rewritten section on editing menus

removed old sections that depend on obsolete apps:/// URI, eg 'To Add a Menu'

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 222 deletions

diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog b/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
index 96a6b65..a37d169 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-03-17 Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko@yahoo.com>
+
+	* goseditmainmenu.xml:
+	rewritten section on editing menus
+	removed old sections that depend on obsolete apps:/// URI, eg 'To Add a Menu'
+
 2006-03-13  Brent Smith  <gnome@nextreality.net>
 
 	* user-guide.pdf:
diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/goseditmainmenu.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/goseditmainmenu.xml
index 547278c..fbfbd9d 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/goseditmainmenu.xml
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/goseditmainmenu.xml
@@ -88,242 +88,33 @@
      </itemizedlist>
      
      <para>For more on logging out and shutting down, see <xref linkend="shutdown"/>.</para> 
-     
 
-  <!-- translators: rest of this file is still being worked on and will change a lot -->
   </section>    
-  <section id="goseditmainmenu-54">
-    <title>Customizing Your Menus</title>
+  <section id="menu-editor">
+    <title>Customizing the Menubar</title>
+    <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
+    <anchor id="goseditmainmenu-54"/>          
     <indexterm>
       <primary>menus</primary>
       <secondary>customizing</secondary>
     </indexterm>
+
     <para>You can modify the contents of the following menus:</para>
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
         <para><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-        <para><guimenu>Desktop Preferences</guimenu> menu</para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-    <para>You use the following GNOME Desktop components to customize menus:</para>
-    <itemizedlist>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Menus on panels</para>
+        <para><menuchoice><guimenu>Desktop</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice> submenu</para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
-        <para><application>Nautilus</application> file manager</para>
-      </listitem>
+        <para><menuchoice><guimenu>Desktop</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu></menuchoice> submenu</para>
+      </listitem>      
     </itemizedlist>
-    <para>When you use panels to customize your menus, you use the menu item popup
-menu. For more information, see <xref linkend="menubar"/>.</para>
-    <para>When you use the file manager to customize your menus, you must access the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu or the <guimenu>Desktop Preferences</guimenu>
-menu from within the file manager. To access the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu>
-menu or the <guimenu>Desktop Preferences</guimenu> menu, open a file manager
-window. </para>
-    <para>To access menus
-in the file manager, access one of the following URIs in the file manager:</para>
-    <informaltable frame="topbot">
-      <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
-        <colspec colwidth="50*"/>
-        <colspec colwidth="50*"/>
-        <thead>
-          <row rowsep="1">
-            <entry>
-              <para>Menu</para>
-            </entry>
-            <entry>
-              <para>Enter this URI</para>
-            </entry>
-          </row>
-        </thead>
-        <tbody>
-          <row>
-            <entry valign="top">
-              <para><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</para>
-            </entry>
-            <entry valign="top">
-              <para>
-                <command>applications:///</command>
-              </para>
-            </entry>
-          </row>
-          <row>
-            <entry valign="top">
-              <para><guimenu>Desktop Preferences</guimenu> menu</para>
-            </entry>
-            <entry valign="top">
-              <para>
-                <command>preferences:///</command>
-              </para>
-            </entry>
-          </row>
-        </tbody>
-      </tgroup>
-    </informaltable>
-    <para>For more information on the file manager, see <citetitle>Nautilus File
-Manager</citetitle>.</para>
-    <section id="goseditmainmenu-61">
-      <title>To Add a Menu</title>
-      <indexterm>
-        <primary>menus</primary>
-        <secondary>adding</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <para>To add a menu, perform the following steps:</para>
-      <orderedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>In a file manager window, access the location where you want
-to add the menu. For example, if you want to add a menu to the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu, enter <command>applications:///</command> URI.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. An untitled folder
-is added to the menu. The name of the folder is selected.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Type a name for the folder, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>. </para>
-        </listitem>
-      </orderedlist>
-      <para>The next time that you log out then log in again, the menu is in the
-assigned location.</para>
-    </section>
-    <section id="goseditmainmenu-55">
-      <title>To Add a Launcher to a Menu</title>
-      <indexterm>
-        <primary>menus</primary>
-        <secondary>adding launchers to</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <para>To add a launcher to a menu, perform the following steps:</para>
-      <orderedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Right-click on any item in the menu to which you want to add
