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| author | Joachim Noreiko <joachimn@src.gnome.org> | 2006-12-20 11:21:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Joachim Noreiko <joachimn@src.gnome.org> | 2006-12-20 11:21:15 +0000 |
| commit | ba2073fa3950ad00bb68e4843f718f506c8be9ee (patch) | |
| tree | 28e47a585d414c4285acbc104f6e42f218625003 | |
| parent | 496abd62aaa4903a596b8791d40da41b04a41274 (diff) | |
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open documents and urls in the Run Application dialog. #383240
* gostools.xml: open documents and urls in the Run Application dialog. #383240
| -rw-r--r-- | gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnome2-user-guide/C/gostools.xml | 20 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog b/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog index 592cfb4..0678578 100644 --- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog +++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ * goscustdesk.xml: warn of bugs in adding fonts: folder not updated; running apps don't have access. Fixes #386834 + * gostools.xml: open documents and urls in the Run Application dialog. #383240 2006-12-02 Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko@yahoo.com> diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gostools.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gostools.xml index b43c756..74cf098 100644 --- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gostools.xml +++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gostools.xml @@ -22,14 +22,13 @@ To run a command from the command line perform the following steps:</para> <orderedlist> <listitem> - <para>Display the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog. You - can display the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog in any of the + <para>Open the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog in any of the following ways: <variablelist> <varlistentry><term>From a panel</term> - <listitem><para>You can add the <application>Run Application</application> object to any - panel. See <xref linkend="panels-addobject"/>. Click on the <guibutton>Run</guibutton> - button to open the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog.</para></listitem></varlistentry> + <listitem><para>You can add the <application>Run Application</application> button to any + panel. See <xref linkend="panels-addobject"/>. Click on the <guibutton>Run Application</guibutton> + panel button to open the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog.</para></listitem></varlistentry> <varlistentry><term>Using shortcut keys</term> <listitem> <para> @@ -44,15 +43,16 @@ <para>The <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Enter the command that you want to run in the blank field.</para> + <para>Enter the command that you want to run in the blank field, or choose from the list of known applications.</para> + <para>If you enter only the location of a file, an appropriate application will launch to open it. + If you enter a web page address, your default web browser will open the page. Prefix the web page address with http://, as in http://www.gnome.org. + </para> <para> - Alternatively, to choose a command that you ran previously, click the + To choose a command that you ran previously, click the down arrow button beside the command field, then choose the command to run. </para> <para> - Alternatively, select the <guilabel>Show list of known applications</guilabel> - option to display a list of available applications.</para> - <para>You can also use the <guibutton>Run with file</guibutton> button to + You can also use the <guibutton>Run with file</guibutton> button to choose a file to append to the command line. For example, you can enter <application>emacs</application> as the command, then choose a file to edit. </para> |