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2006-02-18 Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org>
+ * glossary:
+ * gnome-users-guide:
+ - More pruning
+
+2006-02-18 Shaun McCance <shaunm@gnome.org>
+
* gnome-users-guide:
* introduction-to-gnome:
* omf-install:
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-figs =
-docname = glossary
-lang = C
-omffile = glossary-C.omf
-sgml_ents =
-include $(top_srcdir)/sgmldocs.make
-dist-hook: app-dist-hook
-
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-<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
-<omf>
- <resource>
- <title>
- Glossary
- </title>
- <subject>
- <category>General</category>
- </subject>
- <format mime="text/sgml"/>
- <identifier url="glossary.sgml"/>
- <language code="C"/>
- </resource>
-</omf> \ No newline at end of file
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-<!DOCTYPE glossary PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
-<glossary id="index">
- <docinfo>
- <copyright>
- <year>2000</year>
- <year>2001</year>
- <holder>Alexander Kirillov, Kirrily Robert
- </holder>
- </copyright>
-<!-- <author><firstname>Alexander</firstname>
- <surname>Kirillov</surname></author>
- <author><firstname>Kirrily</firstname> <surname>Robert
- </surname></author> -->
-
-
- <legalnotice id="legalnotice">
- <para>
- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
- document under the terms of the <ulink type="help"
- url="gnome-help:fdl"><citetitle>GNU Free Documentation
- License</citetitle></ulink>, Version 1.1 or any later version
- published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant
- Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. You
- may obtain a copy of the <citetitle>GNU Free Documentation
- License</citetitle> from the Free Software Foundation by
- visiting <ulink type="http" url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web
- site</ulink> or by writing to: Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- </para>
- <para>
- Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their
- products and services are claimed as trademarks. Where those
- names appear in any GNOME documentation, and those trademarks
- are made aware to the members of the GNOME Documentation
- Project, the names have been printed in caps or initial caps.
- </para>
- </legalnotice>
- </docinfo>
- <title>Glossary</title>
-
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER A=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="A"><title>A</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="applet"><glossterm>Applet</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>An application working inside a small window in a panel.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="applauncher"><glossterm>Application launcher</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A button in the panel which launches an application or executes
- a command when pressed.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="ascii"><glossterm>ASCII</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>American Standard Code for Information Interchange; the
- standard describing a collection of characters and codes
- (i.e. sequences of zeros and ones, or numbers) assigned to
- them. ASCII characters include
- Latin letters, common punctuation marks, some special symbols
- usually found on the keyboard such as &amp; and $, and some
- control symbols, such as the codes used for denoting end of
- line and end of file; it does not include accented
- symbols. The corresponding codes run from 0 to 127.
- </para>
- <para> When you see a mention of an <quote>ASCII file</quote> or
- <quote>ASCII text</quote> somewhere, it usually means a plain
- text file which only uses symbols defined in ASCII standard,
- with no formatting information such as fonts to be used.
- </para> <para> ASCII is defined as a standard of American
- National Standards Institute (ANSI); the offical reference is
- <quote>ANSI X3.4-1986</quote>. You can find a reproduction of
- it in many places on the Internet, for example, on <ulink
- type="http"
- url="http://coverage.cnet.com/Resources/Info/Glossary/Terms/ascii2.html">
- CNET Web page</ulink>.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="encoding" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="attachment">
- <glossterm>Attachment</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Any file accompanying an e-mail message in a special format so
- that it can be viewed or saved to disk independently of the main
- message body.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-<!-- ===LETTER =================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="B"><title>B</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="background"><glossterm>Background</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- To make a program run without any visible output; to put a program
- which is already running into the background.
- </para>
- <para>
- On the UNIX command line, the character <literal>&amp;</literal>
- appended to a command will make that command run in the
- background.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="foreground" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="binary"><glossterm>Binary</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- An executable program, so called because the file containing the
- program consists of machine-readable binary digits, i.e. ones and
- zeroes.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="bit"><glossterm>Bit</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>The minimal possible unit of information, a digit which
- can take values 0 or 1. Saying
- that the file has length n bits is equivalent to saying that it
- can be written as a sequence of n zeros and ones.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="byte"><glossterm>Byte</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>8 <link linkend="bit">bits</link>, i.e. a sequence of 8
- zeros and ones.There are 256
- possible such sequences, so one can also say that one byte
- represents a number ranging from 0 to 255.
- </para>
- <para> Byte is the basic building block of filesystem: all files
- are composed of bytes. For text files, each byte represents
- one symbol (see definition of <link
- linkend="encoding">encoding</link> for more information).
