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diff --git a/trunk/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosstartsession.xml b/trunk/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosstartsession.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 2da37c9..0000000 --- a/trunk/gnome2-user-guide/C/gosstartsession.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,328 +0,0 @@ -<chapter id="sessions"> - <title>Desktop Sessions</title> - - <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility --> - <anchor id="gosgetstarted-1"/> - - <remark>Needs better intro</remark> - <remark>This chapter needs work</remark> - - <highlights> - <para>This chapter provides the information you need to log in to and shut down GNOME, and to start, manage, and end a desktop session.</para> - </highlights> - - <sect1 id="gosgetstarted-69"> - <title>Starting a Session</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>starting</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>A <firstterm>session</firstterm> is the period of time you spend using GNOME. During a session, you use your applications, print, browse the web, and so on.</para> - <para>Logging in to GNOME begins your session. The login screen is your gateway to the GNOME Desktop: it is where you enter your username and password and select options such as the language you want GNOME to use for your session.</para> - <tip><para> - Normally, logging out ends the session, but you can choose to save the state of your session and restore it next time you use GNOME: see <xref linkend="prefs-sessions"/>.</para></tip> - - <!-- - 2.14 has moved all this out of the standard dialogs. - - The session manager saves and restores the following: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>The appearance and behavior settings, for example fonts, colors, -and mouse settings. </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>The applications that you were running, for example file manager -and text editor windows. You cannot save and restore applications that the -session manager does not manage. For example, if you start the <application>vi</application> editor from the command line in a terminal window, session -manager cannot restore your editing session. </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - --> - - - <sect2 id="gosstartsession-85"> - <title>Logging in to GNOME</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>logging in</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>logging in</primary> - <secondary>to session</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>start session</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>To log in to a session, perform the following steps:</para> - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>On the login screen, click on the <guilabel>Session</guilabel> -icon. Choose the GNOME Desktop from the list of available desktop environments.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Enter your username in the <guilabel>Username</guilabel> field -on the login screen, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Enter your password in the <guilabel>Password</guilabel> field -on the login screen, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - <para>When you log in successfully, you will see a splash informing you of the steps GNOME is taking to start up. When GNOME is ready, you will see the Desktop and you can begin using your computer.</para> - <para>The first time you log in, then the session manager starts a new -session. If you have logged in before, then the session manager restores your -previous session, if you saved the settings for the previous session when -you logged out.</para> - <para>If you want to shut down or restart the system before you log in, click -on the <guilabel>System</guilabel> icon on the login screen. A dialog is displayed. -Select the option that you require, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para> -<!--What about failsafe gnome?--> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="gosstartsession-86"> - <title>Using a Different Language</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>different language, logging -in</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>language, logging in in different</primary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>logging in</primary> - <secondary>to session in different language</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>To log in to -a session in a different language, perform the following actions.</para> - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>On the login screen, click on the <guilabel>Language</guilabel> -icon. Choose the language you require from the list of available languages.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Enter your username in the <guilabel>Username</guilabel> field -on the login screen, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Enter your password in the <guilabel>Password</guilabel> field -on the login screen, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - <note> - <para>When you log in to a session in a different language, you choose -the language for the user interface. You do not specify a keyboard layout -for the session. To choose a keyboard layout, use the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:gswitchit"><application>Keyboard Indicator</application></ulink> applet.</para> - </note> - </sect2> - </sect1> - <sect1 id="lock-screen"> - <title>Locking Your Screen</title> - <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 --> - <anchor id="gosstartsession-1"/> - <screenshot> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="figures/lockscreen_icon.png" format="PNG"/> - </imageobject> - <textobject> - <phrase>Lock screen icon.</phrase> - </textobject> - </mediaobject> - </screenshot> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>locking screen</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>locking screen</primary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>Lock button</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>Locking your screen allows you to leave your computer unattended and prevent access to your applications and information. While your screen is locked, the <link linkend="prefs-screensaver">screensaver</link> runs.</para> - - <para>To lock the screen, perform -one of the following actions:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Lock Screen</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>If the <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> button is present on a -panel, click on the <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> button.</para> - <note><para>The <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> is not present on the panels by default. To add it, see <xref linkend="panels-addobject"/>.</para></note> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - <para>To unlock the screen, move your mouse or press any key, enter your password in the locked screen dialog, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para> - - <!-- - <para>If you share your computer with others, the one can switch the user and start a new session; when finish and end his session, you can unlock your screen as above.