Kopete offers numerous options to customize it according to your needs. Find some examples in the following sections.
Grouping contacts in your list can give a better overview. Click
. Name the group and confirm this with . A new folder appears in the contact list that can be used to store the desired contacts. Drag and drop contacts into the desired folder.Figure 6-2 The Main Kopete Window
Empty groups can be disabled by activating
.Kopete can manage several accounts which is helpful if you have friends
using different messenger protocols. Instead of creating several
identities for various protocols, you can also set up a global
identity
:
In Kopete, select
.In the configuration window, select
and activate .Click
and enter a name for your global identity.Specify some details for your identity such as nickname or photo.
On the
tab, decide if you want to use a nickname or a nickname already specified in another Kopete account.If you want to add a photo, select one of the options on the
tab.In order to use data that you have already specified in KAdressbook, go to the
tab first. Click , select your entry from the list and click . Now you can switch back to the or tab and activate the address book options there.Kopete lets you install new themes, change the style of the chat window or modify colors and fonts. To change the appearance, select
and click . Find two examples below:On the
tab, click for a list of themes available from the Internet. To download one or several themes, select an entry in the list and click . The new theme is added to your list on the tab. From there, choose the desired theme and click .Choose one of several Kopete styles available from the
tab or download new styles with .Kopete allows you to configure notifications for events such as contacts coming online or going offline or an incoming message for you.
If you want to be notified if a certain contact has come online, proceed as follows:
Make sure all your contacts are shown in the Kopete window (otherwise select
).Right-click your preferred contact and select
.Go to the
tab and select .Decide which action should be executed for this event:
, , or .Click
to confirm your settings.To modify the default notification options, select
. Select which event is important for you and change the notification settings. For example, if you want to be informed by a sound when any of your contacts has come online, select and activate . Select the sound and click to close the configuration dialog.Kopete offers some nice extensions for you chat sessions which can be accessed from
. For example, you can auto replace text, encrypt outgoing messages, highlight text if the message contains some interesting words, render LaTeX formulas, or translate messages.