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author | Alexander Kirillov <sasha@src.gnome.org> | 2001-02-22 22:14:12 +0000 |
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committer | Alexander Kirillov <sasha@src.gnome.org> | 2001-02-22 22:14:12 +0000 |
commit | e05c0faa11e35ecb3240648ca0b6f609d34fe538 (patch) | |
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slightly updated gnome-intro; updated screenshot
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diff --git a/introduction-to-gnome/C/figures/desktop.png b/introduction-to-gnome/C/figures/desktop.png Binary files differindex 59db0c8..796a512 100644 --- a/introduction-to-gnome/C/figures/desktop.png +++ b/introduction-to-gnome/C/figures/desktop.png diff --git a/introduction-to-gnome/C/gnome-intro.sgml b/introduction-to-gnome/C/gnome-intro.sgml index db3ecba..16236c8 100755 --- a/introduction-to-gnome/C/gnome-intro.sgml +++ b/introduction-to-gnome/C/gnome-intro.sgml @@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ the Internet; they are distributed under the terms of <ulink type="gnome-help" url="gnome-help:gpl"> GNU General Public License</ulink> (and its cousins, <ulink type="gnome-help" - url="gnome-help:lgpl">Lesser General Public License</ulink> and <ulink - type="gnome-help" url="gnome-help:fdl">Free Documentation License</ulink> - for libraries and documentation respectively). In particular, - this means that everyone is free to use, copy or distribute - Gnome. If you would like to learn more about the Gnome project - please visit the <ulink url="http://www.gnome.org" - type="http">Gnome web site</ulink>. + url="gnome-help:lgpl">Lesser General Public License</ulink> and + <ulink type="gnome-help" url="gnome-help:fdl">Free Documentation + License</ulink> for libraries and documentation + respectively). In particular, this means that everyone is free + to use, copy or distribute Gnome. If you would like to learn + more about the Gnome project please visit the <ulink + url="http://www.gnome.org" type="http">Gnome web site</ulink>. </para> <para> Gnome is highly configurable, enabling you to set your desktop @@ -88,12 +88,15 @@ </para> <para> - Gnome comes from the acronym for the GNU Network Object Model Environment - (GNOME). Gnome is a part of the larger GNU project, started in 1984 to - develop a completely free UNIX-like operating system. For more information, - visit the <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org" type="http">GNU Website</ulink>. - </para> - + Gnome comes from the acronym for the GNU Network Object Model + Environment (GNOME). Gnome is a part of the larger GNU project, + started in 1984 to develop a completely free UNIX-like operating + system. For more information, visit the <ulink + url="http://www.gnu.org" type="http">GNU Website</ulink>. + </para> + <para> + This guide describes Gnome 1.4 which the latest (as of February + 2001) release of Gnome. </sect1> <!-- ==================Section: ======================== --> @@ -102,12 +105,13 @@ <para> This guide gives you a short introduction to Gnome. It is not intended to cover all details of Gnome; if you need more - information, you should read detailed manuals listed in <xref - linkend="otherinfo">. Also, this guide assumes you already - have Gnome installed; if you need help installing Gnome, - please check the instructions on <ulink - url="http://www.gnome.org" type="http">Gnome Website</ulink> + information, you should read detailed manuals listed in <xref + linkend="otherinfo">. Also, this guide assumes you already have + Gnome installed; if you need help installing Gnome, please check + the instructions on <ulink url="http://www.gnome.org" + type="http">Gnome Website</ulink>. </para> + <para> This guide was written by the members of Gnome Documentation Project (GDP). If you have any comments or @@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ <title>Panel</title> <para> The long bar at the bottom of <xref linkend="desktop-fig"> is - a Gnome Panel. It contain a number of useful things, such as + a Gnome Panel. It contains a number of useful things, such as <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>The <guibutton>Main Menu</guibutton>: this is the @@ -207,12 +211,9 @@ <listitem> <para> Application launchers: these are buttons that start - various programs. In this example the toolbox button + various programs. For example, the toolbox button starts the <application>Gnome Control Center</application> - (for configuring your system), and the button with a - computer screen starts <application>Gnome - Terminal</application>, for those who need to use - command line. + (for configuring your system). </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -277,9 +278,10 @@ <para> If it is a directory, the File Manager will start and show the contents of that directory. Your desktop will probably - have a folder icon labeled <guilabel>Home - directory</guilabel>. Double-clicking on it will start the - File Manager at your home directory. + have a icon showing a house and labeled + <guilabel><replaceable>yourname</replaceable>'s + Home</guilabel>. Double-clicking on this icon will start + the File Manager at your home directory. