KTorrent Manual

dE . de.techno at gmail.com
Tue Jul 17 23:20:41 BST 2012


On 07/13/12 16:22, Anne Wilson wrote:
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> On 12/07/12 22:26, dE . wrote:
>> On 07/13/12 04:27, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
>>> On 12/07/12 08:53, dE . wrote:
>>>> On 07/11/12 00:54, Burkhard Lück wrote:
>>>>> Am Dienstag, 10. Juli 2012, 21:20:46 schrieb Sian
>>>>> Mountbatten:
>>>>>> This, apparently, is some kind of joke, because the manual
>>>>>> consists of a list of features, and that's all. Does that
>>>>>> mean that no manual has been written?
>>>>> Yes.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Do we need one?
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>>> Yes, there are lots of terms on the Ktorrent display which don't
>>> appear to be explained anywhere. What's "choked", "snubbed",
>>> "DHT" mean? And "score"? And "Upload Slot" and "Requests". Maybe
>>> you are an aficionado and know the meaning of all these terms. As
>>> a new user of Ktorrent, I am impressed with the functionality of
>>> Ktorrent, but not impressed at the lack of help. Yes, we DO NEED
>>> a manual.
>>>
>>> Sincerely
>>>
>> These are generic torrent network terms; even if there was a
>> manual, this probably wouldn't be documented.
>>
>> As far as I remember --
>>
>> Choked -- All bandwidth of the peer is occupied.
>>
>> Upload Slot -- For uploading purposes, how many peers should be
>> connected to you at a time.
>>
>> Others I don't know, you may like to search for the terms.
> There is a very basic page at http://userbase.kde.org/KTorrent - it
> would be very useful to have a glossary attached to that (I can create
> a new subpage for it, if there are enough terms to warrant that).  The
> advantage of doing it there is that we can get the terms translated
> into many languages.  All that would remain, then, would be to have a
> link to UserBase in the Help menu.
>
> UserBase is a wiki, so any additional information being added to the
> page would be appreciated.
>
> Anne
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Maybe I can try, but I'm no expert.
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