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2001-01-24 Dan Mueth <dan@eazel.com>
* user-guide/gnufdl: Adding this directory for the GNU FDL.
This is a temporary solution. When GNOME 1.4 is out, we
will have gnome-core installing 'fdl' and we will point to
that instead of 'gnufdl'.
* user-guide/C/: Removing old docs stuff, and adding Vera's
new docs.
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* user-guide/gnufdl: Adding this directory for the GNU FDL.
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* user-guide/C/: Removing old docs stuff, and adding Vera's
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new docs.
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Wed Jan 24 21:21:52 2001 George Lebl <jirka@5z.com>
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<chapter id="ch1">
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<title>File Management</title>
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<para>
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This chapter presents the basic elements of the
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Nautilus file manager, and its basic file functions
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and features. Nautilus is designed to make file
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management transparent and intuitive-and, in
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the process, more productive.
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</para>
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<para>
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Chapter One is presented in five sections:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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Launching Nautilus
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Nautilus Elements
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Navigating and Viewing Your System
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Navigating the Network
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Manipulating Files
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<sect1 id="ch1-launching">
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<title>Launching Nautilus</title>
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<para>
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Nautilus can be launched from three locations:
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from the GNOME main menu, where the Nautilus
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menu item can be found under Applications; from
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the GNOME desktop itself; or from the Panel.
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>Nautilus Icon</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-nautiluslogo" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>
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If you wish to put the Nautilus icon (Figure 1), on
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your desktop, select the Nautilus menu item and,
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holding down the left mouse button, drag it to the
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desktop.
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</para>
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<para>
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Probably the easiest way to launch Nautilus is
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from the GNOME panel (Figure 2). To place the
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icon there, drag the menu item, as above, to an
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empty space on the panel at the bottom of the
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screen. This method has the advantage of speed:
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the panel is nearly always present, and is at most
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only a click away. The icon itself needs only one
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click to launch Nautilus.
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>The Nautilus Icon on the Panel, between Netscape and the Pager</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-panel" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>
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To launch Nautilus, click once on the menu item,
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or panel icon, or twice on the desktop icon.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="ch1-elements">
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<title>Nautilus Elements</title>
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<para>
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The major elements of the Nautilus file manager
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include, in the upper part, the menu bar, tool bar
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and location bar, and below, the sidebar and the
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main window (Figure 3).
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</para>
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<para>
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The menu bar is used to access the pull-down
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menus, which are the most complete source of
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Nautilus tools and features. The tool bar provides
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quick access to Nautilus most common
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navigation and search tools, and Eazel Services.
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The location bar displays system directory
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location, LAN location, and Internet location-
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depending on where Nautilus is looking at the
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given moment.
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</para>
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<para>
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The main window is the main viewing area for the
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systems directories and files, as well as the area
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where directories and files are generally manipu-
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lated. It is capable of showing files in several
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formats, and includes file information such as
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size, type, and date last modified.
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>Main Nautilus Elements</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-icon-view-demo" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>
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The sidebar provides a tree view of directories
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and sub-directories, as well as a history view
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(recently viewed files and directories), and a
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variety of Linux help documents.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="ch1-navigation">
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<title>Navigating and Viewing The System</title>
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<para>
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Nautilus offers several methods to navigate the
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system. Typing a directory address into the
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location bar will point Nautilus toward that
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location. The directional arrows on the tool bar
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provide a simpler method to navigate back,
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forward, and up through the system: they function
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exactly as in a browser. Clicking on a directory
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icon in the main window will open that directory.
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Finally, clicking the collapsible branches of the
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sidebars tree view allows the user to graphically
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view and navigate the directory tree.
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</para>
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<para>
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The file manager minimizes the necessity of
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opening applications by identifying many file
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types graphically. Viewer components allow
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several common document types to be displayed
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without launching a separate application, and a
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zoom feature provides one-click zooming in and
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out in the main window. Sound files in certain
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common formats can even be previewed by
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simply passing the mouse over the file icon.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="ch1-navigation-hardware">
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<title>The Initial Screen and Hardware Overview</title>
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<para>
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The first screen to appear (Figure 4), shows the
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contents of your home directory (note: the first screen
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will be the Nautilus sub-directory if the Beginner mode was
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selected). In this example,
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the user has logged in under their own name-
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John-so the home directory is /home/john.
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Linux follows the UNIX convention for home
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directories: if the user had logged in as Susan, the
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home directory would be /home/susan; when
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logged in as the root user, the home directory is root.
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</para>
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<para>
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The file manager identifies this directory in two
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ways: as a traditional command line directory
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address in the location bar, and as a captioned
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folder icon in the sidebar.
