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major surgery, reordering sections and collapsing some "Assigning Actions
* gosnautilus.xml: major surgery, reordering sections and collapsing some "Assigning Actions to Files" folded into "Opening Files" "Changing Backgrounds" moved to "Modifying the Appearance of Files and Folders" "Nautilus Preferences" promoted to top-level
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diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog b/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
index 64c9b0d..1f72d0b 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
2006-02-26 Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko@yahoo.com>
+ * gosnautilus.xml:
+ major surgery, reordering sections and collapsing some
+ "Assigning Actions to Files" folded into "Opening Files"
+ "Changing Backgrounds" moved to "Modifying the Appearance of Files and Folders"
+ "Nautilus Preferences" promoted to top-level
+
+2006-02-26 Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko@yahoo.com>
+
* gosstartsession.xml:
added username in Log Out menu entry (fixes bug 332445)
removed paragraph on save session dialog (fixes bug 332609)
diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosnautilus.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosnautilus.xml
index 98c34ef..6abb7e0 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosnautilus.xml
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosnautilus.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,204 @@ folder. The desktop contains special icons allowing easy access to the users Hom
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+ <!-- ====================================================== Spatial mode -->
+ <sect1 id="nautilus-spatial-mode">
+ <title>Spatial Mode</title>
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-24"/>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>navigating</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>The following section describes how to browse your system using the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager when configured in spatial mode. In spatial mode, each <application>Nautilus</application> window corresponds to a single folder. When you open a folder its window appears at the same place on the screen as the last time you looked at it. This is the default behaviour in <application>Nautilus</application>.</para>
+ <para>For a comparison of browser mode and spatial mode, see <xref linkend="nautilus-presentation"/>.</para>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-510">
+ <title>Spatial Windows</title>
+ <para>A new spatial window opens each time you open a folder. To open a folder, do one of the following:</para>
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-25"/><!-- removed id: Displaying Folder Contents -->
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Double-click the folder's icon on the desktop or an existing window</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Select the folder, and press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Select the folder, and press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>down arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Choose an item from the <link linkend="places-menu"><guimenuitem>Places</guimenuitem> menu</link> on the top panel. Your Home Folder and folders you have bookmarked are listed here. For more on bookmarks, see <xref linkend="nautilus-bookmarks"/>.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>To close the current folder while opening the new one, hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> when double-clicking, or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>down arrow</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
+
+ <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-FIG-504"/> shows a spatial mode window
+that displays the contents of the Computer folder.</para>
+ <figure id="gosnautilus-FIG-504">
+ <title>Contents of a folder in a spatial mode.<indexterm><primary>file
+manager</primary><secondary>icon view</secondary><tertiary>illustration</tertiary></indexterm></title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_spatial_view.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Displaying a folder in spatial mode.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+ <para>In spatial mode each open <application>Nautilus</application> windows shows only one location. Selecting a second location will open a second <application>Nautilus</application> window. Because each location remembers the previous position on screen in which it was opened it allows you to easily recognize folders when many of them are open at once.</para>
+ <para>Some people consider spatial mode better, particularly for moving files or folders to different location, others find the number of open windows daunting. <xref linkend="gosnautilus-FIG-naut-spatial-many-open" /> shows an example of spatial browsing with many open locations.</para>
+ <figure id="gosnautilus-FIG-naut-spatial-many-open">
+ <title>Three Folders Opened in Spatial Mode.</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_spatial_mode.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Three Folders Opened in Spatial Mode.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+<note>
+<para>Because spatial mode will fill your screen with <application>Nautilus</application> windows it is important to be able to reposition them effectively. By holding the the <keycap>ALT</keycap> and clicking anywhere within the bounds of a <application>Nautilus</application> window you may reposition it simply, instead of the requiring that you reposition it by dragging its title bar.</para>
+</note>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="nautilus-spatial-components">
+ <title>Spatial Window Components</title>
+ <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-85"/> describes the components of file
+object windows.</para>
+ <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-85">
+ <title>The Spatial Window Components</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="29.39*"/>
+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="70.61*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>Component</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Menubar</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Contains menus that you use to perform tasks in the file manager.</para>
+ <para>You can also open a popup menu from file manager windows. To open this
+popup menu right-click in a file manager window. The items in this menu depend
+on where you right-click. For example, when you right-click on a file or folder,
+you can choose items related to the file or folder. When you right-click on
+the background of a view pane, you can choose items related to the display
+of items in the view pane.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-components-view"/>
+ <para>View pane</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Shows the contents of the following:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Folders</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>FTP sites</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Windows shares</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>WebDAV servers</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Locations that correspond to special URIs</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>Statusbar</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Displays status information.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>Parent folder selector</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>This drop-down list shows the hierarchy of the folder. Choose a folder from the list to open it.</para>
+ <tip><para>Hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> while choosing from the list to close the current folder as you open the new one.</para></tip>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-4">
+ <title>Displaying Your Home Folder in a Spatial Window</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>Home location</secondary>
+ <see>Home location</see>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Home location</primary>
+ <secondary>displaying</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>To display your Home Folder,
+perform one of the following actions:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Double-click on the <guilabel>Home</guilabel> object on the
+desktop.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>From a folder window's menubar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem><para>From the top panel menubar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>The spatial window displays the contents of your Home Folder.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-511">
+ <title>Displaying a Parent Folder</title>
+ <para>A parent folder is the folder that contains the current folder. To display the contents of your current folder's parent, do one of the following:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open Parent</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>up arrow</keycap></keycombo>. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Choose from the parent folder selector at the bottom left of the window.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>To close the current folder while opening the parent, hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> while choosing from the parent folder selector, or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>up arrow</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-512">
+ <title>Closing Folders</title>
+ <para>To close folders you may simply click on the close window button, this however may not be the most efficient way to close many windows.
