Output Port | This submenu is only enabled within message and greeting windows. See the message and greeting window documentation for more information. |
Output Device | This submenu is only enabled within message and greeting windows. See the message and greeting window documentation for more information. |
The following table describes each menu item:
Menu Item | Description |
BePhoney Help | Take you to the main BePhoney Help page |
Help For This Window | Takes you to documentation on configuration, control, greeting, or message windows depending on what window this option was selected within. |
Troubleshooting | Takes you to the troubleshooting documentation. |
Logging | This submenu allows you to specify what kinds of events should be logged to the /var/log/syslog file and to the control window. For more information on logging, check the documentation on troubleshooting. |
Contact Author | Takes you to your preferred email application and allows you to send me some email for reporting bugs or just sending some feedback (please do). |