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>The Start Screen</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-icon-view-150" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>
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Among the contents of the screen are a Nautilus
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folder. This folder, when clicked, takes the user to
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/home/john/Nautilus, Figure 5. Among the
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contents of the folder are: a small HTML file
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containing information about Nautilus; a services
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icon which, when double-clicked, takes you
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directly to Eazel Services (covered in Chapter
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Three), and a computer icon which leads to a
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Hardware Overview of your system, Figure 6.
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>The Contents of /home/john/Nautilus, with the Computer and
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Services Icons.</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-home" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>
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The hardware overview shows the details of the
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computers central processor unit, including the
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manufacturer, the model, the calculated speed in
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MHz and the cache size. It also shows the amount
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of system RAM, and the models of the hard
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drive(s) and CD player.
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>Hardware Overview, Showing an AMD Processor and 55MB of RAM</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-hardware" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="ch1-navigation-refresh">
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<title>Using the Navigation, Refresh and Home Buttons</title>
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<para>
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The navigation buttons on the left side of the tool
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bar-Back, Forward, Up, Refresh and Home-are
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used in a similar way to the navigation buttons on
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a web browser (Figure 7).
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>Navigation Arrows on the Tool Bar</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-toolbar" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>
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The three left-most buttons allow navigation
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through the file system by both time and
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direction.
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</para>
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<para>
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The back and forward buttons allow the user to
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revisit directories and files which the user has
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already accessed during the current session. This
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is navigation through time. The previous example
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illustrates this: clicking on the back button from
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the hardware overview screen will take the user
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back to the /home/john screen, but once there,
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the back button will be dimmed out: there is no
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further back in time to go in this session.
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</para>
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<para>
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Similarly, clicking the forward button at this point
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would take the user once again to the /home/
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john/Nautilus screen.
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</para>
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<para>
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The up button navigates upward through the
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directory hierarchy. This is navigation by
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direction. As an example, in the previous section
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it is impossible-solely with the back button-to
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go up through the file system further than /home/
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john. However, by clicking the up button, the user
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can navigate first to /home, and then all the way
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to /.
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</para>
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<para>
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Clicking the refresh button refreshes the view of
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the current directory.
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</para>
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<para>
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The home button will always take the user to the
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current sessions home directory. If the user has
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logged on as root, then the home button, when
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clicked, will open /root. If the user has logged on
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as Laura, the directory opened will be /home/
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laura. Note: if the user is running in Beginner mode,
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clicking the home button will open the Nautilus sub-directory.
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This is, as are so many features in
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Nautilus, customizable-see Chapter Two.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="ch1-navigation-icons-list">
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<title>Viewing as Icons, or as a List</title>
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<para>
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Although directories and files are by default
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viewed, in the main window, as icons, there is
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some advantage to viewing them as a list. At a
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normal magnification level, more information will
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be displayed in list view, such as the files type
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and modification date. To change the view style,
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click on the View as Icons button, to the bottom-right
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of the tool bar (Figure 8), and choose List.
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>View as Icons Button</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-view-as" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>
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The list view still includes representative icons,
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but the extra space used by the extra description
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means the icons must be minimized. The Date
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Modified column is particularly clear, with
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descriptive terms used where the latest modifi-
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cation of the file or directory is within the last
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week (Figure 9).
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>List View, with Descriptive Dates under Date Modified</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-list-mydoc" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="ch1-navigation-tree">
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<title>Using Tree View in the Sidebar</title>
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<para>
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Tree view refers to a collapsible list of directories,
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sub-directories and files. In Nautilus, it is
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available in the sidebar. The advantage of tree
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view is that it allows the user to clearly observe
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the directory structure at a glance, thus simplifying
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directory and file administration.
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</para>
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<para>
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To activate tree view, click the Tree tab at the
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bottom of the sidebar screen. At first, the tree
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may be collapsed, showing a single folder (Figure
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10).
