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diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml index 63cabb5..0c6d31c 100644 --- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml +++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml @@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ is a visual effect where one color blends gradually into another color. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>You can also change the appearance of your desktop background from within -the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager.</para> -<para><xref linkend="goscustdesk-TBL-14"/> lists the background +the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager.</para><para><xref linkend="goscustdesk-TBL-14"/> lists the background settings that you can configure.</para> <table frame="topbot" id="goscustdesk-TBL-14"> <title>Settings for Desktop Background</title> @@ -130,12 +129,12 @@ color that you want to appear at the bottom edge.</para></listitem> <sect1 id="goscustdesk-38"> <title>Choosing Default Fonts</title> <indexterm><primary>preference tools</primary><secondary>Font</secondary> -</indexterm><indexterm><primary>fonts</primary><secondary>desktop</secondary> -</indexterm><indexterm><primary>fonts</primary><secondary>file manager</secondary> -</indexterm><para>Use the <application>Font</application> preference tool -to select the fonts to use on your desktop.</para> -<para><xref linkend="goscustdesk-TBL-26"/> lists the font settings -that you can configure for the desktop.</para> +</indexterm><indexterm><primary>fonts</primary><secondary>desktop background +</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>fonts</primary><secondary>applications +</secondary></indexterm><para>Use the <application>Font</application> preference +tool to select the fonts to use on in your applications and on the desktop +background.</para><para><xref linkend="goscustdesk-TBL-26"/> lists the font settings +that you can configure.</para> <table frame="topbot" id="goscustdesk-TBL-26"> <title>Settings for Fonts</title> <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"> @@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ Click on the font selector button to select a font to use in your applications. <row><entry colname="COLSPEC18" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para><guilabel> Desktop font</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC19" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>Click on the font selector button to select -a font to use on your desktop background only. </para></entry></row> +a font to use on your desktop background only.</para></entry></row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> @@ -177,8 +176,7 @@ preference tool in the following functional areas:</para> <para>Use the <guilabel>Keyboard</guilabel> tabbed section to set general keyboard preferences. To start the <application>Keyboard</application> <emphasis> accessibility</emphasis> preference tool, that is, <application>AccessX</application>, -click on the <guibutton>Accessibility</guibutton> button.</para> -<para><xref linkend="goscustperiph-TBL-3"/> lists the keyboard +click on the <guibutton>Accessibility</guibutton> button.</para><para><xref linkend="goscustperiph-TBL-3"/> lists the keyboard settings that you can configure.</para> <table frame="topbot" id="goscustperiph-TBL-3"> <title>Settings for Keyboard</title> @@ -222,8 +220,7 @@ blinks in fields and text boxes.</para></entry></row> <indexterm><primary>keyboard</primary><secondary>configuring sound preferences </secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>sound</primary><secondary>configuring keyboard preferences</secondary></indexterm><para>Use the <guilabel>Sound -</guilabel> tabbed section to set your preferences for keyboard sound.</para> -<para>Some applications play a bell sound to indicate a keyboard +</guilabel> tabbed section to set your preferences for keyboard sound.</para><para>Some applications play a bell sound to indicate a keyboard input error. Use the options in the <guilabel>Sound</guilabel> tabbed section to configure the bell sound. <xref linkend="goscustdesk-TBL-1"/> lists the keyboard sound settings that you can configure.</para> @@ -251,18 +248,21 @@ valign="top"><para>Select this option to enable the keyboard bell.</para></entry </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="goscustdesk-39"> -<title>Customizing Shortcut Keys</title> +<title>Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts</title> <indexterm><primary>preference tools</primary><secondary>Keyboard Shortcuts </secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>shortcut keys</primary><secondary> -configuring</secondary></indexterm><para>Shortcut keys enable you to use the -keyboard to perform tasks, </para> +configuring</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>keyboard shortcuts +</primary><secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary> +hot keys</primary><secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm><para>A <firstterm> +keyboard shortcut</firstterm> is a key or combination of keys that provides +an alternative to standard ways of performing an action. </para> <para>Use the <application>Keyboard Shortcuts</application> preference tool -to display the default shortcut keys. You can customize the default shortcut -keys to your requirements.</para> -<para><xref linkend="goscustdesk-TBL-5"/> lists the shortcut key +to display the default keyboard shortcuts. You can customize the default keyboard +shortcuts to your requirements. You can also create <firstterm>hot keys</firstterm>. +Hot keys are keyboard shortcuts that start applications. </para><para><xref linkend="goscustdesk-TBL-5"/> lists the keyboard shortcut settings that you can customize.</para> <table frame="topbot" id="goscustdesk-TBL-5"> -<title>Default Settings for Shortcut Keys</title> +<title>Default Settings for Keyboard Shortcuts</title> <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="36.11*"/> <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="63.89*"/> <thead> @@ -270,19 +270,41 @@ settings that you can customize.