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<sect1 id="message-reader">
<title>The Message Reader</title>
<para>&app; can read &vgap; messages via the message reader, a
feature contributed by Sven Wergandt. You can start the message
reader by selecting the <guimenuitem>Message reader</guimenuitem>
option on the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu, or by pressing
<keycombo> <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
<para>The message reader can also show you the messages from past
turns, by selecting the turn from the combobox on the top left, as
you can see on <xref linkend="fig_message-reader"/>.</para>
<figure id="fig_message-reader">
<title>Message reader</title>
<graphic fileref="figures/message-reader.png"/>
</figure>
<para>The reader has two main panes, the left contains a tree list
of message headers, categorized by message type, and the right pane
contains the selected message text. On the left, some headers may be
of a special color if the message is relevant to the player.</para>
<para>The top section contains the usual navigational controls, plus
the mentioned combobox with the message history.</para>
</sect1>
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