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</para>
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<figure>
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<title>Collapsed Tree View at Root</title>
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<graphic fileref="ch1-tree-slash" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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<para>
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To expand the directory structure, click once on
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the right arrow pointing toward the folder. The
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arrow will immediately point down, and the root
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directories appear in the sidebar. Clicking any
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sub-directory arrow will expand that sub-
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directory, but not automatically expand the view
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in the main window. Notice in Figure 11 that
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although the tree in the sidebar is expanded to /T/
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||||
ARCHIVE/Redhat/ETC, the main window and
|
||||
the location bar are still showing the folders
|
||||
within /home/john.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
(Also notice that, when necessary, vertical and
|
||||
horizontal scroll bars appear automatically on the
|
||||
sidebar panels).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Different Views and Different Directories in Different Panels: Tree
|
||||
View of /T/ARCHIVE/Redhat/ETC on the Left, Icon View of /home/john
|
||||
on the Right.</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-home-john" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To synchronize the displays-that is, to display
|
||||
the contents of the same directory in both the
|
||||
sidebar and the main window-simply click on
|
||||
the desired folder icon in the sidebars tree view
|
||||
(Figure 12). In this illustration, the user has
|
||||
clicked on the icon representing the directory
|
||||
/demo in the sidebar. Both the location bar and
|
||||
the main window now reflect this location, with
|
||||
the main window displaying the contents of the
|
||||
demo directory in icon view.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Different Views but Identical Directories: Tree View of /demo on
|
||||
the Left, Icon View of /demo on the Right.</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-tree-demo" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Exploring the directory tree within the sidebar
|
||||
alone is usually faster than exploring it within the
|
||||
main window. To expand directories without
|
||||
updating the main window, click on the small
|
||||
right arrows in tree view. In the example shown in
|
||||
Figure 13, the /etc directory has been expanded,
|
||||
as has the /X11 subdirectory. Beneath that are
|
||||
several more subdirectories, and the XF86Config
|
||||
file, which configures the X server.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Expanded Directories in Tree View</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-tree-etc" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
There may be times when the directory tree is so
|
||||
expanded, the user may lose sight of the upper
|
||||
branches. In such a situation, the user can either
|
||||
scroll with the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom
|
||||
of the sidebar, or, by holding down the left mouse
|
||||
button, enlarge the sidebar by dragging its right-
|
||||
hand edge into the main window area.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-navigation-zooming">
|
||||
<title>Zooming in the Main Window</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In a screen crowded with directory and file icons,
|
||||
the user may wish to zoom in to confirm a file
|
||||
name or type. The zoom feature enables this
|
||||
within the main window.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Figure 14 is an example of a screen crowded with
|
||||
icons; it is the doc sub-directory containing the
|
||||
XFree86 server documentation for various
|
||||
graphics cards.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>A Cluttered Main Window</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-tree-doc-1" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Somewhere in the window is the README file
|
||||
for the Chips & Technology graphics card. To use
|
||||
the zoom feature to find this more easily, the user
|
||||
simply clicks on the + sign of the zoom control
|
||||
to the right of the location bar (Figure 15).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Zoom Control</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-zoom-control" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The result-shown in Figure 16, after two clicks
|
||||
on the + sign, bringing magnification up to
|
||||
150%-is a far more easily read display, with the
|
||||
various graphics card types clearly identifiable.
|
||||
The Chips & Technology README file is on the
|
||||
left. This example also shows how greater magnification
|
||||
leads to more file and directory information displayed.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The View Enlarged to 150%</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-tree-doc" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
There may be times, especially on computers with
|
||||
large displays, when, instead of using the vertical
|
||||
scroll bar to find a file or directory, it may be
|
||||
faster to zoom out, and view a larger area. To do
|
||||
this, click on the minus sign to the left of the plus
|
||||
sign.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-navigation-viewing">
|
||||
<title>Viewing and Opening Files Within Nautilus</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Certain common file types can be identified, read,
|
||||
or, in the case of music files, heard, from within
|
||||
Nautilus, without having to open the files application.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Graphics files of many common types are represented as thumbnails--realistic iconic representations of their content. To inspect them more closely, without opening their related application,
|
||||
the user can enlarge them using the zoom feature.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Other types of files use different viewing
|
||||
methods. Many text files can be read just by
|
||||
clicking on them once in the main window. This is
|
||||
both faster than opening up a separate console, or
|
||||
application, and it also uses fewer system
|
||||
resources. Figure 17 shows an example using the
|
||||
README.chips file.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Displaying a README Text File in the Main Window</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-README" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Common types of music files can be heard via
|
||||
your computers sound system by simply hovering
|
||||
over the files icon with the mouse. For more
|
||||
control, the view button to the right of the
|
||||
location bar can be set to View as Music. The
|
||||
main window will display the music files only, by
|
||||
track, title, artist, bitrate and time, and also show
|
||||
a button-activated music player (Figure 18).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Music Player and an MP3 File</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-music-control" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Table 1 lists file types that can be viewed, or
|
||||
listened to, within Nautilus, without the necessity
|
||||
of opening their normal applications.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<table frame="all">
|
||||
<title></title>
|
||||
<tgroup cols="2">
|
||||
<thead>
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>View</entry>
|
||||
<entry>File Types</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
</thead>
|
||||
<tbody>
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>Icon/entry</entry>
|
||||
<entry>Files and Folders</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>List</entry>
|
||||
<entry>Files and Folders</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>Music</entry>
|
||||
<entry>MP3</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>Web Page</entry>
|
||||
<entry>HTML, including MAN pages, info pages and DocBook SGML</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>Text</entry>
|
||||
<entry>ASCII Text Files and HTML source</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>Image</entry>
|
||||
<entry>JPEG, PNG, etc.</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<row>
|
||||
<entry>Package</entry>
|
||||
<entry>RPM Packages</entry>
|
||||
</row>
|
||||
|
||||
</tbody>
|
||||
</tgroup>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-navigation-launching-apps">
|
||||
<title>Launching Applications within Nautilus</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Files can be opened, edited, and saved by
|
||||
launching their applications from within Nautilus.
