From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 3 21:50:52 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 16:50:52 -0500
Subject: example-tutorial/en_US example-tutorial2.xml,1.1,1.2
Message-ID: <200702032150.l13LoqTJ028497@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
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+++ example-tutorial2.xml 3 Feb 2007 21:50:49 -0000 1.2
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@
-
+
- Some Section
+ A Small Section
+
+
+
+
+
+ About ShmooMaker
+
+
+ ShmooMaker is a utility for making
+ shmoos. Everyone loves shmoos due to their warm and cuddly nature.
+
+
+
+ Installing ShmooMaker
+
+
+ To install ShmooMaker, use
+ yum to install the
+ ShmooMaker
+ RPM package:
+
+
+yum install ShmooMaker
+
+
+
+ Configuring ShmooMaker
+
+
+ ShmooMaker creates a basic system
+ configuration template for shmoos in the
+ /etc/ folder. The
+ configuration file is called /etc/shmoos.
+ You can add your own user-specific shmoo information by creating
+ a file in your home directory called
+ ~/.shmoos. The
+ /etc/shmoos file resembles the following:
+
+
+
+
+
+ To edit the system configuration template, use the
+ root account.
+
+
+
+
+ Using ShmooMaker
+
+
+ To run ShmooMaker, select it from the
+ GUI menu under Applications
+ Entertainment
+ ShmooMaker. When the
+ main ShmooMaker dialog appears, click
+ the New button to create a new shmoo.
+
+
+
+
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 3 21:51:42 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 16:51:42 -0500
Subject: example-tutorial/en_US example-tutorial2.xml,1.2,1.3
Message-ID: <200702032151.l13Lpgev028533@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
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flush-left so that extra space does not appear in the document
output. If you use auto-indenting commands in your editor, be
careful that they do not improperly reformat the sections. -->
-[shmoo]
size = medium
lovable = True
[add-ons]
-intelligibility = 0]]>
+intelligibility = 0
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 3 22:19:55 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:19:55 -0500
Subject: example-tutorial/en_US example-tutorial2.xml,1.3,1.4
Message-ID: <200702032219.l13MJtUJ032056@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
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Log Message:
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@@ -335,18 +335,22 @@
About ShmooMaker
-
+
ShmooMaker is a utility for making
- shmoos. Everyone loves shmoos due to their warm and cuddly nature.
+ shmoos. A shmoo is a lovable, globular
+ beastie with a penchant for turning himself into other objects.
+ Everyone loves shmoos due to their warm and cuddly nature.
Installing ShmooMaker
-
+
To install ShmooMaker, use
yum to install the
@@ -376,11 +380,16 @@
/etc/shmoos file resembles the following:
-[shmoo]
+ exactly as it is included here. The second and following lines are
+ flush-left so that extra space does not appear in the document
+ output. If you use auto-indenting commands in your editor, be
+ careful that they do not improperly reformat the sections.
+ You can use other elements inside a . It is common to
+ denote what the user types with , and the output with
+ . Avoid including shell prompts, since users may
+ not be using the same shell environment. -->
+cat /etc/shmoos
+[shmoo]
size = medium
lovable = True
@@ -405,20 +414,98 @@
selection is a button, use . If the selection is an
icon, use . For any other GUI elements, use the generic
. -->
+
To run ShmooMaker, select it from the
GUI menu under ApplicationsEntertainment
- ShmooMaker. When the
- main ShmooMaker dialog appears, click
- the New button to create a new shmoo.
+ ShmooMaker .
+
+
+
+ If you want to run ShmooMaker as a
+ daemon process, use the command shmoo-maker
+ .
+
+
+
+
+ Creating Shmoos
+
+
+ To create a shmoo, do the following:
+
+
+
+
+
+ Click the New button.
+
+
+
+
+ Select the desired shmoo from the list in the dialog.
+
+
+
+
+ When the shmoo appears, feed it and give it a hug.
+
+
+
+
+
+ To put away your shmoo for safe-keeping, hit
+ CtrlQ
+
+ .
+
+
+
+
+ Shmoos love the following kinds of food:
+
+ shmoo
+ feeding
+
+
+
+
+ Candied yams
+
+
+
+
+ Marshmallows
+
+
+
+
+ Gummi bears
+
+
+
+
+
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 3 22:22:00 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Karsten Wade (kwade))
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:22:00 -0500
Subject: documentation-guide/en_US emacs-nxml.xml, NONE, 1.1 emacs.xml, NONE,
1.1 fdp-info.xml, NONE, 1.1 getting-files.xml, NONE,
1.1 intro.xml, NONE, 1.1 module-struct.xml, NONE,
1.1 style.xml, NONE, 1.1 tutorial.xml, NONE, 1.1 vim.xml, NONE,
1.1 writing-guidelines.xml, NONE, 1.1 xml-tags.xml, NONE,
1.1 documentation-guide.xml, 1.4, 1.5 docs-emacs-nxml.xml, 1.1,
NONE docs-emacs.xml, 1.2, NONE docs-getting-files.xml, 1.2,
NONE docs-intro.xml, 1.2, NONE docs-module-struct.xml, 1.2,
NONE docs-rh-guidelines.xml, 1.3, NONE docs-style.xml, 1.2,
NONE docs-tutorial.xml, 1.2, NONE docs-vim.xml, 1.2,
NONE docs-xml-tags.xml, 1.3, NONE
Message-ID: <200702032222.l13MM0Oq032113@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
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Emacs and nXML ModenXMLEmacsEmacsnXML mode
You can also use the nXML mode available for
Emacs to make it even easier to write in DocBook
XML format. nXML mode provides context-sensitive editing using completion,
real time validity error checking, syntax highlighting and indentation. All
you need to do is install an RPM!!
Early stages
Please be aware the nxml-mode for Emacs is
quite new, so there are a few things that the advanced user might notice
when using it with other documents types. If you keep an eye on the
mailing-list, you can keep up to date with these, as well as ask
questions. For more details, check out .
Getting the nXML RPMnXMLRPMnXML RPM
To use nXML mode with emacs, you will need to install the nXML RPM
available from Tim
Waugh's website or the source from http://www.thaiopensource.com/download/.
The source requires a lot more work to setup, therefore we will only be
concentrating on the RPM version.
Information on where to get the source is available in .
Examples
Compared to PSGML mode there are only couple of commands that you need.
This speeds up writing with Emacs considerably,
which means you can concentrate more on the content of your article.
Commands
To create a tag, type < and then type the
keyword. To complete the keyword, press Ctrl-Ret,
then add the last >. To close a tag, type
</.
Important
When you open a document that doesn't have a DOCTYPE declaration at
the top of the file, you will get this message and tag completion
won't work because nXML will not know what format you are writing.
To load the schema, type Ctrl-c, then
Ctrl-s and navigate to
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/nxml-mode/schema/ and
load docbook.rnc. Emacs
will then prompt you to save it in the current working directory.
Tip
The commands already discussed are the only differences between
using Emacs with PSGML mode and
Emacs with nXML mode. You will still need
to use all the same commands as discussed in .
Additional Resources Additional Emacs and nXML references are available at the following
locations:
http://www.thaiopensource.com/download/
— Author's download areahttp://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/intro-135.html
— Emacs Quick Reference GuideEmacs reference card that comes with the
emacs package. You can print it out as a
reference. —
/usr/share/emacs/<version>/etc/refcard.psnXML README FileNote
This file can be found in the directory you extracted the source into,
or in
/usr/share/doc/nxml-mode-<version>/
if you installed the RPM.
README file:
This is a new major mode for GNU Emacs for editing XML documents. It
supports editing well-formed XML documents and also provides
schema-sensitive editing of XML documents using RELAX NG Compact Syntax.
To use this, you need GNU Emacs version 21.x, preferably 21.3. GNU Emacs
version 20 will not work properly, nor will XEmacs. To get started, do the
following:
M-x load-file RET rng-auto.el RET
This defines the necessary autoloads. Now, visit a file containing an XML
document, and do the following:
M-x nxml-mode
Now do
C-h m
For information on how to use nxml-mode. The beginnings of a manual are
in nxml-mode.info. You can read this using:
C-u M-x info RET nxml-mode.info RET
It's also installed as an entry at the end of the top-level info
directory. So you can read it with C-h i as usual.
You can use test.valid.xml and
test.invalid.xml as examples of valid and invalid XML
documents.
To get things automatically loaded each time you start Emacs, add:
(load "~/nxml-mode-200YMMDD/rng-auto.el")
to your .emacs, where
~/nxml-mode-200YMMDD is the directory
containing the .elc files. Note that
rng-auto.el does not load all of the nxml-mode code;
it merely sets things up so that all the features of nxml-mode will be
autoloaded properly. You should not try to autoload
rng-auto.el itself.
To use nxml-mode automatically for files with an extension of
xml, xsl,
rng or xhtml, add the following
to your .emacs file:
(setq auto-mode-alist (cons
'("\\.\\(xml\\|xsl\\|rng\\|xhtml\\)\\'" . nxml-mode) auto-mode-alist))
If you edit XML using iso-8859-N encodings other than iso-8859-1 and you
are running Emacs 21.3 or later, then I recommend enabling
unify-8859-on-decoding-mode, by adding the following to your
.emacs file:
(unify-8859-on-decoding-mode)
To get validation and schema-sensitive editing, you need a RELAX NG
Compact Syntax (RNC) schema for you document. The schema directory
includes some schemas for popular document types.
For more on RELAX NG, refer to http://relaxng.org/.
For a tutorial on RELAX NG Compact Syntax, refer to http://relaxng.org/compact-tutorial.html
For automatically creating RNC schemas, I recommend my Trang program:
http://eee.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/trang.html"
You can use this to
Infer an RNC schema from an instance document
Convert a DTD to an RNC schema
Convert a RELAX NG XML syntax schema to an RNC schema
To convert a RELAX NG XML syntax (.rng) schema to a RNC schema, you can
also use the XSLT stylesheet from http://www.pantor.com/download.html".
To convert a W3C XML Schema to an RNC schema, you need first to convert it
to RELAX NG XML syntax using Sun's RELAX NG converter tool rngconv (built
on top of MSV). Refer to https://www.dev.java.net/.
The file NEWS describes recent changes.
Please use the list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emacs-nxml-mode
for bug reports, discussion. I will announce all new versions there.
James Clark
jjc at thaiopensource.com
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Prerequisites
To work on official &FED; documentation you need to install the required
tools. Follow the directions below to configure your system.
System Packages
Install the "Authoring and Publishing" package group, which contains
required DocBook XML files, stylesheets and scripts:
su -c 'yum groupinstall "Authoring and Publishing"'
Next, install the cvs package, which is used to
handle revision control on files in the official repository:
su -c 'yum install cvs'Fedora Documentation Tools
The &FDP;'s custom scripts and stylesheets are stored in CVS on the
cvs.fedoraproject.org CVS
server. Check them out along with the DocBook XML files for the existing
docs.
mkdir my-fedora-docs-sandbox
cd my-fedora-docs-sandbox
export CVSROOT=:ext:username@cvs.fedora.redhat.com:/cvs/docs
cvs login
cvs co docs-common
At the password prompt, press the Enter key.
Common Files
You need to perform this "checkout" step only once, although you may
need to update the files later. These files are common to all the
official documentation.
To work on existing documents in CVS, refer to .
Filename Conventions
&FDP; provides the tools, scripts, and stylesheets to transform your
XML documents into other output formats such as
HTML. In addition, these tools can build your document
into a RPM package. To take advantage of these
services, you must follow conventions for naming your files.
Document Filenames
Each document lives in a peer directory to the
docs-common directory you extracted from the &FED;
archive earlier. On the CVS server, these directories are called
modules. Choose a module name that accurately
reflects your document's subject, but avoid any name already taken. Use
the cvs co -c command to view existing module names.
Avoid Redundancy
Do not use the word &FED; in your module
name. Since all documents in the repository are &FED; documentation,
using this term creates unnecessary confusion.
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How Modules WorkDocumentation modules have a specific structure that enables the
preconfigured tools to work correctly. Follow this structure exactly or you
may have problems building your module. The &FDP; build tools locate
resources in the module and use them to build new output such as HTML or RPM
packages.Structure of a Module shows a directory tree
of an example module, excluding any CVS folders:Example Module StructurePrimary language directory (required)This is the only directory absolutely required. It is named for the
original language of the document, such as en_US (US English). The primary language
does not have to be US English; all languages are supported. This
directory contains all the XML source for the actual document, as well
as XML source for document-specific
entitiesThink of an XML entity as a predefined snippet of information.
It can represent a chunk of XML source, or simply a word or
character. If the information changes, it need be replaced only
once, in the definition, to fix all usage..
Graphics directory (optional)The figs/ directory is an
optional directory where graphics for the document should be stored. If
graphics are screenshots that are particular to a language, the
figs/ directory can and should be
stored in a language directory.Translation (PO) directory (optional)The po/ directory contains
specially formatted files created and used by translators. The &FDP;
build tools use these files to create translated versions of documents.
The translated documents are not stored in CVS; they are created as
needed from these PO files.Makefile (required)The Makefile controls the build process. Its
content is discussed in .rpm-info.xml (required)The rpm-info.xml file contains document
specific metadataThe Document Build System
The build system can render the document into another format such
as HTML or PDF, using
make(1) and shell scripts. Authors need
no prior experience with either shell scripts
or a make(1).
The Document Makefile
Each individual document has its own
Makefile, which only needs to be a few
lines long. The document Makefile content
is designed for cut and paste operations.
below shows the whole
Makefile for a simple document with two
files and two translations.
Sample Document Makefile
Do not be concerned with some of the more complicated syntax
such as the XMLFILES_template stanza. An
explanation for this template appears a few paragraphs
below.DOCBASEThis variable contains the name for the main (parent) XML
document. Follow convention by naming your document after the
module name.PRI_LANGThis variable contains the ISO code for the original
version of the document, such as
en_US.OTHERSThis variable contains a listing of ISO codes for any
other versions into which the document has been translated.
The module must contain a po/ directory and a PO file for
any indicated additional languages.DOC_ENTITIESThis variable contains a listing of any files containing
entity definitions. The &FDP; uses a special XML format to
record document-specific entities, so they can be translated and
built on the fly like any other XML document. An example is
shown later in this guide. XMLFILES_templateThis template allows the build tools to work with the
document in multiple languages once it is translated. The
${1} marking is a
variable used to substitute the appropriate language. This
template is not terribly complicated. For a new module,
duplicate this section exactly except for the actual
filenames. Prepend the text ${1}/, in place of the language
code directory name, to each filename in your document.
Files Exempt From ListingDo not include the document-specific entities XML file or
the rpm-info.xml file, which will be
discussed later in this guide.
The final line, beginning with include,
references the main Makefile for the build
system. This Makefile.common file contains
all the make(1) targets and rules to
actually build the document and the various archives.
The Document rpm-info.xmlEach document module's primary language directory contains a
file called rpm-info.xml. This file
contains document-specific metadata used to generate revision
history, copyright, and contributor information. It follows a
DTD specification included with the rest of the build system
tools. illustrates the content of
this file:Example rpm-info.xml FileOPL1.02006John Q. SmithMy TutorialA tutorial about something importantFirst draft]]>If you are not familiar with XML editing, copy and paste
this file from an existing module and then edit the values for
the various elements as appropriate. Consult &FDP; members and
help channels for more assistance if needed.Build System Actions
To render the XML document into another format,
use one of the following make targets:
htmlThis target builds the "chunked" HTML
document for each defined translation. Output is placed in a
separate directory named ${DOCBASE}-${LANG}/. Each
document section is a separate file within that
directory.html-nochunksThis target builds the "non-chunked" HTML
document for each defined translation. Output is placed in a
single file: ${DOCBASE}-${LANG}.html; no other
files are created.pdfThis target builds only the PDF document
for all document languages. PDF production is
currently erratic and may not work for your document.tarballThis target builds only the tar(1)
archive for all document languages.allThis target builds all targets listed above.cleanThis target deletes any temporary, or generated files, but
does not erase any HTML,
PDF, or archive files.distcleanThis target erases all HTML,
PDF, and archive files. This target
automatically invokes the clean target as
well.Adding or Changing Targets
To add a new target and rules, place them at the bottom of the
document Makefile, below the
include line. Follow your target definitions
with a double colon, not a single colon. The double colon
allows you to specify additional rules for existing targets, or
to write rules for a new target.
For more information on using make(1),
consult the online documentation with the command info
make in a terminal.
Using Document Image Files
Tutorial documents often make use of images such as .PNG files. Store image files in
a figs/ folder in the
main module directory, as shown in .
Depending on the output media, sometimes images may be scaled,
streteched, or squashed. To minimize any distortions, we
recommend that you use only .PNG images. Avoid .JPG files. The
convert(1) program, from the ImageMagickRPM package,
provides a convenient way to reformat .JPG images into .PNG format. For more information
on formatting images such as screenshots, refer to .
Image files may be organized into subdirectories under
figs/ if necessary. The document building
system recreates the image subdirectory structure in the output
documents.
Images often contain labels or other text which may need to be
localized. A screenshot of a program, for example, may require
a version for each translated language. Name language-dependent
image files such as program screenshots by adding the language
code to the filename, such as
menu-en_US.png. Language-independent
images, such as icon.png, do not need
language codes.
Sometimes, a document may require images that do not follow the
naming convention. To use these images with the document
building system, create an ordinary text file containing the
image filenames. This file must be named
figs/Manifest-${LANG} so the build system finds
it when searching for image filenames.
demonstrates one way to create this
Manifest file.
Building A Manifest/tmp/manifest
mv /tmp/manifest figs/Manifest-en]]>Adding a New DocBook XML FileTo add a new DocBook XML file to an existing document,
follow these steps:Place the new DocBook XML file in the primary language
directory.Edit the Makefile and add the
filename to the XMLFILES-${1} listing.
Append a \ to the last existing line, and
on the next line add an entry for the new file. Remember to
add the ${1}/ prefix as a substitute for
the language directory name.Adding a TranslationTranslations are stored as PO (portable object) files, which
the toolchain transforms into translated documents. Each PO
file is based on the POT (PO template) for the document and
translated by the &FED; Translation Project. To add a
translation, follow these steps:If the po/
directory does not exist, create it and add it to
CVS:If it does not exist, create the POT file:Add the new translation language to the
OTHERS listing in the
Makefile.Although translators often copy the POT manually to
create the new PO file, the following command also
works:make po/lang.po
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Style
Writing good technical documentation is not simply reproducing
command lines and instruction sets. Good documentation is easy to
read, understand, and translate, and presents a concise logical
progression of concepts. Good documentation can also be defined by
what it does not contain. Your tutorial should
avoid:
Excessive wordiness
Unnecessary or undefined jargon
Grammatical or spelling errors
References to yourself or your experiences
Remarks which might offend or confuse any reader
This chapter contains style rules and guidelines for writing &FED;
documentation. Guidelines are not the same as rules. It is
acceptable to violate a guideline when it makes your material easier
to understand. Follow guidelines whenever possible, but follow
rules at all times. Assume any advice is a guideline unless
identified otherwise.
Why Style Is Important
Writing well comes naturally to almost no one. It is a skill that
professional writers, even famous ones, must practice constantly.
Stylestyle is the quality
that separates elegant writing from the merely functional.
Elegance comes in many forms. In prose and poetry, elegant
writing may not follow some (or any) common rules of grammar,
syntax, or spelling. A good example is Episode 18, "Penelope," in
James Joyce's novel Ulysses
For example, refer to. http://www.online-literature.com/james_joyce/ulysses/18/.
Please note that this example contains some mature themes and
language, and is not suitable for all readers.
. There, Joyce uses long streams of words without
punctuation to simulate a character's internal consciousness. By
violating basic rules of grammar and syntax, Joyce simulates the
disorganized but loosely connected thought patterns of the
narrator.
Technical documentation, however, should always respect these
rules. The more a document departs from standard language usage,
the more difficult the material becomes for the reader. For
example, readers may not be native speakers of the language used,
or they might be reading a translation. If the writer uses slang,
idioms, or jargon, a reader or translator may easily become
confused. The following example compares two different written
executions of the same idea:
Incorrect style
So you made the changes I showed you in the last section. What's
the next thing you should do? Just pop your thumb drive onto
your system and read the messages log. When
you see "USB device found," then Bob's your uncle.
