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authorPaul Cutler <pcutler@foresightlinux.org>2009-05-17 14:46:02 -0500
committerPaul Cutler <pcutler@foresightlinux.org>2009-05-17 14:46:02 -0500
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Fix bug 502018 - remove outdated info on session prefs
-rw-r--r--gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml191
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 177 deletions
diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml
index 10b5dc9..8186110 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml
@@ -2918,11 +2918,6 @@ in the following functional areas:</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <guilabel>Current Session</guilabel>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
<guilabel>Startup Programs</guilabel>
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -2954,31 +2949,28 @@ you can modify.</para>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
- <entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Show splash
-screen on login</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>Select this option to display a splash screen when you start a session. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
<para>
- <guilabel>Prompt on logout</guilabel>
+ <guilabel>Automatically remember running applications when logging out</guilabel>
</para>
</entry>
<entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>Select this option to display a confirmation
-dialog when you end a session. </para>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>startup applications</primary>
+ <secondary>session-managed</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>Select this
+option if you want the session manager to save the state of your session
+when logging out. The session manager saves the session-managed applications
+that are open, and the settings associated with the session-managed applications
+when you log out. The next time that you start a session, the applications start
+automatically, with the saved settings.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
<para>
- <guilabel>Automatically save changes to session</guilabel>
+ <guilabel>Remember currently running applications</guilabel>
</para>
</entry>
<entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
@@ -2992,156 +2984,6 @@ The session manager saves the session-managed applications that are open,
and the settings associated with the session-managed applications. The next
time that you start a session, the applications start automatically, with
the saved settings.</para>
- <para> If you do not select this option, when you
-end your session the <guilabel>Logout Confirmation</guilabel> dialog displays
-a <guilabel>Save current setup</guilabel> option.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Sessions</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>Use this area of the dialog to manage multiple sessions
-in the GNOME Desktop, as follows:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>To create a new session, click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton>
-button. The <guilabel>Add a new session</guilabel> dialog is displayed. Use
-this dialog to specify a name for your session.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>To change the name of a session, select the session in the <guilabel>Sessions</guilabel> table. Click on the <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>
-button. The <guilabel>Edit session name</guilabel> dialog is displayed. Type
-a new name for your session.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>To delete a session, select the session in the <guilabel>Sessions</guilabel> table. Click on the <guibutton>Delete</guibutton>
-button.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>When you log in on GDM, you choose
-a session. When you choose a session, you can select which of the multiple
-sessions to use.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="goscustlookandfeel-27">
- <title>Setting Session Properties</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>startup applications</primary>
- <secondary>session-managed</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>sessions</primary>
- <secondary>setting properties</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>Use the <guilabel>Current
-Session</guilabel> tabbed section to specify startup order values, and to
-choose restart styles for the session-managed applications in your current
-session. </para>
- <para><xref linkend="sessprop01"/> lists the session properties that you can
-configure. </para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="sessprop01">
- <title>Session Properties</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="18.86*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="47.14*"/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">
- <para>Dialog Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Order</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>The <guilabel>Order</guilabel>
-property specifies the order in which the session manager starts session-managed
-startup applications. The session manager starts applications with lower order
-values first. The default value is 50.</para>
- <para>To specify the startup
-order of an application, select the application in the table. Use the <guilabel>Order</guilabel> spin box to specify the startup order value.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Style</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>The <guilabel>Style</guilabel> property determines the
-restart style of an application. To select a restart style for an application,
-select the application in the table, then choose one of the following styles:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Normal</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>Starts automatically when you start a GNOME session.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Restart</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>Restarts automatically whenever you close or terminate the application.
-Choose this style for an application if the application must run continuously
-during your session.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>Does not start when you start a GNOME session.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guilabel>Settings</guilabel>
- </para>
- <para>Starts automatically when you start a session. Applications with this
-style usually have a low startup order, and store your configuration settings
-for GNOME and session-managed applications.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>Click on the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button to delete
-the selected application from the list. The application is removed from the
-session manager, and closed. If you save the session after doing this any
-deleted applications will not start the next time you start a session.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <para>
- <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <para>Click on the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button to apply changes to the startup
-order and the restart style.</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
@@ -3192,12 +3034,7 @@ preferences that you can modify.</para>
startup applications as follows:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>To add a startup application, click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button. The <guilabel>Add Startup Program</guilabel> dialog is
-displayed. Enter the command to start the application in the <guilabel>Startup
-Command</guilabel> field. </para>
- <para>If you specify more than one startup application, use the <guilabel>Priority</guilabel> spin box to specify the startup order of the each application.
-The startup order is the order in which you want the startup applications
-to start.</para>
+ <para>To add a startup application, click on the <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button. The <guilabel>New Startup Program</guilabel> dialog is displayed. Enter the name of the appplication in the <guilabel>Name</guilabel> field. Then enter the command to start the application in the <guilabel>Command</guilabel> field. you can also specify a comment in the <guilabel>Comment</guilabel> field</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>To edit a startup application, select the startup application,
@@ -3207,7 +3044,7 @@ and the startup order for the startup application.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>To delete a startup application, select the startup application,
-then click on the <guilabel>Delete</guilabel> button.</para>
+then click on the <guilabel>Remove</guilabel> button.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</entry>