|
||||
This is accomplished by positioning the mouse
|
||||
over the file, and clicking the right button. In the
|
||||
menu that appears, clicking on Open With
|
||||
brings up a sub-menu of application choices, from
|
||||
which the user can choose. Figure 19 shows an
|
||||
example, where a graphics file has been selected
|
||||
and opened with The Gimp.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Opening a Graphic File by Launching its Application from within
|
||||
Nautilus</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-open-with" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch1-network">
|
||||
<title>Navigating the Network</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus has full network capability, both on the
|
||||
LAN and on the Internet. It can connect to FTP
|
||||
and web servers, local and remote, and to
|
||||
mounted Samba shares.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus unique design includes elements of a
|
||||
web browser as well as a traditional file manager.
|
||||
As a result, Nautilus can browse the web, and
|
||||
also graphically browse the machines of a typical
|
||||
mixed corporate LAN running a combination of
|
||||
Windows, Linux and UNIX machines.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus primary methods of connection are
|
||||
shown in Figure 20.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Methods of Connection in a Mixed Environment</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-connect" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-network-ftp">
|
||||
<title>Navigating the LAN via FTP</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus connects to a mixed LAN via local FTP
|
||||
and mounted Samba shares.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To connect to a local Linux or UNIX FTP server,
|
||||
type in the complete host name of that
|
||||
machine in the location bar. As an example, to
|
||||
connect to a machine called toshiba.jpl, the user
|
||||
would type:
|
||||
<programlisting>
|
||||
ftp://toshiba.jpl
|
||||
</programlisting>
|
||||
and hit Enter. In Figure 21, the user has logged in
|
||||
anonymously to the /home/ftp directory of
|
||||
toshiba.jpl.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>FTP login to a Linux Machine on the LAN</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-slash" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In this example, red emblems signifying read and
|
||||
write protected folders appear in the main
|
||||
windows. This confirms the anonymous login. An
|
||||
attempt to view the contents of a read protected
|
||||
folder, for example, /bin, results in the screen
|
||||
shown in Figure 22.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Inadequate Permissions</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-inadequate-permissions" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-network-samba">
|
||||
<title>Navigating the LAN via Samba</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To connect to a Windows machine on the LAN,
|
||||
the user must first be running Samba and have
|
||||
configured the Windows machine, and must
|
||||
finally have mounted the Samba mountpoint on
|
||||
the host machine.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Once configured, typing in the mountpoint in the
|
||||
location bar reveals the directories and files on
|
||||
the Windows machine. In the example in Figure
|
||||
23, the user has navigated to the /samba
|
||||
directory on the Windows machine accessed
|
||||
through the HP mountpoint.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Accessing a Windows Machine on a Mixed LAN, via a Samba
|
||||
Mountpoint</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-samba" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-network-internet">
|
||||
<title>Navigating the Internet</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus connects to the Internet in the same way
|
||||
as a web browser. Both FTP sites and web sites
|
||||
are accessed by simply typing the URL into the
|
||||
location bar. Figure 24 gives an illustration, the
|
||||
users having connected to www.cnn.com.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Nautilus as Web Browser</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-cnn" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-network-history">
|
||||
<title>The Sidebar History and Bookmarks</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
When viewing the web, the navigation tools on
|
||||
the tool bar function as they do on any browser. In
|
||||
addition, both the History tab at the bottom of the
|
||||
sidebar, and the Go drop-down menu, provide a
|
||||
session history of local and remote accesses
|
||||
(Figure 25).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Sidebar History and Go Menu</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-history" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Bookmarks can also lead to local and remote
|
||||
machines, Samba shares and web sites. They are
|
||||
found by clicking on Bookmarks on the menu bar,
|
||||
where the menu items for adding and editing
|
||||
bookmarks are also located.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch1-files">
|
||||
<title>Manipulating Files</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>Manipulating directories and files is one of the
|
||||
most basic of all file manager features. Nautilus
|
||||
can be used to graphically move, copy, duplicate,
|
||||
rename and delete files, and to create new and
|
||||
rename existing directories. It can also be used as
|
||||
a search engine, on the local machine, the LAN,
|
||||
and the web. Finally, in Nautilus the user can
|
||||
graphically change a files permissions-a great
|
||||
advance over the command line CHMOD method.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-files-moving">
|
||||
<title>Moving and Copying Files</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
These two file management activities are
|
||||
performed by opening two Nautilus windows, one
|
||||
for the source location and one for the destination.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Open a new Nautilus window by clicking on File
|
||||
on the menu bar, and choosing the first menu
|
||||
item: New Window (Figure 26).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Opening a New Window in Nautilus</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-new-window" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To move a file, simply drag it from the source
|
||||
window to the destination window, with the left
|
||||
mouse button depressed. For options, drag the file
|
||||
with the right mouse button: this gives the choices
|
||||
of either moving or copying the file, or of
|
||||
creating a link.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
An example of a successful file copy operation is
|
||||
shown in Figure 27. The pluck.wav file has been
|
||||
copied from the /home/john directory (the
|
||||
source), in the lower-right Nautilus window, to
|
||||
the /home/john/music directory, in the upper-left
|
||||
Nautilus window.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Successful Copy of a File from /home/john to /home/john/
|
||||
music</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-pluck" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-files-duplicating">
|
||||
<title>Duplicating, Renaming and Deleting Files, and Creating
|
||||
Directories</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Duplicating a file is accomplished by either
|
||||
clicking on the file with the right mouse button,
|
||||
and selecting Duplicate, or by first selecting the
|
||||
file and then selecting Duplicate from the File
|
||||
pull-down menu on the menu bar (Figure 28).