+If you would like to view only the current folder, and not the folders you opened to reach the current folder, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close Parent Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+If want to close all folders on the screen, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close All Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-501">
+ <title>Displaying a Folder in a Browser Window</title>
+ <para>If you wish to display a single folder in browser mode, while otherwise continuing to work in spatial mode, perform the following steps:</para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Select a folder in while in spatial mode.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Browse Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
<!-- ====================================================== Browser mode -->
<sect1 id="nautilus-browser-mode">
<title>Browser Mode</title>
@@ -651,204 +849,9 @@ the item in the <guilabel>History</guilabel> list.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
- </sect1>
- <!-- ====================================================== Spatial mode -->
- <sect1 id="nautilus-spatial-mode">
- <title>Spatial Mode</title>
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-24"/>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>navigating</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>The following section describes how to browse your system using the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager when configured in spatial mode. In spatial mode, each <application>Nautilus</application> window corresponds to a single folder. When you open a folder its window appears at the same place on the screen as the last time you looked at it. This is the default behaviour in <application>Nautilus</application>.</para>
- <para>For a comparison of browser mode and spatial mode, see <xref linkend="nautilus-presentation"/>.</para>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-510">
- <title>Spatial Windows</title>
- <para>A new spatial window opens each time you open a folder. To open a folder, do one of the following:</para>
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-25"/><!-- removed id: Displaying Folder Contents -->
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>Double-click the folder's icon on the desktop or an existing window</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select the folder, and press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select the folder, and press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>down arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Choose an item from the <link linkend="places-menu"><guimenuitem>Places</guimenuitem> menu</link> on the top panel. Your Home Folder and folders you have bookmarked are listed here. For more on bookmarks, see <xref linkend="nautilus-bookmarks"/>.</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- <para>To close the current folder while opening the new one, hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> when double-clicking, or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>down arrow</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
-
- <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-FIG-504"/> shows a spatial mode window
-that displays the contents of the Computer folder.</para>
- <figure id="gosnautilus-FIG-504">
- <title>Contents of a folder in a spatial mode.<indexterm><primary>file
-manager</primary><secondary>icon view</secondary><tertiary>illustration</tertiary></indexterm></title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_spatial_view.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>Displaying a folder in spatial mode.</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
- <para>In spatial mode each open <application>Nautilus</application> windows shows only one location. Selecting a second location will open a second <application>Nautilus</application> window. Because each location remembers the previous position on screen in which it was opened it allows you to easily recognize folders when many of them are open at once.</para>
- <para>Some people consider spatial mode better, particularly for moving files or folders to different location, others find the number of open windows daunting. <xref linkend="gosnautilus-FIG-naut-spatial-many-open" /> shows an example of spatial browsing with many open locations.</para>
- <figure id="gosnautilus-FIG-naut-spatial-many-open">
- <title>Three Folders Opened in Spatial Mode.</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_spatial_mode.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>Three Folders Opened in Spatial Mode.</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-<note>
-<para>Because spatial mode will fill your screen with <application>Nautilus</application> windows it is important to be able to reposition them effectively. By holding the the <keycap>ALT</keycap> and clicking anywhere within the bounds of a <application>Nautilus</application> window you may reposition it simply, instead of the requiring that you reposition it by dragging its title bar.</para>
-</note>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="nautilus-spatial-components">
- <title>Spatial Window Components</title>
- <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-85"/> describes the components of file
-object windows.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-85">
- <title>The Spatial Window Components</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="29.39*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="70.61*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Component</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Menubar</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Contains menus that you use to perform tasks in the file manager.</para>
- <para>You can also open a popup menu from file manager windows. To open this
-popup menu right-click in a file manager window. The items in this menu depend
-on where you right-click. For example, when you right-click on a file or folder,
-you can choose items related to the file or folder. When you right-click on
-the background of a view pane, you can choose items related to the display
-of items in the view pane.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-components-view"/>
- <para>View pane</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Shows the contents of the following:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Folders</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>FTP sites</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Windows shares</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>WebDAV servers</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Locations that correspond to special URIs</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>Statusbar</para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Displays status information.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>Parent folder selector</para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>This drop-down list shows the hierarchy of the folder. Choose a folder from the list to open it.</para>
- <tip><para>Hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> while choosing from the list to close the current folder as you open the new one.</para></tip>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-4">
- <title>Displaying Your Home Folder in a Spatial Window</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>Home location</secondary>
- <see>Home location</see>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>Home location</primary>
- <secondary>displaying</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To display your Home Folder,
-perform one of the following actions:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Double-click on the <guilabel>Home</guilabel> object on the
-desktop.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>From a folder window's menubar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>From the top panel menubar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>The spatial window displays the contents of your Home Folder.</para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-511">
- <title>Displaying a Parent Folder</title>
- <para>A parent folder is the folder that contains the current folder. To display the contents of your current folder's parent, do one of the following:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open Parent</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>up arrow</keycap></keycombo>. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>Choose from the parent folder selector at the bottom left of the window.</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>To close the current folder while opening the parent, hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> while choosing from the parent folder selector, or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>up arrow</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-512">
- <title>Closing Folders</title>
- <para>To close folders you may simply click on the close window button, this however may not be the most efficient way to close many windows.