</para> Function</para></entry></row> </thead> <tbody> -<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Text editing shortcuts</guilabel></para></entry> -<entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para> Select one of the following settings:</para><itemizedlist> +<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Text editing shortcuts +</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>Select +one of the following settings:</para><itemizedlist> <listitem><para><guilabel>Default</guilabel>: Use this setting for standard shortcut keys.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Emacs</guilabel>: Use this setting for <application> Emacs</application> shortcut keys.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist></entry></row> -<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Desktop shortcuts</guilabel></para></entry> -<entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>This table lists actions and the shortcut -keys that are associated with each action. </para><para>To change the shortcut -keys for an action, double-click on the action. Press the keys that you want -to associate with the action.</para><para>To disable the shortcut keys for -an action, double-click on the action, then press <keycap>Back Space</keycap>. +<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Desktop shortcuts +</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>This +table lists actions and the shortcut keys that are associated with each action. +</para><para>To change the shortcut keys for an action, click on the action +to select the action. Press the keys that you want to associate with the action. +</para><para>To disable the shortcut keys for an action, double-click on the +action, then press <keycap>Back Space</keycap>.</para></entry></row> +<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Custom Shortcuts</guilabel></para></entry> +<entry colname="COLSPEC1"><para>To add a hot key, perform the following steps: +</para><orderedlist> +<listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. A <guilabel>Custom Binding +</guilabel> dialog is displayed. Enter the command to associate with the hot +key in the <guilabel>New Command</guilabel> field. Alternatively, to browse +for the command, click on the <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button. When you +have selected the command, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The command is +added to the <guilabel>Custom bindings</guilabel> section of the <guilabel> +Desktop shortcuts</guilabel> table.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Click in the Shortcut column of the command in the <guilabel> +Custom bindings</guilabel> section of the <guilabel>Desktop shortcuts</guilabel> +table. Press the key or key combination that you want to associate with the +command. </para></listitem> +</orderedlist><para>To edit a hot key, select the hot key in the <guilabel> +Custom bindings</guilabel> section of the <guilabel>Desktop shortcuts</guilabel> +table, then click <guibutton>Edit</guibutton>. Edit the command in the <guilabel> +Custom Binding</guilabel> dialog.</para><para>To delete a hot key, select +the hot key in the <guilabel>Custom bindings</guilabel> section of the <guilabel> +Desktop shortcuts</guilabel> table, then click <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>. </para></entry></row> </tbody> </tgroup> @@ -330,8 +352,7 @@ colname="COLSPEC1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>Select this option if you want to move toolbars from application windows to any location on the desktop. If you select this option, handles are displayed on the left side of the toolbars in your applications. To move a toolbar, click-and-hold on -the handle, then drag the toolbar to the new location on the desktop.</para></entry> -</row> +the handle, then drag the toolbar to the new location.</para></entry></row> <row><entry colname="COLSPEC0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para><guilabel> Show icons in menus</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>Select this option to display an icon beside @@ -409,8 +430,7 @@ from the list box. </para></entry></row> of cursor when the Control key is pressed</guilabel></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top"><para>Select this option to enable a mouse pointer animation when you press and release <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>. This feature -can assist you to locate the mouse pointer on your desktop.</para></entry> -</row> +can assist you to locate the mouse pointer.</para></entry></row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> @@ -453,14 +473,14 @@ action.</para></entry></row> preferences</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>proxy</primary><secondary> setting preferences</secondary></indexterm><para>The <application>Network Proxy</application> preference tool enables you to configure how your system -connects to networks. You can configure the desktop to connect to a <glossterm> -proxy server</glossterm>, and specify the details of the proxy server. A proxy +connects to networks. You can configure the desktop to connect to a <firstterm> +proxy server</firstterm>, and specify the details of the proxy server. A proxy server is a server that intercepts requests to another server, and fulfills -the request itself, if it can. You can enter the Domain Name Service (<acronym> -DNS</acronym>) name or the Internet Protocol (<acronym>IP</acronym>) address -of the proxy server. A <glossterm>DNS name</glossterm> is a unique alphabetic -identifier for a computer on a network. An <glossterm>IP address</glossterm> -is a unique numeric identifier for a computer on a network. </para> +the request itself, if it can. You can enter the Domain Name Service (DNS) +name or the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the proxy server. +A <firstterm>DNS name</firstterm> is a unique alphabetic identifier for a +computer on a network. An <firstterm>IP address</firstterm> is a unique numeric +identifier for a computer on a network. </para> <para><xref linkend="goscustdesk-TBL-52"/> lists the network proxy settings that you can configure.