|
||||
Notice in the illustration that the duplicate file is
|
||||
identified by the tag (copy) next to the file name.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Successful Duplication of the testement.jpg File</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-duplicate" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Renaming a file is accomplished in a similar
|
||||
manner. Choose the same menu by either means,
|
||||
and click on Rename. Then simply type the new
|
||||
name into the file caption.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Deleting a file, in Nautilus, means moving it to
|
||||
the trash folder which Nautilus creates upon
|
||||
installation. A file may be deleted either by
|
||||
dragging and dropping it into the trash folder, or
|
||||
by selecting the file, opening the same menu as
|
||||
above, and choosing Move to Trash.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Note that moving a file to the trash folder does
|
||||
not delete it from the system. It is still available,
|
||||
and can still be retrieved, in case the user has
|
||||
trashed it mistakenly. Permanent file deletion is
|
||||
accomplished by clicking the Empty Trash item in
|
||||
the File menu.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
A new subdirectory can be created (and/or
|
||||
renamed), anywhere in the directory tree, by
|
||||
selecting the parent directory and then pulling
|
||||
down the File menu from the menu bar. Click on
|
||||
New Folder, and the new subdirectory is created.
|
||||
Just type in the name and hit the Enter key.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch1-files-find-search">
|
||||
<title>File Find and Web Search</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus' two search features, found on the tool
|
||||
bar, enable the user both to find files on the local
|
||||
machine and on mounted Samba shares, and to
|
||||
locate information on the web.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To search for a file either locally or on a Samba
|
||||
LAN, click the Find button on the tool bar, and
|
||||
type in the name of the desired file. Then click
|
||||
the Find Them button.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This is the simplest form of file search, but by
|
||||
clicking the More Options button-several
|
||||
times-no fewer than seven search variables
|
||||
become available. Each variable in turn has its
|
||||
own set of constraints. In this way it is possible to
|
||||
narrow down, or refine a search very precisely
|
||||
(Figure 29).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>File Searching Expanded to the Maximum Degree Possible</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-complex-search" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To search for information on the web, click on
|
||||
the Web Search button on the tool bar. Nautilus is
|
||||
transformed into a web browser, and Google is
|
||||
presented in the main window (Figure 30).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Google Search Engine, Launched from within Nautilus.</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-google" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2>
|
||||
<title>Changing File Permissions</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To change a file's permissions, click with the
|
||||
right mouse button on the file, and choose Show
|
||||
Properties from the menu. The dialog box which
|
||||
appears has three tabs. Choose the one labelled:
|
||||
Permissions (Figure 31). Both the file's owner
|
||||
and group settings can be changed, as can the
|
||||
read, write, and execute permissions for each setting.