-the launcher.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Entire menu</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add new item to this menu</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A <guilabel>Create Launcher</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Enter the properties of the launcher in the <guilabel>Create
-Launcher</guilabel> dialog. For more information on the elements in the <guilabel>Create Launcher</guilabel> dialog, see <emphasis>Working With Panels</emphasis>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </orderedlist>
-    </section>
-    <section id="goseditmainmenu-63">
-      <title>To Add a Launcher to an Empty Menu</title>
-      <para>To add a launcher to an empty menu, perform the following steps:</para>
-      <orderedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>In a file manager window, access the menu where you want to
-add the launcher. </para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create Launcher</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A <guilabel>Create
-Launcher</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Enter the properties of the launcher in the <guilabel>Create
-Launcher</guilabel> dialog. For more information on the elements in the <guilabel>Create Launcher</guilabel> dialog, see <emphasis>Working With Panels</emphasis>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </orderedlist>
-    </section>
-    <section id="goseditmainmenu-56">
-      <title>To Copy a Launcher to a Menu</title>
-      <indexterm>
-        <primary>menus</primary>
-        <secondary>copying launchers to</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <para>To copy an existing launcher to a menu, perform the following
-steps:</para>
-      <orderedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>In a file manager window, access the location from which you
-want to copy the launcher.  For example, if you want to copy a launcher from
-the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu, enter <command>applications:///</command> URI.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Select the launcher that you want to copy, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy File</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>In a file manager  window, access the location to which you
-want to copy the launcher.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The launcher is added to the new location.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </orderedlist>
-      <para>Alternatively, you can drag the launcher from one location to another.</para>
-      <para>The next time that you log out then log in again, the launcher is in
-the new menu location.</para>
-    </section>
-    <section id="goseditmainmenu-62">
-      <title>To Edit the Properties of a Menu</title>
-      <indexterm>
-        <primary>menus</primary>
-        <secondary>editing properties</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <para>To edit the properties of a menu, perform the following
-steps:</para>
-      <orderedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Right-click on any item in the menu that you want to edit.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Entire menu</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Modify the properties of the menu in the <guilabel>Launcher
-Properties</guilabel> dialog. For more information on the elements in the <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog, see <emphasis>Working With Panels</emphasis>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </orderedlist>
-    </section>
-    <section id="goseditmainmenu-57">
-      <title>To Edit a Menu Item</title>
-      <indexterm>
-        <primary>menus</primary>
-        <secondary>editing menu items</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <para>To edit a menu item, perform the following steps:</para>
-      <orderedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Right-click on the item that you want to edit.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. A <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Modify the properties of the launcher in the <guilabel>Launcher
-Properties</guilabel> dialog. For more information on the elements in the <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog, see <emphasis>Working With Panels</emphasis>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </orderedlist>
-    </section>
-    <section id="goseditmainmenu-58">
-      <title>To Delete an Item from a Menu</title>
-      <indexterm>
-        <primary>menus</primary>
-        <secondary>deleting menu items</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <para>To delete an item from a menu, use the menu item popup menu.
-To delete an item from a menu, perform the following steps:</para>
-      <orderedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Right-click on the item that you want to delete.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Choose <guimenuitem>Remove this item</guimenuitem>. </para>
-        </listitem>
-      </orderedlist>
-    </section>
+    
+    <para>To edit the items in these menus, right-click on the main menubar, and choose <guimenuitem>Edit Menus</guimenuitem>. The <guilabel>Edit Menus</guilabel> window opens.</para>
+    <para>The <guilabel>Edit Menus</guilabel> window lists the menus in the left pane. Click on the expander arrows to show or hide submenus. Choose a menu in the left pane to see its items listed in the right pane.</para>
+    <para>To remove an item from a menu, deselect the check box beside the item in the list. The item can be added back to the menu by selecting the check box once again.</para>
+
   </section>
 </chapter>