Correct style
After you complete the configuration changes above, attach the
USB removable media to your system. Use the
dmesg command to examine the kernel message
log. The message USB device
found indicates that your device was
installed successfully.
The first example is more conversational English, which is not
appropriate for official written documentation. The second
example is more formal, but as a result it is easier to
comprehend, both for native readers and translators.
Following style rules and guidelines also makes readers more
comfortable with a set of documents. Consistent style enhances
the professional appearance of documentation, and its perceived
value. On the other hand, lapses in punctuation or poor grammar
negatively affect a reader's reaction to written material. A
reader can feel that an otherwise correct technical document is
lacking in authority, simply because it is poorly written. Readers
feel at ease when they do not have to struggle to understand an
author's use of language.
This chapter cannot possibly cover enough material to make every
reader a good writer. Some manuals devoted entirely to writing
style are themselves hundreds of pages long. This chapter
provides enough guidelines for intermediate writers to understand
style usage in technical documentation.
If you are not a practiced writer, whether of technical
documentation or otherwise, you may benefit from other style
resources. The following list is far from comprehensive, but
provides a starting point:
The Elements of Style, by William
Strunk. Basic rules and links to online versions can be found
at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_StyleThe Chicago Manual of Style, by the
University of Chicago Press. Online version: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/Paradigm Online Writing Assistant,
maintained by Chuck Guilford, Ph.D. Online only: http://www.powa.org/
There are many free software documentation projects which have
developed their own style guidelines. This chapter, in fact,
draws heavily on the GNOME Documentation Style
Guidelines (GDSG). You may
read the original GDSG at http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/.
Fundamental Concepts of Technical DocumentationBibliographic Information
This section is drawn primarily from the
GDSG.
This chapter provides a brief introduction to writing technical
documentation.
General Style Requirements
Technical writing for the &FP; imposes special constraints
beyond the basic requirements of good prose. Good &FED;
technical documentation has the following characteristics:
Comprehensive
Describe all of the functionality of a product. Do not
omit functionality that you regard as irrelevant for the
user.
Conforming
Describe what you see. Do not describe what you want to
see. Present your information in the order that users
experience the subject matter.
Clear
Read The Elements of Style (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style)
to help make your writing clear.
Consistent
Use agreed vocabulary throughout your documentation. Use
the same vocabulary as other writers who are working on
related documentation.
Concise
Review your work frequently as you write your document.
Ask yourself which words you can take out. Refer to for specific guidelines.
Golden Rules
This section contains some basic style guidelines. Subsequent
sections in this chapter expand on these guidelines to give more
detailed guidance.
Golden Rule 1: Be brief
Limit each sentence to fewer than 25 words.
Limit each procedure step to 23 words.
Incorrect: Too long Under normal operating conditions, the kernel does
not always immediately write file data to the disks,
storing it in a memory buffer and then periodically
writing to the disks to speed up operations.
Correct: Less wordy
Normally, the kernel stores the data in memory prior to
periodically writing the data to the disk.
Golden Rule 2: Be organized
Limit each paragraph to one topic.
Limit each sentence to one idea.
Limit each procedure step to one action.
Incorrect: Disorganized topics
The Workspace Switcher applet
helps you navigate all of the virtual desktops available
on your system. The X Window system, working in hand
with a piece of software called a window
manager, allows you to create more than one
virtual desktop, known as
workspaces, to organize your work,
with different applications running in each workspace.
The Workspace Switcher applet
is a navigational tool to get around the various
workspaces, providing a miniature road map in the GNOME
panel showing all your workspaces and allowing you to
switch easily between them.
Correct: Organized topics
Use the Workspace Switcher to
add new workspaces to the GNOME
Desktop. You can run different applications in each
workspace. The Workspace
Switcher applet provides a miniature map
that shows all of your workspaces. You can use the
Workspace Switcher applet to
switch between workspaces.
Plan the order of paragraphs before you start writing.
Decide which topic you want to cover in each paragraph.
Golden Rule 3: Be demonstrative
Use explicit examples to demonstrate how an application
works. Provide instructions rather than descriptions.
Incorrect: Describes but does not
demonstrate
There is a text box that you can use to find out the
definition of a word.
Correct: Demonstrates usage
To request a definition of a word, type the word in the
text box, then select Lookup.
Do not apply this guideline too rigidly. Sometimes you
must explain how software works to support your how-to
examples.
Golden Rule 4: Be objective
Write in a neutral tone.
Incorrect: Sentence takes sides
The applet is a handy little screen grabber.
Correct: Sentence is objective
Use the applet to take screenshots.
Tone
Inappropriate tone hinders reader access to information. A
neutral tone free of opinion or personal flavor improves the
reader's comprehension. Neutral tone helps writers to work in
parallel on a large technical documentation project.
Furthermore, additional writers may join the project at any
time. Use of a neutral tone helps to achieve consistency across
a documentation set, and thereby facilitates user access to
information. The best way to achieve a common, neutral tone is
to apply the following principles:
Avoid humor
Humor distracts from the information you are trying to
provide. Humor also makes documentation difficult to
translate. Stay factual.
Avoid personal opinions
Whether you think a function is useful or woeful is
irrelevant. Report the function to the user, with
instructions about how to use the function. Stay
accurate.
Avoid colloquial language
Colloquial language is difficult to translate and usually
culture-specific. Stay neutral.
Avoid topical expressions
An expression that is in common use today might convey
something completely different tomorrow. Stay technical.
Avoid aspirational statements
Statements about the future developments of a product do
not belong in technical documentation. Write about what
you see right now. Stay real.
Reaching the Right Audience
All of the decisions that you make about the structure and
content of a manual follow from an understanding of the
audience. Consider how the audience accesses the documentation,
what sort of information the audience needs, and the experience
level of the audience. Usually, you need to create
documentation that is suitable for different audiences. The
following sections introduce some of the audience-related topics
you need to consider.
User Motivation
Do not waste the time of the user who looks for information in
your documentation. Users do not read technical documentation
for entertainment. Users usually have specific questions. You
need to give clear answers to those questions.
New Users
New users to &FC; are likely to consult online tutorials for
guidance about unfamiliar applications or functionality. Each
tutorial should contain enough introductory information to tell
new users how to start using the relevant functions. Each
tutorial should also contain enough usage instructions to tell
users the different actions that they can perform with the
command or function. Keep these instructions task-oriented. Do
not describe GUI screens, dialogs, and dialog elements in a
tutorial, unless there is an unusual feature that affects your
instructions.
Experienced Users
Experienced users are more likely to use documentation as a
reference. The documentation therefore needs to be complete,
well-organized, and in the case of printed manuals,
well-indexed.
Do Not Offend Your Audience
To avoid offending your readers, apply the following guidelines
to your documentation:
Avoid insider language
Insider language includes both undefined jargon and the
tendency of the computer community to shorten words. For
example, use the term documentation
instead of the term docs. A term may
be jargon if it fails all the following conditions:
The term does not appear in the &FED;
Jargon Buster (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/jargon-buster/).
The term does not appear in the American
Heritage Dictionary (http://www.bartleby.com/61/
).
The term does not appear in the glossary of the manual
that you are writing.
The term is not defined in the body text of the manual
that you are writing.
Avoid gender-specific language
Pronoun constructions such as his/her
or s/he do not exist. There is no need
to identify gender in your instructions.
Avoid culture-specific language
There is little point in giving an example that everyone
in your town knows about, but is a complete mystery to
everyone else in the world.
Avoid talking down to your reader
There are few experiences more irritating for a user than
documentation that says an action is easy or quick, when
in fact the user cannot complete the action. Do not
qualify or prejudge actions.
Other parts of this guide discuss in more detail tone and
language usage that can cause offense.
Grammar and Usage GuidelinesBibliographical Information
This section is drawn partly from the
GDSG, and partly from The
Elements of Style, updated as necessary for the
needs of 21st-century technical documentation writers.
This section contains an alphabetical list of grammar and usage
guidelines for use in &FED; documentation. Many of these
guidelines are only applicable to English-language usage, refer to
the American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.bartleby.com/61/)
and the Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.html.)
Abbreviations
A shortened form of a word or phrase that takes the place of
the full word or phrase, such as Dr.,
a.m., p.m., and so on.
Apply the following rules when you use abbreviations:
Avoid creating new abbreviations. Unfamiliar
abbreviations can confuse rather than clarify a concept.
Do not explain or expand familiar abbreviations.
Do not include familiar abbreviations in the glossary of
your manual.
For abbreviations of phrases, such as
i.e. for "in other words" and
e.g. for "for example", do not use the
abbreviation. Spell out the entire phrase.
Adjectives
Use adjectives with caution. If an adjective is necessary
to differentiate between items, then use adjectives. In all
cases, test whether the phrase can stand alone without the
adjective.
Acronyms
A term that represents a multi-word term. Typically,
acronyms are formed in the following ways:
From the first letters of each word in a compound term,
for example Table of Contents (TOC).
From recognizable parts of a compound term, such as GNU
Object Model Environment (GNOME).
Apply the following rules when you use acronyms:
On the first occurrence of an acronym, spell out the
full term, with the acronym in parentheses.
Do not spell out the full compound for well-known
acronyms, unless you think the information is useful for
readers.
Avoid creating new acronyms. Unfamiliar acronyms can
confuse rather than clarify a concept.
Write the acronym in uppercase letters, unless there is
a compelling case for lowercase.
Include the acronym and the full term in the glossary of
your manual.
Adverbs
Use adverbs with caution. If an adverb is necessary to
qualify the function of a component, then use an adverb. In
all cases, test whether the phrase can stand alone without
the adverb. Classic superfluous adverbs
simply, easily,
quickly.
Anthropomorphism
Do not apply emotions, desires, or opinions to software
applications.
Do not apply a sense of location or dimension to a
software application. A user can not be "in" a text
editor.
Articles
Do not use the definite article the to
begin any of the following items:
Manual titles
Chapter titles
Headings
Figure captions
Table captions
Callouts
Apostrophe
Do not use apostrophes except where absolutely required
Do not use apostrophes to denote possession.
Do not use apostrophes to denote contractions.
Do not use apostrophes to denote plurals.
Incorrect: Apostrophes
the Main Menu'sHelp option
don't use the default option
several SCSI disk's
Correct: No apostrophes
the Help option on the
Main Menu
do not use the default option
several SCSI disks
Brackets
Do not use brackets [such as these] as a substitute for
parentheses (such as these).
Use brackets for optional command line entries.
Do not use angle brackets to indicate variables in text,
instead use the replaceable tag. Refer to
for
information about using this tag.
Capitalization
Capitalize in the following situations:
All letters in acronyms, unless the acronym is a
well-known exception
Initial letter of the first word in a list
Initial letter of the first word in a callout
Initial letter of a key name, such as the
Shift key
Initial letter of a sentence
Command Names
Avoid starting a sentence with a command name or
application name that has a lowercase initial letter.
Initial letter of a complete sentence after a colon
Do not capitalize in the following situations:
A compound term that is followed by an abbreviation or
an acronym
When you want to emphasize something
Variable names
The initial letter of an incomplete sentence after a
colon
Captions
Use the same rules as for headings, for all captions
accompanying figures and tables. Do not put a period at the
end of a caption.
Colon
Use a colon in the following situations:
To introduce a list
Before an explanation
After an introduction
Do not use a colon in the following situations:
To introduce a figure or a table
To introduce headings
At the end of an introduction to a procedure
Column headings
Use the same rules as for headings.
Comma
Use commas in the following situations:
To separate items in a series
To separate the parts of a sentence
To separate nonrestrictive phrases
Instead of dashes to set off appositives
With for example and similar
expressions
Do not use commas in the following situations:
In a series of adjectives used as one modifier
Between two short independent clauses
Commands
Do not use commands as verbs.
Contractions
Do not use contractions such as can't,
don't, or isn't.
Dash
Do not use the em dash or the en dash. Use a paragraph
break or a colon instead, where you want to create an
introductory piece of text. If you have several items that
you want to introduce, then you can use a variable list.
Ellipsis
Use an ellipsis in the following situations:
To show that you have omitted something from a sentence
To indicate a pause when you quote displayed text
Fractions
Follow these rules when using fractions:
Use numerals for fractions in tables and in units of
measurement, but spell out fractions in prose.
Use a space between a numeral and a related fraction, if
there is a possible ambiguity. For example: 1 1/2
instead of 11/2.
If a fraction is used in a compound modifier, insert a
hyphen between the fraction and the unit of measurement.
Gender
Refer to .
Grammar
Use standard American English grammar rules, refer to the
Chicago Manual of Style (
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.html.)
Headings
Use the following capitalization rules in headings:
Initial uppercase letter of the first word
Initial uppercase letter for all nouns, adjectives, and
verbs.
All lowercase letters for conjunctions, articles, and
prepositions of fewer than four letters
Initial uppercase letter for prepositions of four
letters or longer
Initial uppercase letter for conjunctions of four
letters or longer
Hyphen
Use hyphens in the following situations:
With a numeral in a compound modifier
To prevent ambiguity
With some standard prefixes and suffixes. Use the
American Heritage Dictionary
(http://www.bartleby.com/61/)
for guidance
In spelled-out fractions
In variable names of two or more words, such as
directory-name. Note:
filename is an exception.
Do not use hyphens in the following situations:
For industry-accepted terms
To construct verbs
With an adverb ending in ly
With numerals as single modifiers
With a word that is listed as unhyphenated in the
American Heritage Dictionary
(http://www.bartleby.com/61/),
and that uses a common prefix
With trademarked terms
Latin terms
Do not use Latin terms. Use an equivalent English term
instead.
Like
Do not use the term like to denote
equivalence or similarity.
Lists
Introduce a list with a complete sentence that ends with a
colon.
Numbers
Spell out numbers in the following situations:
Numbers from zero through nine unless the number is
part of a measurement
Approximations
Extreme values such as million, but
precede the value with a numeral
Any number that begins a sentence
A number that is immediately followed by a numeral, for
example: two 10 MB filesNumerals
Use numerals in the following situations:
The number 10 or greater
Negative numbers
Most fractions
Percentages
Decimals
Measurements
Units of time smaller than one second
References to bits and bytes
Parentheses
Use parentheses in the following situations:
To contain the abbreviation of a term on the first
occurrence of the full term
In man page references, specifically the section number
Period
Use a period in the following situations:
To end a sentence
In file and directory names
In abbreviations that can be mistaken for words, such as
a.m. and U.S.
Punctuation
Use standard American English punctuation rules. In
addition to the specific points of punctuation in this
section, refer also to the Chicago Manual of
Style (http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.html.)
Punctuation in numbers
Do not use a comma in numerals of four digits. Use a comma
in numerals of more than four digits.
Quotation marks
Use quotation marks to indicate material that is taken
verbatim from another source. Do not use quotation marks to
excuse terms from legitimacy. If the term is not
legitimate, then use another term. If you must use that
term, declare the term in the glossary and make the term
legitimate.
See v. Refer to
When referring a user to another resource, use "refer to"
instead of "see", and "refer also to" instead of "see also".
This differentiates from the see and seealso tags that are used in
indexing. These tags create special links in the index. To
be consistent throughout the document, we reserve the
special words "see" and "see also" for hyperlinked index
references, and use "refer to" and "refer also to" for
non-hyperlinked and non-indexed references.
Semicolon
Do not use semicolons.
Slash
Except where required as part of a filename, do not use
slashes "/" in your writing. The construction
and/or, for example, does not exist. Use
one or the other term instead.
Spelling
Use standard American English spelling rules, refer to the
American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.bartleby.com/61/)
for guidelines.
Titles
For manual titles use the same rules as for headings.
Units
Follow these rules when using units:
Use standard abbreviations for units of measurements, do
not invent your own abbreviations.
For further
guidelines, refer to the IEEE Standard
Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics
Terms.
Use periods for abbreviated units that might be mistaken
for a word.
Most standard abbreviations of units account for both
singular and plural usage.
Insert a space between the numeral and the unit of
measurement.
Composition Tips
This section contains usage tips based on situations the &FDP;
editors have encountered in the past. You should read and
understand these examples to improve your own documentation. The
&FDP; editors welcome additional examples.
Active Voice
Always use active voice, except when it is awkward to do so. The
tutorial tells the user how to accomplish a task, and should
give instructions clearly and concisely. Avoid using "must,"
"need to," and the like. These words are redundant in a
tutorial, since the reader assumes you are outlining necessary
steps to accomplish a task. Also avoid using "maybe," "might,"
and other words that indicate you are unsure about the subject
matter. Your tutorial should cover a subject authoritatively.
The reader should never be concerned about unknown effects of
following the tutorial.
Incorrect: Passive voice
The yum update command must be run.
You might want to run the yum update
command.
Correct: Active voice
Run the yum update command.
Present Tense
Write in the present tense. A good rule of thumb is that the
words "will" and "shall" are almost never needed in describing
what the user should do or see. They add unnecessary length to
sentences and can confuse translators. They are also often
indicators of passive voice; refer also to .
Incorrect: Future tense
The application will display a list of target files.
A list of target files will be displayed by the application.
Correct: Present tense
The application displays a list of target files.
Narrative Voice
Do not use the first person "I," "we," or "us" to refer to
yourself the writer (whether including the reader or not), the
&FDP;, the &FED; community, or any other group. Do not refer to
users with a third person pronoun ("he," "she," or "he or she")
or the word "one." It is acceptable to refer to the reader with
the second person pronoun "you."
Incorrect: First or third person
As described in the last section, I always run
up2date before configuring the Samba
server.
If the user needs to back up his or her files, s/he should use
the tar or cpio command.
Correct: Second (or no) person
Refer to the section on up2date before
configuring the Samba server.
If necessary, users can back up files with the
tar or cpio command.
Negative Words
Avoid negative words when possible, since they give
documentation an overly dogmatic tone. The word "avoid" is
useful for this purpose. Note that contractions are often used
for negative words such as don't or
can't. Refer to .
Uncertainty
Avoid overuse of "typically," "usually," "most of," "many," and
the like. While occasional use of these constructions is
acceptable, overuse reduces the authority of your documentation.
The documentation should adequately cover a stock installation
of &FC;. It is impossible for a tutorial-length document to
cover every possible configuration scenario. Address the most
common scenarios and note discrepancies only as required.
Redundant Coverage
Avoid covering redundant material, such as how to update a &FC;
system. These overarching topics may be covered in other
tutorials. Writers frequently violate this guideline because
they feel their tutorial is not long enough. Keep your tutorial
from wandering off-topic. Instead, refer the reader to a
separate tutorial whenever possible for complete coverage of
that topic.
Self-referential Value Judgments
Avoid statements such as "One of the most important things to do
is XYZ." If the procedure is
important, the reader already expects it to be in your tutorial.
The converse is also true: If a procedure appears in your
tutorial, the reader expects it is important. This is
especially true if you use a whole section for the procedure in
question. Merely state, "Do XYZ."
Then elaborate as required. If the whole section concerns how
to do XYZ, leave this sentence out
entirely. Refer also to .
Precision of Language
Use precise words for actions users should take. Do not
instruct users to "go" to a selection, or "find" a menu.
Incorrect: Imprecise wording
Go to the Main Menu ->
Foobar
Find the option labeled SearchCorrect: Precise wording
From the Main Menu, select
Foobar
Select the Search option
Do Not Discriminate Against Non-GUI Users
If you are writing about a GUI-only application, you may use
"click" freely. If you are writing about an application that
has a text-mode interface, use "select" instead as shown
above.
DocBook Tips
This section contains tips on how to use DocBook tags more
effectively in your documentation.
Admonitions
Avoid overuse of admonitions. Keep admonitions short and
effective by using only the most important material inside the
admonition. Move any background material required to explain
the admonition statements outside the admonition. Use a short
but descriptive title for an admonition. Use title case for
the admonition title.
Incorrect: Lengthy admonitionUse sfdisk to check input
The sfdisk command accepts a script
file as standard input to set up partitions on a hard
disk. Sometimes sfdisk will simply
reject an erroneous input file. In other cases, it will
use the input verbatim, writing an incorrect partition
table to your disk. Always use the sfdisk
-n command to check your input file before
writing to the disk.
