Usage Preferences

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Description

The Preferences window allows to easily set aMule's settings.

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Usage

The preferences options are divided into sections. Each section groups options with similar targets.

You can view the available options by clicking th apropiate section in the list by the left side of the window.

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General

This section contains options regarding general aspects of aMule.

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The descritpion for each item follows:

  • Nick: Username to use
  • Language: Language in which text will be displayed(it requires to have the appropiate LC_ALL (or LC_MESSAGES) variable on UNIX systems). System default sets the system's language
  • Check for new versions at startup: If checked, when aMule start it will check f new aMule releases are available and show a message if there are
  • Start minimized: Minimize aMule when it starts
  • Prompt on exit: When closing aMule ask for confirmation
  • Downloadlist dblclick to expand: <fotn color=red>BROKEN</font>
  • Enable Tray Icon: Show a tray icon for aMule
  • Minimize to trayicon: When minimizing aMule, hide the window completely so it can only be unminimized from the systray icon (see the usage article about tray icon). This option will only be available when Enable Tray Icon option is enabled
  • Tooltip Delay Time in secs: Seconds it takes for the systray tooltip to appear (see the usage article about tray icon)
  • Browser Selection: Select the browser yuo want aMule to use when opening web sites
  • Custom Browser: When selecting Custom browser in the browser selection list, this box will be active so yuo can enter the browser command to use to start a browser. Use the Browse button to browse the filesystem for the browser
  • Open in new tab if possible: Some browsers allow for pages to be started in new tabs rather than overriding the web site it was viewing so, if possible, when this option is enabled, open web sites in a new tab

Connection

This section contains options regarding connections aMule.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Proxy =

This section contains options regarding connection aMule through a proxy.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Message Filter

This section contains options regarding messages filtering in aMule.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Remote Controls

This section contains options regarding controling aMule remotely.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Online Signature

This section contains options regarding aMule's Online Signature.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Server

This section contains options regarding connecting aMule to servers.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Files

This section contains options regarding aMule's downloading files.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Sources Dropping

This section contains options regarding aMule source dropping algorithm.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Directores

This section contains options regarding aMule's directories.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Statistics

This section contains options regarding aMule's statistics.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Security

This section contains options regarding aMule's security.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


GUI Tweaks

This section contains advanced options regarding aMule's GUI.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Core Tweaks

This section contains advanced options regarding aMule's core system.

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The descritpion for each item follows:


Debugging

This section contains advanced options for debugging aMule.

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You may enable extra debugging output to your aMule log by enabling the Enable Verbose Debug-Logging. checkbox.

Once enabled, you may define what exact debug messages you want to get in the log by enabling/disabling the options in the Message Categories list.

This whole debugging preferences window should not be touched unless you know what you are doing. Therefore, its options will not be described.

Overview

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General preferences quick Reference
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Connection preferences quick Reference
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Proxy preferences quick Reference
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Message Filter preferences quick Reference
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Remot Controls preferences quick Reference
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Online Signature preferences quick Reference
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Server preferences quick Reference
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Files preferences quick Reference
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Sources Dropping preferences quick Reference
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Directories preferences quick Reference
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Statistics preferences quick Reference
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Security preferences quick Reference
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GUI Tweaks preferences quick Reference
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Core Tweaks preferences quick Reference
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General preferences quick Reference
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