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@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ Summary:
    * sharing mail folders
    * default to address for folders
    * threading mode per folder
+   * simplify subject string
+   * pixmap themes
+   * user definable actions
    * spell checking (with installation instructions)
 4. How to contribute
 5. How to request features
-6. History
+6. Installing Claws from CVS
+7. History
 
 
 
@@ -118,6 +122,18 @@ are hardly noticable, but deserve mentioning:
    to send a private mail, don't have a folder selected with this setting
    set.)
 
+* pixmap themes
+  To use different icon sets you need to create a directory: 
+       mkdir ~/.sylpheed/themes
+  Icon sets should be placed in this directory in their own sub-directory. 
+  They are then selectable from Pixmap Theme on the Interface tab of Commmon
+  Preferences. 
+
+* user definable actions
+  Actions can be executed on message text view, or on the message's file.
+  To configure new actions use Configuartion->Actions. Your actions are
+  then available from Edit->Actions in the main window and compose window.
+
 * Spell checker for Sylpheed-Claws
   
   a. Requirements
@@ -181,6 +197,9 @@ are hardly noticable, but deserve mentioning:
   c. Usage
   --------
 
+  NOTE: if you upgraded from 0.7.0claws, please reselect your default
+  dictionary in the preferences.
+
   After successful compiling, you need to tell sylpheed where your
   dictionaries reside.  First run 'pspell-config pkgdatadir' on the
   shell to get their path.
@@ -194,16 +213,41 @@ are hardly noticable, but deserve mentioning:
 
   When composing, misspelled words are highlighted.  Click on any
   highlighted word with the right mouse button to get a list of
-  suggestions.  You can also accept the highlighted word to the
-  session dictionary (equivalent to an 'ignore' option of other spell
-  checker), or you can add it to you personal dictionary.
+  suggestions.  The first entry of the menu just displays the unknown
+  word.  Selecting "Accept in this session" (or hitting MOD1-Space, 
+  where MOD1 is usually the ALT key), will ignore this word and accept
+  it in this message.  Selecting the next entry "Add to dictionary", which
+  is bound to MOD1-Enter combination will add the unknown word to the
+  dictionary to learn it.  The next entries are the suggested words. 
+  The first 15 suggestions can be accessed typing one of the first letters
+  of latin alphabet (if this does not suit your language, please send
+  a mail to melvin.hadasht@free.fr).  If you are using an aspell 
+  dictionary, you can use its 'learn from mistake' feature, by pressing
+  the MOD1 key and selecting the suggestion (with the keyboard or with
+  the mouse).  See pspell manual §4.7.1 for an explanation of this 
+  feature. 
 
   If you click with the right mouse button everywhere else, or if you
   shift-right-click even on a misspelled word, you get the
   configuration  menu.  'Check all' highlights all misspelled words.
   With this menu, you can also change the dictionary while editing.
-  You can change the suggestion mode and toggle the learn from
-  misktakes 'feature' (useful only with aspell).
+  FInally, you can change the suggestion mode misktakes 'feature' 
+  (useful only with aspell).
+
+  Spell checking can also be done using keyboard shortcuts.  In the
+  "Edit" menu of the compose window, there are two menus "Check backwards
+  misspelled word" and "Forward to next misspelled word".  Add to them 
+  appropriate keyboard shortcuts.  "Check backwards misspelled word" 
+  checks backwards from cursor position for the first misspelled word.
+  If it finds one, it displays the suggestions lists which can be handled
+  with the keyboard as described before. When the suggestion menu is 
+  closed, the cursor returns to its original position to be able to 
+  continue editing.  The "Forward to next misspelled word" do the same 
+  thing in the other direction but moves the cursor at the end of the
+  misspelled word.  This way, you can spell check easily a whole message
+  starting from its beginning and using the "Forward to next misspelled
+  word" keyboard short cut.
+  
 
   d. Known problems
   -----------------
@@ -236,6 +280,15 @@ are hardly noticable, but deserve mentioning:
     to the 'pkgdatadir' and run 'make-ispell-pwli'.  You may need to
     su root.
 
+* simplify subject string
+    It is possible to remove parts of string from the subject line.
+    Example: [Sylpheed-claws-users] This is a test
+    becomes: This is a test
+    This is a per folder property. Right click on a folder and select
+    property, enable Simplify Subject RegExp check box. Example
+    regexp for the above is: \[Sylpheed-claws-(devel|users)\]
+    Another example for the Sylpheed mailing list (not claws!) is:
+    \[sylpheed:[0-9]{5}\]
 
 There are a lot more options. If you find one, don't hesitate to
 mention it.