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  <indexterm><primary>brlmonitor</primary></indexterm>

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<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->
  <sect1 id="brlmonitor-intro"> 
	 <title>Introduction</title>
	 <para>The <application>&app;</application> application is a braille display simulator.
	</para>
  </sect1>
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  <sect1 id="brlmonitor-getting-started"> 
	 <title>Getting Started</title>

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	 <sect2 id="brlmonitor-to-start"> 
		<title>To Start &app;</title>
		<para>You can start <application>&app;</application> in the following ways:</para>
		<variablelist>
    		<varlistentry>
    		<term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
    		<listitem>
    		<para>Choose 
    		<menuchoice>
		<guisubmenu>Desktop Preferences</guisubmenu>
    		<guisubmenu>Accessibility</guisubmenu>
    		<guimenuitem>Gnopernicus</guimenuitem>
    		</menuchoice>. </para>
    		</listitem>
    		</varlistentry>
    		<varlistentry>
    		<term>Command line</term>
    		<listitem>
    		<para>Type <command>brlmonitor</command>, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para>
		<para>It can specifie [-line | -l] [-column | -c] [-port | -p] [-mode | -m] parameters.</para>
		<para>line - number of lines on display </para>
		<para>column - number of columns on display </para>
		<para>port - UDP port number, which the <application>&app;</application> listen</para>
		<para>mode - it can specify if want to run with font [normal | braille | dual].</para>
    		</listitem>
    		</varlistentry>
    		</variablelist>
	</sect2>
	
	 <sect2 id="brlmonitor-options"> 
		<title>Shortcuts and options in &app;</title>
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    		<varlistentry>
    		<term>Command line</term>
    		<listitem>
<para>CTRL-F 	Change edit mode (normal font, braille font, with both fonts).</para>
<para>CTRL-Q 	Exit application.</para>
<para>CTRL-D	Short cut to switch  between theme text color and use user defined text color.</para>
<para>CTRL-O	Set user text color.</para>
<para>F1	Help (rudimentary).</para>

<para>Options:</para>
<para>Can change user text colors at gconf keys:</para>
<para>/apps/gnopernicus/brlmon/dotnone</para>
<para>RGB color values for text when the number of dots it not specified.</para>
<para>      	</para>
<para>/apps/gnopernicus/brlmon/dot7</para>
<para>RGB color values for text when the number of dots is 7.</para>
<para>		</para>
<para>/apps/gnopernicus/brlmon/dot8</para>
<para>RGB color values for text when the number of dots is 8.</para>
<para>		</para>
<para>/apps/gnopernicus/brlmon/dot78</para>
<para>RGB color values for text when the number of dots is 78.</para>
    		</listitem>
    		</varlistentry>
    		</variablelist>
	</sect2>

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		<title>When You Start &app;</title>	
		<para>When you start <application>&app;</application>, the following window is displayed:</para>
	
		<figure id="brlmonitor-window"> 
		  <title>&app; Window</title>
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				<textobject> <phrase>Shows brlmonitor main window.</phrase>
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		<para>The <application>&app;</application> window contains the following
		  elements: </para>
		<variablelist> 
		  <varlistentry> <term>Menubar</term> 
			 <listitem> 
				<para>The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands you need
				  to work with files in <application>&app;</application>.</para>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		  <varlistentry> <term>Toolbar</term> 
			 <listitem> 
				<para> The toolbar contains a subset of the commands that you can
				  access from the menubar.</para>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		  <varlistentry> <term>Display area</term> 
			 <listitem> 
				<para> The display area contains the text of the file that you are
				  editing. </para>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		  <varlistentry> <term>Statusbar</term> 
			 <listitem> 
				<para>The statusbar displays information about current
				  <application>&app;</application> activity and contextual information about the
				  menu items. </para>
			 </listitem>
		  </varlistentry>
		</variablelist>
		<para>When you right-click in the <application>&app;</application>
		  window, the application displays a popup menu. The popup menu contains the most
		  common text editing commands. </para>
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