|
||||
The text view and numeric view of the result
|
||||
are automatically updated at the bottom of the box.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Changing File Permissions Graphically</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch1-permissions" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2>
|
||||
<title>Getting Help</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This Users Manual is available from both the
|
||||
Help item on the menu bar, and from the Help
|
||||
Contents tab at the bottom of the sidebar.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In addition to this manual, the Help Contents tab
|
||||
provides easy access to many other Linux help
|
||||
files in several different formats.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</chapter>
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,475 +0,0 @@
|
|||
<chapter id="ch2">
|
||||
<title>Customizing the Nautilus Interface</title>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus has been designed to be highly configurable,
|
||||
both to suit the desire of users for customized decor,
|
||||
and to suit the needs of users at
|
||||
different levels of expertise.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Chapter two is presented in four sections:
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Choosing and Customizing User Settings
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Customizing File Layout and Icon Appearance
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Configuring Applications
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Customizing Nautilus Appearance
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch2-settings">
|
||||
<title>Choosing and Customizing User Settings</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
User settings
|
||||
control performance and design variables, as well
|
||||
as certain appearance variables that are related
|
||||
more toward system function than simple decor.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
There are three levels of user settings to choose
|
||||
from: beginner, intermediate, and advanced; the
|
||||
level of information displayed increasing with
|
||||
each step. In addition, the two higher-level
|
||||
settings are both highly customizable.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch2-settings-accessing">
|
||||
<title>Accessing and Choosing User Settings</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To access user settings, click the colored icon on
|
||||
the far right of the menu bar (Figure 1).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Accessing User Settings</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-ski-intermediate-menu" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The drop-down menu presents the three levels of
|
||||
choices, and the choice of customizing the inter-
|
||||
mediate and advanced levels.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Figure 2 and 3 present the most obvious of the
|
||||
differences between the default beginner or intermediate,
|
||||
and the advanced display settings. In
|
||||
both cases Nautilus is looking at the /home/john
|
||||
directory. Home directories typically have a
|
||||
number of hidden files. In Figure 2, at the
|
||||
beginner (or intermediate) setting, only four
|
||||
directories are visible. In Figure 3, at the
|
||||
advanced setting, an additional 15 hidden directories
|
||||
are visible.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Four Directories Visible at the Intermediate User Setting</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-photos-john" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Same Directory at the Advanced User Setting, Showing Fifteen
|
||||
Hidden Files</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-john" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch2-settings-editing">
|
||||
<title>Editing User Settings</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The Edit Settings menu item, which is used to edit
|
||||
the intermediate and advanced user levels,
|
||||
presents the same choices for both. The choices
|
||||
are listed under six headings:
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Folder Views
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Sidebar Panels
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Appearance
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Speed Trade-offs
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Search
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Navigation
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Figure 4 shows the choices in the first heading:
|
||||
Folder Views. Here the user can choose to have
|
||||
Nautilus open a file in a separate window, activate
|
||||
items with a single or a double click, and display
|
||||
hidden and backup files.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Customizing Directory Views</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-edit-settings-folder" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The next heading down the list, Sidebar Panels,
|
||||
lets the user choose which panels should appear in
|
||||
the sidebar. Appearance, the third heading, allows
|
||||
the user to choose between smoother (but
|
||||
slower) graphics, or rough edges and speed. It
|
||||
also allows a choice of fonts with which to
|
||||
display file names and other information.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Search (Figure 5), lets users configure the file
|
||||
manager to search for files by text only, or also by
|
||||
their properties (slower), to optionally do slow,
|
||||
complete searches, and to change, if desired,
|
||||
Nautilus default web search location.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The Navigation heading allows the user to change
|
||||
the local machines default home location, and
|
||||
also allows the user to setup an HTTP proxy.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Customizing Search Features: Complexity, Speed and Location</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-search-settings" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch2-file">
|
||||
<title>Customizing File Layout and Icon Appearance</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The layout of files in the main window can be a
|
||||
major factor in the ease and speed of file identification.
|
||||
The default method of laying out files,
|
||||
alphabetically according to file names, is appropriate
|
||||
under certain conditions, i.e.: when the
|
||||
files in a directory are all of a similar type, with
|
||||
well designed names following a similar pattern.
|
||||
However, file identification using this layout can
|
||||
be tedious and difficult in a directory holding
|
||||
large numbers of files of disparate types, and
|
||||
without an obvious naming convention.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch2-file-layout">
|
||||
<title>Choices in File Layout</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus addresses this issue by giving the user
|
||||
several choices of file layout. Figure 6 shows the
|
||||
Lay out items pull-down sub-menu (under View), the
|
||||
range of layout choices available, and a directory
|
||||
with several different file types arranged alpha-
|
||||
betically.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Layout Choices, and an Unoptimized Alphabetical Layout</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-view-layout-menu" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>In this example, a more sensible layout would be
|
||||
by type. The result of this choice of layout
|
||||
is shown in Figure 7.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>A More Logical Layout, by Type</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-home-john-mydoc" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Once a method of layout is chosen, the presentation
|
||||
can be further optimized with the Use
|
||||
Tighter Layout and Reversed Order options.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch2-file-icons">
|
||||
<title>Customizing Icon Captions</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Icon captions and appearance can also be
|
||||
adjusted. A file caption must always start with the
|
||||
file name; however, both the type of information
|
||||
and the order of information displayed beneath
|
||||
file names can be manipulated.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The Icon Captions menu item is found under Edit
