# &application; Manual

&application; is a Remote Desktop Viewer

2007, 2008
Jonh Wendell (wendell@bani.com.br)
Jonh Wendell

&legal;

Vinicius
Depizzol
vdepizzol@gmail.com
0.2
2008-01-15

Vinicius Depizzol vdepizzol@gmail.com

0.1
2007-12-16

Jaap A. Haitsma jaap@haitsma.org

Jaap A. Haitsma

## Feedback

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; application or this manual, follow the directions in the &application; Contact Page.

## Introduction

The &app; application is a Remote Desktop Viewer for the GNOME desktop that uses Virtual Network Computing (VNC) system to remotely control another computer.

&app; provides the following features:

- Connect to several machines at the same time.

- Store recently connections and allows to bookmark them.

- Browse local network for VNC Servers.

## Getting Started

### Starting &app;

You can start &app; in the following ways:

Applications menu

  Choose Internet Remote Desktop Viewer.

Command line

  Execute the following command: `vinagre`

### The &app; Window

#### &app; window

Shows vinagre main window.

The &app; window contains the following elements:

Menubar

  The menus on the menubar contain all of the commands you need to work with remote connections in &app;.

Toolbar

  The toolbar contains a subset of the most used commands that you can access from the menubar.

Display Area

  The display area contains a list of tabs with the connected machines and its remote desktops.

Statusbar

  The statusbar displays information about current &app; activity and contextual information about the menu items.

Side Pane

  The side pane contains a list of bookmarked connections.

## Using &app;

### To connect with a remote machine

#### Informing Host address

To connect with a remote machine, choose Ctrl N Machine Connect . The Connection Dialog is displayed. Inform the Host and the Port of the connection and click the Connect button. You can also use the Find button to browse available machines on local network.

Some machines may require a secure connection. In this case, a Password dialog will be displayed asking for the connection password. If you check Remember this password, &app; will store the secure information using GNOME Keyring Manager.

If the connection has been used previously, you can also access it by Machine Recent connections... .

#### Opening a Remote Connection File

Some hosts distribute remote connection files (generally ending with suffix ".vnc") instead of inform Host address and Port. To open a remote connection file, choose Ctrl O Machine Open . The Select File dialog is displayed. Select the file you want to open, then click on the Open button.

You can also double-click on a remote connection file in the Nautilus file manager to open it on the &app; window.

### To Create a New Bookmark

To bookmark the currently viewed connection, choose Ctrl D Bookmarks Add to Bookmarks . The Saving to Bookmarks dialog is displayed. Inform the name of the connection and click Ok.

### To Remove a Bookmark

To remove a bookmark, choose Remove from the context menu of the bookmark in the Side Pane.

### To Edit a Bookmark's Properties

To edit a bookmark's properties, such as it's name and host, choose Edit from the context menu of the bookmark in the Side Pane.

### To Use Full Screen Mode

To zoom the Display Area to full screen mode, choose F11 View Full Screen . To exit full screen mode, press F11 or Ctrl Alt.

### To Close a Connection

To close a connection, choose Machine Close .

### To Take Screenshot

To take screenshot of the current remote desktop, choose Machine Take Screenshot or press the relative button in the toolbar. The Save Screenshot dialog is displayed, click the Save button to save the screenshot.

## About

&app; was written by Jonh Wendell wendell@bani.com.br. To find more information about &app;, please visit the &application; web page.

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application you can file a bug in our bug tracker.

This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public license as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this license can be found at the GNU site, or in the file COPYING included with the source code of this program.