-If you would like to view only the current folder, and not the folders you opened to reach the current folder, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close Parent Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
-If want to close all folders on the screen, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close All Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-501">
- <title>Displaying a Folder in a Browser Window</title>
- <para>If you wish to display a single folder in browser mode, while otherwise continuing to work in spatial mode, perform the following steps:</para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Select a folder in while in spatial mode.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Browse Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
+ </sect1>
+
+ <!-- ====================================================== Appearance -->
<sect1 id="gosnautilus-203">
<title>Modifying the Appearance of Files and Folders</title>
<indexterm>
@@ -1073,6 +1076,83 @@ Select the file or folder that you want to change, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>F
click on the <guibutton>Icon</guibutton> button, in the <guilabel>Select custom
icon</guilabel> dialog click <guibutton>Revert</guibutton>.</para>
</sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="nautilus-backgrounds-and-emblems">
+ <title>Changing Backgrounds</title>
+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-50"/>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>changing backgrounds</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>backgrounds</primary>
+ <secondary>changing screen component</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>The file manager includes
+backgrounds that you can use to change the look-and-feel of the following
+screen components: </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Desktop</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Side pane and view pane of a file browser window</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Spatial mode windows</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Panels</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>To change the background of a screen component perform the following
+steps: </para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <guilabel>Backgrounds
+and Emblems</guilabel> dialog is displayed. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>To display a list of patterns that you can use on the background,
+click on the <guibutton>Patterns</guibutton> button. To display a list of
+the colors that you can use on the background, click on the <guibutton>Colors</guibutton> button.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>To change the background to a pattern, drag the pattern to
+the screen component. To change the background to a color, drag the color
+to the screen component. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the dialog.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para>To reset the background of the view pane or side pane to the default
+background, right-click on the background of the pane, then choose <guimenuitem>Use Default Background</guimenuitem>.</para>
+ <sect3 id="gosnautilus-63">
+ <title>To Add a Pattern</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>backgrounds</primary>
+ <secondary>adding patterns</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>To add a pattern to the patterns that you can use on your
+screen components, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guibutton>Patterns</guibutton> button, then click on the <guibutton>Add a New Pattern</guibutton> button. A dialog is displayed. Use the dialog to find the new
+pattern. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to add the new pattern to the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+ </sect3>
+ <sect3 id="gosnautilus-64">
+ <title>To Add a Color</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>backgrounds</primary>
+ <secondary>adding colors</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>To add a color to the colors that you can use on your screen
+components, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guibutton>Colors</guibutton> button, then click on the <guibutton>Add a New Color</guibutton>
+button. A color selector dialog is displayed. Use the color wheel or the sliders
+to choose the color. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to add the new color
+to the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+ </sect3>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2 id="gosnautilus-7">
<title>Using Views to Display Your Files and Folders</title>
<indexterm>
@@ -1407,18 +1487,48 @@ to Defaults</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="gosnautilus-204">
- <title>Assigning Actions to Files</title>
+ <!-- ======================================================== Opening -->
+ <sect1 id="gosnautilus-28">
+ <title>Opening Files</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>assigning actions to
-files</secondary>
+ <secondary>opening files</secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para>When you open a file, the file manager
-performs the default action for that file type. By right-clicking on a file you may perform actions other than the default. You can use the file manager to modify the actions that are associated
-with a particular file or file type. </para>
+ <para>When you open a file, the file manager performs the default
+action for that file type.</para>
+ <para>The file manager checks the contents of a file to determine the type
+of a file. If the first lines do not determine the type of the file, then
+the file manager checks the file extension.</para>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-29">
+ <title>Executing the Default Action</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>executing default actions
+for files</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>To execute the default action for a
+file, double-click on the file. For example, the default action for plain
+text documents is to display the file in a text viewer. In this case, you
+can double-click on the file to display the file in a text viewer.</para>
+ <para>You can set your file manager preferences so that you click once on
+a file to execute the default action. For more information, see <xref linkend="gosnautilus-56"/>.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-30">
+ <title>Executing Non-Default Actions</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>executing non-default
+actions for files</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>To execute actions other than
+the default action for a file, select the file that you want to perform
+an action on. In the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu></menuchoice> menu you will either have "Open with" choices, or an
+<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem></menuchoice> submenu. Select the desired option from this list.</para>
+ </sect2>
<sect2 id="gosnautilus-add-actions">
- <title>To Add Actions</title>
+ <title>Adding Actions</title>
+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-204"/><!-- Assigning Actions to Files -->
<indexterm>
<primary>file manager</primary>
<secondary>adding actions</secondary>
@@ -1443,7 +1553,7 @@ no prior action associated with the type, the newly added action is the default.
<para>You may also add actions in the <guilabel>Open With</guilabel> tabbed section under <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="gosnautilus-75">
- <title>To Modify Actions</title>
+ <title>Modifying Actions</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>file manager</primary>
<secondary>modifying actions</secondary>
@@ -1466,893 +1576,9 @@ a file of the type to which you want to modify the action.</para>
Select the default action with the option to the left of the list.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="nautilus-customize">
- <title>Customizing the File Manager</title>
- <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-15"/>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>customizing</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>This section describes how to customize the file manager to suit your requirements
-and preferences.</para>
- <sect2 id="nautilus-preferences">
- <title>Nautilus Preferences</title>
- <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-17"/>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>preferences</secondary>
- <tertiary>introduction</tertiary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>preferences,
-file manager</primary>
- <see>file manager preferences</see>
- </indexterm>
- <para>Use the <guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel> dialog to set preferences
-for the file manager. To display the <guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel> dialog, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, you can also access this dialog directly from the <application>Menu Bar</application>
-by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Desktop</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>File Management</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
- <para>You can set preferences in the following categories: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>The default settings for views.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The behavior of files and folders, executable text files,
-and Trash.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The information that is displayed in icon captions and the date format.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The columns that appear in the list view and their order.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Preview options to improve the performance of the file manager.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <sect3 id="gosnautilus-438">
- <title>Views Preferences</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>preferences</secondary>
- <tertiary>views</tertiary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>You can specify a default view,
-and select sort options and display options. You can also specify default
-settings for icon views and list views.</para>
- <para>To specify your default view settings,
-choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Views</guilabel> tab to
-display the <guilabel>Views</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>
- <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-30"/> lists the views preferences that
-you can modify. </para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-30">
