Updates to User Guide for GNOME 2.6.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml
index dcd445b..678a4f7 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keyboard. </para>
   <glossentry id="glossary-40">
     <glossterm>desktop</glossterm>
     <glossdef>
-      <para>The part of the desktop environment where there are no interface
+      <para>The part of the GNOME Desktop where there are no interface
 graphical items, such as panels and windows.</para>
     </glossdef>
   </glossentry>
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ folders, and applications. You can use desktop objects to provide convenient
 access to files, folders, and applications that you use frequently.</para>
     </glossdef>
   </glossentry>
-  <glossentry id="glossary-30">
-    <glossterm>desktop environment</glossterm>
-    <glossdef>
-      <para>A windows-based environment for users. The desktop environment
-is the sum of all the parts of your working environment. The desktop environment
-includes all of your panels and windows, the desktop, and all of your workspaces. </para>
-    </glossdef>
-  </glossentry>
   <glossentry id="glossary-20">
     <glossterm>DNS name</glossterm>
     <glossdef>
@@ -63,7 +55,8 @@ on the media. </para>
     <glossterm>GNOME-compliant application</glossterm>
     <glossdef>
       <para>An application that uses the standard GNOME programming libraries
-is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, <application>Nautilus</application> and <application>gedit</application> are GNOME-compliant applications.</para>
+is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, <application>Nautilus</application> file manager and <application>gedit</application> text editor
+are GNOME-compliant applications.</para>
     </glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry id="glossary-21">
@@ -106,9 +99,9 @@ to an email.</para>
   <glossentry id="glossary-24">
     <glossterm>mount</glossterm>
     <glossdef>
-      <para>To <firstterm>mount</firstterm> is to make a file system available
-for access. When you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a
-subdirectory to your file system. </para>
+      <para>To mount is to make a file system available for access. When
+you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to
+your file system. </para>
     </glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry id="glossary-4">
@@ -121,7 +114,7 @@ subdirectory to your file system. </para>
     <glossterm>preference tool</glossterm>
     <glossdef>
       <para>A dedicated software tool that controls a particular part
-of the behavior of the desktop environment.</para>
+of the behavior of the GNOME Desktop.</para>
     </glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry id="glossary-5">
@@ -189,15 +182,15 @@ list view which enables you to display the contents of a folder as a list. </par
     <glossdef>
       <para>A <application>Nautilus</application> component that enables
 you to display a particular type of file in the view pane. A viewer component
-might add menu items that are relevant to the file type to the Nautilus menus.
-A viewer component might also enable you to use the <application>Nautilus</application> zoom buttons to change the size of the item in the view pane.</para>
+might add menu items that are relevant to the file type to the file manager
+menus. A viewer component might also enable you to use the <application>Nautilus</application> zoom buttons to change the size of the item in the view pane.</para>
     </glossdef>
   </glossentry>
   <glossentry id="glossary-7">
     <glossterm>workspace</glossterm>
     <glossdef>
-      <para>A workspace is a discrete area in the desktop environment
-in which you can work. </para>
+      <para>A workspace is a discrete area in the GNOME Desktop in which
+you can work. </para>
     </glossdef>
   </glossentry>
 </glossary>