Correct: Brief admonition
The sfdisk command accepts a script
file as standard input to set up partitions on a hard disk.
Sometimes sfdisk will simply reject an
erroneous input file. In other cases, it will use the input
verbatim, writing an incorrect partition table to your disk.
Check Input
Always use the sfdisk -n command to
check your input file before writing to the disk.
Avoid punctuation in titles for sections or admonitions,
except for commas only where demanded. Use a title that says
something about the admonition comment, such as "Reboot
Required," instead of simply using the admonition type for a
title ("Note").
Follow the capitalization rules for headings in the title of
an admonition.
The replaceable
Tag
If your documentation formally states a specific value will be
used as a convention, do not use the replaceable tag in your text or
examples.
XML Entities
Use the entities provided by the &FDP;. These entities are
found in the common/ folder in the
fedora-docs distribution. (Refer also to
.) For instance, do not use
abbreviations such as "FC2." Instead, use the predefined
entities "&FC; &FCVER;," which produces the text "&FC;
&FCVER;."
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From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:29:24 -0500
Subject: example-tutorial/en_US example-tutorial.xml,1.4,1.5
Message-ID: <200702032229.l13MTOCJ032474@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/example-tutorial/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv32453
Modified Files:
example-tutorial.xml
Log Message:
Add deprecation notice. I might switch this file with the other one
at some point, but not yet.
Index: example-tutorial.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/example-tutorial/en_US/example-tutorial.xml,v
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Update of /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv32490
Modified Files:
acknowledgments.xml emacs-nxml.xml emacs.xml module-struct.xml
style.xml tutorial.xml vim.xml writing-guidelines.xml
xml-tags.xml
Log Message:
updating all section usage and associated ID tags
Index: acknowledgments.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/acknowledgments.xml,v
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--- acknowledgments.xml 17 Dec 2006 00:41:55 -0000 1.4
+++ acknowledgments.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:29:37 -0000 1.5
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
A patch from Karsten Wade (kwade at redhat.com) has been applied to add
- . It was edited by Paul
+ . It was edited by Paul
W. Frields (stickstr5 at hotmail.com).
A patch from Paul W. Frields (stickstr5 at hotmail.com) has been applied
to add more explanation of the screen tag set to .
+ linkend="sn-xml-tags-screen">.
Index: emacs-nxml.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/emacs-nxml.xml,v
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@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
when using it with other documents types. If you keep an eye on the
mailing-list, you can keep up to date with these, as well as ask
questions. For more details, check out .
+ linkend="sn-emacs-nxml-readme">.
-
+ Getting the nXML RPM
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@
Information on where to get the source is available in .
+ linkend="sn-emacs-additional-resources">.
-
+
-
+ Examples
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
which means you can concentrate more on the content of your article.
-
+ Commands
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@
using Emacs with PSGML mode and
Emacs with nXML mode. You will still need
to use all the same commands as discussed in .
+ linkend="sn-emacs-basic-commands">.
-
-
+
+
-
+ Additional Resources Additional Emacs and nXML references are available at the following
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@
-
+
-
+ nXML README File
@@ -336,5 +336,5 @@
jjc at thaiopensource.com
-
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Index: emacs.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/emacs.xml,v
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and more.
-
+ Setting Up Your .emacs File
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-->
-
+
-
+ Customizing Emacs
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place.
-
+
-
+ Create Recompiled DTD Subset
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-
+
-
+ Load the Parsed DTD
@@ -404,9 +404,9 @@
-
+
-
+ Basic Emacs Commands
@@ -563,9 +563,9 @@
-
+
-
+ Examples
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for beginners. This section provides some examples of how to use them.
-
+ Tag Completion
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-
-
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+ Tag Closure
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/. This will close the closest open tag you have.
-
+
-
+ Other Emacs Tasks
@@ -680,11 +680,11 @@
it will prompt you to save the file, otherwise it will just quit the
current emacs session you have been working with.
-
+
-
+
-
+ Additional Resources Additional Emacs and PSGML references are available at the
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
-
+
Index: module-struct.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/module-struct.xml,v
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@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
class="extension">.JPG images into .PNG format. For more information
on formatting images such as screenshots, refer to .
+ linkend="sn-screenshots"/>.
Image files may be organized into subdirectories under
Index: style.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/style.xml,v
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--- style.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:21:58 -0000 1.1
+++ style.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:29:37 -0000 1.2
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@
Do not use angle brackets to indicate variables in text,
instead use the replaceable tag. Refer to
- for
+ for
information about using this tag.
Index: tutorial.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/tutorial.xml,v
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+++ tutorial.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:29:37 -0000 1.2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
be used, and an entity to change the version and date of the tutorial.
-
+ The Parent File
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
<title>Some Section</title>
<para>
- This is an example section. You can also use sect1, sect2, etc.
+ This is an example section. You can also use section, section, etc.
</para>
<warning>
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@
-
+
-
+ Including the License Information
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
The sample parent file shows how it is included.
-
+
Index: vim.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/vim.xml,v
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--- vim.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:21:58 -0000 1.1
+++ vim.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:29:37 -0000 1.2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
:help tutor from inside VIM.
-
+ Setting Up Your .vimrc File
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
Vim.org and load it separately.
-
+
-
+ Keymapping with VIM
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
" common tags that start a new text block
imappa O
-imaps1 joO
+imapsn joO
imappl O0i
imapcp O0i
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@
Unfortunately, there is not currently a complete macro set for all
DocBook commands, so you will need to define them yourself or customize
the definitions in the examples from .
+ linkend="sn-vim-additional-resources">.
-
+
-
+ Additional VIM Resources
@@ -152,5 +152,5 @@
-
+
Index: writing-guidelines.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/writing-guidelines.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- writing-guidelines.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:21:58 -0000 1.1
+++ writing-guidelines.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:29:37 -0000 1.2
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
Please read this chapter carefully. This chapter describes the
guidelines that must be followed such as naming conventions.
-
+ ID Naming Conventions
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
name (minus the "ch-") in its ID. For example,
you are working with the "ch-intro" chapter and
need to create your first section on disk partitions. That section
- ID would look similar to "s1-intro-partition"
+ ID would look similar to "sn-intro-partition"
which contains the section number, the main chapter ID, and a
unique ID for that section.
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@
sn-
- sect1
- s1-
+ section
+ sn-
- sect2
- s2-
+ section
+ sn-sect3
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-
+
-
+ File HeaderAll the files must contain the CVS Id header. If you create a
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@
]]>
-
+
-
+ Admonitions
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mandate that Warnings be reserved for cases where bodily harm can
result.
-
+ Creating Notes, Tips, Cautions, Importants, and
Warnings
@@ -342,11 +342,11 @@
WarningBody of text goes here.
-
+
-
+
-
+ Screenshots
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
For more information about calling the images from the
- XML, refer to .
+ XML, refer to .
@@ -500,14 +500,14 @@
8032 pts/1 S 0:00 ssh root at backup.example.com
For more information about using screen, refer to .
+ linkend="sn-xml-tags-screen"/>.
-
+
Index: xml-tags.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/xml-tags.xml,v
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--- xml-tags.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:21:58 -0000 1.1
+++ xml-tags.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:29:37 -0000 1.2
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
-
+ Tags and Entities Caveats
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@
-
+
-
+ application
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or lynx if you only want a text-based browser.
-
+
-
+ chapter
@@ -215,15 +215,15 @@
The chapter can also be further divided into sections
- (sect1, sect2,
+ (section, section,
sect3, etc.). Refer to for details.
+ linkend="sn-xml-tags-sections"> for details.
-
+
-
+ citetitle
@@ -255,9 +255,9 @@
entity.
-
+
-
+ command
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-
+
-
+ computeroutput
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Do you really want to delete this file? y n
-
+
-
+ emphasis
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partitions on all hard drives in your system;
non-Linux partitions will not be removed.
-
+
-
+ example
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-
+
-
+ filename
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-
+
-
+ firstterm
@@ -534,9 +534,9 @@
partitions, and &FC; is no exception.
-
+
-
+ footnote
@@ -572,9 +572,9 @@
Installation Guide.
-
+
-
+ figure
@@ -635,12 +635,12 @@
For more information on taking screenshots, refer to .
+ linkend="sn-screenshots"/>.
-
+
-
+ GUI Tags
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
GUI tags
-
+ guilabel
@@ -682,9 +682,9 @@
The Authentication Configuration screen shows you how to
make your system more secure.
-
+
-
+ guibutton
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Check the Activate on boot button to have the X
Window System start automatically.
-
+
-
+ guiicon
@@ -752,9 +752,9 @@
Double-click the Start Here icon on the desktop.
-
+
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+ guimenu and
guimenuitem
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Emacs to start the
Emacs text editor.
-
-
+
+
-
+ keycap
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@
To make your selection, press the Enter key.
-
+ menuchoice
@@ -887,9 +887,9 @@
.
-
+
-
+ keycombo
@@ -922,11 +922,11 @@
.
-
+
-
+
-
+ Lists
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@
The sections below will discuss the proper uses for the various
list and how to create them.
-
+ itemizedlist
@@ -1016,9 +1016,9 @@
-
+
-
+ OrderedList
@@ -1103,9 +1103,9 @@
-
+
-
+ Variablelist
@@ -1198,9 +1198,9 @@
-
+
-
+ Creating a List Within a Table Using Simplelist
@@ -1381,9 +1381,9 @@
For each paragraph or list item to be added within a
SimpleList, the <member> tag set must be
added around that particular text item.
-
+
-
+ glosslist
@@ -1467,11 +1467,11 @@
-
-
+
+
-
+ option
@@ -1507,9 +1507,9 @@
For example, with the command ls you can
specify an option such as .
-
+
-
+ Index Entries
@@ -1620,9 +1620,9 @@
true by default.
-
+
-
+ para
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-
+
-
+ part
@@ -1717,9 +1717,9 @@
information about the part is on a separate page.
-
+
-
+ prompt
@@ -1761,9 +1761,9 @@
(unless the command or prompt is the actually computer output you want
to show).
-
+
-
+ replaceable
@@ -1792,9 +1792,9 @@
foo-version-number.arch.rpm
-
+
-
+ screenXML tags
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@
within this command.
-
+ Using Inline Tags with screen
If you choose to use inline tags inside a
@@ -1958,13 +1958,13 @@
For an explanation of how to use the replaceable
tags within a set of screen tags, refer to .
+ linkend="sn-xml-tags-replaceable">.
-
-
+
+
-
+ Sections
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@
Within an article (or chapter if it is a DocBook XML book like the
&IG;), you can have sections and
- subsections. <sect1> is always the highest
+ subsections. <section> is always the highest
section and you cannot have two sections of the same level within one
another (a section 2 can be created within a section 1, but section 1
has to be closed before another section 1 can be created). The general
@@ -1986,14 +1986,14 @@
-<sect1 id="s1-uniquename">
+<section id="sn-uniquename">
<title>Insert Title Here</title>
<para>
Body text goes here.
</para>
- <sect2 id="s2-uniquename">
+ <section id="sn-uniquename">
<title>Insert Title Here</title>
<para>
Body text goes here.
@@ -2007,9 +2007,9 @@
</sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </section>
-</sect1>
+</section>
@@ -2034,9 +2034,9 @@
</section>
-
+
-
+ table
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@
-
+ Creating a List Within a Table
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-
+
-
+
-
+ trademark
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-
+
-
+ userinput
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dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
-
+
-
+ -->
-
+ ulink
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-
+
-
+ wordasword
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meaning to the content. It can be replaced with any other word without
losing any of the context.
-
+
-
+ xref
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@
For more information about the parent file, refer to
-<xref linkend="ch-tutorial"></xref> and <xref linkend="s1-tutorial-parent"></xref>
+<xref linkend="ch-tutorial"></xref> and <xref linkend="sn-tutorial-parent"></xref>
@@ -2495,9 +2495,9 @@
For more information about the parent file, refer to
- and .
+ and .
-
+
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sun Feb 4 13:43:00 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 08:43:00 -0500
Subject: documentation-guide/en_US xml-tags.xml,1.2,1.3
Message-ID: <200702041343.l14Dh05a013836@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv13813
Modified Files:
xml-tags.xml
Log Message:
Remove unnecessary screen section
Index: xml-tags.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/xml-tags.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- xml-tags.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:29:37 -0000 1.2
+++ xml-tags.xml 4 Feb 2007 13:42:58 -0000 1.3
@@ -45,15 +45,12 @@
Although XML is capable of handling many document types, the format
discussed here is the article format.
-
- This chapter only discusses tags used for documentation for the &PROJECT;,
- not all available DocBook XML tags. For the complete list, refer to:
-
-
-
-http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html
-
-
+
+ This chapter only discusses tags used for documentation for the
+ &PROJECT;, not all available DocBook XML tags. For the complete
+ list, refer to .
+ Tags and Entities Caveats
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sun Feb 4 13:57:25 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Karsten Wade (kwade))
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 08:57:25 -0500
Subject: documentation-guide/en_US writing-guidelines.xml,1.2,1.3
Message-ID: <200702041357.l14DvPjB013953@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: kwade
Update of /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv13936
Modified Files:
writing-guidelines.xml
Log Message:
the latest stuff I did :)
Index: writing-guidelines.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/documentation-guide/en_US/writing-guidelines.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- writing-guidelines.xml 3 Feb 2007 22:29:37 -0000 1.2
+++ writing-guidelines.xml 4 Feb 2007 13:57:23 -0000 1.3
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
]>
- &RH; Documentation Guidelines
+ &FED; Documentation Guidelinesrecursion
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@
Please read this chapter carefully. This chapter describes the
guidelines that must be followed such as naming conventions.
-
+ This chapter only discusses tags used for documentation for the &PROJECT;,
+ not all available DocBook XML tags. For the complete list, refer to:
+
+ http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html
+
+
+ ID Naming Conventions
@@ -41,11 +47,10 @@
naming conventions
- You will see certain ID names referred to below and this will
- help to explain how we come up with those names. For
+ This section explains the ID naming convention. For
example:
-
+
@@ -64,35 +69,15 @@
naming conventionsrules for defining an ID
-
-
-
- Restrict the ID name, which is everything between the
- quotation marks, to 32 characters or fewer
-
-
- Keep it as short and simple as possible
-
-
- Make sure the name is recognizable and relevant to the
- information
-
-
-
- Some examples are "ch-uniquename" (13
- characters) and "sn-install-make-disks" (21
- characters).
-
- A section within a particular chapter always uses the chapter
- name (minus the "ch-") in its ID. For example,
- you are working with the "ch-intro" chapter and
- need to create your first section on disk partitions. That section
- ID would look similar to "sn-intro-partition"
- which contains the section number, the main chapter ID, and a
- unique ID for that section.
+
+ Keep it as short and simple as possible.
-
- Naming Conventions
+ Start the ID with the special short two-character label. This
+ makes URLs and other references to this ID human readable, by
+ self-identifying what the XML container type is.
+
+
]]>
IDs are unique identifiers, allowing DocBook XML to know where
- to cross-reference a section or chapter or the like. The
+ to cross-reference a section, chapter, or other element. The
following general rules apply to IDs:
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@
Start the ID with the special short two-character label. This
makes URLs and other references to this ID human readable, by
- self-identifying what the XML container type is.
+ self-identifying the XML container type.
(!) The mo!
st popular mail formats are POP and IMAP.
attachment:evol_setup_3-6.pngOnce an option is selected, other fields become active that need to be considered. Most users require either the POP or IMAP server type to be selected. Selecting one of them brings up fields for Server and Username, as well as security settings. This information is available from the ISP or administrator for the email account. attachment:evol_setup_4-6.pngThe next scr!
een, <
hasis>Receiving Options, allows further configuration for incoming email. Automatically check for new mail every X minutes polls the server at set intervals. Leave messages on server prevents the mail client from downloading messages and removing them from the server. Disable support for all POP3 extensions is only needed in a small number of cases. attachment:evol_setup_5-6.pngThe Sending Email screen is for configuring servers and settings for outgoing messages. The user may select SMTP or Sendmail; SMTP, or simple mail transport protocol, is most common. Server Configuration requires a hostname under Server and is where potential authentication settings are entered. These settings, when used, are provided by the ISP or administrator for the email account. attachment:evol_setup_7-6.pngIn this example, the server type is SMTP and the authentication method is PLAIN. The username fcuser is used for server authentication. attachment:evol_setup_8-6.pngAccount Management contains a single field for the!
user
name the account for easy identification. Often this is a simple description of the email account, such as Work Email. attachment:evol_setup_9-6.pngSelect a timezone in the Timezone screen. attachment:evol_setup_10-6.pngThe final screen, Done, indicates that the account setup is complete. Clicking on the [Apply] button completes the setup process. attachment:evol_setup_11-6.pngThis completes the initial setup and enters the user into the main Evolution mail client. attachment:evol_setup_12-6.pngSetting up Instant MessagingThis section is specific for Gaim in Fedora. For further information and documentation on Gaim, refer to: h!
ttp://
m.sourceforge.net/documentation.phpTo start and configure Gaim, select Applications > Internet > Internet Messenger from the menu panel. Starting Gaim for the first time goes directly into the Accounts configuration: attachment:Gaim_accounts_1.pngClick on the [Add] button to bring up the Add Account window: attachment:Gaim_a!
ccounts_2.pngIn the Add Account window, under Login Options, click on the right side of the Protocol dropdown menu to show the available protocols. In this example, AIM/ICQ is selected. attachment:Gaim_accounts_3.pngEnter details for the selected account, including Screen name, Password, and Alias. Select Remember password if desired. Click on the [Save] button to add the account to the account list. attachment:Gaim_accounts_4.pngOnce the account is added, the Accounts windows displays the new account: attachment:Gaim_accounts_5.pngThe Accounts windows also displays the next time Gaim is launched. Repeat this procedure for each account to be added. Using GaimSelect one of the enabled accounts to see the Buddy List window. In this window, menus allow the user to add additional IM contacts.!
attachment:Gaim_accounts_6.pngAll 9 supported protocols are available at the same time within Gaim.
{i}Not all features supportedGaim does not support features of all included protocols. Gaim is useful for chatting via text across 9 different IM protocols, but n!
ot all the features in each IM system are supported. For exam!
ple, v
o is not fully supported at this time.
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CategoryDocumentation
--- NEW FILE Customizing.xml ---
Docs/DesktopUserGuide/CustomizingCustomizing the DesktopIt is possible to customize the look and feel of your desktop in several ways. All of the graphical elements of a desktop - window borders, buttons, scrolling sliders, and other control elements - can be adjusted, modified, or replaced. A theme is a collection of such graphical elements, designed to give a common look and to fit together, and bundled for the desktop. Changing the ThemeThemes are a way to change your desktop to suit your personal preferences. The default theme is Clearlooks. Fedora Core 6 comes with many other themes. To change the desktop theme, choose System > Preferences > Theme. The Theme Preferences window appears: attachment:chngTheme3.pngChanging the BackgroundTo change the background image on your desktop, right-click on an empty area of the desktop, and select the Change Desktop Background option. The Desktop Background Preferences window appears. To change your desktop background, choose a new image form the list. You can add your own images by clicking Add Wallpaper. To set a color or gradient, select No Wallpaper. Then change the color under Desktop Colors.
(!) Another way to change the desktop background is to choose System > Preferences > Desktop Background from the menu panel.
Customizing File Browsing BehaviorBy default, Fedora uses the Nautilus file manager, which opens a new window each time you open a folder. You can change this behavior to use one window with Forward and Back buttons. To change this, double-click on Computer on the desktop, click Edit and then Preferences. You can also select Places > Computer > Edit > Preferences from the!
menu panel. Click the Behavior tab and click on the box next to the text Always open in browser windows.
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/GamesPlaying GamesBy default, Fedora comes with a selection of 15 games. There are additional game packages that can be selected during installation. In addition, the Fedora Extras project has packages for many more games. You can install additional games after installation by using the Add/Remove program application, Pirut, and the Fedora Extras software repository. More information about this games repository can be found on the Fedora Extras Games Wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GamesBrief Description of Each Game
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leRiot SolitaireA collection of dozens of solitaire gamesAtaxxA disk-flipping gameBlackjackThe classic casino card gameFive or MoreA version of the popular Color Lines gameFour-in-a-RowA four-in-a-row game played against the computer or another human opponentFreeCell SolitaireAnother huge collection of solitaire gamesIagnoA Reversi-like disk flipping gameKlotskiA gro!