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER C=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="C"><title>C</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="cache"><glossterm>Cache</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A short-term storage area in RAM or on the hard disk. Many
- programs use caches to store recently-accessed files or other
- items.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="charset">
- <glossterm>Character set (charset)
- </glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A collection of symbols, such as letters of one or several
- alphabets, digits, punctuation marks, etc. Commonly used
- together with <link linkend="encoding">encoding</link>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="clipboard"><glossterm>Clipboard</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The temporary buffer into which text or other data can be
- copied, to be used later by pasting into a different location.
- Most applications support the clipboard either through native
- mouse-based cut and paste functionality of <link
- linkend="xwin">X Window System</link>, or through specialised
- menus and other interfaces.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="clo"><glossterm>Command line options</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Parameters or arguments given on the UNIX command line after a
- program name, which tell the program how to run. For instance, in
- the command <literal>ls -l</literal> the <literal>-l</literal> is
- a command line option telling the <command>ls</command> program to
- produce a <quote>long</quote> listing.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="cursor"><glossterm>Cursor</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A highlighted or animated icon which indicates the current
- position of the mouse on the screen, or the position where
- keyboard input will occur in a text window.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER D=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="D"><title>D</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="daemon"><glossterm>Daemon</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A background process providing basic system or network services.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="desktop"><glossterm>Desktop</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The visible screen area, on which windows, icons, and other graphical
- items may be placed.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="vdesktop" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="desktopenv"><glossterm>Desktop environment</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Software which provides graphical user interface for users
- desktop. In addtition to capabilities provided by a <link
- linkend="wmanager">window manager</link> (that is, ability
- to move, resize, and hide windows), a desktop environment
- usually also includes such elements of GUI as a File Manager
- with drag-and-drop capabilities, Panel used for keeping your
- favorite applications and applets, and a set of other
- utilities. Most popular desktop environments for UNIX
- include <link linkend="gnome">GNOME</link>, <link
- linkend="kde">KDE</link> and CDE (soon to be replaced by
- GNOME).
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="device"><glossterm>Device</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A piece of hardware with which the system interacts, such as a
- hard disk, modem, or mouse.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="directory"><glossterm>Directory</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A branch within UNIX's hierarchical file system; a
- <quote>folder</quote> containing files or other directories
- (called <quote>subdirectories</quote>).
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="filesystem" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="dns"><glossterm>DNS</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Domain Name Service; converting domain names (such as
- <systemitem>www.gnome.org</systemitem>) into <link
- linkend="ipaddress">IP addresses</link> such as
- <systemitem>209.116.70.70</systemitem>. If you want to use
- domain names, your computer must be configured to connect to
- one of DNS servers which would do this conversion.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER E=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="E"><title>E</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="email"><glossterm>Electronic mail (e-mail)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A way of exchanging messages between users of computers
- connected to a network (local or Internet).
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="encoding"><glossterm>Encoding</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A correspondence between characters of some <link
- linkend="charset">character set</link> and character codes,
- i.e. internal computer presentation of the symbols. In order to
- be able to read a text file, you need to know its character set
- and encoding.
- </para>
- <para>In most encodings, each symbol is represented by one
- <link linkend="byte">byte</link>, which is equivalent to a
- number from 0 to 255; the characters corresponding to codes 0
- to 127 coincide with the <link linkend="ascii">ASCII</link>
- standard, while the characters with codes higher than 127 vary
- between encodings. For Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and similar
- character sets, each symbol is represented by 2 bytes.
- </para>
- <para> The most common encoding is
- <systemitem>iso-8859-1</systemitem>; in addition to ASCII
- characters, it also contains accented letters covering most of
- Western European languages. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="envar"><glossterm>Environment variable</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A global <quote>setting</quote>, or configuration
- parameter, which is available to all applications. Each
- environment variable has a name and a value (which usually is a
- string of symbols or an integer number). Any application you run
- can access any of the environment variables. For example, there
- is a standard environment variable <envar>HOME</envar>, whose
- value is the user's home directory (for example,
- <filename>/home/joe</filename>), and any application which wants
- to create a file in your home directory uses this variable to
- find out what your home directory is.
- </para>
- <para> To view all currenlty defined environment variables, use
- the command <command>printenv</command> (provided that you have
- GNU shell utils package installed). To modify a value of
- environment variable, use the command
- <command>export
- <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>= <replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>;
- </command> if you are using bash <link
- linkend="shell">shell</link> or <command>setenv
- <replaceable>NAME VALUE</replaceable>;</command> if you are
- using csh or tcsh <link
- linkend="shell">shell</link>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="ethernet"><glossterm>Ethernet</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A protocol for network communication, developed in the 1980s and
- commonly used for Local Area Networks (LANs) and other network
- communication.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER F=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="F"><title>F</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="file"><glossterm>File</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>Any piece of information (text, graphics, executable) put
- together and given a name. All the information you have on the
- hard drive is arranged as a collection of files.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="filesystem" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="filesystem"><glossterm>Filesystem</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A collection of all the files and directories on a system
- arranged in a tree-like hierarchy.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="file" />
- <glossseealso otherterm="directory" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="foreground"><glossterm>Foreground</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- To run a program so that its output is visible to the user, or to
- bring a previously <quote>backgrounded</quote> program to the foreground.