|
||||
on the tool bar. When clicked, it displays the Icon
|
||||
Captions menu, Figure 8.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Determining the Order of Icon Information</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-icon-captions-alone" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The three menu-buttons reflect the order of information
|
||||
displayed in the icon caption. Each button
|
||||
displays identical information, from file size to
|
||||
MIME type, ten types of information in all. The
|
||||
type chosen by the top button will appear first,
|
||||
beneath the file name, the type chosen by the
|
||||
second will appear next, etc. Figure 9 shows an
|
||||
enlarged file image (to 400%), with the captioned
|
||||
information reflecting the order in the accompanying
|
||||
Icon Caption sub-menu.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Size, Date Modified, Type</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-icon-captions" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch2-file-diff">
|
||||
<title>Differentiating a Directory with a Customized Icon</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The actual appearance of an icon can be replaced
|
||||
by another useful if, for instance, you want to
|
||||
identify a certain directory by the type of files it
|
||||
contains. The method used is to drag and drop the
|
||||
icon in the main window which you want for a
|
||||
replacement, to the icon in the sidebar that you
|
||||
want to replace. An example can be seen in Figure
|
||||
10, where an icon representing a portrait of
|
||||
Beethoven has been used to identify the music
|
||||
directory.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Identifying a Folder with Another Files Icon</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-music" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch2-file-emblems">
|
||||
<title>Adding Emblems</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Icon appearance can also be enhanced by the use
|
||||
of emblems. Click on a file with the right mouse
|
||||
button, and choose Show Properties. In the
|
||||
resulting properties window, click the middle tab,
|
||||
Emblems. Any and all of the emblems may be
|
||||
added to a files iconic appearance. In the
|
||||
example shown in Figure 11, the Draft emblem
|
||||
has been added to a text file.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Adding an Emblem to an Icon</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-emblems" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch2-configuring">
|
||||
<title>Configuring Applications</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
As we have seen in Chapter One, a file can easily
|
||||
be opened by its application from within Nautilus,
|
||||
relieving the user of the tedious extra steps of
|
||||
first starting the application, then finding the
|
||||
desired file. Nautilus does this by assigning
|
||||
certain adefault applications to certain file types.
|
||||
This too is customizable by the user.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Clicking on a file--in the example below, a JPEG
|
||||
file--with the right mouse button, brings up a
|
||||
menu with the item, Open With. Moving the
|
||||
mouse pointer to this opens a sub-menu (Figure 12).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Open With Sub-Menu</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-right-click-open-with" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In this example, Nautilus offers to open the file
|
||||
with its default image viewer, or the user can
|
||||
choose another viewer or application.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Suppose the user wanted to customize Nautilus to
|
||||
always open JPEG files with The Gimp (which is
|
||||
both a viewer and an editor). In this case, the user
|
||||
would click Other Application.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The Open with Other window which appears
|
||||
(Figure 13), shows the user the current application(s)
|
||||
setup for opening files.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Choosing an Application</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-open-with-other" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
In Figure 13, The Gimp is present, but is not in
|
||||
the menu for opening JPEG files. To place it in
|
||||
the menu and make sure it is used as the default
|
||||
viewer for JPEG files, click the Modify button,
|
||||
and choose the second selection (Figure 14).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Modifying the Default Application for Opening a File</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-open-with" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
A deeper level of configuration can be obtained
|
||||
by clicking the Go There button on the Open with
|
||||
Other menu. That opens the GNOME Control
|
||||
Center to the File Types and Programs screen. For
|
||||
an explanation of how to associate programs with
|
||||
certain file types, see the GNOME Users Guide.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch2-apearance">
|
||||
<title>Customizing Nautilus Appearance</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Many users are not content to stare at a <emphasis>default</emphasis>
|
||||
desktop decor: they want to customize it
|
||||
according to taste. For this, a wide range of
|
||||
backgrounds, colors, emblems and themes is
|
||||
available, and, should the user wish, they can add
|
||||
their own.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch2-apearance-colors">
|
||||
<title>Backgrounds, Colors and Emblems</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
To change the desktop decor, click on Edit on the
|
||||
menu bar, and choose Customize. The Nautilus
|
||||
Customization Options window appears.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Each background, color, and emblem can be
|
||||
applied by simply dragging it to the desire
|
||||
window or file with the mouse. In the example in
|
||||
Figure 15, the satin background has been applied
|
||||
to the main window, while the color ruby has been
|
||||
dragged and dropped into the sidebar. Finally, the
|
||||
file <filename>pluck.wav</filename> has been embelished with a
|
||||
green, heart-shaped <emphasis>Favorite</emphasis> emblem.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Color and Textures to the Users Taste</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-colors" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="ch2-apearance-themes">
|
||||
<title>Themes</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The simplest way to change an overall <emphasis>look</emphasis>, is
|
||||
to change the theme. Several themes are
|
||||
available; clicking on Change Appearance in the
|
||||
Edit menu brings up the Nautilus Theme Selector.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Selecting one of the four different themes applies
|
||||
the new theme while the selector window is still
|
||||
open, allowing the user to preview the new
|
||||
design. In Figure 16, the Eazel theme has been
|
||||
selected, changing backgrounds on the sidebar
|
||||
and the main window, and also the icons on the
|
||||
tool bar.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The <emphasis>Eazel</emphasis> Theme, with the Nautilus Theme Selector
|
||||
Window</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch2-theme-eazel" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
</chapter>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,226 +0,0 @@
|
|||
<chapter id="ch3">
|
||||
<title>Nautilus and Eazel Services</title>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Eazel Services are an Internet-based suite of tools
|
||||
designed to simplify system management in
|
||||
Linux. Nautilus and Eazel Services work together:
|
||||
one complements the other. This chapter presents
|
||||
a description of Eazel Services available for
|
||||
the preview release two.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
For this release, Services will include:
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Eazel Software Catalog
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Eazel Software Installer
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Eazel Online Storage
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch3-accessing">
|
||||
<title>Accessing Services</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
There are several ways to access Eazel Services.