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ding block puzzlesMahjonggA tile-matching game with many variationsMinesA clone of a popular puzzle gameNibblesA worm or snake gameRobotsThe classic game of robots out of controlSame GNOMEA puzzle game involving the strategic removal of groups of marblesTaliA poker game played with diceTetravexA simple tile-matching game
For information about using these games, refer to the individual Help > Contents menu within each game.
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/IntroductionIntroductionWelcome to the Fedora Core 6 Desktop User Guide! This guide is intended for users, with a working Fedora Core 6 system, who are able to use a mouse and keyboard. This guide shows: How to login to your computer The layout of the default Fedora desktop How to use Nautilus, a file and system navigator How to use Evolution, an e-mail client How to use Gaim, an instant messenger client How to use Firefox, a web-browser How to use OpenOffice, an office suite How to customize your new Fedora desktop About this DocumentVolun!
teer contributors from the Fedora Documentation Project created this guide, and many others, for each release of Fedora. If you have questions or suggestions about Fedora documentation, or if you would like to help document Fedora, please visit the Fedora Documentation Project web site: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProjectFor assistance installing Fedora Core 6, please read the Fedora Core Installation Guide: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/fc6/Thank you for choosing Fedora.
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/LoginLogging into the DesktopThis section of the Fedora Desktop User Guide explains how to login to your system. The user account and the password created during the installation process is necessary to complete this step. If you have forgotten your user account, your password, or both, read the section I Cannot Login: HELP!. For additional information about the login process, read the section Logging In: An Explanation. This first section covers the login process. Any user can now login when the display looks similar to the picture below: attachment:020_FC6_Login.pngTo login, type your username into the horizontal field containing a blinking black bar (the cursor). Next, press the [Enter] key. Next, type your password into the same field you typed your username, then press the [Enter] key.
(!)For security reasons, a dot is displayed for every character entered in the password field.
(!)As with any password, your Fedora account password should be kept private and not shared with anyone or written down in plain view.
Each computer user should be assigned a unique username and password. With unique user accounts, the system is more secure, and Fedora automatically stores files and other sensitive information separately from other users.
(!)Your username and password are case-sensitive. A correct username and password is required to login to the system. Common errors include mis-typed fields or the [Caps Lock] feature is on. Remember, usernames and passwords are case-sensitive. This means that 'user' is not the same as 'USER' or 'uSeR'. If problems persist, read the section I Cannot Login: HELP!
After a correct username and password are entered, the login screen will be replaced by the splash screen. After this, the splash screen should be replaced by the default Fedora 6 desktop. Congratulations! The computer is now ready for use. Logging In: An Explanation!
Fedora is a multi-user operating system. !
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, this means multiple users can be logged into the computer at the same time. Three distinct groups, normal user, system user and administrative accounts exist on your Fedora system. By default, your account is created as a normal user account. Normal users have permission to run a desktop and related desktop applications. System users have permission to programs running in the background, often with elevated privileges, that help maintain your computer system. One example of a system account is the Xscreensaver program.
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The Fedora login process is regulated by a system user called Xscreensaver. Xscreensaver secures your desktop when it is unattended and can be configured by accessing the following menu options: System > Preferences > Screensaver.
Administrative accounts are accounts with elevated privileges, such as the root account, that enable the user to perform tasks to alter the behavior and ability of other users on the computer system. The root user is considered the "ultimate" administrative account as it has domain over the entire machine. For more information about these different levels, permissions, and user provisioning, pleas!
e refer to the Fe
a Administration Guide.
/!\Day-to-day tasks do not require root level access. Do not log into your desktop as root, as it is potentially dangerous. When the need arises to perform maintenance duties such as installing software, removing software, or updating the system, the tool can be run as the root user. This is done in this guide with the command form su -c 'command-to-be-run-as-root'. Programs that require root privileges will to prompt you for the root password before the program starts.
I Cannot Login: HELP!Recovering or replacing a password for a user account is not hard, but it is beyond the scope of this guide. For an explanation and details on how to do this, please refer to the Fedora Administration Guide, which has a section on user accounts, and password recovery.
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/MediaUsing MediaThis chapter covers how to use media such as hard drives, DVDs, CDs, and flash drives in Fedora. When these media are mounted, they are called volumes. UnderstandingWhen you insert media into your computer, Fedora automatically detects the volume. An icon is placed both on your desktop and in the Places menu.
/!\System hard disk is already mounted The hard disk drive that Fedora is installed on is mounted during system boot and cannot be removed or ejected the way other media can. Access this drive through the Computer icon on the desktop or through Places > Computer.
When you are finished using your media, alert Fedora that you would like to remove this volume. To do this, right-click on the device's icon and then select Unmount Volume or Eject, depending on what type of media you are using. Exploring MediaTo view the contents of a volume, double-click on the icon on the desktop, or choose the volume name from the Places menu. All of the contents of your volume are displayed in the window. Writing CDs or DVDsFedora includes support for writing to CDs and DVDs. To write to a CD or DVD: Open a Nautilus window, such as Home or Computer. Nautilus is the graphical file manager. Select Places > CD/DVD Creator. Drag and drop the files you wish to burn into this new empty window. Click Write to Disc. In the dialog box, you can change the name of the disc and the write speed if they are incorrect. Click Write. Using a USB DriveWhen you plug in a USB drive, Fedora automatically de!
tects this and puts an icon on your desktop. You may then use your USB drive as you would any other volume.
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/MultimediaPlaying Multimedia (Music & Video)Fedora includes several tools for viewing video and listening to audio. Access sound and video applications through the Applications > Sound & Video menu. By default, Fedora provides four applications for audio and video:
attachment:cdplayericon.pngThe CD Player application is for listening to audio CDs.attachment:soundjuicericon.pngSound Juicer is an application for converting CDs to music files.attachment:rhythmboxicon.pngRhythmbox is a music player with tools for organizing music, CDs, Internet radio stations, and more.
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Totem Movie Player is for viewing videos.
(!)Media formats not included by default in Fedora Because of licensing and patent encumbrance, Fedora cannot ship with certain audio and video playing capabilities, known as codecs. An example is the MP3 codec. Refer to the section below on Excluded Multimedia for more information.
Playing Audio CDsCD Player is the default application for playing CDs. Audio CDs begin playing automatically when the disk is inserted into the CD-ROM drive. This program can be started independently through the menu Applications > Sound & Video > CD Player. Converting Audio CDs to Music FilesSound Juicer is the application that rips the CD into audio files on your hard disk. Ripping is the word for converting audio files from CD to file, with each music track on the CD saved as a single file. The default file format is Ogg Vorbis, a free and open alternative to the MP3 format. Vorbis offers better performan!
ce in
maller file than MP3. When a ripping from a commercially produced CD, Sound Juicer displays the music track names, downloading the information from a free database on the Internet.
{i}Vorbis is a lossy format Similar to MP3, Vorbis compresses the music track to a smaller file with very little loss of musical range or quality. Files can also be saved in the lossless WAV or FLAC formats. However, the resulting files are much larger.
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Sound Juicer Manual is available in the application, by going through Help > Contents. Organizing your Multimedia FilesOne can organize multimedia files using Rhythmbox. Access this through Applications > Sound & Video > Rhythmbox Music Player. Rhythmbox provides a front-end for music services, Internet radio stations, podcasts, and your own library of multimedia. To learn more about using Rhythmbox, you can access the Rhythmbox Music Player Manual through the Help > Contents menu. Playing VideosThe Totem Movie Player can play a variety of !
videos. Found at Applications > Sound & Video >!
Movie
ayer, Totem plays any format that can be legally supplied with Fedora. For usage help, the Totem Movie Player Manual is accessed through the Help > Contents menu. Fedora Project's Approach to Multimedia SupportThe Fedora Project encourages the use of open formats in place of restricted ones. Fedora includes complete support for many freely-distributable formats. These are the Ogg media format, Vorbis audio, Theora video, Speex audio, and FLAC audio formats. These freely-distributable formats are not encumbered by patent or license restrictions. They provide powerful and flexible alternatives to more popular, restricted formats such as MP3. MP3, DVD, and Other Excluded MultimediaFedora cannot include support for MP3 or DVD video playback or recording. MP3 formats are patented, and the patent holders have not provided the necessary licenses. DVD video formats are also patented and equipped with an encryption scheme. Again, the patent holders have not provided the necessary licenses, and the code needed to decrypt CSS-encrypted discs may violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a copyright law of the United States. Fedora also excludes other multimedia software due to patent, copyright, or license restrictions, such as Adobe Flash Player and RealNetworks RealPlayer. While other MP3 options may be available for Fedora, Fluendo now offers an MP3 plugin that is properly licensed for end users. This plugin enables MP3 support in applications that use the GStreamer framework as a backend. Fedora does not include this plugin for!
licensing reasons, but Fluendo offers one solution to playing!
MP3 i
edora. For Further InformationFor additional information about multimedia in Fedora, refer to the Multimedia section of the Fedora Project website: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MultimediaFor more information on freely-distributable formats and how to use them, refer to the Xiph.Org Foundation's web site at: http://www.xiph.org/For more on licensed and copyrighted formats, please refer to: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItemsFor more information on Fluendo, visit Fluendo's website at http://www.fluendo.com
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/OfficeOffice ToolsOffice productivity tools are available in the base Fedora installation. This group of office tools include presentation, spreadsheet, and word processing applications. These tools are available through Applications > Office or as icons on the menu bar. The office tools available are:
attachment:calicon.pngCalendar, a component of the Evolution application suite.attachment:openofficeorg-impress.pngPresentation is the OpenOffice.org Impress application, for creating and performing presentations.attachment:gnome-planner.pngProject Management is the Planner application, a powerful project planning tool.attachment:openofficeorg-calc.pngSpreadsheet is the OpenOffice.org Calc application, a spreadsheet program.attachment:tasksicon.pngTasks, a component of the Evolution application suite.attachment:openofficeorg-writer.pngWord Processor is the OpenOffice.org Writer application, a word processing program.
{*}Evolution applications require initial setup The Evolution suite of applications, which includes Calendar and Tasks, requires an initial setup. See Setti!
ng Up Your Email for detailed directions.
OpenOffice.org ApplicationsWith OpenOffice.org, you can create documents in formats based on open standards, such as OpenDocument, Rich Text Format, and HTML. If necessary, you can also read, edit, and write documents in Microsoft Office formats, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with a high degree of compatibility. You can also export files in PDF format without the need of additional software.
(!)OpenOffice.org is available for many computer platforms The OpenOffice.org suite is also available without cost for other Linux distributions, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X under X11. This makes it possible to publish documents which are compatible across many different computer platforms.
For Further InformationFor more information on using OpenOffice.org, refer to the following documentation and support pages: http://documentation.openoffice.org/http://support.openoffice.org/index.htmlhttp://user-faq.openoffice.org/
titem>For more information on using Planner, refer to the following official project documentation and support site: http://live.gnome.org/PlannerFor more information on using Evolution, refer to the following official project documentation and support site: http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/PhotosManaging PhotosMost USB-compatible cameras will work automatically with Fedora and require very little configuration. If your digital camera offers a choice of USB connection types, set the camera's USB setting to PTP, or point-to-point mode, before continuing with this tutorial. Consult your camera's user manual to determine if this option is available and how to choose it. If it is not available, the default settings should be sufficient. Connecting Your CameraTo properly connect the camera to your Fedora system: Make sure your camera is powered off. Connect a USB cable from the camera to your computer. If your came!
ra requires you to select a knob or dial setting before connecting it to a computer, make that selection now. Power the camera on. After your camera powers on, an informational window should appear on your desktop. If you would like to continue to import photos from the camera, select the Import Photos button. If you decide you do not want to import photos, select the Ignore button. If you do not want to see this dialog each time you connect a camera, you can select the Always perform this action option in conjunction with the Import Photos or Ignore button to make one of the choices permanent. Organizing and Importing PhotosAfter you make your selection, Fedora loads thumbnails, or previews, of !
the photos from your camera into a new window. From this new !
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ou can tell Fedora the destination of the imported images and how you want your images organized as it loads them from your camera. In this dialog, you can select and/or deselect photo(s) to import by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail. To select all photos, click any photo and then press the key combination [Ctrl]+[A]. To deselect all photos, press [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[A]. Once all desired photos for import are selected, click the Import button. To cancel the entire import process, click the Cancel button. For a more detailed explanation of the options available when importing images, see the information below.
(!)What to do if you accidentally disconnect your camera. The camera button allows you to reload the thumbnails in case your camera is accidentally disconnected from the computer. If that happens, Fedora may display an additional dialog returning you to the previous step. It is safe to select Ignore in that dialog, return to this one, and click the camera button again.
Selecting a Filing MethodUse Destination to select a folder in which to keep your photo images. Within a destination folder, you can further organize your photos by date and time, or by any other method you wish. If you enter text into the Film box, Fedora uses this text !
to label and organize the photos you import. If y!
ou wan
edora to delete the images from your camera after it imports them, select Delete imported images from the camera. If you want it to use the filenames from the camera, select Keep original filenames. If you do not select this box, Fedora automatically numbers your images using the order it imports them, starting with "00001." Categorizing Your PhotosThe Categories box shows any special category labels you select to mark the photos you import. If you want to select any categories for your photos, click the ... button, which makes the category selection dialog appear. To label your images with a category, click the checkbox next to the category name. Select as many as you wish. If you do not see a category name you like, select the New button and enter a ne!
w category name to add to the list. If you want to remove a category name permanently from the list, select the category by clicking on its name and then select Delete. As you select categories, they appear in the Selected categories box. When you are finished, select OK to save the category names, or Cancel to forget any category selection(s).
(!)Selecting a category using a checkbox protects filing choices. It is easy to accidentally misfile images due to a typing mistake. By using checkbox selection,!
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<!>Use this capability carefully Remote desktop sharing can be a serious security risk. It should be turned on only when needed and not left active.
Fedora provides a means to share a user's desktop remotely across the network. This is useful for receiving technical support from a remote location or for demonstrating a desktop feature to another user. You may also find !
it a useful way to remotely access the files on your desktop from another computer. To activate desktop sharing, select System > Preferences > Remote Desktop from the user menu. This opens the Remote Desktop Preferences window: attachment:remdesktopshare.pngThis procedure describes the most secure method to share a desktop. Under Sharing, check the box Allow other users to view your desktop. Next, check Allow other users to control your desktop. Make a note of the command!
listed under Users can view your desktop using this!
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Under Security, check the box Ask you for confirmation. Next, check Require the user to enter this password and enter a password. Finally, click on the Close button. Be sure to inform the person performing remote technical support/viewing the command from step three, as well as the assigned password. When the person connects to your desktop, click on the Yes button when asked for confirmation. Once the remote viewing feature is no longer needed, turn off desktop sharing: Select System > Preferences > Remote DesktopUncheck the Allow other users to view your desktop box Click on the Close button. This turns off the remote desktop sharing feature.
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/TourTour of the DesktopThis chapter introduces the default desktop environment in Fedora. By providing a common terminology for the elements on the desktop, it is easier to explain how to use the desktop throughout this guide. View of the Default DesktopUpon the initial login into Fedora, you will see default desktop shown here: attachment:fc6desktop6.pngThe default desktop has three distinct areas. From top to bottom, the areas are!
: The menu panelThe desktop areaThe window list panelThe layout location of these items can be customized, but the term used for each of them remains the same. The menu panel stretches across the top of the screen. It contains three menus and a number of default icons that start software applications. It also provides a clock, volume control applet, and a notification area. The desktop area is the screen space between the menu panel and the window list panel. The Computer, Home Directory, and Trash icons are located in the top left corner of this area. Those users more familiar with Microsoft Windows may equate these icons to the My Computer, My !
Documents, and Recycle Bin, re!
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y. The window list panel is located at the bottom of the screen. It features the Show Desktop icon, running applications as icons, and it gives access to the workplace switcher and the trash. The following sections discuss the menu panel, desktop area, and window list panel in further detail. The Menu Panelattachment:fc6menupanel3.pngApplications - The Applications menu contains a variety of icons that start software applications. The icons are ordered by category. It is similar to the Microsoft Windows Start menu. !
para>Places - The Places menu contains a customizable list of directories, mounted volumes, recent documents, and a Search function. Volumes that are mounted may be external USB drives (flash, hard disk, CD, etc.), directories shared across a network, or other media devices such as a portable music player. Read more about this in Using Media. System - The System menu contains a variety of items. Log Out, About, and Help are self-explanatory. Lock Screen starts the screen saver or blanks the screen and prevents the desktop from being used until a password is entered. Preferences contains tools for configuring peripherals and the !
desktop. System Settings also contains c!
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ion tools that are for administrative purposes and usually require root access; that is, when those applications are started, the root password must be entered to continue. In addition to the menus, the menu panel contains a number of icons for common software.
attachment:redhat-web-browser.pngMozilla Firefox web browser.attac!
hment:redhat-email.pngEvolution mail client and personal information manager.attachment:openofficeorg-writer.pngOpenOffice.org Writer is a word processing program.attachment:openofficeorg-impress.pngOpenOffi!
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ra>attachment:openofficeorg-calc.pngOpenOffice.org Calc is a spreadsheet tool.
{i}Writer, Impress, and Calc are displayed only if Office and Productivity Tools was selected during installation. The Add/Remo!
ve program application, Pirut, can be used to install these office tools at any time.
You can add program icons that start an application to the menu panel. These icons are called launchers. Right-click on the panel, and select Add to Panel.
(!) There is another way to add an application launcher to the menu panel if the application is already listed in the Applications menu. Navigate to the application in the Applications menu, right-click on the application, and select Add this launcher to panel.
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panel and select Properties. The Desktop AreaBefore any additional icons are added to the desktop, the desktop area contains three icons by default: Computer - This contains all volumes (or disks) mounted on the computer. These are also listed in the Places menu. Computer is equivalent to My Computer on Microsoft Windows. Home - This is where the logged-in user stores all files by default, such as music, movies, and documents. There is a different home directory for each user, and by default users cannot access each others' home directories. Home is equivalent to My Documents on Microsoft Windows. Trash - Deleted files are moved to Trash. Empty Trash by right-clicking the icon and clicking Empty Trash.
(!)Permanently deleting files To permanently delete a file and bypass the file's move to Trash, hold down the [Shift] key when deleting the file.
Right-clicking on the desktop presents a menu of actions related to the desktop area. For example, clicking on Change Desktop Background!
lets you choose a different image or photograph to display on!
the d
top. This is similar to changing the desktop wallpaper on a Microsoft Windows desktop. It is possible to choose not to have any desktop background. The Window List Panelattachment:fc6winlist3.pngThe window list panel has three components: The Show Desktop button The Workspace Switcher The Trash icon Clicking on the show desktop button hides all open windows and shows the desktop area. This is useful when the number of open applications windows becomes cluttered. The windows are minimized and can be displayed by clicking on the!
minimized window in the window list panel. Open applications appear as button icons in the middle part of the window list panel; these are the open windows being listed. The application window that has focus appears as a depressed button. Usually, this is the application whose window is on top of all the others on the screen. Switch from one running application to another by clicking on the desired application's button in the window list.
{i}Use the key combination [Alt]+[Tab] to switch between open windows. Holding down the [!
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phasis> key allows you to cycle through all open applications.
The workspace switcher is situated on the far right. Workspaces have long been a feature of UNIX and Linux desktop environments. Each workspace provides a separate desktop where applications can be organized. The workspace switcher allows you to switch from one workspace to another. Each workspace has separate desktop areas with a matching window list panel. However, the menu panel and background image is the same on all desktops. The Trash icon on the right end of the window list panel works the same as the Trash icon in the desktop area.
