View source for Kopete/Jabber/Messaging and sending files

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You can start chatting with a contact by clicking on the name. A new window will open and you can type in messages into the smaller field at the bottom, where the cursor already resides. When you want to send your text, hit <keycap>Enter</keycap> or press the <menuchoice>Send</menuchoice> button. You and your partner can communicate now via Jabber.


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[[File:Kopetetutorial_snap013_firstchat.png|thumb|center|300px|Your first chat]]


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To transfer files via Jabber click on <menuchoice>Send File</menuchoice> and select the file you want to send in the popup window. You will be notified when the transaction is complete or failed for some reason.

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{{Warning|1= This may not work in some cases due to incompatible configurations of some servers}}

== Group chat == <!--T:6-->

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Jabber is not only capable of communicating with one person. You can use Group Chat to do an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC IRC] style discussion, where many people can talk with each other. To use Group Chat, you have to right-click on the '''Kopete''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systray#KDE systray] icon, and select <menuchoice>yourJID -> Join Groupchat...</menuchoice>, where "yourJID" stands for your own Jabber ID. A new window appears where you can join a chatroom. 


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[[File:Kopete_snap021_groupchat.png|thumb|center|300px|Groupchat]]


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Click on <menuchoice>Query</menuchoice> to show the list of existing chatrooms on your Jabber server. Select one and press <keycap>Enter</keycap> to enter this room. 

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Alternatively you can type in and create your own chatroom by writing its name into the line <menuchoice>Room</menuchoice>. Then press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or click <menuchoice>Join</menuchoice> to join.

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After you created the chatroom, you'll see a new field appearing in your '''Kopete''' window with the JID '''''chatroomname@jabber.example.org'''''. Treat it as a normal contact, i.e. you have to click on this JID to chat etc. 

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At this point you have set up a working Jabber client and are in principle able to chat with your contacts. But for a better experience of '''Kopete''', you are able to configure the application for your best needs. A set of [[Special:myLanguage/Kopete/Jabber/Useful_configuration_hints|Useful configuration hints]] is the content of the next page in this tutorial.

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