</para> <table frame="topbot" id="goscustdesk-TBL-52"> @@ -562,31 +582,32 @@ settings that you can configure.</para> <colspec colname="COLSPEC18" colwidth="19.21*"/><colspec colname="COLSPEC19" colwidth="46.79*"/> <thead> -<row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="1" valign="top"><para>Option</para></entry><entry colsep="0" -rowsep="1" valign="top"><para>Function</para></entry></row> +<row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="1" valign="top"><para>Option</para></entry> +<entry colsep="0" rowsep="1" valign="top"><para>Function</para></entry></row> </thead> <tbody> -<row><entry colname="COLSPEC18" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para><guilabel>Sounds -</guilabel> table</para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC19" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para> -Use the <guilabel>Sounds</guilabel> table to associate particular sounds with -particular events. </para><para>The <guilabel>Event</guilabel> column displays -a hierarchical list of events that can occur. To expand a category of events, -click on the right arrow beside a category of events.</para><para>The <guilabel> -File to play</guilabel> column lists the sound file that plays when the event -occurs.</para></entry></row> +<row><entry colname="COLSPEC18" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para><guilabel> +Sounds</guilabel> table</para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC19" colsep="0" +rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>Use the <guilabel>Sounds</guilabel> table to +associate particular sounds with particular events. </para><para>The <guilabel> +Event</guilabel> column displays a hierarchical list of events that can occur. +To expand a category of events, click on the right arrow beside a category +of events.</para><para>The <guilabel>File to play</guilabel> column lists +the sound file that plays when the event occurs.</para></entry></row> <row><entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para><guibutton>Play </guibutton></para></entry> -<entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>Click on this button to play the sound -file that is associated with the selected event. </para></entry></row> -<row><entry colname="COLSPEC18" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>Sound file drop-down -combination box, <guibutton>Browse</guibutton></para></entry><entry colname="COLSPEC19" -colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>To associate a sound with an event, select the -event in the <guilabel>Sounds</guilabel> table. Enter the name of the sound -file that you want to associate with the selected event in the drop-down combination -box. Alternatively, click <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> to display a <guilabel> -Select sound file</guilabel> dialog. Use the dialog to specify the sound file -that you want to associate with the selected event.</para><note><para>You -can only associate sound files in <filename>.wav</filename> format with events. -</para> +<entry colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>Click on this button to play +the sound file that is associated with the selected event. </para></entry> +</row> +<row><entry colname="COLSPEC18" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para> +Sound file drop-down combination box, <guibutton>Browse </guibutton></para></entry> +<entry colname="COLSPEC19" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top"><para>To associate +a sound with an event, select the event in the <guilabel>Sounds</guilabel> +table. Enter the name of the sound file that you want to associate with the +selected event in the drop-down combination box. Alternatively, click <guibutton> +Browse </guibutton> to display a <guilabel>Select sound file</guilabel> dialog. +Use the dialog to specify the sound file that you want to associate with the +selected event.</para><note><para>You can only associate sound files in <filename> +.wav</filename> format with events.</para> </note></entry></row> </tbody> </tgroup> @@ -626,9 +647,9 @@ Function</para></entry></row> box.</para></entry></row> <row><entry valign="top"><para><guibutton>Install new theme</guibutton></para></entry> <entry valign="top"><para>You can add a theme to the list of available themes. -The new theme must be an archive file that is tarred and zipped. -That is, the new theme must be a <filename>.tar.gz</filename> file.</para><para> -To add a theme to the list of available themes, click on the <guibutton>Install +The new theme must be an archive file that is tarred and zipped. That is, +the new theme must be a <filename>.tar.gz</filename> file.</para><para>To +add a theme to the list of available themes, click on the <guibutton>Install new theme</guibutton> button. A dialog is displayed. Enter the name of the theme archive file in the drop-down combination box. Alternatively, to browse for the file, click on the <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button. When you @@ -647,8 +668,8 @@ on the default theme folder.</para></entry></row> </indexterm><indexterm><primary>window manager</primary><secondary>customizing </secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>preference tools</primary><secondary> Window Focus</secondary></indexterm><para>Use the <application>Window Focus -</application> preference tool to specify the to customize window focus behavior -for your desktop.</para> +</application> preference tool to customize window focus behavior for your +desktop.</para> <para><xref linkend="goscustwindows-TBL-3"/> lists the window focus settings that you can customize.</para> <table frame="topbot" id="goscustwindows-TBL-3"> |