FAQ

1. General Questions
   1.0 A question to the honored user
   1.1 How do I start Minkowsky?
   1.2 Minkowsky requires me to type in a Username and a password?
   1.3 I can't login with my username/password?
   1.4 My name is sometime displayed as "Joe Smith" but sometime only as "smith"?
   1.5 Why can't I use braces in text fields?
   


2. Questions on the Calendar
   2.1 How can I create a new appointment?
   2.2 How do I delete an appointment?
   


3. Questions on the task and project management
   3.1 How do I create a new task?
   3.2 How do I create a new project?
   3.3 How do I delete a task?
   3.4 How do I delete a project?
   3.5 Can a task be part of multiple projects?
   3.6 How do I delete a task from a project?
   3.7 How do I create a dependency between two task in a project?
   3.8 How do I delete a dependency between two task in a project?
   3.9 How do I modify the dependency between two task in a project?
   


4. Questions on the address book
   4.1 How do I create an address?
   4.2 How do I create an address folder?
   4.3 How do I open an address or an address folder?
   4.4 How do I put an address into address folder?
   4.5 How do I delete an address?
   4.6 How do I delete an address folder?
   

1. General Questions
   
   1.0 A question to the honored user:
   Which question do you miss here?
   Minkowsky is still quite young. Hence it is not clear what question will be frequently ask. Therefore don't hesitate and mail your questions to minkowsky@r-goetz.de.
   
   1.1 How do I start Minkowsky?
   Two ways are possible. Either by type minkowsky into a shell in a terminal window. or by clicking on an icon in your window managers menus or panel (or what ever). However, this requires that your system administrator installed something like that.
   
   1.2 Minkowsky requires me to type in a Username and a password
   Yes that true. Minkowsky needs to know who is working with it. Otherwise he might deliver you not with your calendar but your neighbors. Furthermore with known who you are he can't protect private appointment from being viewed by other users. Therefore it is advisable to set a password in the User preferences. By default the password is empty.
   BTW: Minkowsky tries to guess who you are. (What Minkowsky does is nothing more but reading the USER environment variable_
   
   1.3 I can't login with my username/password
   Minkowsky has its own user management. Therefore username and password may differ from the systems username and password. Ask your Minkowsky or system administrator for your Minkowsky username. The password is empty unless you set it in the User preferences. 1.4 My name is sometime displayed as "Joe Smith" but sometime only as "smith"
   Minkowsky uses the username to identify a user. The username must not contain whitespace. However, Minkowsky has a long or full name assigned to each username. This username is used at any place which offers enough space.
   
   1.5 Why can't I use braces in text fields
   Braces are used internally by Minkowsky. Therefore brace either suppressed or are replaced.
   
   




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2. Questions on the calendar
   
   2.1) How can I create a new appointment
   
   1. Click on on the calendar at the time the appointment should start, unless there is already another appointment.
   2. Drag the mouse with the left button pressed from start time to end time (or reverse). unless there is already another appointment.
   3. Use the new Object button in the toolbar.
   
   2.2) How do I delete an appointment?
   Do a right click on the appointment. You will see an dialog with brief information on this appointment. On top of this dialog you find a button to delete this appointment.
   




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3. Questions on the task and project management
   
   3.1) How do I create a new task?
   Use the new Object button in the toolbar.
   
   3.2) How do I create a new project?
   Use the new Project button in the toolbar.
   
   3.3) How do I delete a task?
   Do a right click on the task. You get an dialog having an delete button at the bottom
   
   3.4) How do I delete a project?
   Do a right click on the project. You get an dialog having an delete button at the bottom
   
   3.5) Can a task be part of multiple projects?
   Yes it can. However, if this does make sense is up to you.
   
   3.6) How do I delete a task from a project?
   Drag the task in the Project editor onto the trash.
   
   3.7) How do I create a dependency between two task in a project?
   Drag the mouse from task 1 onto task 2 with the mouse button pressed. Than task2 will depend on task1.
   
   3.8) How do I delete a dependency between two task in a project?
   Drag the dependencies symbol in the Project editor onto the trash.
   
   3.9) How do I modify the dependency between two task in a project?
   Sorry no direct way available, yet. However you may destroy the current dependency and create a new one.
   
   




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4. Questions on the address book
   
   4.1) How do I create an address?
   Use the new Object button in the toolbar.
   
   4.2) How do I create an address folder?
   Use the new Address folder button in the toolbar.
   
   4.3) How do I open an address or an address folder?
   Click on the address or the address folder with the right mouse button.
   
   4.4) How do I put an address into address folder?
   Two options:
   1. Drag the address onto the folder
   2. Open the address dialog (via right mouse button) and use the Assign to folder button
   Similar procedure applies to address folder to be put into another folder.
   
   4.5) How do I delete an address?
   Open the address dialog (via right mouse button on the address) an use the delete button
   
   4.6) How do I delete an address folder?
   Open the address folder dialog (via right mouse button on the address) an use the delete button