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diff --git a/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/C/applets/cpumemusage-ug.sgml b/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/C/applets/cpumemusage-ug.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2a9631 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnome-users-guide/gnome-users-guide-1.4/C/applets/cpumemusage-ug.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,175 @@ +<!-- Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of --> +<!-- this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission --> +<!-- notice are preserved on all copies. --> +<!-- --> +<!-- Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of --> +<!-- this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided --> +<!-- that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the --> +<!-- terms of a permission notice identical to this one. --> +<!-- --> +<!-- Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this --> +<!-- manual into another language, under the above conditions for --> +<!-- modified versions, except that this permission notice may be --> +<!-- stated in a translation approved by the Foundation. --> + +<sect2 id="cpumemusage-applet"> + <title>The CPU and memory usage applet</title> + + <para> + The <application>cpumemusage_applet</application> is a small monitor + applet which sits in your panel and tells you about your machine's + use of CPU, memory and swap. To add this + applet to a <interface>Panel</interface>, + right-click on the <interface>Panel</interface> and choose + <menuchoice> + <guimenu>Panel</guimenu> + <guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu> + <guisubmenu>Applet</guisubmenu> + <guisubmenu>Monitors</guisubmenu> + <guimenuitem>CPU/MEM usage</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice>. + </para> + + <sect3 id="cpumemusage-usage"> + <title>Usage</title> + <para> + You don't need to do anything to this applet. It will sit and + run in your panel. + </para> + <para> + The applet shows three bar charts, for CPU, memory and swap space. + If your panel is horizontal, the top bar is CPU, the middle is + memory, and the bottom is swap. If your panel is vertical, the left + bar is CPU, the middle is memory, and the right is swap. + </para> + + <figure id="cpumemusage-applet-fig"> + <title>CPU/MEM Applet</title> + <screenshot> + <screeninfo>CPU/MEM applet</screeninfo> + <graphic format="png" fileref="figures/cpumemusage-applet" + srccredit="Eric Baudais"> + </graphic> + </screenshot> + </figure> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>CPU</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Three colours are used here. Yellow is used for CPU activity + which does not need the kernel. Grey is used for CPU activity + by programs talking to the kernel (typically, lots of I/O such + as moving things between memory and disk). Black is the background + and represents unused CPU. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Memory</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Four colours are used here. Yellow is used for shared memory + (memory more than one program is using). Grey is used for + buffer use (memory containing data not yet written to disk). + The greenish-yellow is used for other memory use. Green + represents unused memory. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Swap</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Two colours are used here. Red is used for swap space in use. + Green is for unused swap. Swap is a section of the hard-drive + where the kernel puts parts of programs which are not currently + being used so that it can retrieve them easily when it needs to. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </sect3> +<!-- When there are Right-Click Pop-Up Menu Items uncomment this section. + <sect3 id="cpumemusage-right-click"> + <title>Right-Click Pop-Up Menu Items</title> + <para> + There are no extra menu items in the applet. + </para> + </sect3> +--> + <sect3 id="cpumemusage-bugs"> + <title> Known Bugs and Limitations</title> + <para> + There are no known bugs for this applet. + </para> + </sect3> + + <sect3 id="cpumemusage-authors"> + <title>Authors</title> + <para> + This applet was writen by Radek Doulik (<email>rodo@ucw.cz</email>). + Please report problems with it to the + <ulink type="http" url="http://bugs.gnome.org">GNOME bug + tracking system</ulink>. You can do this by following the + guidelines on that site or by using <application>bug-buddy</application> + from the command-line. For the package, put gnome-applets. + </para> + <para> + This guide was written by Telsa Gwynne + (<email>telsa@linuxchix.org</email>) and Eric Baudais + (<email>baudais@okstate.edu</email>) and is almost entirely based on + the earlier documentation from the GNOME 1.0.53 User's Guide by David + Mason (<email>dcm@redhat.com</email>) and David Wheeler. Please + report problems with or suggestions for it to the GNOME Documentation + Project (<email>docs@gnome.org</email>). You can also + submit comments online by using the <ulink type="http" + url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/">GNOME Documentation Status + Table</ulink>. + </para> + </sect3> + + <!-- + <sect3 id="license"> + <title>License</title> + <para> + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the <citetitle>GNU General Public + License</citetitle> as published by the Free Software Foundation; + either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later + version. + </para> + <para> + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> for more details. + </para> + <para> + A copy of the <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> is + included as an appendix to the <citetitle>GNOME Users + Guide</citetitle>. You may also obtain a copy of the + <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> from the Free + Software Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http" + url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink> or by writing to + <address> + Free Software Foundation, Inc. + <street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330 + <city>Boston</city>, <state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode> + <country>USA</country> + </address> + </para> + </sect3> +--> + </sect2> + + + + + + + + + + |