- <title>Views Preferences</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Dialog Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>View new folders using</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Select the default view for folders. When you open
-a folder, the folder is displayed in the view that you select. This can be either the icon view or the list view.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Arrange items</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Select the characteristic by which you want to sort
-the items in folders that are displayed in this view.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Sort folders before files</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Select this option to list folders before
-files when you sort a folder.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Show hidden and
-backup files</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Select this option to display files that are normally not shown in folders. For more on hidden files, see <xref linkend="nautilus-hidden-files"/>.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Icon View Default zoom level</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>There are two settings, one for the icon
-view and one for the list view. Select the default zoom level for folders that are displayed
-in this view. The zoom level specifies the size of items in a view.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Use compact layout</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Select
-this option to arrange the items in icon view so that the items in the folder
-are closer to each other.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Text beside icons</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Select this option to place the icon captions
-for items beside the icon rather than under the icon.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Show only folders</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Select this option to display only folders in the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> in the side pane.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="gosnautilus-56">
- <title>Behavior Preferences</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>preferences</secondary>
- <tertiary>behavior</tertiary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To set your preferences for
-files and folders, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Behavior</guilabel>
-tab to display the <guilabel>Behavior</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>
- <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-37"/> lists the preferences that you can
-modify for files and folders. </para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-37">
- <title>File and Folder Behavior Preferences</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec6" colwidth="35.09*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec7" colwidth="64.91*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Option</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Single click to activate items</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Select this option to perform the default action
-for an item when you click on the item. When this option is selected, and
-you point to an item, the title of the item is underlined. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Double click to
-activate items</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">
- <para>Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you double-click
-on the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Always open in browser
-windows</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">
- <para>Select this option to use nautilus in browser mode
-rather than spatial mode. Selecting this lets you browse your files and folders in the same window, otherwise you will navigate your files and folders as objects.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Always use text entry location bar.</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">
- <para>Select this option to force <application>Nautilus</application> to use the Location bar in location field mode instead of the button bar mode by default. For more on using the location bar see <xref linkend="nautilus-location-bar"/>.</para></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec6">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Run executable text files when they are clicked</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec7">
- <para>Select this option to run an text executable file when you choose
-the file. An executable text file is a text file that can execute, that
-is, a shell script.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec6">
- <para>
- <guilabel>View executable text files when
-they are clicked</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec7">
- <para>Select this option to display the contents of an executable text file when you
-choose the executable text file.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Ask each time</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">
- <para>Select
-this option to display a dialog when you choose an executable text file. The dialog
-asks whether you want to execute the file or display the file. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec6">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Ask before emptying the Trash
-or deleting files</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec7">
- <para>Select this option to display a confirmation message before <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> is emptied, or files are deleted. Leave this selected unless you have good reason not to.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Include a Delete
-command that bypasses Trash</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec7">
- <para>Select this option to add a <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item to
-the following menus:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The popup menu that is displayed when you right-click on a
-file, folder, or desktop object. </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>When you select an item then choose the <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item, the item is deleted from your file system
-immediately. There is no way to recover a deleted file. Do not select this unless you have good reason to.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="gosnautilus-439">
- <title>Display Preferences</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>icons</secondary>
- <tertiary>caption preferences</tertiary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>preferences</secondary>
- <tertiary>icon captions</tertiary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>An icon caption displays the name of a file or folder in
-an icon view. The icon caption also includes three additional items of information
-on the file or folder. The additional information is displayed after the file
-name. Normally only one item of information is visible, but when you zoom
-in on an icon, more of the information is displayed. You can modify what additional
-information is displayed in icon captions. </para>
- <para>To set your preferences for icon captions, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
-Click on the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> tab to display the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> tabbed section. </para>
- <para>Select the items of information that you want to display in the icon
-caption from the three drop-down lists. Select the first item from the first
-drop-down list, select the second item from the second drop-down list, and
-so on. The following table describes the items of information that you can
-select:</para>
- <informaltable frame="topbot">
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Information</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Size</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-the size of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Type</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-the description of the MIME type of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Date modified</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose
-this option to display the last modification date of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Date accessed</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose
-this option to display the date that the item was last accessed.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Owner</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-the owner of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Group</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-the group to which the item belongs.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying as characters</secondary></indexterm>Choose
-this option to display the permissions of the item as three sets of three
-characters, for example <computeroutput>-rwxrw-r--</computeroutput>.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Octal permissions</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying in octal notation</secondary></indexterm>Choose this option to display the permissions of the item in octal
-notation, for example <computeroutput>764</computeroutput>. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>MIME type</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-the MIME type of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>None</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-no information for the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
- <para>
- The date <guilabel>Format</guilabel> option lets you choose how the date is displayed throughout Nautilus.
- </para>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="gosnautilus-490">
- <title>List Columns Preferences</title>
- <para>You can specify what information is displayed in list view in file manager
-windows. You can specify which columns are displayed in list view, and the
-order in which the columns are displayed.</para>
- <para>To set your preferences for list columns, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
-Click on the <guilabel>List Columns</guilabel> tab to display the <guilabel>List Columns</guilabel> tabbed section. </para>
- <para>To specify a column to display in list view, select the option that
-corresponds to the column, then click on the <guibutton>Show</guibutton> button.