- Programs running in the foreground can display output and receive
- input from the user.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="background" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="ftp">
- <glossterm>File Transfer Protocol (<acronym>FTP</acronym>)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A protocol for exchanging files over the <link
- linkend="internet">Internet</link> or local network. There is a
- number of utilities based on this protocol, such as
- <application>gFTP</application>; you can also use command
- <command>ftp</command> on the command line. In addition, most
- file managers and Web browsers have built-in FTP capabilities.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="freesoftware"><glossterm>Free software</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>As defined by Free Software Foundation, free software is
- software that comes with permission for anyone to use, copy, and
- distribute, either verbatim or with modifications, either gratis
- or for a fee. In particular, this means that the source code must
- be available.
- </para>
- <para>
- This is very close, but not identical, to the notion of <link
- linkend="opensource">Open Source</link> software. Detailed
- discussion of this and related topics can be found on <ulink
- type="http"
- url="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free
- Software Foundation's Web page</ulink>.
- </para>
-
- <glossseealso otherterm="gpl" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER G=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="G"><title>G</title>
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="gnome"><glossterm>GNOME</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A <link linkend="freesoftware">free</link> <link
- linkend="desktopenv">desktop environment</link> for UNIX and
- UNIX-like operating systems; one of the two leading desktop
- environments for Linux (the other one is <link
- linkend="kde">KDE</link>). For more information, please
- visit <ulink type="http" url="http:///www.gnome.org/">GNOME
- Web site</ulink>.
- </para>
- <para> Officially, GNOME stands for GNU Network Object Model
- Environment. The only part of this name that really matters is
- GNU, which is there to indicate that GNOME is a part of the
- larger <link linkend="gnu">GNU project</link>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="gnu"><glossterm>GNU</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- GNU's Not UNIX; a project to develop a complete UNIX-like
- operating system which is <link linkend="freesoftware">free
- software</link>. Combination of tools and utilities produced
- by GNU project with <link linkend="linux">Linux</link> kernel
- is widely known under the name <quote>Linux operating
- system</quote>; more accurately, such a system should be
- called GNU/Linux.
- </para>
- <para>
- For more information about GNU project, visit its <ulink
- type="http" url="http://www.gnu.org/">Web page</ulink>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="gpl"><glossterm>GNU General Public License
- (<acronym>GPL</acronym>)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A software license developed by the Free Software
- Foundation. In short, it allows anyone to use, copy, distribute,
- or sell the software, in original or modified form, as long as
- you distribute the program's source code along with the
- binaries, and you distribute them again under the GPL. A copy of
- the GPL is included as an appendix to GNOME User's guide. You
- can also view GPL on-line on <ulink type="http"
- url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl">FSF's Web page</ulink>.
- </para>
- <para> GPL plays an extremely important role in the free
- software movement; almost all of GNU project software, as well
- as <link linkend="linux">Linux</link> kernel, is distributed
- under GPL. For a detailed discussion of history, ideas and
- philosophy related to GPL and free sofware in general, visit
- <ulink type="http" url="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy">FSF's Web
- page</ulink>.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="freesoftware" />
- <glossseealso otherterm="opensource" />
- <glossseealso otherterm="gnu" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="gtk">
- <glossterm>GIMP Toolkit (<acronym>GTK</acronym>)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A collection of tools for creating screen widgets
- such as scrollbars, menus, checkbuttons, etc. in
- applications. GTK is used by all GNOME applications.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER H=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="H"><title>H</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="hot-key">
- <glossterm>Hot Key</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Hot-keys are keyboard combinations used to do actions on a
- computer instead of using the mouse to do the same action.
- Hot-keys can speed up computer usage. Also known under the name
- <quote>keyboard shortcut</quote> or <quote>keyboard
- accelerator</quote>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="html">
- <glossterm>HTML</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>Hypertext Markup Language; the language in which all the
- Web pages in the world are written. HTML can also be used for
- e-mails, which allows having nicely formatted e-mails, possibly
- including images and links.
- </para>
- <para> More information about HTML can be found on the Web page
- of <ulink type="http" url="http://www.w3c.org">World Wide Web
- Consortium</ulink>, which is the official maintainer of HTML
- standard.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="http"><glossterm>HTTP</glossterm>
- <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol; the protocol by which web pages and
- other web-accessible resources are delivered. Whenever you are
- browsing the Web, your browser uses HTTP to communicate with the
- Web server and request a Web page.
