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authorEugene O'Connor <eoconnor@src.gnome.org>2003-03-07 20:28:30 +0000
committerEugene O'Connor <eoconnor@src.gnome.org>2003-03-07 20:28:30 +0000
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Updated User Guide for GNOME 2.2.1.
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diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosdeskback.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosdeskback.xml
index d37dc25..9dea218 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosdeskback.xml
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosdeskback.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<chapter id="gosdeskback-1">
<title>Using the Desktop Background</title>
<highlights>
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ desktop background:</para>
<para>Application: Starts a particular application.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Link: Links to a particular file, folder, or URL.</para>
+ <para>Link: Links to a particular file, folder, or URL. <emphasis>TBD: Check this out</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</entry>
@@ -331,12 +330,11 @@ to the contents of the following parts of the <application>File Types and
Programs</application> preference tool:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Default action</guilabel> drop-down list box in
-the <guilabel>Edit file type</guilabel> dialog</para>
+ <para><guilabel>Default action</guilabel> drop-down list in the <guilabel>Edit file type</guilabel> dialog</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Viewer Ccomponent</guilabel> drop-down list box
-in the <guilabel>Edit file type</guilabel> dialog</para>
+ <para><guilabel>Viewer Component</guilabel> drop-down
+list in the <guilabel>Edit file type</guilabel> dialog</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>You can set your preferences in a <application>Nautilus</application>
@@ -353,7 +351,7 @@ window so that you click once on a file to execute the default action.</para>
<secondary>launchers</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>A desktop background launcher
-can start an application or link to a particular file, folder, or FTP site.</para>
+can start an application or link to a particular file, folder, or FTP site. <emphasis>TBD: Check this out</emphasis></para>
<para>To add a launcher to your desktop background, perform the following
steps:</para>
<orderedlist>
@@ -364,59 +362,8 @@ is displayed.</para>
<listitem>
<para>For information on how to enter the properties of the launcher
in the <guilabel>Create Launcher</guilabel> dialog, see <emphasis>Working
-With Panels</emphasis>.</para>
- <para>The command that you enter for the launcher is the command that is executed
-when you use the desktop background object. The following table shows some
-sample commands and the actions that the commands perform.</para>
- <informaltable frame="topbot">
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="47.36*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="52.64*"/>
- <thead>
- <row rowsep="1">
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Sample Command</para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Action</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <command>gedit</command>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Starts the <application>gedit</application> application.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>
- <command>gedit /user123/loremipsum.txt</command>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry valign="top">
- <para>Opens the file <filename>/user123/loremipsum.txt</filename> in the <application>gedit</application> application.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <command>nautilus /user123/Projects</command>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Opens
-the folder <filename>/user123/Projects</filename> in a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </informaltable>
+With Panels</emphasis>. The command that you enter for the launcher is the
+command that is executed when you use the desktop background object.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect2>
@@ -594,7 +541,7 @@ from</secondary>
an object from the desktop background, the object is not moved to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, but is immediately deleted from the desktop background.
The <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item is only available if you select
the <guilabel>Include a Delete command that bypasses Trash</guilabel> option
-in the <application>Nautilus</application> <guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel> dialog. </para>
+in the <application>Nautilus</application><guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel> dialog. </para>
<para>To delete an object from the desktop background right-click on the object,
then choose <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>. </para>
</sect2>
@@ -632,11 +579,9 @@ background</secondary>
<para>Desktop background objects</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>When you move an item to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, the item is temporarily
-stored in your <filename>/.Trash</filename> folder. If you need to retrieve
-a file from <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you can view <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>
-and move the file out of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
- <para>When you empty <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you delete the items in <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> permanently. </para>
+ <para>If you need to retrieve a file from <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you
+can view <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> and move the file out of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>. When you empty <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you delete the items
+in <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> permanently. </para>
<sect2 id="gosdeskback-44">
<title>To Display Trash</title>
<indexterm>
@@ -834,21 +779,20 @@ background.</para>
</para>
</entry>
<entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
- <para>Enables you to mount diskettes,
-CD-ROMs, and other removable media.</para>
+ <para>Enables you to mount diskettes
+and other removable media.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry colname="colspec0">
+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
<para>
- <guimenuitem>Use Default Background </guimenuitem>
+ <guimenuitem>Use Default
+Background </guimenuitem>
</para>
</entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1">
- <para>Resets the desktop
-background to the last pattern that you chose from the <guilabel>Backgrounds
-and Emblems</guilabel> dialog. You can access the <guilabel>Backgrounds and
-Emblems</guilabel> dialog from <application>Nautilus</application> windows.</para>
+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
+ <para>Resets the desktop background to the last pattern that you chose from the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog. You can access the <guilabel>Backgrounds
+and Emblems</guilabel> dialog from <application>Nautilus</application> windows.</para>
<!--<para><emphasis>Comment:</emphasis> It does not reset the last color that you chose from the <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog.</para>-->
</entry>
</row>