[user-guide] Remove sections on System and Places menus.
Nathan Thomas
nathant at fedoraproject.org
Thu Aug 11 09:40:33 UTC 2011
commit 66af2322f6a0e1575ff78bee4f10560e2caa565e
Author: Nathan Thomas <nathan at afternoondust.co.uk>
Date: Thu Aug 11 11:39:53 2011 +0200
Remove sections on System and Places menus.
en-US/Tour_of_the_GNOME_desktop.xml | 479 -----------------------------------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 479 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/Tour_of_the_GNOME_desktop.xml b/en-US/Tour_of_the_GNOME_desktop.xml
index e06c2b1..d012f68 100644
--- a/en-US/Tour_of_the_GNOME_desktop.xml
+++ b/en-US/Tour_of_the_GNOME_desktop.xml
@@ -156,487 +156,8 @@
</para>
</section>
- <section id="sect-User_Guide-_The_top_menu_panel_-_The_Places_menu_">
- <!-- The Places menu --><title> The <guimenu>Places</guimenu> menu </title>
- <para>
- This menu is divided into four subsections.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The first subsection allows quick access to commonly accessed folders, and makes it easy to keep your file system organized. clicking on these links will open <application>Nautilus</application>, the default graphical file manager of GNOME. These links are:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Home Folder</guilabel></menuchoice> where your personal files are kept by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Desktop</guilabel></menuchoice>, a folder within your <filename>Home Folder</filename> where the files and folders that appear on your desktop are stored.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Documents</guilabel></menuchoice>, a folder within your <filename>Home Folder</filename> intended as a place for you to store documents, such as those that you might have created with a word processor or spreadsheet program.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Music</guilabel></menuchoice>, a folder within your <filename>Home Folder</filename> intended as a place for you to store music files.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Pictures</guilabel></menuchoice>, a folder within your <filename>Home Folder</filename> intended as a place for you to store photographs and other pictures.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Videos</guilabel></menuchoice>, a folder within your <filename>Home Folder</filename> intended as a place for you to store videos.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Download</guilabel></menuchoice>, a folder within your <filename>Home Folder</filename> intended as a place for you to store miscellaneous files that you have downloaded from the Internet.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The remaining items in this section are a list of folders that you have bookmarked in <application>Nautilus</application>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The second subsection allows quick access to:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- the <menuchoice><guilabel>Computer</guilabel></menuchoice> window, which allows you to browse the computer's files and all data storage attached to the computer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The third section provides links to tools that help you browse and manage network locations.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Network</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to view the networks that your computer is attached to, and to access files and other resources available through those networks.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Connect to Server</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to create connections to public or local networks.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The fourth section helps you quickly access any file on the system.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Search for files</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to search for files stored on your computer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Recent Documents</guilabel></menuchoice> lists the documents and folders recently accessed.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </section>
- <!-- end of places menu -->
- <section id="sect-User_Guide-_The_top_menu_panel_-_The_System_menu_">
- <!-- The System menu --><title> The <guimenu>System</guimenu> menu </title>
- <para>
- This menu is divided into three subsections.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <!-- the first section -->
- <para>
- The first provides access to configuration tools.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <!-- Preferences -->
- <para>
- The <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu> menu contains tools that affect only your account, and only require normal user access. The choices will vary depending on the software installed and the following are common default choices:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>About Me</guilabel></menuchoice> stores details about yourself that you can share with other people as an electronic business card.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Appearance</guilabel></menuchoice> customizes the appearance of your desktop, including the background picture.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Assistive Technologies</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you choose software to magnify portions of the screen or to read the contents of screens to you.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!-- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Authorizations</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you selectively permit the software on your computer to carry out certain tasks automatically and without your intervention.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Bluetooth</guilabel></menuchoice> configures Bluetooth devices to work with your computer
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!-- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Default Printer</guilabel></menuchoice> specifies the printer to use by default.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Color Profiles</guilabel></menuchoice> to manage, install and generate color profiles.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Desktop Effects</guilabel></menuchoice> enables or disables special visual effects for the desktop.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>File Management</guilabel></menuchoice> controls how files and folders are presented to you.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Input Method</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to choose methods to input languages whose writing systems do not use an alphabet, such as some Indic and East Asian languages.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Keyboard</guilabel></menuchoice> specifies the type of keyboard that you use with this computer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Keyboard Shortcuts</guilabel></menuchoice> sets key combinations to perform certain tasks within certain programs, or within the desktop environment more generally.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!-- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Main Menu</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you add, remove, or re-order the items on the <guilabel>Applications</guilabel> and <guilabel>System</guilabel> menus, or create new menus of your own.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Messaging and VoIP Accounts</guilabel></menuchoice> Configure accounts for Empathy instant messaging client and VoIP application