- </para>
- <para>
- HTTP is defined in <ulink type="http"
- url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1945.txt">RFC 1945</ulink>
- (HTTP 1.0) and <ulink
- type="http"
- url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2068.txt">RFC 2068</ulink>
- (HTTP 1.1).
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER I=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="I"><title>I</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="ide"><glossterm>IDE</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Intergrated Drive Electronics; an interface for connecting
- hard drives and other similar devices to your computer. IDE
- is an old interface; nowadays, most drives use an enhanced
- version of IDE, EIDE.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="SCSI" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="icon"><glossterm>Icon</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A small picture used within a graphical user interface to indicate
- a program, file, or other part of a computer system.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="internet"><glossterm>Internet</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>Unless you spent the last 20 years on a deserted island,
- you probably know what Internet is. But just in case: Internet
- is the network of millions of computers all around the world,
- connected to each other by some hardware means (cables, wires,
- phone lines, communication satellites) and communicating with
- each other using some standard protocols. Internet makes it
- possible for users of these computers to send and receive
- <link linkend="email">electronic mail</link>, browse the <link
- linkend="www">World Wide Web</link>, exchange files (using <link
- linkend="ftp">FTP protocol</link>), remotely login into your
- computer from other places (using <link
- linkend="telnet">telnet</link>), and more.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="ipaddress">
- <glossterm> <acronym>IP</acronym> address</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A unique address assigned to each computer connected to
- the <link linkend="internet">Internet</link> or a local
- network. Has the form <systemitem>a.b.c.d</systemitem>, where
- a,b,c,d are numbers from 0 to 255, subject to a number of rules
- and conventions.
- </para>
- <para>All communication between computers on the Internet is
- based on IP addresses; however, on a properly set up network you
- can instead use domain names (such as www.gnome.org), which are
- automatically transformed to IP addresses using <link
- linkend="dns">Domain Name Service</link> (DNS).
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER J===================================
-<glossdiv id="J"><title>J</title>
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
--->
-<!-- ===LETTER K=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="K"><title>K</title>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="kde"><glossterm>KDE</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A <link linkend="desktopenv"> desktop environment</link> for
- UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems; one of two leading
- desktop environments for Linux (the other one is <link
- linkend="gnome">GNOME</link>). For more infrmation visit
- <ulink type="http" url="http://www.kde.org">KDE Web
- site</ulink>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="kernel"><glossterm>Kernel</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>The core component of an operating system, responsible for
- basic operations such as accessing the files, input/output,
- managing the processor and memory resources, etc. All other
- tools, utilities, and applications use the kernel.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER L=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="L"><title>L</title>
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="linux"><glossterm>Linux</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A free (as in <link linkend="gpl">GNU GPL</link>) <link
- linkend="UNIX">UNIX-like</link> operating system, written in
- collaboration by hundreds of developers all around the world,
- most of them volunteers. One of the most successful and famous
- <link linkend="freesoftware">free software</link> projects.
- </para>
- <para>Strictly speaking, the name <quote>Linux</quote> only
- applies to the <link linkend="kernel">kernel</link> of the
- operating system. Most of other tools and utilities necessary
- for system functioning came from <link linkend="gnu">GNU
- project</link>, so the operating system should be properly
- called <quote>GNU/Linux</quote>; however, for convenience
- reasons most people use the name Linux for the whole operating
- system.
- </para>
- <para>There is a tremendous amount of information about Linux
- available on the Internet; good starting points are <ulink
- type="http"
- url="http://www.linux.com">www.linux.com</ulink>,
- <ulink type="http"
- url="http://www.linux.org">www.linux.org</ulink>. There is
- also a number of good books about Linux available in bookstores;
- if you have a Linux system, you probably also have a lot of Linux
- documentaion installed on your system.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="login"><glossterm>login</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The process by which a user authenticates herself to a computer
- system, usually by typing in a username and password.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="user" />
- <glossseealso otherterm="username" />
- <glossseealso otherterm="password" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER M=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="M"><title>M</title>
-
-
-
- <glossentry id="mail-client">
- <glossterm>Mail Client</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- An application which a user reads and sends
- their e-mail with. Also called Mail User Agent (MUA).
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="manpage"><glossterm>Manual page (manpage)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A documentation resource commonly provided with UNIX programs.
- Manual pages typically contain concise technical listings of
- available <link linkend="clo">command line options</link> and
- other settings which affect the running of the program. Can be
- viewed using GNOME Help Browser or by typing <command>man
- <replaceable>commandname</replaceable></command> on the command
- line.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="menu"><glossterm>Menu</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A list of possible actions or options available within a program.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="mime"><glossterm>MIME type</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A <quote>type</quote> of the file, describing what kind of
- data and in which format this file contains; for example, MIME
- type <filename>image/jpeg</filename> is used for graphic files
- in JPEG format. Used by many applications (such as file
- manager) to determine what application should be used to open
- or edit a given file. This can be configured using
- <application>GNOME Control Center</application>.
