To change the application settings, select
from the
menu. This opens the
Preferences dialog.
The properties in the Proxy tab are:
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If this button is
checked, files will be downloaded using a proxy server.
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Enter the user name for the proxy server.
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Enter the password for the proxy server.
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Enter the host name or IP address of the
proxy server to use for HTTP transfers.
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Enter the host name or IP address of the
proxy server to use for FTP transfers.
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Enter the host name or IP address of the
proxy server to use for HTTPS transfers.
The properties in the Auto tab are:
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Enter the network
interface to use for all transfers. This is typically
ppp0 for modem connection or eth0 for
ethernet connection.
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This determines how
often the network interface is checked for availability. When
the interface becomes available, downloads will be automatically
started if possible.
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This determines the maximum
number of automatic downloads which will be in progress at any
given time. When this limit is reached,
GTransferManager will wait for one of
the currently running downloads to finish before starting a new one.
You can still start more downloads manually if you want.
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If this
button is checked, manually stopping a URL transfer will set the
disable auto download flag in the URL properties. This prevents
the URL transfer from being automatically restarted.
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If you loose the
connection to the Internet the download will stop if this is checked.
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If
this is unchecked when you start the application again the pause
automatic download will be disabled. But you check it then the
state will be remembered between sessions.
The properties in the Download tab are:
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This is the download dir
used if it is not override when you add a new download and when
all the URL download dir match fails.
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Timeout used when wget
tries to connect to the server to retrieve the file.
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This the number of times it
tries to retry the download
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If defines if wget should use
passive FTP when talking with FTP servers.
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You can have the protocol
already filled in when you click on the new download or the
numeric download.
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The
application runs a command for you when all the downloads are
complete. For instance you could have a command to send an email
to alert that all the downloads are done.
The properties in the Directories tab are:
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You can insert a new URL pattern and the
download dir associated with it. The URL pattern matching is
done using glob. This allows for you to just drop URL's on the
application and the application decides the download dir from
the URL. For instance "*gnome*" into "~/download/gnome" and "*tar.gz"
into "~/download/source".
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Edits one of the entries. You can edit
the URL pattern or the download dir associated with the URL pattern.
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Deletes an entry from the list.
The properties in the Confirmations tab are:
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If you check this it changes
download dir everytime you do it on the URL addition dialogs.
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If
you check this the application asks if you really want to remove
the incomplete downloads.
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If this
you check this the application asks if you really want to remove
the complete transfers.
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If you check this the
application asks before a restart if you really want to do
it. This is important because you loose the already downloaded
part of the file.
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If you check this
you will be asked every time you drop and URL if you want to add
and you can change the default download dir, proxy and auto
download options.
The properties in the Display tab are:
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You can have text, icons or
both in the toolbar.
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Defines the time
used between checks to the running downloads to update
statistics information.
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If you check this you
will see the percentage done of the download and the remaining
time to the end of the download in the list of downloads.
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If you check this you
will see the information about the selected file in the download
info page (left part of the application).
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If you check
this the download info page will hide it self after the seconds
defined in the . You can show it from the toolbar and with this
option it will go away after the defined time.
The properties in the Sound tab are:
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If you check this the application
will make a sound when you add a new URL to download, when a
download is started and when a download is completed.
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If you check this the application
will make a beep when you add a new URL to download, when a
download is started and when a download is completed.
After you have made all the changes you want, click on
OK to apply the changes and close the
Preferences dialog. You can also click on
the Apply to update the preferences of the
application but doesn't close the window. To cancel the changes
and return to previous values, click the
Close button.