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Docs/DesktopUserGuide/WebAccessing the WebFedora uses Mozilla Firefox by default to access the World Wide Web (Web). Firefox is a multi platform, standards-compliant Web browser. Features of Mozilla Firefox include: Tabbed Browsing: Separate tabs for each Webpage are provided, all within one Firefox window. Extensions and Plugins: Various extensions and plugins are available that support new features, such as search fields directly in the toolbar. Small and Fast: By focusing on providing an extendable Web browser, Firefox is smaller and faster than other browers !
listitem>Starting FirefoxYou can start Firefox by selecting Applications > Internet > Firefox Web Browser or by using the menu panel icon: attachment:firefoxicon.pngGoing FurtherFirefox has support for different plugins that extend its capabilities. This framework allows anyone to create extensions and plugins. You can find more information on Firefox at: http://www.mozilla.org/support/fi!
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/CommunicationsCommunications (Email, IM)Fedora can be used to send electronic mail and communicate in real time with people around the world. By default, Evolution is used to send electronic mail (email), and Gaim is used to send instant messages (IM). Evolution is more than an email program. It is also a personal information manager. You can maintain a calendar, manage a list of tasks, and keep an address book of contacts. Gaim is an instant messaging program (client) that can access MSN, AOL, Yahoo!, Jabber, and other IM and chat networks.
{i}Accounts must already existGaim requires an existing account on each of the IM networks, created via the normal account creation process. For example, Gaim cannot be used to create a Yahoo Instant Messenger account. Instead, visit http://messenger.yahoo.com to set up the account, then access it using Gaim.
Setting Up Your EmailThis information is specific to using Evolution on Fedora. Additio!
nal do
entation for Evolution is available at: http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/documentation.shtmlTo start Evolution, select Applications > Internet > Email from the menu panel, or use the application launcher icon from the menu panel: attachment:redhat-email.pngRunning the software for the first time displays the Evolution Setup Assistant wizard, which is used to configure an initial email account. The first screen displays a welcome message. Click Forward to bring up the next screen, titled Identity. Identity is for configuring the initial values relating to personal email accounts. The screen contains fields for required information, including Full Name and Email Address. Beneath this is Optional Information, which has a Reply to value, should the reply address be different to that entered in the Email Address. This area also allows the user to add an Organization name. Once completed, clicking Forward continues to the next screen. attachment:evol_setup_2a-6.png !
The next screen is Receiving Email
hich is for configuring the retrieval settings for the initial email account. The user must choose the type of server from a drop down menu. This information is supplied by your internet service provider (ISP) or email administrator. By default, Evolution allows the following to be configured: None, Hula, IMAP, Novell GroupWise, POP, UseNet, Local Delivery, MH-format, Maildir-format, and mbox spools.
(!) The m!
ost popular mail formats are POP and IMAP.
attachment:evol_setup_3-6.pngOnce an option is selected, other fields become active that need to be considered. Most users require either the POP or IMAP server type to be selected. Selecting one of them brings up fields for Server and Username, as well as security settings. This information is available from the ISP or administrator for the email account. attachment:evol_setup_4-6.pngThe next sc!
reen,
phasis>Receiving Options, allows further configuration for incoming email. Automatically check for new mail every X minutes polls the server at set intervals. Leave messages on server prevents the mail client from downloading messages and removing them from the server. Disable support for all POP3 extensions is only needed in a small number of cases. attachment:evol_setup_5-6.pngThe Sending Email screen is for configuring servers and settings for outgoing messages. The user may select SMTP or Sendmail; SMTP, or simple mail transport protocol, is most common. Server Configuration requires a hostname under Server and is where potential authentication settings are entered. These settings, when used, are provided by the ISP or administrator for the email account. attachment:evol_setup_7-6.pngIn this example, the server type is SMTP and the authentication method is PLAIN. The username fcuser is used for server authentication. attachment:evol_setup_8-6.pngAccount Management contains a single field for th!
e user
name the account for easy identification. Often this is a simple description of the email account, such as Work Email. attachment:evol_setup_9-6.pngSelect a timezone in the Timezone screen. attachment:evol_setup_10-6.pngThe final screen, Done, indicates that the account setup is complete. Clicking on the [Apply] button completes the setup process. attachment:evol_setup_11-6.pngThis completes the initial setup and enters the user into the main Evolution mail client. attachment:evol_setup_12-6.pngSetting up Instant MessagingThis section is specific for Gaim in Fedora. For further information and documentation on Gaim, refer to: !
http:/
im.sourceforge.net/documentation.phpTo start and configure Gaim, select Applications > Internet > Internet Messenger from the menu panel. Starting Gaim for the first time goes directly into the Accounts configuration: attachment:Gaim_accounts_1.pngClick on the [Add] button to bring up the Add Account window: attachment:Gaim_!
accounts_2.pngIn the Add Account window, under Login Options, click on the right side of the Protocol dropdown menu to show the available protocols. In this example, AIM/ICQ is selected. attachment:Gaim_accounts_3.pngEnter details for the selected account, including Screen name, Password, and Alias. Select Remember password if desired. Click on the [Save] button to add the account to the account list. attachment:Gaim_accounts_4.pngOnce the account is added, the Accounts windows displays the new account: attachment:Gaim_accounts_5.pngThe Accounts windows also displays the next time Gaim is launched. Repeat this procedure for each account to be added. Using GaimSelect one of the enabled accounts to see the Buddy List window. In this window, menus allow the user to add additional IM contacts!
. attachment:Gaim_accounts_6.pngAll 9 supported protocols are available at the same time within Gaim.
{i}Not all features supportedGaim does not support features of all included protocols. Gaim is useful for chatting via text across 9 different IM protocols, but !
not all the features in each IM system are supported. For exa!
mple,
eo is not fully supported at this time.
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+
+
+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Communications
+
+
+
+
+
+ Communications (Email, IM)
+
+ Fedora can be used to send electronic mail and communicate in real
+ time with people around the world. By default,
+ Evolution is used to send
+ electronic mail (email), and
+ Gaim is used to send instant
+ messages (IM).
+
+
+ Evolution is more than an email
+ program. It is also a personal information
+ manager. You can maintain a calendar, manage a list of
+ tasks, and keep an address book of contacts.
+
+
+ Gaim is an instant messaging
+ program (client) that can access MSN, AOL,
+ Yahoo!, Jabber, and other IM and chat networks.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{i}Accounts must already exist
+
+
+Gaim requires an existing account on each of the IM networks, created via the normal account creation process. For example, Gaim cannot be used to create a Yahoo Instant Messenger account. Instead, visit http://messenger.yahoo.com to set up the account, then access it using Gaim.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Setting Up Your Email
+
+
+
+
+ This information is specific to using
+ Evolution on Fedora.
+ Additional documentation for
+ Evolution is available at:
+
+
+ http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/documentation.shtml
+
+
+ To start Evolution, select
+ Applications > Internet > Email from the
+ menu panel, or use the application launcher
+ icon from the menu panel:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:redhat-email.png
+
+
+
+
+ Running the software for the first time displays the
+ Evolution Setup Assistant wizard, which is
+ used to configure an initial email account. The first screen
+ displays a welcome message. Click Forward
+ to bring up the next screen, titled
+ Identity.
+
+
+
+
+ Identity is for configuring the initial
+ values relating to personal email accounts. The screen contains
+ fields for required information, including Full
+ Name and Email Address. Beneath
+ this is Optional Information, which has a
+ Reply to value, should the reply address be
+ different to that entered in the Email
+ Address. This area also allows the user to add an
+ Organization name. Once completed, clicking
+ Forward continues to the next screen.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_2a-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ The next screen is Receiving Email, which
+ is for configuring the retrieval settings for the initial email
+ account. The user must choose the type of server from a drop
+ down menu. This information is supplied by your internet service
+ provider (ISP) or email administrator. By
+ default, Evolution allows the
+ following to be configured: None,
+ Hula, IMAP,
+ Novell GroupWise,
+ POP,
+ UseNet, Local
+ Delivery, MH-format,
+ Maildir-format, and mbox
+ spools.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!) The most popular mail formats are POP and IMAP.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_3-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ Once an option is selected, other fields become active that need
+ to be considered. Most users require either the POP or IMAP
+ server type to be selected. Selecting one of them brings up
+ fields for Server and
+ Username, as well as security settings.
+ This information is available from the ISP or administrator for
+ the email account.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_4-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ The next screen, Receiving Options, allows
+ further configuration for incoming email.
+ Automatically check for new mail every X
+ minutes polls the server at set intervals.
+ Leave messages on server prevents the mail
+ client from downloading messages and removing them from the
+ server. Disable support for all POP3
+ extensions is only needed in a small number of cases.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_5-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ The Sending Email screen is for configuring
+ servers and settings for outgoing messages. The user may select
+ SMTP or Sendmail;
+ SMTP, or simple mail transport protocol, is
+ most common. Server Configuration requires
+ a hostname under Server and is where
+ potential authentication settings are entered. These settings,
+ when used, are provided by the ISP or administrator for the
+ email account.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_7-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ In this example, the server type is SMTP and the authentication
+ method is PLAIN. The username fcuser is
+ used for server authentication.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_8-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ Account Management contains a single field
+ for the user to name the account for easy identification. Often
+ this is a simple description of the email account, such as
+ Work Email.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_9-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ Select a timezone in the Timezone screen.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_10-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ The final screen, Done, indicates that the
+ account setup is complete. Clicking on the
+ [Apply] button completes the
+ setup process.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_11-6.png
+
+
+
+
+ This completes the initial setup and enters the user into the
+ main Evolution mail client.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:evol_setup_12-6.png
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Setting up Instant Messaging
+
+
+
+
+ This section is specific for
+ Gaim in Fedora. For further
+ information and documentation on
+ Gaim, refer to:
+
+
+ http://gaim.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
+
+
+ To start and configure Gaim,
+ select Applications > Internet > Internet
+ Messenger from the menu panel. Starting
+ Gaim for the first time goes
+ directly into the Accounts configuration:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:Gaim_accounts_1.png
+
+
+
+
+ Click on the [Add] button to
+ bring up the Add Account window:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:Gaim_accounts_2.png
+
+
+
+
+ In the Add Account window, under
+ Login Options, click on the
+ right side of the Protocol dropdown menu to
+ show the available protocols. In this example,
+ AIM/ICQ is selected.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:Gaim_accounts_3.png
+
+
+
+
+ Enter details for the selected account, including
+ Screen name, Password,
+ and Alias. Select Remember
+ password if desired. Click on the
+ [Save] button to add the
+ account to the account list.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:Gaim_accounts_4.png
+
+
+
+
+ Once the account is added, the Accounts
+ windows displays the new account:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:Gaim_accounts_5.png
+
+
+
+
+ The Accounts windows also displays the next
+ time Gaim is launched. Repeat
+ this procedure for each account to be added.
+
+
+
+
+ Using Gaim
+
+
+
+
+ Select one of the enabled accounts to see the Buddy
+ List window. In this window, menus allow the user to
+ add additional IM contacts.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:Gaim_accounts_6.png
+
+
+
+
+ All 9 supported protocols are available at the same time within
+ Gaim.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{i}Not all features supported
+
+
+Gaim does not support features of all included protocols. Gaim is useful for chatting via text across 9 different IM protocols, but not all the features in each IM system are supported. For example, video is not fully supported at this time.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Accessing the Web
+Table of Contents
+Next Page - Office Tools
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
+
+
Index: Customizing.xml
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/CustomizingCustomizing the DesktopIt is possible to customize the look and feel of your desktop in several ways. All of the graphical elements of a desktop - window borders, buttons, scrolling sliders, and other control elements - can be adjusted, modified, or replaced. A theme is a collection of such graphical elements, designed to give a common look and to fit together, and bundled for the desktop. Changing the ThemeThemes are a way to change your desktop to suit your personal preferences. The default theme is Clearlooks. Fedora Core 6 comes with many other themes. To change the desktop theme, choose System > Preferences > Theme. The Theme Preferences window appears: attachment:chngTheme3.pngChanging the BackgroundTo change the background image on your desktop, right-click on an empty area of the desktop, and select the Change Desktop Background option. The Desktop Background Preferences window appears. To change your desktop background, choose a new image form the list. You can add your own images by clicking Add Wallpaper. To set a color or gradient, select No Wallpaper. Then change the color under Desktop Colors.
(!) Another way to change the desktop background is to choose System > Preferences > Desktop Background from the menu panel.
Customizing File Browsing BehaviorBy default, Fedora uses the Nautilus file manager, which opens a new window each time you open a folder. You can change this behavior to use one window with Forward and Back buttons. To change this, double-click on Computer on the desktop, click Edit and then Preferences. You can also select Places > Computer > Edit > Preferences from th!
e menu panel. Click the Behavior tab and click on the box next to the text Always open in browser windows.
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+
+
+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Customizing
+
+
+
+
+
+ Customizing the Desktop
+
+ It is possible to customize the look and feel
+ of your desktop in several ways. All of the graphical elements of
+ a desktop - window borders, buttons, scrolling sliders, and other
+ control elements - can be adjusted, modified, or replaced. A
+ theme is a collection of such graphical
+ elements, designed to give a common look and to fit together, and
+ bundled for the desktop.
+
+
+
+ Changing the Theme
+
+
+
+
+ Themes are a way to change your desktop to suit your personal
+ preferences.
+
+
+ The default theme is Clearlooks. Fedora Core 6 comes with many
+ other themes.
+
+
+ To change the desktop theme, choose System >
+ Preferences > Theme. The Theme
+ Preferences window appears:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:chngTheme3.png
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Changing the Background
+
+
+
+
+ To change the background image on your desktop, right-click on
+ an empty area of the desktop, and select the Change
+ Desktop Background option. The Desktop
+ Background Preferences window appears. To change your
+ desktop background, choose a new image form the list. You can
+ add your own images by clicking Add
+ Wallpaper.
+
+
+ To set a color or gradient, select No
+ Wallpaper. Then change the color under
+ Desktop Colors.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!) Another way to change the desktop background is to choose System > Preferences > Desktop Background from the menu panel.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Customizing File Browsing Behavior
+
+
+
+
+ By default, Fedora uses the
+ Nautilus file manager, which
+ opens a new window each time you open a folder. You can change
+ this behavior to use one window with
+ Forward and Back
+ buttons.
+
+
+ To change this, double-click on Computer on
+ the desktop, click Edit and then
+ Preferences. You can also select
+ Places > Computer > Edit > Preferences from
+ the menu panel. Click the Behavior tab and
+ click on the box next to the text Always open in
+ browser windows.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Sharing Your Desktop
+Table of Contents
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
+
Index: Games.xml
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/GamesPlaying GamesBy default, Fedora comes with a selection of 15 games. There are additional game packages that can be selected during installation. In addition, the Fedora Extras project has packages for many more games. You can install additional games after installation by using the Add/Remove program application, Pirut, and the Fedora Extras software repository. More information about this games repository can be found on the Fedora Extras Games Wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GamesBrief Description of Each Game
Ai!
sleRiot SolitaireA collection of dozens of solitaire gamesAtaxxA disk-flipping gameBlackjackThe classic casino card gameFive or MoreA version of the popular Color Lines gameFour-in-a-RowA four-in-a-row game played against the computer or another human opponentFreeCell SolitaireAnother huge collection of solitaire gamesIagnoA Reversi-like disk flipping gameKlotskiA gr!
oup of
iding block puzzlesMahjonggA tile-matching game with many variationsMinesA clone of a popular puzzle gameNibblesA worm or snake gameRobotsThe classic game of robots out of controlSame GNOMEA puzzle game involving the strategic removal of groups of marblesTaliA poker game played with diceTetravexA simple tile-matching game
For information about using these games, refer to the individual Help > Contents menu within each game.
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+
+
+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Games
+
+
+
+
+
+ Playing Games
+
+ By default, Fedora comes with a selection of 15 games. There are
+ additional game packages that can be selected during installation.
+ In addition, the Fedora Extras project has packages for many more
+ games. You can install additional games after installation by
+ using the Add/Remove program application,
+ Pirut, and the Fedora Extras
+ software repository. More information about this games repository
+ can be found on the Fedora Extras Games Wiki:
+
+
+ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Games
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Brief Description of Each Game
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+AisleRiot Solitaire
+A collection of dozens of solitaire games
+
+
+Ataxx
+A disk-flipping game
+
+
+Blackjack
+The classic casino card game
+
+
+Five or More
+A version of the popular Color Lines game
+
+
+Four-in-a-Row
+A four-in-a-row game played against the computer or another human opponent
+
+
+FreeCell Solitaire
+Another huge collection of solitaire games
+
+
+Iagno
+A Reversi-like disk flipping game
+
+
+Klotski
+A group of sliding block puzzles
+
+
+Mahjongg
+A tile-matching game with many variations
+
+
+Mines
+A clone of a popular puzzle game
+
+
+Nibbles
+A worm or snake game
+
+
+Robots
+The classic game of robots out of control
+
+
+Same GNOME
+A puzzle game involving the strategic removal of groups of marbles
+
+
+Tali
+A poker game played with dice
+
+
+Tetravex
+A simple tile-matching game
+
+
+
+
+
+ For information about using these games, refer to the individual
+ Help > Contents menu within each game.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
Index: Introduction.xml
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/IntroductionIntroductionWelcome to the Fedora Core 6 Desktop User Guide! This guide is intended for users, with a working Fedora Core 6 system, who are able to use a mouse and keyboard. This guide shows: How to login to your computer The layout of the default Fedora desktop How to use Nautilus, a file and system navigator How to use Evolution, an e-mail client How to use Gaim, an instant messenger client How to use Firefox, a web-browser How to use OpenOffice, an office suite How to customize your new Fedora desktop About this DocumentVolu!
nteer contributors from the Fedora Documentation Project created this guide, and many others, for each release of Fedora. If you have questions or suggestions about Fedora documentation, or if you would like to help document Fedora, please visit the Fedora Documentation Project web site: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProjectFor assistance installing Fedora Core 6, please read the Fedora Core Installation Guide: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/fc6/Thank you for choosing Fedora.
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+
+
+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Introduction
+
+
+
+
+
+ Introduction
+
+ Welcome to the Fedora Core 6 Desktop User Guide! This guide is
+ intended for users, with a working Fedora Core 6 system, who are
+ able to use a mouse and keyboard. This guide shows:
+
+
+ How to login to your computer
+ The layout of the default Fedora desktop
+ How to use Nautilus, a file and system navigator
+ How to use Evolution, an e-mail client
+ How to use Gaim, an instant messenger client
+ How to use Firefox, a web-browser
+
+
+ How to use OpenOffice, an office suite
+
+
+ How to customize your new Fedora desktop
+
+
+
+ About this Document
+
+
+
+
+ Volunteer contributors from the Fedora Documentation Project
+ created this guide, and many others, for each release of Fedora.
+ If you have questions or suggestions about Fedora documentation,
+ or if you would like to help document Fedora, please visit the
+ Fedora Documentation Project web site:
+
+
+ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
+
+
+ For assistance installing Fedora Core 6, please read the Fedora
+ Core Installation Guide:
+
+
+ http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/fc6/
+
+
+ Thank you for choosing Fedora.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Table of Contents
+Table of Contents
+Next Page - Logging into the Desktop
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+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
+
Index: Login.xml
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/LoginLogging into the DesktopThis section of the Fedora Desktop User Guide explains how to login to your system. The user account and the password created during the installation process is necessary to complete this step. If you have forgotten your user account, your password, or both, read the section I Cannot Login: HELP!. For additional information about the login process, read the section Logging In: An Explanation. This first section covers the login process. Any user can now login when the display looks similar to the picture below: !
attachment:020_FC6_Login.pngTo login, type your username into the horizontal field containing a blinking black bar (the cursor). Next, press the [Enter] key. Next, type your password into the same field you typed your username, then press the [Enter] key.
(!)For security reasons, a dot is displayed for every character entered in the password field.
(!)As with any password, your Fedora account password should be kept private and not shared with anyone or written down in plain view.
Each computer user should be assigned a unique username and password. With unique user accounts, the system is more secure, and Fedora automatically stores files and other sensitive information separately from other users.
(!)Your username and password are case-sensitive. A correct username and password is required to login to the system. Common errors include mis-typed fields or the [Caps Lock] feature is on. Remember, usernames and passwords are case-sensitive. This means that 'user' is not the same as 'USER' or 'uSeR'. If problems persist, read the section I Cannot Login: HELP!
After a correct username and password are entered, the login screen will be replaced by the splash screen. After this, the splash screen should be replaced by the default Fedora 6 desktop. Congratulations! The computer is now ready for use. Logging In: An ExplanationFedora is a multi-user operating system.!