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -624,13 +626,14 @@ <para> As most modern graphic file managers, - <application>Nautilus</application> shows the contents of a selected - directory using icons to represent files and subdirectories. Clicking - on any file or directory opens it (for data files, it starts - the appropriate application which opens this file). Right-clicking - on a file or directory produces a <guimenu>pop-up</guimenu> menu. - Using this menu, you can delete or rename the file, view and change - file properties or permissions, and more. + <application>Nautilus</application> shows the contents of a + selected directory using icons to represent files and + subdirectories. Double-clicking on any file or directory opens + it (for data files, it starts the appropriate application + which opens this file). Right-clicking on a file or directory + produces a <guimenu>pop-up</guimenu> menu. Using this menu, + you can delete or rename the file, view and change file + properties or permissions, and more. </para> <para> <application>Nautilus</application> also provides an easy way to move files between directories. To move move a file @@ -639,10 +642,7 @@ <guimenuitem>New window</guimenuitem> from the <application>Nautilus</application> <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu. Select the file you need, and drag it from one window into another - using the mouse. You can also drag the file to the desktop. In this - case, the file remains in its old location, and an icon will - be created on your desktop which acts as a link - (<quote>shortcut</quote>) to it. + using the mouse. You can also drag a file or directory to the desktop. </para> <para> <application>Nautilus</application> provides many more tools to manipulate your files. It is also highly @@ -663,8 +663,8 @@ UNIX-style manual pages (manpages), GNU info pages (documentation format used GNU project utilities), and other types of documentation. To view the list of all documentation - installed on your system, click on the <guilabel>Help - contents</guilabel> tab in the left panel of + installed on your system, click on the + <guilabel>Help</guilabel> tab in the left panel of <application>Nautilus</application>. </para> </sect2> @@ -691,7 +691,9 @@ used options of the <application>Gnome Control Center</application>. </para> - <itemizedlist> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>Background</term> <listitem> <para> You can change the desktop background by selecting @@ -704,6 +706,10 @@ menu). </para> </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>Theme Selector</guilabel> + </term> <listitem> <para> <guilabel>Theme Selector</guilabel> allows you to change the @@ -715,9 +721,13 @@ thing they do is switching to another one. </para> </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>Sawfish window manager</guilabel> + </term> <listitem> <para> - <guilabel>Sawfish window manager</guilabel>: this section + This section allows you to change settings for the window manager. In particular, in the <guilabel>Appearance</guilabel> subsection you can change the frame style (theme), which @@ -727,15 +737,20 @@ other settings. </para> </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><guilabel>Session</guilabel> + </term> <listitem> <para> - <guilabel>Session</guilabel>: in this section you can define + In this section you can define the startup programs (that is, programs that are run every time you log in), enable or disable login hints and logout confirmation dialog. </para> </listitem> - </itemizedlist> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> <para> In addition, you can change properties of various items — most notably, panels and icons on your desktop — by @@ -745,7 +760,7 @@ caption of an icon, size and background color (or even background image) of the Panel, and much more. </para> - <note> +<!-- <note> <title>NOTE</title> <para> Desktop icons corresponding to various drives and devices of @@ -753,7 +768,7 @@ complicated nature, so you can not change their caption using the <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> dialog. </para> - </note> + </note> --> <para> Almost every Gnome application has its own preferences settings (look for @@ -782,45 +797,81 @@ </term> <listitem> <para> These include office and productivity applications - such as <application>Gnumeric</application> - — a full-featured Excel-compatible spreadsheet; - <application>AbiWord</application> — a lightweight - word processing application; - <application>Evolution</application> — e-mail, - calendar, address book and contact manager. In addition, - here you will find the <quote>Swiss army knife of text - editors</quote>, <application>emacs</application> (which - is not a Gnome appication). - </para> + such as </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + <application>Gnumeric</application> + — a full-featured Excel-compatible spreadsheet + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem><para> + <application>AbiWord</application> — a lightweight + word processing application + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem><para> + <application>Gnome Calendar</application> to help + you manage your busy schedule + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem><para> Several text editors, from simple and + easy to use <application>gedit</application> to the + (arguably) the most powerful text editor ever created, + <application>Emacs</application> (which is not a Gnome + appication) + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guisubmenu>Graphics</guisubmenu> </term> <listitem> - <para>Here you will find the famous - <application>Gimp</application> — image editing - program for serious users which rivals - <application>Photoshop</application>. This menu also - contains image viewers such as <application>Eye of - Gnome</application> and <application>xv</application>. - </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + <application>Gimp</application> — + image editing program for power users; rivals + <application>Photoshop</application> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem><para>Image viewers such as <application>Eye of + Gnome</application>, <application>GQview</application> and + <application>xv</application> + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> </term> <listitem> - <para>Among other