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Monitors</guilabel></menuchoice> sets the resolution and other details of your display.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Mouse</guilabel></menuchoice> configures the buttons and other controls on your mouse.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Network Authentication</guilabel></menuchoice> configure Kerberos Network Authentication preferences.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Network Connections</guilabel></menuchoice> displays your computer's network connections and allows you to configure them.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Network Proxy</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to specify a <firstterm>proxy server</firstterm> for your computer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!-- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>PalmOS Devices</guilabel></menuchoice> links your computer to personal digital assistants (PDAs) that use the PalmOS operating system.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Personal File Sharing</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you share your documents and other files with other users of this computer or with users of other computers over a network.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Power Management</guilabel></menuchoice> configures your computer to perform differently under different power settings.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Preferred Applications</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you choose which applications you prefer to use for particular tasks.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Remote Desktop</guilabel></menuchoice> permits you or other people to access your computer's desktop from a remote location over a network connection.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Screensaver</guilabel></menuchoice> sets your screensaver.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Seahorse-Preferences</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to set the cipher-key's properties.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Software Updates</guilabel></menuchoice> specifies how you would like your computer to handle software updates when they become available.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Sound</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you choose sounds to accompany actions or events on your computer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Startup Applications</guilabel></menuchoice> chooses applications to start automatically when you log in.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!-- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Windows</guilabel></menuchoice> controls the appearance of the windows that applications appear in.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <!-- administration -->
- <para>
- The <guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu> menu contains tools that affect the whole system and require root access. These tools prompt for the root password when launched.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Add/Remove Software</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you change the software installed on the system.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Authentication</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to control how the system verifies users who attempt to log in.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!--not a default item <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Bootloader</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you choose your default boot entry and the time the boot message is displayed.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Date and Time</guilabel></menuchoice> permits the system date and time to be changed.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Firewall</guilabel></menuchoice> link lets you setup and configure a firewall for your computer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!-- not a default item <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Language</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to change the default language.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Logical Volume Management</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you configure the LVM in a graphical setting.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Network</guilabel></menuchoice> permits configuration of your network connections and devices.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Network Device Control</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you monitor and control your network devices.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Printing</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to configure your printers.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!-- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Root Password</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you to change the root password for the system.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>SELinux Management</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to change security settings that protect your computer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Services</guilabel></menuchoice> lets you decide which services will run when the system starts.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Software Sources</guilabel></menuchoice> permits you to enable or disable software repositories.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Software Update</guilabel></menuchoice> looks for software updates at your selected software sources.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Users and Groups</guilabel></menuchoice> allows you to add or remove users and groups.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
-<!--
-Documents
--->
- <listitem>
- <!-- the second section -->
- <para>
- The second section provides access to the help documentation, along with information about the Fedora project, the GNOME project and information about your computer and its operating system.
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Help</guilabel></menuchoice> is the guide for questions about GNOME.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <!-- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>About GNOME</guilabel></menuchoice> tells you about GNOME and the people who made it.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <!-- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>About Fedora</guilabel></menuchoice> is a guide containing documentation about the Fedora project.
- </para>
- </listitem> -->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>About This Computer</guilabel></menuchoice> provides basic information about your computer and links to the process and resource monitor.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <!-- the third section -->
- <para>
- The third section contains entries to
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Lock Screen</guilabel></menuchoice> starts the screen saver or blanks the screen. It will ask for your password to restore your session to the screen.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Log Out</guilabel></menuchoice> of the current session.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <menuchoice><guilabel>Shut Down</guilabel></menuchoice> gives you options to <menuchoice><guilabel>Hibernate</guilabel></menuchoice>, <menuchoice><guilabel>Restart</guilabel></menuchoice>, or <menuchoice><guilabel>Shut Down</guilabel></menuchoice> your computer.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <important>
- <title> Root password </title>
- <para>
- When your computer asks for your root password it means you are entering an area that changes your system's operation or performance. Beware of the messages the program generates and be sure you really want to make the changes.
- </para>
- </important>
- </section>
-
- <section id="sect-User_Guide-_The_top_menu_panel_-_Application_launchers_">
- <!-- Application launchers --><title> Application launchers </title>
- <para>
- The series of icons next to the menus provide quick access to commonly used applications. These icons are called <firstterm>launchers</firstterm>.
- </para>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/gnome_desktop/firefox_icon.png" format="PNG" />
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <para>
- The Mozilla Firefox icon
- </para>
- </textobject>
- <caption>
- <para>
- The icon for <application>Mozilla Firefox</application>, a web browser.
- </para>
- </caption>
- </mediaobject>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/gnome_desktop/evolution_icon.png" format="PNG" />
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <para>
- The Evolution icon
- </para>
- </textobject>
- <caption>
- <para>
- The icon for <application>Evolution</application>, a mail client and personal information manager.
- </para>
- </caption>
- </mediaobject>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/gnome_desktop/tomboy_icon.png" format="PNG" />
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <para>
- The Gnote icon
- </para>
- </textobject>
- <caption>
- <para>
- The icon for <application>Gnote</application>, note-taking software.
- </para>
- </caption>
- </mediaobject>
- <para>
- To add more launchers to a panel, right-click on the panel and select <menuchoice><guilabel>Add to Panel</guilabel></menuchoice>. You can also add launchers that are in the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu. Right click on the application you want to add and select <menuchoice><guilabel>Add this launcher to panel</guilabel></menuchoice>.
- </para>
- </section>
<section id="sect-User_Guide-_The_top_menu_panel_-_The_notification_area_">
<!-- The notification area --><title> The Notification area </title>
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