Chapter 3. Configuration

The Display Section

Text color:

The color square shows the current text color. By clicking this color square you open the standard KDE color selection dialog.

Background color:

The color square shows the current background color. By clicking this color square you open the standard KDE color selection dialog.

Default width:

The width of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.

Default height:

The height of the note in pixels. Edit this number as desired.

Show note in taskbar

By default, KNotes notes do not show an entry in the taskbar for each note. If you prefer they do so, enable this option.

Remember desktop

If you use several virtual desktops and this option is selected, notes will appear only on the specific desktop.

The Editor Section

Tab Size

This is the size of the indent produced by the Tab key in spaces. Edit this number as desired.

Auto Indent

This is a check box. If selected, auto-indenting is on.

Rich text

Check this option to have a format toolbar at the bottom of any note window.

Title font:

You can change the font used for the title of your notes.

Click Choose... to open the standard KDE font selection dialog.

Text font

You can change the font used for the text of your notes.

Click Choose... to open the standard KDE font selection dialog.

The Actions Section

Mail action

Type a mail command and any required command line switches in this box.

By using %f in the command line you can pass the plain text of the note and by using %t the title of the note to the mail command.

The Network Section

Accept incoming notes

Enable this option to allow receiving notes from other computers.

Sender ID

The id will be shown in the note title together with the original title, hostname or ip and date of sending.

Port

The port used for sending the notes via the network, default is 24837.

The Print Section

Theme

The theme used to print the note.

The Collections Section

Folders

On this tab you can select which folders are shown activating the checkbox in front of folders, change the default saving folder and add subfolders for notes.

Accounts

On this tab you can edit the local maildir folders to be used for notes.

The Misc Section

Misc settings

Enable to display the number of notes in the tray icon

To customize the default title you can use %d for current date in short format, %I for current date in long format and %t for current time.