-To remove a column from the list view, select the option that corresponds
-to the column, then click on the <guibutton>Hide</guibutton> button.</para>
- <para>Use the <guibutton>Move Up</guibutton> and <guibutton>Move Down</guibutton>
-buttons to specify the position of columns in list view.</para>
- <para>To use the default columns and column positions, click on the <guibutton>Use Default</guibutton> button. </para>
- <para>The following table describes the columns that you can display:</para>
- <informaltable frame="topbot">
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Information</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Name</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Choose this option to display the name of
-the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Size</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-the size of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Type</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-the description of the MIME type of the item from the <application>File Types
-and Programs</application> preference tool.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Date Modified</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose
-this option to display the last modification date of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Date Accessed</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose
-this option to display the date that the item was last accessed.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Group</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Choose this option to display the group to
-which the item belongs.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>MIME type</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Choose this option to display the MIME type
-of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Octal Permissions</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying in octal notation</secondary></indexterm>Choose this
-option to display the permissions of the item in octal notation, for example <computeroutput>764</computeroutput>. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Owner</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Choose this option to display
-the owner of the item.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying as characters</secondary></indexterm>Choose
-this option to display the permissions of the item as three sets of three
-characters, for example <computeroutput>-rwxrw-r--</computeroutput>.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="gosnautilus-60">
- <title>Preview Preferences</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>preferences</secondary>
- <tertiary>preview</tertiary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>The file manager include some
-file preview features. The preview features can affect the speed with which
-the file manager responds to your requests. You can modify the behavior of
-some of these features to improve the speed of the file manager. For each
-preview preference, you can select one of the options described in the following
-table:</para>
- <informaltable frame="topbot">
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colwidth="35.09*"/>
- <colspec colwidth="64.91*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Option</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Always</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Performs the action for both local files, and files
-on other file systems.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Local Files Only</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Performs the action for local files only.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Never</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Never performs the action. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
- <para>To set your preview preferences, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Preview</guilabel> tab dialog to display the <guilabel>Preview</guilabel>
-tabbed section. </para>
- <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-41"/> lists the preview preferences that
-you can modify.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-41">
- <title>Preview Preferences</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Dialog Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Show text in icons</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Select an option to specify when to preview the
-content of text files in the icon that represents the file. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Show thumbnails</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Select
-an option to specify when to show thumbnails of image files. The file manager
-stores the thumbnail files for each folder in a <filename>.thumbnails</filename>
-directory in the user's Home Folder.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Only for files smaller than</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Specify the maximum
-file size for files for which the file manager creates a thumbnail.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Preview sound
-files</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Select an option to specify when to preview sound files. </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Count number of items</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Select an option to specify when to show the
-number of items in folders. When in icon view, you might
-need to increase your zoom level to see the number of items in each folder.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="nautilus-backgrounds-and-emblems">
- <title>Changing Backgrounds</title>
- <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-50"/>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>changing backgrounds</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>backgrounds</primary>
- <secondary>changing screen component</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>The file manager includes
-backgrounds that you can use to change the look-and-feel of the following
-screen components: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Desktop</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Side pane and view pane of a file browser window</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Spatial mode windows</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Panels</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>To change the background of a screen component perform the following
-steps: </para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <guilabel>Backgrounds
-and Emblems</guilabel> dialog is displayed. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>To display a list of patterns that you can use on the background,
-click on the <guibutton>Patterns</guibutton> button. To display a list of
-the colors that you can use on the background, click on the <guibutton>Colors</guibutton> button.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>To change the background to a pattern, drag the pattern to
-the screen component. To change the background to a color, drag the color
-to the screen component. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the dialog.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- <para>To reset the background of the view pane or side pane to the default
-background, right-click on the background of the pane, then choose <guimenuitem>Use Default Background</guimenuitem>.</para>
- <sect3 id="gosnautilus-63">
- <title>To Add a Pattern</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>backgrounds</primary>
- <secondary>adding patterns</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To add a pattern to the patterns that you can use on your
-screen components, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guibutton>Patterns</guibutton> button, then click on the <guibutton>Add a New Pattern</guibutton> button. A dialog is displayed. Use the dialog to find the new
-pattern. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to add the new pattern to the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog.</para>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="gosnautilus-64">
- <title>To Add a Color</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>backgrounds</primary>
- <secondary>adding colors</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To add a color to the colors that you can use on your screen
-components, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guibutton>Colors</guibutton> button, then click on the <guibutton>Add a New Color</guibutton>
-button. A color selector dialog is displayed. Use the color wheel or the sliders
-to choose the color. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to add the new color
-to the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog.</para>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
- <sect1 id="gosnautilus-28">
- <title>Opening Files</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>opening files</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>When you open a file, the file manager performs the default
-action for that file type.</para>
- <para>The file manager checks the contents of a file to determine the type
-of a file. If the first lines do not determine the type of the file, then
-the file manager checks the file extension.</para>
- <para>If you cannot find the file that you want to open, you can use <application>Search Tool</application>. To start <application>Search Tool</application>,
-choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Search for
-Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-29">
- <title>To Execute the Default Action</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>executing default actions
-for files</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To execute the default action for a
-file, double-click on the file. For example, the default action for plain
-text documents is to display the file in a text viewer. In this case, you
-can double-click on the file to display the file in a text viewer.</para>
- <para>You can set your file manager preferences so that you click once on
-a file to execute the default action. For more information, see <xref linkend="gosnautilus-56"/>.</para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-30">
- <title>To Execute Non-Default Actions Using the Open With Submenu</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>executing non-default
-actions for files</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To execute actions other than
-the default action for a file, select the file that you want to perform
-an action on. In the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu></menuchoice> menu you will either have "Open with" choices, or an
-<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem></menuchoice> submenu, see <xref linkend="gosnautilus-204"/> for details about how to add new actions. Select the desired option from this list.</para>
- </sect2>
+ </sect2>
+
+
</sect1>
<sect1 id="nautilus-searching">
<title>Searching For Files</title>
@@ -2426,237 +1652,8 @@ for files</secondary>
<para>Saved searches behave exactly like regular folders, for example you can open, move or delete files from within a saved search.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="gosnautilus-515">
- <title>Navigating Your Computer</title>
- <para>The <application>Nautilus</application> file manager provides an integrated
-access point to your files, applications, FTP sites, Windows shares, WebDav servers and SSH servers.</para>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-37">
- <title>To Access a remote server</title>
- <!-- MOVE THIS ANCHOR -->
- <!-- To Add a Network Server -->
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-466"/>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>FTP sites</primary>
- <secondary>accessing</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>FTP sites</secondary>
- <see>FTP sites</see>
- </indexterm>
- <para>You can use the file manager to access
-a remote server, be it an FTP site, a Windows share, a WebDav server or an SSH server.</para>
-<para>To access a remote server, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Connect to Server</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
-You may also access this dialog from the menubar by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Connect to Server</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
-<para>In the <guilabel>Connect to Server</guilabel> dialog, you may click on the <guibutton>Browse network</guibutton> button to close this dialog and view services available on your network in a nautilus window.</para>
-<para>To connect to a remote server, start by choosing the service type, then enter the server address.</para>
-<para>If required by your server, you may provide the following optional information : </para>
- <informaltable frame="topbot">
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="27.27*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="72.73*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>Dialog Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Port</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Port to connect to on the server. This should only be used if it is necessary to
-change the default port, you would normally leave this blank.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Folder</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Folder to open upon connecting to server.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>User Name</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>The user name of the account used to connect to the server.
