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authorTiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com>2011-03-16 01:02:30 -0400
committerTiffany Antopolski <tiffany@antopolski.com>2011-03-16 01:05:36 -0400
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[g-h]files: hidden and tilde... cleaned up a bit.
-rw-r--r--gnome-help/C/files-hidden.page12
-rw-r--r--gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page9
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/files-hidden.page b/gnome-help/C/files-hidden.page
index 007ba44..95ad34e 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/files-hidden.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/files-hidden.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<link type="guide" xref="files-arrange"/>
<desc>Make a file invisible, so you can't see it in the file browser.</desc>
- <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2010-07-25" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2010-07-25" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
</info>
-<title>Hide a file</title>
+<title>Hide a File</title>
-<p>You can hide files by renaming them in a special way. Hidden files are just invisible; they are not displayed in the file browser, but they are still there in the folder.</p>
+<p>You can hide files by renaming them with a <key>.</key> at the beginning of their name. Hidden files are invisible by default; they are not displayed in the file browser, but they are still there in the folder.</p>
<p>To hide a file, <link xref="files-renaming">rename it</link> with a "." at the beginning of its name. For example, to hide a file <file>example.txt</file>, you would rename it to <file>.example.txt</file>.</p>
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@
</note>
<section>
- <title>Show all hidden files</title>
+ <title>Show All Hidden Files</title>
<p>
If you want to see all of the hidden files in a folder, go to that folder and click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq>. All of the hidden files will be shown along with the files that were not hidden.
</p>
<p>
- The hidden files will have a "." at the beginning of their name. Some might have a "~" at the end of their name instead (see <link xref="files-tilde"/>).
+ Some hidden files will have a "." at the beginning of their name. Others might have a "~" at the end of their name instead (see <link xref="files-tilde"/>).
</p>
<p>
- To hide the files again, click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> again.
+ To hide these files again, click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Show Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> again.
</p>
</section>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page b/gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page
index cb2cad8..771d7ab 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/files-tilde.page
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#faq"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="files-hidden"/>
- <desc>Files with a "~" at the end of their name (e.g. <file>example.txt~</file>) are hidden files.</desc>
+ <desc>These are backup files. They are hidden by default.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="1.0" date="2011-02-25" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@
</info>
-<title>What does it mean when a file has "~" in its name?</title>
+<title>What is a file with a "~" at the end of its name?</title>
-<p>Files with "~" at the end of their names (for example, <file>example.txt~</file>) are hidden files. They are often created automatically by applications as backup copies of documents. It is normally safe to delete them, but check before you do.</p>
+<note>
+<p>These files are hidden by default. You are able to view them because you either selected <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> or pressed <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>. You can hide them again by following those steps again. </p>
+</note>
+<p>Files with "~" at the end of their names (for example, <file>example.txt~</file>) are automatically created backup copies of documents edited in <app>Gedit</app>, the <gui>Gnome Text Editor</gui>, as well as other applications. It is normally safe to delete them, but there really is no need to. You can just click <guiseq><gui>View</gui><gui>Hidden Files</gui></guiseq> to hide them.</p>
<p>These files are treated in the same way as normal hidden files. See <link xref="files-hidden"/> for advice on dealing with hidden files.</p>