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@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-
<appendix id="appendixa-0">
<title>Hidden Directories</title>
<highlights>
<para>This appendix describes the hidden directories that the
-GNOME desktop adds to the home directories of users. </para>
+GNOME Desktop adds to the home directories of users. </para>
</highlights>
<indexterm>
<primary>hidden directories</primary>
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ GNOME desktop adds to the home directories of users. </para>
</indexterm>
<para>A hidden
directory is a directory that has a name that begins with a period (.). <xref linkend="appendixa-TBL-2"/> describes the hidden directories that the GNOME
-desktop adds to the home directories of users. </para>
+Desktop adds to the home directories of users. </para>
<table frame="topbot" id="appendixa-TBL-2">
<title>Hidden Directories in User Home Directories</title>
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
@@ -98,24 +96,23 @@ the user. </para>
</entry>
<entry valign="top">
<para>The <application>Nautilus</application> file manager
-contains a preference that enables users to use <application>Nautilus</application>
-to manage the desktop background. If the user selects this option, this directory
-contains the objects that are on the <application>Nautilus</application> desktop
-background of the user. This directory contains the following:</para>
+contains a preference that enables users to use the file manager to
+manage the desktop. If the user selects this option, this directory contains
+the objects that are on the desktop of the user. This directory contains the
+following:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Objects on the desktop background, for example, the <guilabel>Home</guilabel> object, the <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object, and other launchers.
-The objects appear in the directory as desktop entry files. For example, the <filename>starthere.desktop</filename> file contains a link to the <guilabel>Start Here</guilabel> location. </para>
+ <para>Objects on the desktop, for example, the <guilabel>Home</guilabel>
+object, the <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object, and other launchers. The objects
+appear in the directory as desktop entry files. For example, the <filename>starthere.desktop</filename> file contains a link to the <guilabel>Start Here</guilabel> location. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Removable media volumes that are mounted.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The file manager also contains a preference that enables
-users to use the home directory as the desktop background directory, instead
-of <filename>.gnome-desktop</filename>. If a user selects this
-option, the contents of the home directory are displayed as desktop background
-objects.</para>
+users to use the home directory as the desktop directory, instead of <filename>.gnome-desktop</filename>. If a user selects this option, the contents of
+the home directory are displayed as desktop objects.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ user. For example, this directory can contain the following: </para>
adds.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><application>Nautilus</application> desktop background images.</para>
+ <para><application>Nautilus</application> desktop images.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</entry>
@@ -197,9 +194,8 @@ adds.</para>
</para>
</entry>
<entry valign="top">
- <para>Contains desktop themes and window frame themes
-that the user adds. The user can add themes from the <application>Themes</application>
-preference tool.</para>
+ <para>Contains controls themes, window frame themes, and
+icons themes that the user adds. The user can add themes from the <application>Theme</application> preference tool.</para>
</entry>
</row>
<row>