From 66ba24405e592610d3ff9f40b71673a929dcdac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Casey Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:50:18 +0000 Subject: Updates to User Guide for GNOME 2.6. --- gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml | 29 +++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml') diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml index dcd445b..678a4f7 100644 --- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml +++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keyboard. desktop - The part of the desktop environment where there are no interface + The part of the GNOME Desktop where there are no interface graphical items, such as panels and windows. @@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ folders, and applications. You can use desktop objects to provide convenient access to files, folders, and applications that you use frequently. - - desktop environment - - A windows-based environment for users. The desktop environment -is the sum of all the parts of your working environment. The desktop environment -includes all of your panels and windows, the desktop, and all of your workspaces. - - DNS name @@ -63,7 +55,8 @@ on the media. GNOME-compliant application An application that uses the standard GNOME programming libraries -is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, Nautilus and gedit are GNOME-compliant applications. +is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, Nautilus file manager and gedit text editor +are GNOME-compliant applications. @@ -106,9 +99,9 @@ to an email. mount - To mount is to make a file system available -for access. When you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a -subdirectory to your file system. + To mount is to make a file system available for access. When +you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to +your file system. @@ -121,7 +114,7 @@ subdirectory to your file system. preference tool A dedicated software tool that controls a particular part -of the behavior of the desktop environment. +of the behavior of the GNOME Desktop. @@ -189,15 +182,15 @@ list view which enables you to display the contents of a folder as a list. A Nautilus component that enables you to display a particular type of file in the view pane. A viewer component -might add menu items that are relevant to the file type to the Nautilus menus. -A viewer component might also enable you to use the Nautilus zoom buttons to change the size of the item in the view pane. +might add menu items that are relevant to the file type to the file manager +menus. A viewer component might also enable you to use the Nautilus zoom buttons to change the size of the item in the view pane. workspace - A workspace is a discrete area in the desktop environment -in which you can work. + A workspace is a discrete area in the GNOME Desktop in which +you can work. -- cgit