things, here is a - <application>Calculator</application>, <application>Gnome - Search tool</application> which you can use to find a file - on your system, <application>gfloppy</application> which - lets you format a floppy disk, <application>Bug reporting - tool</application>, and a nice utility called - <application>GDict</application> which allows you to look - up a word in one of the many dictionaries freely available - on the Internet. - </para> + <para>Among other things, here you will find </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + <application>Calculator</application> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem><para> + <application>Gnome Search + tool</application> which you can use to find a file + on your system + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem><para> + <application>gfloppy</application> for formatting + floppy disks + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem><para> + <application>GDict</application>for + looking up a word in one of the many dictionaries + freely available on the Internet + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> @@ -914,7 +965,7 @@ <!-- ==================Section: ======================== --> <sect1 id="trouble"> - <title>Help — I Am in Trouble!</title> + <title>Help - I Am in Trouble!</title> <para> Everyone runs into trouble sooner or later. Here is some advice on how to handle the most common problems: @@ -927,17 +978,13 @@ does not respond to your mouse clicks and keyboard commands, you can either wait and hope that it wakes up, or kill it. If you decide to kill it (NOTE: You will lose all unsaved data), - click on the button with small triangle in the left side of the - window title bar to invoke the - <guimenu>window operations</guimenu> menu, and select - <guimenuitem>Destroy</guimenuitem>. Another way to kill the - application is to start the <application>Gnome System - monitor</application> (from <guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu> - submenu of the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>), right-click - on the frozen application name, and select - <guimenuitem>Kill now</guimenuitem>. Using <application>Gnome - System monitor</application> also allows you to find and kill - all helper processes started by this application. + start the <application>Gnome System monitor</application> + (from <guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu> submenu of the + <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>), right-click on the frozen + application name, and select <guimenuitem>Kill + now</guimenuitem>. Using <application>Gnome System + monitor</application> also allows you to find and kill all + helper processes started by this application. </para> <para> If a Gnome application freezes or crashes (unexpectedly dies) @@ -955,8 +1002,9 @@ known for stability), but just the graphical part, X Window System. In this case, you can try to restart X Window System by simultaneously pressing - <keycombo><keycap>CTRL</keycap><keycap>ALT</keycap> - <keycap>Backspace</keycap> </keycombo>. This should work for + <!-- <keycombo>--> + <keycap>CTRL</keycap>-<keycap>ALT</keycap>-<keycap>Backspace</keycap>. + <!-- </keycombo>--> This should work for the implementation of X Window system used on Linux and *BSD, XFree86 — unless it was disabled by your system administrator. Of course, in this way you also lose all unsaved @@ -965,7 +1013,7 @@ </para> </sect2> - <sect2 id="icons-messedup"> +<!-- <sect2 id="icons-messedup"> <title>My Gnome Desktop Icons Are All Messed up!</title> <para> This sometimes happens when upgrading from an older version of @@ -974,7 +1022,7 @@ <filename>~</filename> is your home directory, then log out and login again. If this didn't help, read on. </para> - </sect2> + </sect2> --> <sect2 id="Gnome-messedup"> <title>My Whole Gnome Configuration is Messed Up!</title> @@ -1075,6 +1123,17 @@ </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><ulink type="help" url="gnome-help:glossary"> + <citetitle>Glossary</citetitle></ulink> + </term> + <listitem> + <para>Gives brief explanation of some of computer-related + terms you may see in Gnome documentation, from ASCII to X + Window System. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="gnome-www"> @@ -1147,17 +1206,17 @@ <email>docs@gnome.org</email>. </para> <para> - If you find a bug in one of Gnome applications, please report it! - The developers do read these reports and try to fix all reported bugs. - The easiest way to send a bug report is to use <application>Gnome - Bug Report Tool</application>, found in the - <guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of the - <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. This tool will be automatically - started if a Gnome application crashes. It should also be used - for submitting suggestions or requests for new features for - Gnome applications: just select <guilabel>Severity: - wishlist</guilabel> in the appropriate window of - <application>Gnome Bug Report Tool</application>. + If you find a bug in one of Gnome applications, please report + it! The developers do read these reports and try to fix all + reported bugs. The easiest way to send a bug report is to use + <application>Gnome Bug Report Tool</application>, found in the + <guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of the <guimenu>Main + Menu</guimenu>. This tool will be automatically started if a + Gnome application crashes. It should also be used for submitting + suggestions or requests for new features for Gnome applications: + just select <guilabel>Severity: enhancement</guilabel> in the + appropriate window of <application>Gnome Bug Report + Tool</application>. </para> <para> If you have questions about Gnome, or want to discuss Gnome |