In s
t, this means multiple users can be logged into the computer at the same time. Three distinct groups, normal user, system user and administrative accounts exist on your Fedora system. By default, your account is created as a normal user account. Normal users have permission to run a desktop and related desktop applications. System users have permission to programs running in the background, often with elevated privileges, that help maintain your computer system. One example of a system account is the Xscreensaver program.
/!\Modify Default Login Procedure with Xscreensaver.
The Fedora login process is regulated by a system user called Xscreensaver. Xscreensaver secures your desktop when it is unattended and can be configured by accessing the following menu options: System > Preferences > Screensaver.
Administrative accounts are accounts with elevated privileges, such as the root account, that enable the user to perform tasks to alter the behavior and ability of other users on the computer system. The root user is considered the "ultimate" administrative account as it has domain over the entire machine. For more information about these different levels, permissions, and user provisioning, plea!
se refer to the F
ra Administration Guide.
/!\Day-to-day tasks do not require root level access. Do not log into your desktop as root, as it is potentially dangerous. When the need arises to perform maintenance duties such as installing software, removing software, or updating the system, the tool can be run as the root user. This is done in this guide with the command form su -c 'command-to-be-run-as-root'. Programs that require root privileges will to prompt you for the root password before the program starts.
I Cannot Login: HELP!Recovering or replacing a password for a user account is not hard, but it is beyond the scope of this guide. For an explanation and details on how to do this, please refer to the Fedora Administration Guide, which has a section on user accounts, and password recovery.
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+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Login
+
+
+
+
+
+ Logging into the Desktop
+
+ This section of the Fedora Desktop User Guide explains how to
+ login to your system. The user account and
+ the password created during the installation process is necessary
+ to complete this step. If you have forgotten your user account,
+ your password, or both, read the section
+ I Cannot Login:
+ HELP!. For additional information about the login process,
+ read the section
+ Logging In: An
+ Explanation. This first section covers the login process.
+
+
+ Any user can now login when the display looks similar to the
+ picture below:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:020_FC6_Login.png
+
+
+
+
+ To login, type your username into the horizontal field containing
+ a blinking black bar (the cursor). Next,
+ press the [Enter] key. Next,
+ type your password into the same field you typed your username,
+ then press the [Enter] key.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!)For security reasons, a dot is displayed for every character entered in the password field.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!)As with any password, your Fedora account password should be kept private and not shared with anyone or written down in plain view.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Each computer user should be assigned a unique username and password. With unique user accounts, the system is more secure, and Fedora automatically stores files and other sensitive information separately from other users.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!)Your username and password are case-sensitive.
+
+
+ A correct username and password is required to login to the system. Common errors include mis-typed fields or the [Caps Lock] feature is on. Remember, usernames and passwords are case-sensitive. This means that 'user' is not the same as 'USER' or 'uSeR'. If problems persist, read the section I Cannot Login: HELP!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ After a correct username and password are entered, the login
+ screen will be replaced by the splash screen.
+ After this, the splash screen should be replaced by the default
+ Fedora 6 desktop. Congratulations! The computer is now ready for
+ use.
+
+
+
+ Logging In: An Explanation
+
+
+
+
+ Fedora is a multi-user operating system. In
+ short, this means multiple users can be logged into the computer
+ at the same time. Three distinct groups, normal
+ user, system user and
+ administrative accounts exist on your Fedora system. By default,
+ your account is created as a normal user
+ account. Normal users have permission to run a desktop and
+ related desktop applications. System users have permission to
+ programs running in the background, often with elevated
+ privileges, that help maintain your computer system. One example
+ of a system account is the Xscreensaver program.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ The Fedora login process is regulated by a system user called Xscreensaver. Xscreensaver secures your desktop when it is unattended and can be configured by accessing the following menu options: System > Preferences > Screensaver.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Administrative accounts are accounts with elevated privileges,
+ such as the root account, that enable the
+ user to perform tasks to alter the behavior and ability of other
+ users on the computer system. The root user
+ is considered the "ultimate" administrative account as it has
+ domain over the entire machine. For more information about these
+ different levels, permissions, and user provisioning, please
+ refer to the
+ Fedora
+ Administration Guide.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+/!\Day-to-day tasks do not require root level access.
+
+
+ Do not log into your desktop as root, as it is potentially dangerous. When the need arises to perform maintenance duties such as installing software, removing software, or updating the system, the tool can be run as the root user. This is done in this guide with the command form su -c 'command-to-be-run-as-root'. Programs that require root privileges will to prompt you for the root password before the program starts.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ I Cannot Login: HELP!
+
+
+
+
+ Recovering or replacing a password for a user account is not
+ hard, but it is beyond the scope of this guide. For an
+ explanation and details on how to do this, please refer to the
+ Fedora
+ Administration Guide, which has a section on user
+ accounts, and
+ password
+ recovery.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Introduction
+Table of Contents
+Next Page - Tour of the Desktop
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+
+
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+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
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+
+
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/MediaUsing MediaThis chapter covers how to use media such as hard drives, DVDs, CDs, and flash drives in Fedora. When these media are mounted, they are called volumes. UnderstandingWhen you insert media into your computer, Fedora automatically detects the volume. An icon is placed both on your desktop and in the Places menu.
/!\System hard disk is already mounted The hard disk drive that Fedora is installed on is mounted during system boot and cannot be removed or ejected the way other media can. Access this drive through the Computer icon on the desktop or through Places > Computer.
When you are finished using your media, alert Fedora that you would like to remove this volume. To do this, right-click on the device's icon and then select Unmount Volume or Eject, depending on what type of media you are using. Exploring MediaTo view the contents of a volume, double-click on the icon on the desktop, or choose the volume name from the Places menu. All of the contents of your volume are displayed in the window. Writing CDs or DVDsFedora includes support for writing to CDs and DVDs. To write to a CD or DVD: Open a Nautilus window, such as Home or Computer. Nautilus is the graphical file manager. Select Places > CD/DVD Creator. Drag and drop the files you wish to burn into this new empty window. Click Write to Disc. In the dialog box, you can change the name of the disc and the write speed if they are incorrect. Click Write. Using a USB DriveWhen you plug in a USB drive, Fedora automatically d!
etects this and puts an icon on your desktop. You may then use your USB drive as you would any other volume.
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+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Media
+
+
+
+
+
+ Using Media
+
+ This chapter covers how to use media such as hard drives, DVDs,
+ CDs, and flash drives in Fedora. When these media are mounted,
+ they are called volumes.
+
+
+
+ Understanding
+
+
+
+
+ When you insert media into your computer, Fedora automatically
+ detects the volume. An icon is placed both on your desktop and
+ in the Places menu.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+/!\System hard disk is already mounted
+
+
+ The hard disk drive that Fedora is installed on is mounted during system boot and cannot be removed or ejected the way other media can. Access this drive through the Computer icon on the desktop or through Places > Computer.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ When you are finished using your media, alert Fedora that you
+ would like to remove this volume. To do this, right-click on the
+ device's icon and then select Unmount
+ Volume or Eject, depending on
+ what type of media you are using.
+
+
+
+
+ Exploring Media
+
+
+
+
+ To view the contents of a volume, double-click on the icon on
+ the desktop, or choose the volume name from the
+ Places menu.
+
+
+ All of the contents of your volume are displayed in the window.
+
+
+
+
+ Writing CDs or DVDs
+
+
+
+
+ Fedora includes support for writing to CDs and DVDs. To write to
+ a CD or DVD:
+
+
+
+
+ Open a Nautilus window,
+ such as Home or
+ Computer.
+ Nautilus is the graphical
+ file manager.
+
+
+
+
+ Select Places > CD/DVD Creator.
+
+
+ Drag and drop the files you wish to burn into this new empty window.
+
+
+ Click Write to Disc.
+
+
+ In the dialog box, you can change the name of the disc and the write speed if they are incorrect.
+
+
+ Click Write.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Using a USB Drive
+
+
+
+
+ When you plug in a USB drive, Fedora automatically detects this
+ and puts an icon on your desktop. You may then use your USB
+ drive as you would any other volume.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Tour of the Desktop
+Table of Contents
+Next Page - Accessing the Web
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
+
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/MultimediaPlaying Multimedia (Music & Video)Fedora includes several tools for viewing video and listening to audio. Access sound and video applications through the Applications > Sound & Video menu. By default, Fedora provides four applications for audio and video:
attachment:cdplayericon.pngThe CD Player application is for listening to audio CDs.attachment:soundjuicericon.pngSound Juicer is an application for converting CDs to music files.attachment:rhythmboxicon.pngRhythmbox is a music player with tools for organizing music, CDs, Internet radio stations, and more.Totem Movie Player is for viewing videos.
(!)Media formats not included by default in Fedora Because of licensing and patent encumbrance, Fedora cannot ship with certain audio and video playing capabilities, known as codecs. An example is the MP3 codec. Refer to the section below on Excluded Multimedia for more information.
Playing Audio CDsCD Player is the default application for playing CDs. Audio CDs begin playing automatically when the disk is inserted into the CD-ROM drive. This program can be started independently through the menu Applications > Sound & Video > CD Player. Converting Audio CDs to Music FilesSound Juicer is the application that rips the CD into audio files on your hard disk. Ripping is the word for converting audio files from CD to file, with each music track on the CD saved as a single file. The default file format is Ogg Vorbis, a free and open alternative to the MP3 format. Vorbis offers better performa!
nce in
smaller file than MP3. When a ripping from a commercially produced CD, Sound Juicer displays the music track names, downloading the information from a free database on the Internet.
{i}Vorbis is a lossy format Similar to MP3, Vorbis compresses the music track to a smaller file with very little loss of musical range or quality. Files can also be saved in the lossless WAV or FLAC formats. However, the resulting files are much larger.
The Sound Juicer Manual is available in the application, by going through Help > Contents. Organizing your Multimedia FilesOne can organize multimedia files using Rhythmbox. Access this through Applications > Sound & Video > Rhythmbox Music Player. Rhythmbox provides a front-end for music services, Internet radio stations, podcasts, and your own library of multimedia. To learn more about using Rhythmbox, you can access the Rhythmbox Music Player Manual through the Help > Contents menu. Playing VideosThe Totem Movie Player can play a variety of!
videos. Found at Applications > Sound & Video !
> Movi
layer, Totem plays any format that can be legally supplied with Fedora. For usage help, the Totem Movie Player Manual is accessed through the Help > Contents menu. Fedora Project's Approach to Multimedia SupportThe Fedora Project encourages the use of open formats in place of restricted ones. Fedora includes complete support for many freely-distributable formats. These are the Ogg media format, Vorbis audio, Theora video, Speex audio, and FLAC audio formats. These freely-distributable formats are not encumbered by patent or license restrictions. They provide powerful and flexible alternatives to more popular, restricted formats such as MP3. MP3, DVD, and Other Excluded MultimediaFedora cannot include support for MP3 or DVD video playback or recording. MP3 formats are patented, and the patent holders have not provided the necessary licenses. DVD video formats are also patented and equipped with an encryption scheme. Again, the patent holders have not provided the necessary licenses, and the code needed to decrypt CSS-encrypted discs may violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a copyright law of the United States. Fedora also excludes other multimedia software due to patent, copyright, or license restrictions, such as Adobe Flash Player and RealNetworks RealPlayer. While other MP3 options may be available for Fedora, Fluendo now offers an MP3 plugin that is properly licensed for end users. This plugin enables MP3 support in applications that use the GStreamer framework as a backend. Fedora does not include this plugin fo!
r licensing reasons, but Fluendo offers one solution to playin!
g MP3
Fedora. For Further InformationFor additional information about multimedia in Fedora, refer to the Multimedia section of the Fedora Project website: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MultimediaFor more information on freely-distributable formats and how to use them, refer to the Xiph.Org Foundation's web site at: http://www.xiph.org/For more on licensed and copyrighted formats, please refer to: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItemsFor more information on Fluendo, visit Fluendo's website at http://www.fluendo.com
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+
+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Multimedia
+
+
+
+
+
+ Playing Multimedia (Music & Video)
+
+ Fedora includes several tools for viewing video and listening to
+ audio. Access sound and video applications through the
+ Applications > Sound & Video menu.
+
+
+
+ By default, Fedora provides four applications for audio and video:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+attachment:cdplayericon.png
+The CD Player application is for listening to audio CDs.
+
+
+attachment:soundjuicericon.png
+Sound Juicer is an application for converting CDs to music files.
+
+
+attachment:rhythmboxicon.png
+Rhythmbox is a music player with tools for organizing music, CDs, Internet radio stations, and more.
+
+
+attachment:totemplayericon.png
+Totem Movie Player is for viewing videos.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!)Media formats not included by default in Fedora
+
+
+ Because of licensing and patent encumbrance, Fedora cannot ship with certain audio and video playing capabilities, known as codecs. An example is the MP3 codec. Refer to the section below on Excluded Multimedia for more information.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Playing Audio CDs
+
+
+
+
+ CD Player is the default
+ application for playing CDs. Audio CDs begin playing
+ automatically when the disk is inserted into the CD-ROM drive.
+
+
+ This program can be started independently through the menu
+ Applications > Sound & Video > CD
+ Player.
+
+
+
+
+ Converting Audio CDs to Music Files
+
+
+
+
+ Sound Juicer is the
+ application that rips the CD into audio
+ files on your hard disk. Ripping is the
+ word for converting audio files from CD to file, with each music
+ track on the CD saved as a single file. The default file format
+ is Ogg Vorbis, a free and open alternative
+ to the MP3 format.
+ Vorbis offers better
+ performance in a smaller file than MP3. When a ripping from a
+ commercially produced CD, Sound
+ Juicer displays the music track names, downloading
+ the information from a free database on the Internet.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{i}Vorbis is a lossy format
+
+
+ Similar to MP3, Vorbis compresses the music track to a smaller file with very little loss of musical range or quality. Files can also be saved in the lossless WAV or FLAC formats. However, the resulting files are much larger.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ The Sound Juicer Manual is available in the
+ application, by going through Help >
+ Contents.
+
+
+
+
+ Organizing your Multimedia Files
+
+
+
+
+ One can organize multimedia files using
+ Rhythmbox. Access this
+ through Applications > Sound & Video > Rhythmbox
+ Music Player.
+ Rhythmbox provides a
+ front-end for music services, Internet radio stations, podcasts,
+ and your own library of multimedia.
+
+
+ To learn more about using Rhythmbox, you
+ can access the Rhythmbox Music Player
+ Manual through the Help >
+ Contents menu.
+
+
+
+
+ Playing Videos
+
+
+
+
+ The Totem Movie Player can
+ play a variety of videos. Found at Applications >
+ Sound & Video > Movie Player,
+ Totem plays any format that
+ can be legally supplied with Fedora. For usage help, the
+ Totem Movie Player Manual is accessed
+ through the Help > Contents menu.
+
+
+
+
+ Fedora Project's Approach to Multimedia Support
+
+
+
+
+ The Fedora Project encourages the use of open formats in place
+ of restricted ones.
+
+
+ Fedora includes complete support for many freely-distributable
+ formats. These are the Ogg media format, Vorbis audio, Theora
+ video, Speex audio, and FLAC audio formats. These
+ freely-distributable formats are not encumbered by patent or
+ license restrictions. They provide powerful and flexible
+ alternatives to more popular, restricted formats such as MP3.
+
+
+
+
+ MP3, DVD, and Other Excluded Multimedia
+
+
+
+
+ Fedora cannot include support for MP3 or DVD video playback or
+ recording. MP3 formats are patented, and the patent holders have
+ not provided the necessary licenses. DVD video formats are also
+ patented and equipped with an encryption scheme. Again, the
+ patent holders have not provided the necessary licenses, and the
+ code needed to decrypt CSS-encrypted discs may violate the
+ Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a copyright law of the United
+ States. Fedora also excludes other multimedia software due to
+ patent, copyright, or license restrictions, such as
+ Adobe Flash Player and
+ RealNetworks
+ RealPlayer.
+
+
+ While other MP3 options may be available for Fedora, Fluendo now
+ offers an MP3 plugin that is properly licensed for end users.
+ This plugin enables MP3 support in applications that use the
+ GStreamer framework as a backend. Fedora does not include this
+ plugin for licensing reasons, but Fluendo offers one solution to
+ playing MP3 in Fedora.
+
+
+
+
+ For Further Information
+
+
+
+
+ For additional information about multimedia in Fedora, refer to
+ the Multimedia section of the Fedora Project website:
+
+
+ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia
+
+
+ For more information on freely-distributable formats and how to
+ use them, refer to the Xiph.Org Foundation's web site at:
+
+
+ http://www.xiph.org/
+
+
+ For more on licensed and copyrighted formats, please refer to:
+
+
+ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems
+
+
+ For more information on Fluendo, visit Fluendo's website at
+
+
+ http://www.fluendo.com
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Office Tools
+Table of Contents
+Next Page - Playing Games
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
+
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/OfficeOffice ToolsOffice productivity tools are available in the base Fedora installation. This group of office tools include presentation, spreadsheet, and word processing applications. These tools are available through Applications > Office or as icons on the menu bar. The office tools available are:
attachment:calicon.pngCalendar, a component of the Evolution application suite.!
attachment:openofficeorg-impress.pngPresentation is the OpenOffice.org Impress application, for creating and performing presentations.attachment:gnome-planner.pngProject Management is the Planner application, a powerful project planning tool.attachment:openofficeorg-calc.pngSpreadsheet is the OpenOffice.org Calc application, a spreadsheet program.attachment:tasksicon.pngTasks, a component of the Evolution application suite.attachment:openofficeorg-writer.pngWord Processor is the OpenOffice.org Writer application, a word processing program.
{*}Evolution applications require initial setup The Evolution suite of applications, which includes Calendar and Tasks, requires an initial setup. See Sett!
ing Up Your Email for detailed directions.
>
OpenOffice.org ApplicationsWith OpenOffice.org, you can create documents in formats based on open standards, such as OpenDocument, Rich Text Format, and HTML. If necessary, you can also read, edit, and write documents in Microsoft Office formats, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, with a high degree of compatibility. You can also export files in PDF format without the need of additional software.
(!)OpenOffice.org is available for many computer platforms!
row> The OpenOffice.org suite is also available without cost for other Linux distributions, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X under X11. This makes it possible to publish documents which are compatible across many different computer platforms.
For Further InformationFor more information on using OpenOffice.org, refer to the following documentation and support pages: http://documentation.openoffice.org/http://support.openoffice.org/index.htmlhttp://user-faq.openoffice.org/ !
para><
stitem>For more information on using Planner, refer to the following official project documentation and support site: http://live.gnome.org/PlannerFor more information on using Evolution, refer to the following official project documentation and support site: http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
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+
+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Office
+
+
+
+
+
+ Office Tools
+
+ Office productivity tools are available in the base Fedora
+ installation. This group of office tools include presentation,
+ spreadsheet, and word processing applications. These tools are
+ available through Applications > Office or as
+ icons on the menu bar.
+
+
+
+
+ The office tools available are:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+attachment:calicon.png
+Calendar, a component of the Evolution application suite.
+
+
+attachment:openofficeorg-impress.png
+Presentation is the OpenOffice.org Impress application, for creating and performing presentations.
+
+
+attachment:gnome-planner.png
+Project Management is the Planner application, a powerful project planning tool.
+
+
+attachment:openofficeorg-calc.png
+Spreadsheet is the OpenOffice.org Calc application, a spreadsheet program.
+
+
+attachment:tasksicon.png
+Tasks, a component of the Evolution application suite.
+
+
+attachment:openofficeorg-writer.png
+Word Processor is the OpenOffice.org Writer application, a word processing program.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{*}Evolution applications require initial setup
+
+
+ The Evolution suite of applications, which includes Calendar and Tasks, requires an initial setup. See Setting Up Your Email for detailed directions.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ OpenOffice.org Applications
+
+
+
+
+ With
+ OpenOffice.org,
+ you can create documents in formats based on open standards,
+ such as OpenDocument, Rich Text Format, and HTML.
+ If necessary, you can also read, edit, and write documents in
+ Microsoft Office formats, such as Word, Excel, and
+ PowerPoint, with a high degree of compatibility.