-This should be supplied with the connexion information if needed.
-The user name information is not appropriate for a public FTP connexion.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Name to use for connection</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>The designation of the connexion as it will appear in the file manager.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Share</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Name of desired windows share. This is only applicable to Windows shares.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Domain name</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Windows domain. This is only applicable to Windows shares.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
-<para>If the server information is provided in the form of a URI, or you require a specialized connection, choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Custom Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice> as the service type.</para>
-<para>Once you have filled in the information, click on
-the <guibutton>Connect</guibutton> button. When the connection succeeds, the contents of the site are displayed and you may drag and drop files to and from the remote server.</para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="nautilus-accessnetwork">
- <title>To Access Network Places</title>
- <!-- MOVE THIS ANCHOR -->
- <!-- To Add a Network Server -->
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-508"/>
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-509"/>
- <anchor id="gosnautilus-465"/>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>network places</primary>
- <secondary>accessing</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>network places</secondary>
- <see>network places</see>
- </indexterm>
- <para>If your system is configured
-to access places on a network, you can use the file manager to access the
-network places. </para>
- <para>To access network places, open the file manager and choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
-Alternatively, double-click on the <guilabel>Computer</guilabel> object on
-the Desktop, then double-click on the <guilabel>Network</guilabel> object. A file
-manager window is displayed. The window displays the network places that you
-can access. Double-click on the network that you want to access. </para>
- <para><indexterm><primary>NFS servers</primary><see>Unix network</see></indexterm>To
-access UNIX shares, double-click on the <guilabel>Unix Network (NFS) </guilabel>
-object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed in the file
-manager window.</para>
- <para><indexterm><primary>Samba servers</primary><see>Windows network</see></indexterm>To access Windows shares, double-click on the <guilabel>Windows
-Network (SMB) </guilabel> object. A list of the Windows shares available to
-you is displayed in the file manager window.</para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="gosnautilus-467">
- <title>Accessing Special URI Locations</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>special URI locations</primary>
- <secondary>accessing</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>file manager</primary>
- <secondary>special URI
-locations</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>URI, special</primary>
- <see>special URI locations</see>
- </indexterm>
- <para>The GNOME Desktop contains
-special URI locations that enable you to access particular functions from
-the file manager. For example, to access fonts, you can access
-the <command>fonts:///</command> URI in a file manager window. <xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-479"/> lists the special URI locations that you can
-use with the file manager.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-479">
- <title>Special URI Locations</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="33.94*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="66.06*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry>
- <para>URI Location</para>
- </entry>
- <entry>
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <command>fonts:///</command>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Displays all the fonts that are
-available in your system. To preview a font, double-click on the font. You
-can also use this location to add fonts to the GNOME Desktop.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <command>burn:///</command>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>This is a special location where you can copy files and folders that you want to write
-to a CD. From here you can write the contents of the location to a CD easily.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <command>network:///</command>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Displays network locations to
-which you can connect, if your system is configured to access locations on
-a network. To access a network location, double-click on the network location.
-You can also use this URI to add network locations to your system.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <command>themes:///</command>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Displays all the themes that
-are available in the GNOME Desktop. To preview a theme, double-click on the
-theme. You can also use this location to add themes to the GNOME Desktop.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
+
+ <!-- =========================================== Managing -->
<sect1 id="gosnautilus-8">
<title>Managing Your Files and Folders</title>
<indexterm>
@@ -2820,7 +1817,7 @@ A popup menu appears. Choose one of the following items from the popup menu:</pa
</table>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="nautilus-select">
- <title>To Select Files and Folders</title>
+ <title>Selecting Files and Folders</title>
<!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
<anchor id="gosnautilus-202"/>
<indexterm>
@@ -4062,6 +3059,1010 @@ write a disc image, right-click on the disc image file, then choose <guimenuitem
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="gosnautilus-515">
+ <title>Navigating Remote Servers</title>
+ <para>The <application>Nautilus</application> file manager provides an integrated
+access point to your files, applications, FTP sites, Windows shares, WebDav servers and SSH servers.</para>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-37">
+ <title>To Access a remote server</title>
+ <!-- MOVE THIS ANCHOR -->
+ <!-- To Add a Network Server -->
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-466"/>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>FTP sites</primary>
+ <secondary>accessing</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>FTP sites</secondary>
+ <see>FTP sites</see>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>You can use the file manager to access
+a remote server, be it an FTP site, a Windows share, a WebDav server or an SSH server.</para>
+<para>To access a remote server, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Connect to Server</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+You may also access this dialog from the menubar by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Connect to Server</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+<para>In the <guilabel>Connect to Server</guilabel> dialog, you may click on the <guibutton>Browse network</guibutton> button to close this dialog and view services available on your network in a nautilus window.</para>
+<para>To connect to a remote server, start by choosing the service type, then enter the server address.</para>
+<para>If required by your server, you may provide the following optional information : </para>
+ <informaltable frame="topbot">
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="27.27*"/>
+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="72.73*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>Dialog Element</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Port</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Port to connect to on the server. This should only be used if it is necessary to
+change the default port, you would normally leave this blank.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Folder</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Folder to open upon connecting to server.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>User Name</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>The user name of the account used to connect to the server.
+This should be supplied with the connexion information if needed.