- </para>
- <para> The acronym MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail
- Extension, since originally it was used to describe types of
- files sent in e-mail.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="mount"><glossterm>Mount</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A command instructing the operating system to incorporate
- contents of a <link linkend="device">device</link> (such as a
- hard drive or a CD-ROM) into the system's link <link
- linkend="filesystem">file system</link>. Requires the device
- name (e.g. <filename>/dev/cdrom</filename>) and the mount point,
- i.e. the name of the directory under which the contents of the
- device will be shown (e.g.,
- <filename>/mnt/cdrom</filename>). You must mount any device
- before you can access files on it, and unmount it before
- physically disconnnecting or removing the drive. For more
- information, see Appendix <citetitle>If you are new to
- UNIX</citetitle> in <citetitle>GNOME User's Guide</citetitle> or
- manual page for <command>mount</command>. <!--
-
-To make a
- <link linkend="device">device</link> accessible via the UNIX
- <link linkend="filesystem">file system</link>. -->
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="mountpoint"><glossterm>Mount point</glossterm>
- <glosssee otherterm="mount" />
- <!-- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The directory on which a <link linkend="device">device</link> is
- mounted. For instance, a CD-ROM disk may be mounted on the
- directory <filename>/mnt/cdrom</filename>. That directory would
- be referred to as the mount point.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="mount" />
- </glossdef> -->
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="mousecursor"><glossterm>Mouse cursor</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- An small icon (usually an arrow) used to indicate the position
- of the mouse on the <link linkend="desktop">desktop</link>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER N=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="N"><title>N</title>
-
- <glossentry id="nautilus">
- <glossterm>Nautilus</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- <application>Nautilus</application> is the next generation file
- manager for <acronym>GNOME</acronym> being written by Eazel.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER O=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="O"><title>O</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="opensource"><glossterm>Open Source</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Refers to software for which both the executable files and
- the source code can be freely redistributed and re-used in
- other products. This term was introduced by <ulink
- type="http" url="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source
- Intiative</ulink>; it is very close, but not identical to
- the notion of <link linkend="freesoftware">free
- software</link> used by the Free software Foundation.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER P=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="P"><title>P</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="partition"><glossterm>Partition</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Hard disks and other similar devices can be
- <quote>divided</quote> into parts which, for all practical
- purposes, can be used as separate disks; these parts are
- called partitions. For example, you can create partitions of
- differrent types (e.g., <filename>FAT32</filename> used by
- Windows and <filename>ext2</filename> used by Linux) on the
- same disk, format them independently of each other, and so
- on.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="device" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="password"><glossterm>Password</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A string of typable characters (letters, numbers, punctuation
- marks, etc.) used to authenticate a user's
- identity. Required for <link linkend="login">logging in</link>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="pid">
- <glossterm>Process ID (<acronym>PID</acronym>)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The ID number by which the system identifies individual processes.
- The first process to run on the system has PID 0.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="process" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="pixel"><glossterm>Pixel</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A single element, or <quote>dot</quote>, on the computer's
- screen. A pixel's colour is made up of a mixture of red, green
- and blue light. Screen resolution is measured in pixels.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="resolution" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="pointer"><glossterm>Pointer</glossterm>
- <glosssee otherterm="mousecursor" />
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="ppp">
- <glossterm>Point-to-point protocol (<acronym>PPP</acronym>) </glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A protocol allowing a computer to connect to a <link
- linkend="tcpip">TCP/IP</link> network via a modem. A PPP
- connection allows an ordinary home computer connected to a
- telephone line to become a part of the <link
- linkend="internet">Internet</link>
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="postscript"><glossterm>Postscript</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A language for desribing printed pages, developed by
- <ulink type="http" url="http://www.adobe.com">Adobe
- Corporation</ulink>. Can be used to describe both graphics and
- text, black and white or color. Postscript is the
- de-facto standard for quality printing; almost all printing
- in UNIX is done by converting the data to be printed to
- Postscript before sending it to printer. If your printer does
- not have built-in Postscript capabilities, then your system is
- probably configured to convert Postscript to something you
- printer can print.
- </para>
- <para> Postscript files can also be saved to disk; they usually
- have extension <filename>.ps</filename>. There is a number of
- utilities for viewing Postscript files, such as
- <application>gv</application> or
- <application>ggv</application>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="process"><glossterm>Process</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para> A task run by the operating system. UNIX is a
- multitasking sytem, so at any given moment there are many
- processes running. Usually, each command or application you
- start is run as a new process; some applications may run several
- processes. In addition, there is also a number of system
- processes which run in the background to ensure proper
- functioning of the system.