+ You can also export files in PDF format without the need of
+ additional software.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!)OpenOffice.org is available for many computer platforms
+
+
+ The OpenOffice.org suite is also available without cost for other Linux distributions, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X under X11. This makes it possible to publish documents which are compatible across many different computer platforms.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ For Further Information
+
+
+
+
+ For more information on using
+ OpenOffice.org,
+ refer to the following documentation and support pages:
+
+
+
+
+ http://documentation.openoffice.org/
+
+
+
+
+ http://support.openoffice.org/index.html
+
+
+
+
+ http://user-faq.openoffice.org/
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ For more information on using
+ Planner, refer to the following
+ official project documentation and support site:
+
+
+
+
+ http://live.gnome.org/Planner
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ For more information on using
+ Evolution, refer to the
+ following official project documentation and support site:
+
+
+
+
+ http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/PhotosManaging PhotosMost USB-compatible cameras will work automatically with Fedora and require very little configuration. If your digital camera offers a choice of USB connection types, set the camera's USB setting to PTP, or point-to-point mode, before continuing with this tutorial. Consult your camera's user manual to determine if this option is available and how to choose it. If it is not available, the default settings should be sufficient. Connecting Your CameraTo properly connect the camera to your Fedora system: Make sure your camera is powered off. Connect a USB cable from the camera to your computer. If your cam!
era requires you to select a knob or dial setting before connecting it to a computer, make that selection now. Power the camera on. After your camera powers on, an informational window should appear on your desktop. If you would like to continue to import photos from the camera, select the Import Photos button. If you decide you do not want to import photos, select the Ignore button. If you do not want to see this dialog each time you connect a camera, you can select the Always perform this action option in conjunction with the Import Photos or Ignore button to make one of the choices permanent. Organizing and Importing PhotosAfter you make your selection, Fedora loads thumbnails, or previews, of!
the photos from your camera into a new window. From this new!
windo
you can tell Fedora the destination of the imported images and how you want your images organized as it loads them from your camera. In this dialog, you can select and/or deselect photo(s) to import by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail. To select all photos, click any photo and then press the key combination [Ctrl]+[A]. To deselect all photos, press [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[A]. Once all desired photos for import are selected, click the Import button. To cancel the entire import process, click the Cancel button. For a more detailed explanation of the options available when importing images, see the information below.
(!)What to do if you accidentally disconnect your camera. The camera button allows you to reload the thumbnails in case your camera is accidentally disconnected from the computer. If that happens, Fedora may display an additional dialog returning you to the previous step. It is safe to select Ignore in that dialog, return to this one, and click the camera button again.
Selecting a Filing MethodUse Destination to select a folder in which to keep your photo images. Within a destination folder, you can further organize your photos by date and time, or by any other method you wish. If you enter text into the Film box, Fedora uses this text!
to label and organize the photos you import. If !
you wa
Fedora to delete the images from your camera after it imports them, select Delete imported images from the camera. If you want it to use the filenames from the camera, select Keep original filenames. If you do not select this box, Fedora automatically numbers your images using the order it imports them, starting with "00001." Categorizing Your PhotosThe Categories box shows any special category labels you select to mark the photos you import. If you want to select any categories for your photos, click the ... button, which makes the category selection dialog appear. To label your images with a category, click the checkbox next to the category name. Select as many as you wish. If you do not see a category name you like, select the New button and enter a n!
ew category name to add to the list. If you want to remove a category name permanently from the list, select the category by clicking on its name and then select Delete. As you select categories, they appear in the Selected categories box. When you are finished, select OK to save the category names, or Cancel to forget any category selection(s).
(!)Selecting a category using a checkbox protects filing choices. It is easy to accidentally misfile images due to a typing mistake. By using checkbox selection!
, images are correctly categorized every time. !
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+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Photos
+
+
+
+
+
+ Managing Photos
+
+ Most USB-compatible cameras will work automatically with Fedora
+ and require very little configuration. If your digital camera
+ offers a choice of USB connection types, set the camera's USB
+ setting to PTP, or
+ point-to-point mode, before continuing with
+ this tutorial. Consult your camera's user manual to determine if
+ this option is available and how to choose it. If it is not
+ available, the default settings should be sufficient.
+
+
+
+ Connecting Your Camera
+
+
+
+
+ To properly connect the camera to your Fedora system:
+
+
+ Make sure your camera is powered off.
+ Connect a USB cable from the camera to your computer.
+ If your camera requires you to select a knob or dial setting before connecting it to a computer, make that selection now.
+ Power the camera on.
+
+
+ After your camera powers on, an informational window should
+ appear on your desktop. If you would like to continue to import
+ photos from the camera, select the Import
+ Photos button. If you decide you do not want to
+ import photos, select the Ignore button. If
+ you do not want to see this dialog each time you connect a
+ camera, you can select the Always perform this
+ action option in conjunction with the
+ Import Photos or
+ Ignore button to make one of the choices
+ permanent.
+
+
+
+
+ Organizing and Importing Photos
+
+
+
+
+ After you make your selection, Fedora loads
+ thumbnails, or previews, of the photos from
+ your camera into a new window. From this new window, you can
+ tell Fedora the destination of the imported images and how you
+ want your images organized as it loads them from your camera. In
+ this dialog, you can select and/or deselect photo(s) to import
+ by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail. To select all
+ photos, click any photo and then press the key combination
+ [Ctrl]+[A]. To deselect all
+ photos, press
+ [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[A]. Once all
+ desired photos for import are selected, click the
+ Import button. To cancel the entire import
+ process, click the Cancel button. For a
+ more detailed explanation of the options available when
+ importing images, see the information below.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!)What to do if you accidentally disconnect your camera.
+
+
+ The camera button allows you to reload the thumbnails in case your camera is accidentally disconnected from the computer. If that happens, Fedora may display an additional dialog returning you to the previous step. It is safe to select Ignore in that dialog, return to this one, and click the camera button again.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Selecting a Filing Method
+
+
+
+
+ Use Destination to select a folder in
+ which to keep your photo images. Within a destination folder,
+ you can further organize your photos by date and time, or by
+ any other method you wish. If you enter text into the
+ Film box, Fedora uses this text to label
+ and organize the photos you import.
+
+
+ If you want Fedora to delete the images from your camera after
+ it imports them, select Delete imported images from
+ the camera. If you want it to use the filenames
+ from the camera, select Keep original
+ filenames. If you do not select this box, Fedora
+ automatically numbers your images using the order it imports
+ them, starting with "00001."
+
+
+
+
+ Categorizing Your Photos
+
+
+
+
+ The Categories box shows any special
+ category labels you select to mark the photos you import. If
+ you want to select any categories for your photos, click the
+ ... button, which makes the category
+ selection dialog appear.
+
+
+ To label your images with a category, click the checkbox next
+ to the category name. Select as many as you wish. If you do
+ not see a category name you like, select the
+ New button and enter a new category name
+ to add to the list. If you want to remove a category name
+ permanently from the list, select the category by clicking on
+ its name and then select Delete.
+
+
+ As you select categories, they appear in the
+ Selected categories box. When you are
+ finished, select OK to save the category
+ names, or Cancel to forget any category
+ selection(s).
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!)Selecting a category using a checkbox protects filing choices.
+
+
+ It is easy to accidentally misfile images due to a typing mistake. By using checkbox selection, images are correctly categorized every time.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Playing Games
+Table of Contents
+Next Page - Sharing Your Desktop
+
+
+
+
<!>Use this capability carefully Remote desktop sharing can be a serious security risk. It should be turned on only when needed and not left active.
Fedora provides a means to share a user's desktop remotely across the network. This is useful for receiving technical support from a remote location or for demonstrating a desktop feature to another user. You may also find!
it a useful way to remotely access the files on your desktop from another computer. To activate desktop sharing, select System > Preferences > Remote Desktop from the user menu. This opens the Remote Desktop Preferences window: attachment:remdesktopshare.pngThis procedure describes the most secure method to share a desktop. Under Sharing, check the box Allow other users to view your desktop. Next, check Allow other users to control your desktop. Make a note of the comman!
d listed under Users can view your desktop using thi!
s comm
:Under Security, check the box Ask you for confirmation. Next, check Require the user to enter this password and enter a password. Finally, click on the Close button. Be sure to inform the person performing remote technical support/viewing the command from step three, as well as the assigned password. When the person connects to your desktop, click on the Yes button when asked for confirmation. Once the remote viewing feature is no longer needed, turn off desktop sharing: Select System > Preferences > Remote DesktopUncheck the Allow other users to view your desktop box Click on the Close button. This turns off the remote desktop sharing feature.
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+
+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/SharingDesktop
+
+
+
+
+
+ Sharing Your Desktop
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<!>Use this capability carefully
+
+
+ Remote desktop sharing can be a serious security risk. It should be turned on only when needed and not left active.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Fedora provides a means to share a user's desktop remotely across
+ the network. This is useful for receiving technical support from a
+ remote location or for demonstrating a desktop feature to another
+ user. You may also find it a useful way to remotely access the
+ files on your desktop from another computer.
+
+
+ To activate desktop sharing, select System > Preferences
+ > Remote Desktop from the user menu. This opens the
+ Remote Desktop Preferences window:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:remdesktopshare.png
+
+
+
+
+ This procedure describes the most secure method to share a
+ desktop.
+
+
+
+
+ Under Sharing, check the box
+ Allow other users to view your desktop.
+
+
+
+
+ Next, check Allow other users to control your
+ desktop.
+
+
+
+
+ Make a note of the command listed under Users can
+ view your desktop using this command:
+
+
+
+
+ Under Security, check the box
+ Ask you for confirmation.
+
+
+
+
+ Next, check Require the user to enter this
+ password and enter a password.
+
+
+
+
+ Finally, click on the Close button.
+
+
+
+
+ Be sure to inform the person performing remote technical
+ support/viewing the command from step three, as well as the
+ assigned password. When the person connects to your desktop, click
+ on the Yes button when asked for
+ confirmation.
+
+
+ Once the remote viewing feature is no longer needed, turn off
+ desktop sharing:
+
+
+
+
+ Select System > Preferences > Remote
+ Desktop
+
+
+
+
+ Uncheck the Allow other users to view your
+ desktop box
+
+
+
+
+ Click on the Close button.
+
+
+
+
+ This turns off the remote desktop sharing feature.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/TourTour of the DesktopThis chapter introduces the default desktop environment in Fedora. By providing a common terminology for the elements on the desktop, it is easier to explain how to use the desktop throughout this guide. View of the Default DesktopUpon the initial login into Fedora, you will see default desktop shown here: attachment:fc6desktop6.pngThe default desktop has three distinct areas. From top to bottom, the areas ar!
e: The menu panelThe desktop areaThe window list panelThe layout location of these items can be customized, but the term used for each of them remains the same. The menu panel stretches across the top of the screen. It contains three menus and a number of default icons that start software applications. It also provides a clock, volume control applet, and a notification area. The desktop area is the screen space between the menu panel and the window list panel. The Computer, Home Directory, and Trash icons are located in the top left corner of this area. Those users more familiar with Microsoft Windows may equate these icons to the My Computer, My!
Documents, and Recycle Bin, r!
espect
ly. The window list panel is located at the bottom of the screen. It features the Show Desktop icon, running applications as icons, and it gives access to the workplace switcher and the trash. The following sections discuss the menu panel, desktop area, and window list panel in further detail. The Menu Panelattachment:fc6menupanel3.pngApplications - The Applications menu contains a variety of icons that start software applications. The icons are ordered by category. It is similar to the Microsoft Windows Start menu. Places - The Places menu contains a customizable list of directories, mounted volumes, recent documents, and a Search function. Volumes that are mounted may be external USB drives (flash, hard disk, CD, etc.), directories shared across a network, or other media devices such as a portable music player. Read more about this in Using Media. System - The System menu contains a variety of items. Log Out, About, and Help are self-explanatory. Lock Screen starts the screen saver or blanks the screen and prevents the desktop from being used until a password is entered. Preferences contains tools for configuring peripherals and the!
desktop. System Settings also contains !
config
tion tools that are for administrative purposes and usually require root access; that is, when those applications are started, the root password must be entered to continue. In addition to the menus, the menu panel contains a number of icons for common software.
attachment:redhat-web-browser.pngMozilla Firefox web browser.atta!
chment:redhat-email.pngEvolution mail client and personal information manager.attachment:openofficeorg-writer.pngOpenOffice.org Writer is a word processing program.attachment:openofficeorg-impress.pngOpenOff!
ice.org Impress is for creating and giving presenta!
tions.
ara>attachment:openofficeorg-calc.pngOpenOffice.org Calc is a spreadsheet tool.
{i}Writer, Impress, and Calc are displayed only if Office and Productivity Tools was selected during installation. The Add/Rem!
ove program application, Pirut, can be used to install these office tools at any time.
You can add program icons that start an application to the menu panel. These icons are called launchers. Right-click on the panel, and select Add to Panel.
(!) There is another way to add an application launcher to the menu panel if the application is already listed in the Applications menu. Navigate to the application in the Applications menu, right-click on the application, and select Add this launcher to panel.
!
The appearance of the panel can also be customized. Right-cli!
ck on
panel and select Properties. The Desktop AreaBefore any additional icons are added to the desktop, the desktop area contains three icons by default: Computer - This contains all volumes (or disks) mounted on the computer. These are also listed in the Places menu. Computer is equivalent to My Computer on Microsoft Windows. Home - This is where the logged-in user stores all files by default, such as music, movies, and documents. There is a different home directory for each user, and by default users cannot access each others' home directories. Home is equivalent to My Documents on Microsoft Windows. !
Trash - Deleted files are moved to Trash. Empty Trash by right-clicking the icon and clicking Empty Trash.
(!)Permanently deleting files To permanently delete a file and bypass the file's move to Trash, hold down the [Shift] key when deleting the file.
Right-clicking on the desktop presents a menu of actions related to the desktop area. For example, clicking on Change Desktop Background lets you choose a different image or photograph to display o!
n the
ktop. This is similar to changing the desktop wallpaper on a Microsoft Windows desktop. It is possible to choose not to have any desktop background. The Window List Panelattachment:fc6winlist3.pngThe window list panel has three components: The Show Desktop button The Workspace Switcher The Trash icon Clicking on the show desktop button hides all open windows and shows the desktop area. This is useful when the number of open applications windows becomes cluttered. The windows are minimized and can be displayed by clicking on th!
e minimized window in the window list panel. Open applications appear as button icons in the middle part of the window list panel; these are the open windows being listed. The application window that has focus appears as a depressed button. Usually, this is the application whose window is on top of all the others on the screen. Switch from one running application to another by clicking on the desired application's button in the window list.
{i}Use the key combination [Alt]+[Tab] to switch between open windows. Holding down the !
[Alt] key while you tap the [Tab]
mphasis> key allows you to cycle through all open applications.
The workspace switcher is situated on the far right. Workspaces have long been a feature of UNIX and Linux desktop environments. Each workspace provides a separate desktop where applications can be organized. The workspace switcher allows you to switch from one workspace to another. Each workspace has separate desktop areas with a matching window list panel. However, the menu panel and background image is the same on all desktops. The Trash icon on the right end of the window list panel works the same as the Trash icon in the desktop area.
Previous Page - Logging into the Desktop!
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+
+
+
+
+ Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Tour
+
+
+
+
+
+ Tour of the Desktop
+
+ This chapter introduces the default desktop environment in Fedora.
+ By providing a common terminology for the elements on the desktop,
+ it is easier to explain how to use the desktop throughout this
+ guide.
+
+
+
+ View of the Default Desktop
+
+
+
+
+ Upon the initial login into Fedora, you will see
+ default desktop
+ shown here:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:fc6desktop6.png
+
+
+
+
+ The default desktop has three distinct areas. From top to
+ bottom, the areas are:
+
+
+
+
+ The menu panel
+
+
+
+
+ The desktop area
+
+
+
+
+ The window list panel
+
+
+
+
+ The layout location of these items can be customized, but the
+ term used for each of them remains the same.
+
+
+ The menu panel stretches across the top of the screen. It
+ contains three menus and a number of default icons that start
+ software applications. It also provides a clock, volume control
+ applet, and a notification area.
+
+
+ The desktop area is the screen space between the menu panel and
+ the window list panel. The Computer,
+ Home Directory, and
+ Trash icons are located in the top left
+ corner of this area. Those users more familiar with Microsoft
+ Windows may equate these icons to the My
+ Computer, My Documents, and
+ Recycle Bin, respectively.
+
+
+ The window list panel is located at the bottom of the screen. It
+ features the Show Desktop icon, running
+ applications as icons, and it gives access to the workplace
+ switcher and the trash.
+
+
+ The following sections discuss the menu panel, desktop area, and
+ window list panel in further detail.
+
+
+
+
+ The Menu Panel
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:fc6menupanel3.png
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Applications - The
+ Applications menu contains a variety of
+ icons that start software applications. The icons are
+ ordered by category. It is similar to the Microsoft Windows
+ Start menu.
+
+
+
+
+ Places - The
+ Places menu contains a customizable
+ list of directories, mounted volumes,
+ recent documents, and a Search
+ function. Volumes that are mounted may be external USB
+ drives (flash, hard disk, CD, etc.), directories shared
+ across a network, or other media devices such as a portable
+ music player. Read more about this in
+ Using
+ Media.
+
+
+
+
+ System - The
+ System menu contains a variety of
+ items. Log Out,
+ About, and Help
+ are self-explanatory. Lock Screen
+ starts the screen saver or blanks the screen and prevents
+ the desktop from being used until a password is entered.
+ Preferences contains tools for
+ configuring peripherals and the desktop. System
+ Settings also contains configuration tools that
+ are for administrative purposes and usually require root
+ access; that is, when those applications are started, the
+ root password must be entered to continue.
+
+
+
+
+ In addition to the menus, the menu panel contains a number of
+ icons for common software.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+attachment:redhat-web-browser.png
+Mozilla Firefox web browser.
+
+
+attachment:redhat-email.png
+Evolution mail client and personal information manager.
+
+
+attachment:openofficeorg-writer.png
+OpenOffice.org Writer is a word processing program.
+
+
+attachment:openofficeorg-impress.png
+OpenOffice.org Impress is for creating and giving presentations.
+
+
+attachment:openofficeorg-calc.png
+OpenOffice.org Calc is a spreadsheet tool.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{i}Writer, Impress, and Calc are displayed only if Office and Productivity Tools was selected during installation. The Add/Remove program application, Pirut, can be used to install these office tools at any time.
+
+
+
+
+
+ You can add program icons that start an application to the menu
+ panel. These icons are called launchers.
+ Right-click on the panel, and select Add to
+ Panel.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!) There is another way to add an application launcher to the menu panel if the application is already listed in the Applications menu. Navigate to the application in the Applications menu, right-click on the application, and select Add this launcher to panel.
+
+
+
+
+
+ The appearance of the panel can also be customized. Right-click
+ on the panel and select Properties.
+
+
+
+
+ The Desktop Area
+
+
+
+
+ Before any additional icons are added to the desktop, the
+ desktop area contains three icons by default:
+
+
+
+
+ Computer - This contains all volumes
+ (or disks) mounted on the computer. These are also listed in
+ the Places menu.
+ Computer is equivalent to My
+ Computer on Microsoft Windows.
+
+
+
+
+ Home - This is where the logged-in user
+ stores all files by default, such as music, movies, and
+ documents. There is a different home directory for each
+ user, and by default users cannot access each others' home
+ directories. Home is equivalent to
+ My Documents on Microsoft Windows.
+
+
+
+
+ Trash - Deleted files are moved to
+ Trash. Empty Trash
+ by right-clicking the icon and clicking Empty
+ Trash.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+(!)Permanently deleting files
+
+
+ To permanently delete a file and bypass the file's move to Trash, hold down the [Shift] key when deleting the file.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Right-clicking on the desktop presents a menu of actions related
+ to the desktop area. For example, clicking on Change
+ Desktop Background lets you choose a different image
+ or photograph to display on the desktop. This is similar to
+ changing the desktop wallpaper on a
+ Microsoft Windows desktop. It is possible to choose not to have
+ any desktop background.