+The user name information is not appropriate for a public FTP connexion.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Name to use for connection</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>The designation of the connexion as it will appear in the file manager.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Share</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Name of desired windows share. This is only applicable to Windows shares.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Domain name</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Windows domain. This is only applicable to Windows shares.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+<para>If the server information is provided in the form of a URI, or you require a specialized connection, choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Custom Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice> as the service type.</para>
+<para>Once you have filled in the information, click on
+the <guibutton>Connect</guibutton> button. When the connection succeeds, the contents of the site are displayed and you may drag and drop files to and from the remote server.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="nautilus-accessnetwork">
+ <title>To Access Network Places</title>
+ <!-- MOVE THIS ANCHOR -->
+ <!-- To Add a Network Server -->
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-508"/>
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-509"/>
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-465"/>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>network places</primary>
+ <secondary>accessing</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>network places</secondary>
+ <see>network places</see>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>If your system is configured
+to access places on a network, you can use the file manager to access the
+network places. </para>
+ <para>To access network places, open the file manager and choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+Alternatively, double-click on the <guilabel>Computer</guilabel> object on
+the Desktop, then double-click on the <guilabel>Network</guilabel> object. A file
+manager window is displayed. The window displays the network places that you
+can access. Double-click on the network that you want to access. </para>
+ <para><indexterm><primary>NFS servers</primary><see>Unix network</see></indexterm>To
+access UNIX shares, double-click on the <guilabel>Unix Network (NFS) </guilabel>
+object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed in the file
+manager window.</para>
+ <para><indexterm><primary>Samba servers</primary><see>Windows network</see></indexterm>To access Windows shares, double-click on the <guilabel>Windows
+Network (SMB) </guilabel> object. A list of the Windows shares available to
+you is displayed in the file manager window.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ <!-- special URIs by and large obsolete or at least arcane -->
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-467">
+ <title>Accessing Special URI Locations</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>special URI locations</primary>
+ <secondary>accessing</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>special URI
+locations</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>URI, special</primary>
+ <see>special URI locations</see>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>The GNOME Desktop contains
+special URI locations that enable you to access particular functions from
+the file manager. For example, to access fonts, you can access
+the <command>fonts:///</command> URI in a file manager window. <xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-479"/> lists the special URI locations that you can
+use with the file manager.</para>
+ <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-479">
+ <title>Special URI Locations</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="33.94*"/>
+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="66.06*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>URI Location</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <command>fonts:///</command>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Displays all the fonts that are
+available in your system. To preview a font, double-click on the font. You
+can also use this location to add fonts to the GNOME Desktop.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <command>burn:///</command>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>This is a special location where you can copy files and folders that you want to write
+to a CD. From here you can write the contents of the location to a CD easily.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <command>network:///</command>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Displays network locations to
+which you can connect, if your system is configured to access locations on
+a network. To access a network location, double-click on the network location.
+You can also use this URI to add network locations to your system.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <command>themes:///</command>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Displays all the themes that
+are available in the GNOME Desktop. To preview a theme, double-click on the
+theme. You can also use this location to add themes to the GNOME Desktop.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
+
+ <!-- ============================================== prefs -->
+ <sect1 id="nautilus-preferences">
+
+ <title>Nautilus Preferences</title>
+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-15"/>
+ <anchor id="gosnautilus-17"/>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>customizing</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>
+ <tertiary>introduction</tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>preferences,
+file manager</primary>
+ <see>file manager preferences</see>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>Use the <guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel> dialog to customize the file manager to suit your requirements
+and preferences.</para>
+ <para>To display the <guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel> dialog, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You can also access this dialog directly from the top panel Menubar
+by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Desktop</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>File Management</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+ <para>You can set preferences in the following categories: </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The default settings for views.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The behavior of files and folders, executable text files,
+and Trash.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The information that is displayed in icon captions and the date format.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The columns that appear in the list view and their order.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Preview options to improve the performance of the file manager.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-438">
+ <title>Views Preferences</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>
+ <tertiary>views</tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>You can specify a default view,
+and select sort options and display options. You can also specify default
+settings for icon views and list views.</para>
+ <para>To specify your default view settings,
+choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Views</guilabel> tab to
+display the <guilabel>Views</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>
+ <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-30"/> lists the views preferences that
+you can modify. </para>
+ <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-30">
+ <title>Views Preferences</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>
+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>Dialog Element</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>View new folders using</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Select the default view for folders. When you open
+a folder, the folder is displayed in the view that you select. This can be either the icon view or the list view.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Arrange items</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Select the characteristic by which you want to sort
+the items in folders that are displayed in this view.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Sort folders before files</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Select this option to list folders before
+files when you sort a folder.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Show hidden and
+backup files</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Select this option to display files that are normally not shown in folders. For more on hidden files, see <xref linkend="nautilus-hidden-files"/>.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Icon View Default zoom level</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>There are two settings, one for the icon
+view and one for the list view. Select the default zoom level for folders that are displayed
+in this view. The zoom level specifies the size of items in a view.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Use compact layout</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Select
+this option to arrange the items in icon view so that the items in the folder
+are closer to each other.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Text beside icons</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Select this option to place the icon captions
+for items beside the icon rather than under the icon.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Show only folders</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Select this option to display only folders in the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> in the side pane.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-56">
+ <title>Behavior Preferences</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>
+ <tertiary>behavior</tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>To set your preferences for
+files and folders, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Behavior</guilabel>
+tab to display the <guilabel>Behavior</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>
+ <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-37"/> lists the preferences that you can
+modify for files and folders. </para>
+ <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-37">
+ <title>File and Folder Behavior Preferences</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colname="colspec6" colwidth="35.09*"/>
+ <colspec colname="colspec7" colwidth="64.91*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>Option</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Single click to activate items</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Select this option to perform the default action
+for an item when you click on the item. When this option is selected, and
+you point to an item, the title of the item is underlined. </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Double click to
+activate items</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">
+ <para>Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you double-click
+on the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Always open in browser
+windows</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">
+ <para>Select this option to use nautilus in browser mode
+rather than spatial mode. Selecting this lets you browse your files and folders in the same window, otherwise you will navigate your files and folders as objects.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Always use text entry location bar.</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">
+ <para>Select this option to force <application>Nautilus</application> to use the Location bar in location field mode instead of the button bar mode by default. For more on using the location bar see <xref linkend="nautilus-location-bar"/>.</para></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec6">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Run executable text files when they are clicked</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec7">