</para> --> - - </sect1> - <sect1 id="gosstartsession-2"> - <title>Managing the Session</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>preference tools</primary> - <secondary>Sessions</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>managing</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>To configure the session management of the GNOME Desktop, -use the <application>Sessions</application> preference tool. The <application>Sessions</application> preference tool recognizes the following types of application: </para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <indexterm> - <primary>startup applications</primary> - <secondary>session-managed</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>Applications that are session-managed. When -you save the settings for your session, the session manager saves all of the -session-managed applications. If you log out, then log in again, the session -manager automatically starts the session-managed applications. </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Applications that are not session-managed. When you save the -settings for your session, the session manager does not save any applications -that are not session-managed. If you log out, then log in again, the session -manager does not start non-session-managed applications. You must start the -application manually. Alternatively, you can use the <application>Sessions</application> preference tool to specify non-session-managed applications -that you want to automatically start. </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - <sect2 id="gosstartsession-9"> - <title>Defining Session Behavior When You Log In and Log Out</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>login behavior</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>logout behavior</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>To set how a session behaves when you log in -and log out, use <application>Sessions</application> preference tool. Make -the changes you require in the <guilabel>Session Options</guilabel> tabbed -section. For example, you can select to display a splash screen when you log -in. </para> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="gosstartsession-6"> - <title>To Use Startup Applications</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>startup programs</primary> - <see>startup applications</see> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>using startup -applications</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>startup applications</primary> - <secondary>non-session-managed</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>You -can configure your sessions to start with applications that are not session-managed. -To configure non-session-managed startup applications, use the <application>Sessions</application> preference tool. Use the <guilabel>Startup Programs</guilabel> tabbed section to add, edit, and delete applications. If you save -your settings and log out, the next time that you log in, the startup applications -start automatically. </para> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="gosstartsession-10"> - <title>To Browse Applications in the Current Session</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>browsing applications</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>To browse the applications in the current session, use the <application>Sessions</application> preference tool. The <guilabel>Current Session</guilabel> -tabbed section lists the following:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>All GNOME applications that are currently running, that can -connect to the session manager, and that can save the state of the application.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>All preference tools that can connect to the session manager, -and that can save the state of the tool.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - <para>You can use the <guilabel>Current Session</guilabel> tabbed section -to perform a limited number of actions on the session properties of an application -or preference tool. For example, you can edit the startup order, and restart -style of any GNOME application or preference tool that is in the list. </para> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="gosgetstarted-74"> - <title>To Save Session Settings</title> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>saving settings</secondary> - </indexterm> - <para>To save your session settings, perform the following steps: </para> - <orderedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Configure your session to automatically save settings when -you end the session. To configure your session, use the <application>Sessions</application> preference tool. The <application>Sessions</application> preference -tool starts. Select the <guilabel>Automatically save changes to session</guilabel> -option on the <guilabel>Session Options</guilabel> tabbed section.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>End your session. </para> - </listitem> - </orderedlist> - </sect2> - </sect1> - <sect1 id="shutdown"> - <title>Ending a Session</title> - <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 --> - <anchor id="gosgetstarted-73"/> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>ending</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>sessions</primary> - <secondary>logging out</secondary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>logging out</primary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>quit</primary> - </indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>shutdown</primary> - </indexterm> - <!-- - commenting this out for now. A shot of the shutdown button would be good too. - <screenshot> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="figures/logout_icon.png" format="PNG"/> - </imageobject> - <textobject> - <phrase>Log Out icon.</phrase> - </textobject> - </mediaobject> - </screenshot> - --> - <para>When you have finished using your computer, you can choose to do one of the following:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Log out for another user to begin working with it. To log out of GNOME, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Log Out <replaceable>username</replaceable></guimenuitem></menuchoice> <!-- Translators: your locale might only have a "Log Out" label in the menu if "Log Out username" is not valid. In this case, remove "<replaceable>username</replaceable>". -->.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Shut down your computer and switch off the power. To shut down, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Shut Down</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Depending on your computer's configuration, you can also <firstterm>Hibernate</firstterm> your computer. During hibernation, less power is used, but the state of your computer is preserved: all the applications you have running and open documents.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <para>When you end a session, applications with unsaved work will warn you. You can choose to save your work, or cancel the command to log out or shut down.</para> - - <para>Before you end a session, you might want to save your current -settings so that you can restore the session later. In the <link linkend="prefs-sessions"><application>Sessions</application></link> preference tool, you can select an option to automatically -save your current settings.</para> - </sect1> -</chapter> |