+
+
+
+
+ The Window List Panel
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:fc6winlist3.png
+
+
+
+
+ The window list panel has three components:
+
+
+ The Show Desktop button
+ The Workspace Switcher
+ The Trash icon
+
+
+ Clicking on the show desktop button hides all open windows and
+ shows the desktop area. This is useful when the number of open
+ applications windows becomes cluttered. The windows are
+ minimized and can be displayed by clicking on the minimized
+ window in the window list panel.
+
+
+ Open applications appear as button icons in the middle part of
+ the window list panel; these are the open
+ windows being listed.
+
+
+ The application window that has focus
+ appears as a depressed button. Usually, this is the application
+ whose window is on top of all the others on the screen. Switch
+ from one running application to another by clicking on the
+ desired application's button in the window list.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+{i}Use the key combination [Alt]+[Tab] to switch between open windows.
+
+
+ Holding down the [Alt] key while you tap the [Tab] key allows you to cycle through all open applications.
+
+
+
+
+
+ The workspace switcher is situated on the far right. Workspaces
+ have long been a feature of UNIX and Linux desktop environments.
+ Each workspace provides a separate desktop where applications
+ can be organized. The workspace switcher allows you to switch
+ from one workspace to another. Each workspace has separate
+ desktop areas with a matching window list panel. However, the
+ menu panel and background image is the same on all desktops.
+
+
+ The Trash icon on the right end of the
+ window list panel works the same as the
+ Trash icon in the desktop area.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Logging into the Desktop
+Table of Contents
+Next Page - Using Media
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ CategoryDocumentation
+
+
+
+
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-Docs/DesktopUserGuide/WebAccessing the WebFedora uses Mozilla Firefox by default to access the World Wide Web (Web). Firefox is a multi platform, standards-compliant Web browser. Features of Mozilla Firefox include: Tabbed Browsing: Separate tabs for each Webpage are provided, all within one Firefox window. Extensions and Plugins: Various extensions and plugins are available that support new features, such as search fields directly in the toolbar. Small and Fast: By focusing on providing an extendable Web browser, Firefox is smaller and faster than other browers Starting FirefoxYou can start Firefox by selecting Applications > Internet > Firefox Web Browser or by using the menu panel icon: attachment:firefoxicon.pngGoing FurtherFirefox has support for different plugins that extend its capabilities. This framework allows anyone to create extensions and plugins. You can find more information on Firefox at: http://www.mozilla.org/support/f!
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+
+
+
+
+
+ Accessing the Web
+
+ Fedora uses Mozilla Firefox by
+ default to access the World Wide Web (Web).
+ Firefox is a multi platform,
+ standards-compliant Web browser.
+
+
+ Features of Mozilla Firefox
+ include:
+
+
+
+
+ Tabbed Browsing: Separate tabs for each Webpage are provided,
+ all within one Firefox
+ window.
+
+
+ Extensions and Plugins: Various extensions and plugins are available that support new features, such as search fields directly in the toolbar.
+
+
+ Small and Fast: By focusing on providing an extendable Web
+ browser, Firefox is smaller
+ and faster than other browers
+
+
+
+
+
+ Starting Firefox
+
+
+
+
+ You can start Firefox by
+ selecting Applications > Internet > Firefox Web
+ Browser or by using the menu panel icon:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ attachment:firefoxicon.png
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Going Further
+
+
+
+
+ Firefox has support for
+ different plugins that extend its capabilities. This framework
+ allows anyone to create extensions and plugins.
+
+
+ You can find more information on Firefox at:
+
+
+ http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Previous Page - Using Media
+Table of Contents
+Next Page - Communications (Email, IM)
+
+
+
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From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 24 16:13:00 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:13:00 -0500
Subject: desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US doc-entities.xml,NONE,1.1
Message-ID: <200702241613.l1OGD00j004934@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv4918/en_US
Added Files:
doc-entities.xml
Log Message:
Add document-specific entities
--- NEW FILE doc-entities.xml ---
Local entities for Desktop User GuideDocument namedesktop-user-guideVersion number0.6.0Date of last revision2007-02-24Document ID- ()Local version of Fedora Core for this document6
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 24 16:16:31 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:16:31 -0500
Subject: desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US doc-entities.xml,1.1,1.2
Message-ID: <200702241616.l1OGGVkr004990@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv4973
Modified Files:
doc-entities.xml
Log Message:
Right relative location of DTD
Index: doc-entities.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US/doc-entities.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- doc-entities.xml 24 Feb 2007 16:12:58 -0000 1.1
+++ doc-entities.xml 24 Feb 2007 16:16:29 -0000 1.2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
Local entities for Desktop User Guide
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 24 16:20:04 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:20:04 -0500
Subject: desktop-user-guide/FC-6 Makefile,1.1,1.2
Message-ID: <200702241620.l1OGK4nA005148@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv5131
Modified Files:
Makefile
Log Message:
Include doc-specific entities
Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- Makefile 24 Feb 2007 15:31:56 -0000 1.1
+++ Makefile 24 Feb 2007 16:20:01 -0000 1.2
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
PRI_LANG = en_US
OTHERS = #zh_CN
DOCBASE = desktop-user-guide
-FDPDIR = ${PWD}/../..
+FDPDIR = ${PWD}/../..
+DOC_ENTITIES = doc-entities
define XMLFILES_template
XMLFILES-${1}= ${1}/Communications.xml \
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 24 16:24:36 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:24:36 -0500
Subject: desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US Communications.xml, 1.5,
1.6 desktop-user-guide.xml, 1.2, 1.3
Message-ID: <200702241624.l1OGOaWF005280@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv5261
Modified Files:
Communications.xml desktop-user-guide.xml
Log Message:
Make this a book with chapters
Index: Communications.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US/Communications.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- Communications.xml 24 Feb 2007 16:08:15 -0000 1.5
+++ Communications.xml 24 Feb 2007 16:24:34 -0000 1.6
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-
+
-
+Communications (Email, IM)
Fedora can be used to send electronic mail and communicate in real
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
supported at this time.
-
+
-
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 24 16:27:21 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Bart Couvreur (couf))
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:27:21 -0500
Subject: desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US Communications.xml,1.6,1.7
Message-ID: <200702241627.l1OGRLZa005327@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: couf
Update of /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv5310/en_US
Modified Files:
Communications.xml
Log Message:
Finished admonitions to Communications.xml
Index: Communications.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US/Communications.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- Communications.xml 24 Feb 2007 16:24:34 -0000 1.6
+++ Communications.xml 24 Feb 2007 16:27:19 -0000 1.7
@@ -23,20 +23,10 @@
program (client) that can access MSN, AOL,
Yahoo!, Jabber, and other IM and chat networks.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-{i}Accounts must already exist
-
-
-Gaim requires an existing account on each of the IM networks, created via the normal account creation process. For example, Gaim cannot be used to create a Yahoo Instant Messenger account. Instead, visit http://messenger.yahoo.com to set up the account, then access it using Gaim.
-
-
-
-
+
+ Accounts must already exist
+ Gaim requires an existing account on each of the IM networks, created via the normal account creation process. For example, Gaim cannot be used to create a Yahoo Instant Messenger account. Instead, visit http://messenger.yahoo.com to set up the account, then access it using Gaim.
+ Setting Up Your Email
@@ -117,17 +107,10 @@
Maildir-format, and mbox
spools.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-(!) The most popular mail formats are POP and IMAP.
-
-
-
-
+
+ Most popular formats
+ The most popular mail formats are POP and IMAP.
+
From fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com Sat Feb 24 16:30:04 2007
From: fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com (Paul W. Frields (pfrields))
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:30:04 -0500
Subject: desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US desktop-user-guide.xml,1.3,1.4
Message-ID: <200702241630.l1OGU4lV005506@cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com>
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv5478/en_US
Modified Files:
desktop-user-guide.xml
Log Message:
Fix XPointer and root element
Index: desktop-user-guide.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US/desktop-user-guide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- desktop-user-guide.xml 24 Feb 2007 16:24:34 -0000 1.3
+++ desktop-user-guide.xml 24 Feb 2007 16:30:02 -0000 1.4
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
%DOC-ENTITIES;
]>
-
+
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
-
+
-
+
+
+ Setting Up Your Email
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ This information is specific to using
+ Evolution on Fedora. Additional
+ documentation for Evolution is
+ available at:
+
+
+
+ http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/documentation.shtml
+
+
+
+ To start Evolution, select
+ Applications > Internet > Email from the
+ menu panel, or use the application launcher
+ icon from the menu panel:
+
+
-
- Setting Up Your Email
-
-
-
-
- This information is specific to using
- Evolution on Fedora.
- Additional documentation for
- Evolution is available at:
-
-
- http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/documentation.shtml
-
-
- To start Evolution, select
- Applications > Internet > Email from the
- menu panel, or use the application launcher
- icon from the menu panel:
-
-
-
-
- Running the software for the first time displays the
- Evolution Setup Assistant wizard, which is
- used to configure an initial email account. The first screen
- displays a welcome message. Click Forward
- to bring up the next screen, titled
- Identity.
-
-
-
-
- Identity is for configuring the initial
- values relating to personal email accounts. The screen contains
- fields for required information, including Full
- Name and Email Address. Beneath
- this is Optional Information, which has a
- Reply to value, should the reply address be
- different to that entered in the Email
- Address. This area also allows the user to add an
- Organization name. Once completed, clicking
- Forward continues to the next screen.
-
-
-
- The next screen is Receiving Email, which
- is for configuring the retrieval settings for the initial email
- account. The user must choose the type of server from a drop
- down menu. This information is supplied by your internet service
- provider (ISP) or email administrator. By
- default, Evolution allows the
- following to be configured: None,
- Hula, IMAP,
- Novell GroupWise,
- POP,
- UseNet, Local
- Delivery, MH-format,
- Maildir-format, and mbox
- spools.
-
-
- Most popular formats
- The most popular mail formats are POP and IMAP.
-
-
-
-
- Once an option is selected, other fields become active that need
- to be considered. Most users require either the POP or IMAP
- server type to be selected. Selecting one of them brings up
- fields for Server and
- Username, as well as security settings.
- This information is available from the ISP or administrator for
- the email account.
-
-
-
- The next screen, Receiving Options, allows
- further configuration for incoming email.
- Automatically check for new mail every X
- minutes polls the server at set intervals.
- Leave messages on server prevents the mail
- client from downloading messages and removing them from the
- server. Disable support for all POP3
- extensions is only needed in a small number of cases.
-
-
-
- The Sending Email screen is for configuring
- servers and settings for outgoing messages. The user may select
- SMTP or Sendmail;
- SMTP, or simple mail transport protocol, is
- most common. Server Configuration requires
- a hostname under Server and is where
- potential authentication settings are entered. These settings,
- when used, are provided by the ISP or administrator for the
- email account.
-
-
-
- In this example, the server type is SMTP and the authentication
- method is PLAIN. The username fcuser is
- used for server authentication.
-
-
-
- Account Management contains a single field
- for the user to name the account for easy identification. Often
- this is a simple description of the email account, such as
- Work Email.
-
-
-
- Select a timezone in the Timezone screen.
-
-
-
- The final screen, Done, indicates that the
- account setup is complete. Clicking on the
- [Apply] button completes the
- setup process.
-
-
-
- This completes the initial setup and enters the user into the
- main Evolution mail client.
-
-
-
-
-
- Setting up Instant Messaging
-
-
-
-
- This section is specific for
- Gaim in Fedora. For further
- information and documentation on
- Gaim, refer to:
-
-
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
-
-
- To start and configure Gaim,
- select Applications > Internet > Internet
- Messenger from the menu panel. Starting
- Gaim for the first time goes
- directly into the Accounts configuration:
-
-
-
-
- Click on the [Add] button to
- bring up the Add Account window:
-
-
-
- In the Add Account window, under
- Login Options, click on the
- right side of the Protocol dropdown menu to
- show the available protocols. In this example,
- AIM/ICQ is selected.
-
-
-
- Enter details for the selected account, including
- Screen name, Password,
- and Alias. Select Remember
- password if desired. Click on the
- [Save] button to add the
- account to the account list.
-
-
-
- Once the account is added, the Accounts
- windows displays the new account:
-
-
-
- The Accounts windows also displays the next
- time Gaim is launched. Repeat
- this procedure for each account to be added.
-
-
-
-
- Using Gaim
-
-
-
+
+
+ Running the software for the first time displays the
+ Evolution Setup Assistant wizard, which is
+ used to configure an initial email account. The first screen
+ displays a welcome message. Click Forward to
+ bring up the next screen, titled Identity.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Identity is for configuring the initial
+ values relating to personal email accounts. The screen contains
+ fields for required information, including Full
+ Name and Email Address. Beneath
+ this is Optional Information, which has a
+ Reply to value, should the reply address be
+ different to that entered in the Email
+ Address. This area also allows the user to add an
+ Organization name. Once completed, clicking
+ Forward continues to the next screen.
+
+
+
+ The next screen is Receiving Email, which is
+ for configuring the retrieval settings for the initial email
+ account. The user must choose the type of server from a drop down
+ menu. This information is supplied by your internet service
+ provider (ISP) or email administrator. By
+ default, Evolution allows the
+ following to be configured: None,
+ Hula, IMAP,
+ Novell GroupWise,
+ POP,
+ UseNet, Local
+ Delivery, MH-format,
+ Maildir-format, and mbox
+ spools.
+
+
+ Most popular formats
- Select one of the enabled accounts to see the Buddy
- List window. In this window, menus allow the user to
- add additional IM contacts.
+ The most popular mail formats are POP and IMAP.
-
-
- All 9 supported protocols are available at the same time within
- Gaim.
+
+
+
+
+ Once an option is selected, other fields become active that need
+ to be considered. Most users require either the POP or IMAP server
+ type to be selected. Selecting one of them brings up fields for
+ Server and Username, as
+ well as security settings. This information is available from the
+ ISP or administrator for the email account.
+
+
+
+ The next screen, Receiving Options, allows
+ further configuration for incoming email. Automatically
+ check for new mail every X minutes polls the server at
+ set intervals. Leave messages on server
+ prevents the mail client from downloading messages and removing
+ them from the server. Disable support for all POP3
+ extensions is only needed in a small number of cases.
+
+
+
+ The Sending Email screen is for configuring
+ servers and settings for outgoing messages. The user may select
+ SMTP or Sendmail; SMTP,
+ or simple mail transport protocol, is most
+ common. Server Configuration requires a
+ hostname under Server and is where potential
+ authentication settings are entered. These settings, when used,
+ are provided by the ISP or administrator for the email account.
+
+
+
+ In this example, the server type is SMTP and the authentication
+ method is PLAIN. The username fcuser is used
+ for server authentication.
+
+
+
+ Account Management contains a single field
+ for the user to name the account for easy identification. Often
+ this is a simple description of the email account, such as
+ Work Email.
+
+
+
+ Select a timezone in the Timezone screen.
+
+
+
+ The final screen, Done, indicates that the
+ account setup is complete. Clicking on the
+ [Apply] button completes the
+ setup process.
+
+
+
+ This completes the initial setup and enters the user into the main
+ Evolution mail client.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Setting up Instant Messaging
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ This section is specific for
+ Gaim in Fedora. For further
+ information and documentation on
+ Gaim, refer to:
+
+
+
+ http://gaim.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
+
+
+
+ To start and configure Gaim,
+ select Applications > Internet > Internet
+ Messenger from the menu panel. Starting
+ Gaim for the first time goes
+ directly into the Accounts configuration:
+
+
+
+
+
+ Click on the [Add] button to
+ bring up the Add Account window:
+
+
+
+ In the Add Account window, under
+ Login Options, click on the
+ right side of the Protocol dropdown menu to
+ show the available protocols. In this example,
+ AIM/ICQ is selected.
+
+
+
+ Enter details for the selected account, including Screen
+ name, Password, and
+ Alias. Select Remember
+ password if desired. Click on the
+ [Save] button to add the
+ account to the account list.
+
+
+
+ Once the account is added, the Accounts
+ windows displays the new account:
+
+
+
+ The Accounts windows also displays the next
+ time Gaim is launched. Repeat
+ this procedure for each account to be added.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Using Gaim
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Select one of the enabled accounts to see the Buddy
+ List window. In this window, menus allow the user to
+ add additional IM contacts.
+
+
+
+ All 9 supported protocols are available at the same time within
+ Gaim.
Not all features supported
- Gaim does not support
- features of all included protocols. Gaim is useful for chatting via text
- across 9 different IM protocols, but not all the features in
- each IM system are supported. For example, video is not fully
- supported at this time.
+
+ Gaim does not support
+ features of all included protocols.
+ Gaim is useful for
+ chatting via text across 9 different IM protocols, but not all
+ the features in each IM system are supported. For example, video
+ is not fully supported at this time.
+
-
-
+
+
-
+
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
-
-
-
+ Setting Up Your Email
-
-
-
-
This information is specific to using
Evolution on Fedora. Additional
documentation for Evolution is
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@
E-mail Icon
-
+ E-mail Icon
@@ -104,7 +100,7 @@
Identity screen
-
+ Identity screen
@@ -136,7 +132,7 @@
Server type selection
-
+ Server type selection
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@
Recieving Email Screen
-
+ Recieving Email Screen
@@ -175,7 +171,7 @@
Recieving Options Screen
-
+ Recieving Options Screen
@@ -196,7 +192,7 @@
Sending Email Screen
-
+ Sending Email Screen
@@ -212,7 +208,7 @@
Sending Email Screen
-
+ Sending Email Screen
@@ -229,7 +225,7 @@
Account Management Screen
-
+ Account Management Screen
@@ -243,7 +239,7 @@
Timezone Screen
-
+ Timezone screen
@@ -260,7 +256,7 @@
Finished Screen
-
+ Finished Screen
@@ -275,7 +271,7 @@
Evolution Main Screen
-
+ Evolution Main Screen
@@ -283,14 +279,10 @@
-
+ Setting up Instant Messaging
-
-
-
-
This section is specific for
Gaim in Fedora. For further
information and documentation on
@@ -312,7 +304,7 @@
Gaim Accounts Screen
-
+ Gaim Accounts Screen
@@ -327,7 +319,7 @@
Gaim Add Account Screen
-
+ Gaim Add Account Screen
@@ -345,7 +337,7 @@
Gaim Add Account Screen
-
+ Gaim Add Account Screen
@@ -364,7 +356,7 @@
Gaim Add Account Screen
-
+ Gaim Add Account Screen
@@ -379,7 +371,7 @@
Gaim Accounts List
-
+ Gaim Accounts List
@@ -392,14 +384,10 @@
this procedure for each account to be added.
-
+ Using Gaim
-
-
-
-
Select one of the enabled accounts to see the Buddy
List window. In this window, menus allow the user to
add additional IM contacts.
@@ -408,7 +396,7 @@
Gaim Buddylist
-
+ Gaim Buddylist
Index: Customizing.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/desktop-user-guide/FC-6/en_US/Customizing.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- Customizing.xml 25 Feb 2007 17:38:39 -0000 1.6
+++ Customizing.xml 26 Feb 2007 14:47:12 -0000 1.7
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@
]>
-
-
- Docs/DesktopUserGuide/Customizing
-
-
-
+Customizing the Desktop
@@ -27,14 +22,10 @@
bundled for the desktop.
-
+ Changing the Theme
-
-
-
-
Themes are a way to change your desktop to suit your personal
preferences.
@@ -50,26 +41,24 @@
Preferences window appears:
-
-
+
-
+
+
-
+ Changing the Background
-
-
-
-
To change the background image on your desktop, right-click on
an empty area of the desktop, and select the Change
Desktop Background option. The Desktop
@@ -84,27 +73,16 @@
Wallpaper. Then change the color under
Desktop Colors.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-(!) Another way to change the desktop background is to choose System > Preferences > Desktop Background from the menu panel.
-
-
-
-
+
+ Alternative
+ Another way to change the desktop background is to choose System > Preferences > Desktop Background from the menu panel.
+
-
+ Customizing File Browsing Behavior
-
-
-
-
By default, Fedora uses the
Nautilus file manager, which
opens a new window each time you open a folder. You can change
@@ -122,25 +100,8 @@
click on the box next to the text Always open in
browser windows.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-Previous Page - Sharing Your Desktop
-Table of Contents
-
-
-
-