+ <para>Select this option to run an text executable file when you choose
+the file. An executable text file is a text file that can execute, that
+is, a shell script.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec6">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>View executable text files when
+they are clicked</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec7">
+ <para>Select this option to display the contents of an executable text file when you
+choose the executable text file.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Ask each time</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">
+ <para>Select
+this option to display a dialog when you choose an executable text file. The dialog
+asks whether you want to execute the file or display the file. </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec6">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Ask before emptying the Trash
+or deleting files</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec7">
+ <para>Select this option to display a confirmation message before <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> is emptied, or files are deleted. Leave this selected unless you have good reason not to.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Include a Delete
+command that bypasses Trash</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec7">
+ <para>Select this option to add a <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item to
+the following menus:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The popup menu that is displayed when you right-click on a
+file, folder, or desktop object. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>When you select an item then choose the <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item, the item is deleted from your file system
+immediately. There is no way to recover a deleted file. Do not select this unless you have good reason to.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-439">
+ <title>Display Preferences</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>icons</secondary>
+ <tertiary>caption preferences</tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>
+ <tertiary>icon captions</tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>An icon caption displays the name of a file or folder in
+an icon view. The icon caption also includes three additional items of information
+on the file or folder. The additional information is displayed after the file
+name. Normally only one item of information is visible, but when you zoom
+in on an icon, more of the information is displayed. You can modify what additional
+information is displayed in icon captions. </para>
+ <para>To set your preferences for icon captions, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+Click on the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> tab to display the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> tabbed section. </para>
+ <para>Select the items of information that you want to display in the icon
+caption from the three drop-down lists. Select the first item from the first
+drop-down list, select the second item from the second drop-down list, and
+so on. The following table describes the items of information that you can
+select:</para>
+ <informaltable frame="topbot">
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>
+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>Information</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Size</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+the size of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Type</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+the description of the MIME type of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Date modified</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose
+this option to display the last modification date of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Date accessed</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose
+this option to display the date that the item was last accessed.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Owner</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+the owner of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Group</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+the group to which the item belongs.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying as characters</secondary></indexterm>Choose
+this option to display the permissions of the item as three sets of three
+characters, for example <computeroutput>-rwxrw-r--</computeroutput>.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Octal permissions</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying in octal notation</secondary></indexterm>Choose this option to display the permissions of the item in octal
+notation, for example <computeroutput>764</computeroutput>. </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>MIME type</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+the MIME type of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>None</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+no information for the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ <para>
+ The date <guilabel>Format</guilabel> option lets you choose how the date is displayed throughout Nautilus.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-490">
+ <title>List Columns Preferences</title>
+ <para>You can specify what information is displayed in list view in file manager
+windows. You can specify which columns are displayed in list view, and the
+order in which the columns are displayed.</para>
+ <para>To set your preferences for list columns, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
+Click on the <guilabel>List Columns</guilabel> tab to display the <guilabel>List Columns</guilabel> tabbed section. </para>
+ <para>To specify a column to display in list view, select the option that
+corresponds to the column, then click on the <guibutton>Show</guibutton> button.
+To remove a column from the list view, select the option that corresponds
+to the column, then click on the <guibutton>Hide</guibutton> button.</para>
+ <para>Use the <guibutton>Move Up</guibutton> and <guibutton>Move Down</guibutton>
+buttons to specify the position of columns in list view.</para>
+ <para>To use the default columns and column positions, click on the <guibutton>Use Default</guibutton> button. </para>
+ <para>The following table describes the columns that you can display:</para>
+ <informaltable frame="topbot">
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>
+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>Information</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Name</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Choose this option to display the name of
+the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Size</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+the size of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Type</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+the description of the MIME type of the item from the <application>File Types
+and Programs</application> preference tool.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Date Modified</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose
+this option to display the last modification date of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Date Accessed</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose
+this option to display the date that the item was last accessed.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Group</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Choose this option to display the group to
+which the item belongs.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>MIME type</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Choose this option to display the MIME type
+of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Octal Permissions</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying in octal notation</secondary></indexterm>Choose this
+option to display the permissions of the item in octal notation, for example <computeroutput>764</computeroutput>. </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Owner</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Choose this option to display
+the owner of the item.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying as characters</secondary></indexterm>Choose
+this option to display the permissions of the item as three sets of three
+characters, for example <computeroutput>-rwxrw-r--</computeroutput>.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="gosnautilus-60">
+ <title>Preview Preferences</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>file manager</primary>
+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>
+ <tertiary>preview</tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>The file manager include some
+file preview features. The preview features can affect the speed with which
+the file manager responds to your requests. You can modify the behavior of
+some of these features to improve the speed of the file manager. For each
+preview preference, you can select one of the options described in the following
+table:</para>
+ <informaltable frame="topbot">
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colwidth="35.09*"/>
+ <colspec colwidth="64.91*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>Option</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Always</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Performs the action for both local files, and files
+on other file systems.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Local Files Only</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Performs the action for local files only.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Never</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Never performs the action. </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+ <para>To set your preview preferences, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Preview</guilabel> tab dialog to display the <guilabel>Preview</guilabel>
+tabbed section. </para>
+ <para><xref linkend="gosnautilus-TBL-41"/> lists the preview preferences that
+you can modify.</para>
+ <table frame="topbot" id="gosnautilus-TBL-41">
+ <title>Preview Preferences</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>
+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>
+ <thead>
+ <row rowsep="1">
+ <entry>
+ <para>Dialog Element</para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>Description </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Show text in icons</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry valign="top">
+ <para>Select an option to specify when to preview the
+content of text files in the icon that represents the file. </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Show thumbnails</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Select
+an option to specify when to show thumbnails of image files. The file manager
+stores the thumbnail files for each folder in a <filename>.thumbnails</filename>
+directory in the user's Home Folder.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Only for files smaller than</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Specify the maximum
+file size for files for which the file manager creates a thumbnail.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Preview sound
+files</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Select an option to specify when to preview sound files. </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <para>
+ <guilabel>Count number of items</guilabel>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry colname="colspec1">
+ <para>Select an option to specify when to show the
+number of items in folders. When in icon view, you might
+need to increase your zoom level to see the number of items in each folder.</para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="gosnautilus-440">
<title>Extending Nautilus</title>
<indexterm>