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diff --git a/help/C/gedit-plugins-quick-open.page b/help/C/gedit-plugins-quick-open.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b432961 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/gedit-plugins-quick-open.page @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="topic" style="task" + id="gedit-plugins-quick-open"> + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-default-plugins"/> + <desc>Quickly open a file or set of files.</desc> + </info> + + <title>Quick open</title> + + <p>As the name of this plugin would imply, the <app>Quick Open</app> plugin + helps you to open files more quickly than using the usual ways of opening + files. To enable this plugin, select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui> + <gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Plugins</gui><gui>Quick Open</gui></guiseq>.</p> + + <p>Once you have enabled the <app>Quick Open</app> plugin you can use it as + follows:</p> + + <steps> + <item><p>Open the <app>Quick Open</app> dialog box by pressing + <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>O</key></keyseq>, or by selecting + <gui style="menuitem">Quick Open…</gui>.</p> + <p>The <gui>Quick Open</gui> file dialog will appear.</p></item> + <item><p>Use your mouse to select the file or files that you want to + open.</p> + <p>To select several individual files, hold down your <key>Ctrl</key> key + while you click on the files that you want to open.</p> + <p>To select a group of files, click on the first file that you want to + open, hold down the <key>Shift</key> key, and then click on the last file + in the list that you want to open.</p></item> + <item><p>Click <gui>Open</gui>.</p></item> + </steps> + + <p><app>Quick Open</app> will look for files in:</p> + + <list> + <item><p>The directory of the currently opened document</p></item> + <item><p>The root directory of the + <app xref="gedit-plugins-file-browser">File Browser Panel</app> + plugin</p></item> + <item><p>Recent documents which are also shown in the <file>Recent</file> + folder in <app>Files</app></p></item> + <item><p>Directories which you have bookmarked in + <app>Files</app></p></item> + <item><p>Your <file>Desktop</file> directory</p></item> + <item><p>Your <file>Home</file> directory</p></item> + </list> + + <note style="tip"> + <p><app>Quick Open</app> displays files in any of the above locations + regardless of whether or not you have opened them previously.</p> + </note> + +</page> |