When you select from the menu (only available in Summary View), a dialog pops up that allows you to select which summary plugins should show in its summary view. Here is a brief list of the currently available plugins and what they do:
The “Calendar” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Appointments. This will display any appointments that currently apply.
Calendar Summary Plugin
The “Contacts” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Birthdays and Anniversaries where birthdays and anniversaries of your contacts are displayed (for contacts who have that information set in their contact information; see the documentation for more information on setting relevant contact information). It contains the following information:
Number of days from now when item will occur
Date of birth/anniversary
Name (Click on this to send an email, right-click for the option to view the contact's information)
Age/Anniversary Year
Contacts Summary Plugin
The “KPilot” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled KPilot Information. This area contains a lot of information from KPilot, including:
Last synchronization (with sync log)
User who last synchronized
Device last synchronized
Current status
Available conduits
KPilot Summary Plugin
The “Mail” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled New Messages. This area is updated every time you receive new messages to inform you how many of these messages there are and which folder they are in.
Mail Summary Plugin
The “NewsTicker” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled News Feeds. This area contains the latest news from the currently configured news feeds. You can add and remove feeds in 's Summary View Configuration. Please note that as of 3.4, the more efficient way of accessing RSS feed information is the new Akregator application, which provides notifications instead of requiring constant checking of the Summary View to see if new articles have appeared.
NewsTicker Plugin
The “Notes” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Notes. This area displays all current notes' titles (titles default to the date/time the note was created). Clicking on the title of a note will bring up the Notes area.
Notes Summary Plugin
The “Todo List” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Todos. This area contains all current todos, including ones that have been completed. It displays the title of the todo, the percentage of completion, and the current status of the todo. Note that you can purge all completed todos via the Todo List. Clicking on a todo's title will currently do nothing.
Todo List Summary Plugin
The “Special Dates” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Special Dates. This area contains information based on the criteria selected in the configuration area of the plugin in 's Summary View configuration. The “Special Dates” plugin is especially useful because it can display birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and special occasions from both the calendar and the contact list in one place.
Special Dates Plugin
The “Weather” plugin for 's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Weather Information. This area contains the information for currently configured weather locations. For more information about configuring KWeather, the weather reporter used as a plugin within , see the KWeather documentation.
Weather Summary Plugin
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