- </para>
- <para>Each process has a unique ID number
- (<acronym>PID</acronym>). You can view the list of all the
- processes running on your system using <application>GNOME System
- monitor (gtop)</application> or
- <application>Ktop</application>. See the documentation for these
- applications for more information.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER Q===================================
-<glossdiv id="Q"><title>Q</title>
-
-</glossdiv>
--->
-
-<!-- ===LETTER R=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="R"><title>R</title>
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="resolution"><glossterm>Resolution</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A measurement indicating the height and width of the visible
- screen of a computer in <link linkend="pixel">pixels</link>.
- Typical resolutions include 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="rootdir"><glossterm>Root directory</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The top level directory of a UNIX file system, containing all
- other files and directories. Root directory is denoted by a
- single slash (<filename>/</filename>).
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="filesystem" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="rootuser"><glossterm>Root (user)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The privileged user on a UNIX system; has full control over
- the system and all files on it, including those of other
- users. Is typically used by system administartor for system
- maintenance.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="sysadmin" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="rootwindow"><glossterm>Root window</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The background of an X11 desktop, in which background images
- (<quote>wallpaper</quote>) or running programs may be displayed.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="rpm">
- <glossterm>RPM package</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A file containing in it in a packed form all the files
- comprising an application (executable files, documentation,
- configuration, etc.), plus some extra information about the
- application, such as a brief description and dependency
- information. The RPM format makes installing, un-installing,
- upgrading, and keeping track of the applications installed on
- your system very easy. There is a number of tools available for
- working with RPM packages, such as
- <application>gnorpm</application> or
- <application>Kpackage</application>. For those who prefer the
- command line, there is also the <command>rpm</command> command.
- See the documentation for these utilities or <ulink type="http"
- url="http://www.rpm.org">RPM's Web page</ulink> for more information.
- </para>
- <para>
- RPM format was developed by <ulink type="http"
- url="http://www.redhat.com">Red Hat, Inc</ulink>; the acronym
- RPM stands for RPM Package Manager.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER S=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="S"><title>S</title>
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="screen"><glossterm>Screen</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The physical monitor device of a computer, consisting of a cathode
- ray tube, liquid crystal display, or similar means of displaying
- <link linkend="pixel">pixels</link>; the visible picture displayed
- on the monitor.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="screensaver"><glossterm>Screensaver</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A program which blanks the screen or displays pretty or
- entertaining graphics after a period of inactivity on the
- console. Originally intended to prevent <quote>burn-in</quote>
- of images on older cathode-ray tubes, screensavers are now used
- primarily for entertainment purposes or to lock an unused
- terminal, requiring the user to enter a <link
- linkend="password">password</link> to return to the normal
- display.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="script"><glossterm>Script</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A program written in an interpreted language, i.e. a language
- where the commands are executed one by one as you enter them
- (as opposed to compiled languages, in which the whole program
- must first be translated into machine codes (compiled) to
- create an executable file). By far the most common type of
- scripts are shell scripts, which are simply sequences of <link
- linkend="shell">shell</link> commands. Other popular types of
- scripts are javascripts used in Web pages, perl scripts and
- Tcl/Tk scripts.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="shell" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="scsi"><glossterm>SCSI</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Small Computer System Interface; an interface for connecting
- various computer components, such as hard drives. Works
- faster than the more common <link linkend="ide">IDE</link>
- interface, but is more expensive, so it is used mostly on
- servers.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
-
- <glossentry id="segfault">
- <glossterm>Segmentation fault (segfault)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A program crash. More precisely, this is what happens when a
- program tries to access resources which do not belong to it;
- in such a case, for security reasons the operating system
- immediately kills the offending program. Segfaults are
- almost always caused by bugs in the program.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="shell"><glossterm>Shell</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Any of a number of UNIX programs which interpret commands typed
- by the user before passing them to the operating system and
- provide other features such as command history, aliasing, and
- scripting. Examples include <command>bash</command> and
- <command>tcsh</command>. Shells are often displayed in a <link
- linkend="terminal">terminal</link> window.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="smtp">
- <glossterm>SMTP</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol; a protocol used for exchanging
- electronic mail messages between machines on a network.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="spam">
- <glossterm>Spam</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Useless e-mail. Spam normally comes in forms of
- chain-letters and advertisements for websites or services.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="symlink"><glossterm>Symbolic link (symlink)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A file of special type which contains no data but instead, points
- to another file or directory. Equivalent
- to a <quote>shortcut</quote> under Windows.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="sysadmin"><glossterm>System administrator</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The person responsible for administration and maintenance of a
- computer system.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="rootuser" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER T=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="T"><title>T</title>
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="tarball"><glossterm>Tar archive (tarball)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A file created using the <command>tar</command> (Tape ARchive)
- program, which conglomerates multiple files, or even a whole
- directory tree, into one file for easy storage or transfer. These
- archives are often compressed using the <command>gzip</command>
- program and given a filename extension of
- <filename>.tar.gz</filename>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="tcpip"><glossterm>TCP/IP</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol; pair of
- protocols used for all communication between computers on
- the Internet and most local networks. TCP/IP serves as a
- basis for higher level protocols (FTP, telnet, SMTP,
- &hellip;): all information sent from one computer to another
- on the Internet, be it an e-mail message or a Web page, is
- sent as a collection of TCP/IP packets.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="telnet"><glossterm>Telnet</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A protocol allowing logging into your computer account
- via Internet or local network from another computer; also, the
- command using this protocol. For more
- information, see manual page for <command>telnet</command>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="terminal"><glossterm>Terminal</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>Originally, a physical device, a monitor capable of
- showing text output with a connected keyboard. Nowadays, mostly
- used to refer to a window on your screen which emulates one of
- these terminals and provides a command line prompt for entering
- commands and running text-based applications.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="theme"><glossterm>Theme</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- An integrated collection of graphical elements intended to give
- the desktop a certain look and feel. Common theme components
- include matching backgrounds, icons, and window decorations.
