It is necessary to be connected to the Internet to be able to chat with other participants. When this is done, you should set your status by clicking
+ + . This establishes a connection between Kopete and the selected messaging service. After the successful login, you are visible to others.The main application windows features a list of contacts. You must have contacts to chat with others. To add a new contact, click on
+ and choose your identity. After you have entered the respective data (which can vary depending on your account) you see your new contact. When you right-click a contact marked as online, a menu opens with various options. Send that person a message or start a chatting session. A chat allows invitation of additional participants for real-time discussion. Connection to all participants is closed when the creator of the chat session closes it.If you want to see your previous chat session, select a contact and go to
+ . This menu item shows your chat sessions with this person. Alternatively you can select + . This opens a window where you can see an overview of all contacts and there saved messages.You can view other options by right-clicking a username. A pop-up menu opens. An important option is
to start a chatting session. With and , you can run the respective action. The pop-up menu also contains a submenu item with the username where you can block the user or get user information.Scrolling Through Old Chat Sessions | |
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If you want to know what you wrote during one of the last chat sessions with a person, click a contact to open the chat window again and press Alt+← or Alt+→ to scroll through your sessions. Alternatively, use the arrow icons in the toolbar to scroll back and forth. |