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Chapter 6. Command Reference

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Menus and shortcut keys
The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The View Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu

Menus and shortcut keys

The File Menu

File->Open... (Ctrl+O)

Opens a map file.

File->Download Maps... (Ctrl+N)

Displays the Get Hot New Stuff! dialog to download additional maps for Marble, among others maps for Mars and Venus.

File->Export Map... (Ctrl+S)

Exports a screenshot of Marble's map to an image file.

File->Print... (Ctrl+P)

Prints a screenshot of Marble's map.

File->Work Offline

If this option is selected Marble will no longer download map data from the Internet

File->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Quits Marble

The Edit Menu

Edit->Copy Map (Ctrl+C)

Copies a screenshot of Marble's map to the global clipboard.

Edit->Copy Coordinates

Copies the current coordinates the global clipboard.

The View Menu

View->Current Location

Toggle the display of the location page in the left panel. If a GPS device is connected with your computer, Marble displays longitude and latitude of your current location.

View->Crosshairs

Toggle the display of a simple crosshair in the center of the map.

View->Info Boxes

In this submenu you can to lock the position of the infoboxes and show or hide the plugins you have enabled in the Plugins page of Marbles configuration dialog.

View->Online Services

The Wikipedia plugin displays georeferenced Wikipedia articles as an icon on the map. A click onto the icon launches a browser window that displays the referenced site. The data is provided through a webservice via GeoNames.org. Likewise a Photos plugin currently provides photos via the FlickR photo sharing site

View->Clouds

Show real-time cloud cover. A real time cloud map that gets updated every 3 hours. It uses GOES, METEOSAT, and GMS satellite imagery downloaded from the Geostationary Satellite Imagery page at Dundee University. Credits: Hari Nair, Xplanet Project

View->Atmosphere

Show the diffuse reflection of the atmosphere around the earth.

View->Sun Control...

Displays the Sun Control where you can set date and time, the simulation time speed, the Sun Shading and center the map on sun position.

The Settings Menu

Settings->Show Toolbar

Toggle the display of the toolbar.

Settings->Show Statusbar

Toggle the display of the status bar.

Settings->Show Navigation Panel (F9)

Toggle the display of the navigation panel on the left side of the main window.

Settings->Full Screen Mode (Ctrl+Shift+F)

Switches between normal view and full screen view. In full screen view, the titlebar is hidden and the actual application window is resized to the entire screen.

Settings->Configure Marble Desktop Globe...

Display the Marble configuration dialog.

The Help Menu

Help->Marble Handbook (F1)

Invokes the KDE Help system starting at the Marble help pages. (this document).

Help->What's This? (Shift+F1)

Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within Marble will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.

Help->Report Bug...

Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.

Help->Switch Application Language...

Opens a dialog where you can edit the Primary language and Fallback language for this application.

Help->About Marble

This will display version and author information.

Help->About KDE

This displays the KDE version and other basic information.

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