- </para>
- <para> The look of GNOME desktop is determined by 2 themes: a
- GTK theme, which determines the look of application menus,
- toolbars and other widgets, and window manager theme, which
- determines window borders, buttons, and window title font.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER U=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="U"><title>U</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="unicode"><glossterm>Unicode</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A <link linkend="charset">character set</link> which strives
- to include all symbols in all human alphabets, and all special
- symbol used by people. It is a work in progress; the latest
- version of Unicode (3.0) includes 49,194 characters and covers
- languages ranging from English to Chinese to Cherokee. For
- more information, see <ulink type="http"
- url="http://www.unicode.org/">Unicode
- Consortium Web site</ulink>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="UNIX"><glossterm>UNIX</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- An operating system originally developed at Bell Labs in the early
- 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie; any of a large number of
- operating systems sharing many features with the original UNIX
- operating system, such as Sun's <systemitem>Solaris</systemitem>
- or IBM's <systemitem>AIX</systemitem>.
- </para>
- <para> For legal reasons, operating systems such as
- <systemitem>FreeBSD</systemitem> and
- <systemitem>Linux</systemitem> can not be called UNIX, but
- they do share all important features with UNIX systems; thus,
- they are commonly called <quote>UNIX-like</quote>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="usb"><glossterm>USB</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>Universal Serial Bus; an interface for connecting
- various peripherals, from keyboard to digital cameras, to the
- computer.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="user"><glossterm>User</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- An actual person who uses a computer system, identified by a
- unique <link linkend="username">username</link>, or a virtual
- person or <quote>role</quote> similarly identified by a unique
- username. Virtual users may be used to run <link
- linkend="daemon">daemons</link> or other software.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="username"><glossterm>Username</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A string of alphanumeric characters uniquely identifying a <link
- linkend="user">user</link> of a computer system. Most usernames
- are based on the user's real name, so Mary Smith might have the
- username <quote>mary</quote> or <quote>msmith</quote>.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="login" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="url">
- <glossterm>Uniform Resource Locator (<acronym>URL</acronym>)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>An <quote>address</quote>, or <quote>location</quote>, of
- a document. Most common URL types are a Web address (such as
- <systemitem>http://www.gnome.org</systemitem>), a file on a
- FTP server (e.g.,
- <systemitem>ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub</systemitem>), or a file
- on your own local system (e.g.,
- <systemitem>file:/usr/doc/</systemitem>). Formal definition
- of URL (which is a subset of more general notion, Uniform
- Resource Identifier (URI)) is given in <ulink type="http"
- url="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC2396</ulink>,
- (beware: as any formal deinition, this one is way too
- technical for greater majority of users).
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER V=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="V"><title>V</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="vdesktop"><glossterm>Virtual desktop</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Some <link linkend="wmanager">window managers</link> allow
- the user to have several <quote>virtual desktops</quote>;you
- could have application windows open and working on all of
- them, even though at every moment, only one of the virtual
- desktops is shown on your screen. Similar to having several
- physical desks in your office so that you can put your
- papers on all of them, even though you can only work at one
- desk at a time
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="workspace" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER W=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="W"><title>W</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="widget"><glossterm>Widget</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A single element of a graphical user interface, such as a button,
- scrollbar, or text input area.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="window"><glossterm>Window</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The interface element used to display most applications under a
- windowing GUI such as <link linkend="xwin">X Window
- System</link>. Windows typically consist of a main area in
- which typing or other work occurs, a title bar (which may
- contain buttons to minimize, maximize or close the window),
- window-specific menus, and a scroll bar down either side of the
- window if required.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="wmanager"><glossterm>Window manager</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- A program which extends the capabilities of the <link
- linkend="xwin">X Window System</link> by providing
- most of the user-friendly <link linkend="widget">widgets</link>
- people expect from a windowing system, such as window borders,
- buttons and menus, ways of moving, resizing, and hiding
- windows, placing the icons on your desktop, and so on. Examples of
- window managers include <application>Sawfish</application> and
- <application>Windowmaker</application>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="workspace"><glossterm>Workspace</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- Same as <link linkend="vdesktop">virtual desktop</link>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="www">
- <glossterm>World Wide Web (<acronym>WWW</acronym>)</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- The most visible part of the <link
- linkend="internet">Internet</link>; the World Wide Web is
- formed by all the
- Web pages available on the Internet and all the links among
- them.
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm="html" />
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER X=================================== -->
-<glossdiv id="X"><title>X</title>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="xwin"><glossterm>X Window System</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A graphical system commonly used with UNIX operating
- systems; also known under the names X11 or simply X. X is
- responsible for putting windows, icons, text, and other
- graphical elements on your screen. X is always used in
- combination with <link linkend="wmanager">window manager</link>,
- which provides higher level functions such as moving,
- minimizing, and maximizing windows.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="x11"><glossterm>X11</glossterm>
- <glosssee otherterm="xwin" />
- </glossentry>
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="xfree"><glossterm>XFree86</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A freely redistributable implementation of the
- <link linkend="xwin">X Window System</link>
- that runs on UNIX-like operating systems (and OS/2). For more
- information, visit <ulink type="http"
- url="http://www.xfree86.org/">XFree86 Web page</ulink>.
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-<!-- ==================== -->
- <glossentry id="xserver"><glossterm>X server</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
-
-
-<!-- ===LETTER Y===================================
-<glossdiv id="Y"><title>Y</title>
-
-</glossdiv>
-
--->
-<!-- ===LETTER Z===================================
-<glossdiv id="Z"><title>Z</title>
-
-</glossdiv>
--->
-
-<!-- ===LETTER ===================================
-<glossdiv id=""><title></title>
- ====================
- <glossentry id=""><glossterm></glossterm>
- <acronym></acronym>
- <glossdef>
- <para>
- </para>
- <glossseealso otherterm=""/>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-
-
-</glossdiv>
--->
-
-</glossary>
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/glossary/Makefile.am b/glossary/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index b244ce2..0000000
--- a/glossary/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-SUBDIRS = C es
diff --git a/glossary/es/glossary-es.omf b/glossary/es/glossary-es.omf
deleted file mode 100644
index 462c301..0000000
--- a/glossary/es/glossary-es.omf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
-<omf>
- <resource>
- <title>
- Glosario
- </title>
- <subject>
- <category>General</category>
- </subject>
- <format mime="text/sgml"/>
- <identifier url="glossary.sgml"/>
- <language code="es"/>
- </resource>
-</omf>
diff --git a/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/it/applets/README b/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/it/applets/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 69f999d..0000000
--- a/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/it/applets/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Per leandro:
-
-Documenti da tradurre:
-
-gnome-core/applets/gen_util/help: fatto
-gnome-core/applets/fish/help: fatto
-gnome-core/applets/tasklist/help: fatto
-gnome-core/applets/desk-guide/help: fatto \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/it/applets/applet2ug b/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/it/applets/applet2ug
deleted file mode 100755
index c1c2be5..0000000
--- a/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/it/applets/applet2ug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-#
-# THIS SCRIPT CHANGES THE SECTION LABELLING
-#
-# example input name: sound-monitor or sound-monitor.sgml
-# example output name: sound-monitor.sgml.ug
-#
-
-$_ = shift @ARGV;
-s/.sgml//;
-$basename=$_;
-$infilename=$basename . ".sgml";
-$outfilename=$basename . "-ug.sgml";
-
-print ("Reading: $infilename\n");
-open (IN,$infilename) || die "can't open file: $!";
-print ("Writing: $outfilename\n");
-open (OUT,">$outfilename") || die "can't open file for writing: $!";
-
-while (<IN>) {
- # Now comment out the license
- s/<sect2 id="license">/<!--
- <sect2 id="license">/;
- s/<\/sect1>/-->
- <\/sect1>/;
-
- # Start by substituting sections (sect4->sect5, sect3->sect4, ...)
- s/sect4/sect5/;
- s/sect3/sect4/;
- s/sect2/sect3/;
- s/sect1/sect2/;
-
- # Now try to pluck out any id's which could be problematic
- s/id="authors"/id="$basename-authors"/;
- s/id="bugs"/id="$basename-bugs"/;
- s/id="prefs"/id="$basename-prefs"/;
- s/id="usage"/id="$basename-usage"/;
-
- print OUT $_;
-}
-close (IN) || die "can't close $infilename: $!";
-close (OUT) || die "can't close $outfilename: $!";