|
||||
When starting Nautilus for the first time, the user
|
||||
is asked if they wish to learn about, sign up, or
|
||||
log on to Services (Figure 1).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Signing Up for Eazel Services Upon Starting Nautilus</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch3-sign-up" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
On a routine basis, Services can be reached by
|
||||
simply clicking the Services icon on the Nautilus
|
||||
toolbar. Alternatively, they can be reached
|
||||
through any web browser, from www.eazel.com.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch3-registration">
|
||||
<title>Registration and Login</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Registration--for this preview release--is not required for the
|
||||
software catalog, but is for online storage.
|
||||
</para
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Registration is the same from Nautilus or from any browser. The
|
||||
screen is divided into three sections: the required fields to open
|
||||
an account (Figure 2); the optional personal profile section, and
|
||||
the optional computing environment section.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Required Account Information in Registration</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch3-account-info" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The user completes the process by activating their account with the
|
||||
instructions sent in a validation e-mail. The instructions are sent
|
||||
almost instantaneously.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Logging in can be accomplished either from the greeting page which
|
||||
follows account validation, from clicking services in Nautilus, or
|
||||
from the Eazel website, www.eazel.com.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The Welcome screen, Figure 3, is organized into three basic sections.
|
||||
The top section has links for reaching the Eazel support page, for
|
||||
changing user preferences, and for logging out.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The support page has a number of FAQs and other help features. The
|
||||
preferences link allows the user to change or update personal and
|
||||
computer preferences, and even passwords.
|
||||
</para/>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Welcome Screen, Showing Online Storage and Software Catalog
|
||||
</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch3-welcome-screen" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The second section down is devoted to Online Storage, and has links to
|
||||
the users private and public storage folder.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The third section allows the user to either browse or search the Eazel
|
||||
software catalog.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch3-catalog">
|
||||
<title>Eazel Software Catalog</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The Software Catalog is an on-line catalog of
|
||||
Linux software, both Open Source and commercial, that should
|
||||
install and work properly--in this preview release--on a Redhat 6.0
|
||||
to 6.2 system.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The software is in RPM format.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The user is able to select software by either browsing the online
|
||||
catalog by category, or by searching for a specific package with a
|
||||
keyword. Both catalog browsing and searching can be further refined
|
||||
by specifying a Redhat distribution version.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
When browsing, the user is presented with thirteen different categories, from Communications to Text Editors. Selecting the first, for example, opens a separate screen dedicated to communications software (Figure 4), with a list of package titles and short summaries.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Package Titles and Summaries</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch3-package-titles" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Selecting the package title takes the user to a further screen, giving
|
||||
more complete information, including the version and release number,
|
||||
the source and vendor, a more complete description, package size, etc.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Pressing the download button sets up a download of the selected package
|
||||
--in RPM format--to the users home directory.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch3-installer">
|
||||
<title>Eazel Software Installer</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The Software Installer, which functions when accessing Services through Nautilus, takes into account your distribution,
|
||||
version, and current system, and installs not only
|
||||
the chosen programs, but also automatically
|
||||
installs the necessary dependencies.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This is all accomplished with the help of a client-
|
||||
side inventory program built into Nautilus--
|
||||
making Nautilus an integral part of Eazel
|
||||
Services.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="ch3-vault">
|
||||
<title>Eazel Online Storage</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Each user is provided initially with 25MB of free storage space, in two folders, private and public.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Online Storage is more than just a one-directory
|
||||
file repository. Users can create online folders--
|
||||
even entire directory trees. They can upload and
|
||||
download files, and Nautilus users can copy or
|
||||
move entire folders from their own system to
|
||||
Eazel Online Storage, and back again.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Clicking on either the Private or Public folder icon takes the user to the Online Storage screen (Figure 5).
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Online Storage Screen</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="ch3-online-storage" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
From here, the user can see immediately which files they have in
|
||||
storage, and how much space they have left available. They may also
|
||||
choose to create a sub-folder, to upload or download files, or to
|
||||
copy, move, or delete selected items.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</chapter>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
|
|||
<chapter id="instal">
|
||||
<title>Installation</title>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus will be the default file manager for
|
||||
GNOME 1.4. So for users of that version of
|
||||
GNOME, no special Nautilus installation will be
|
||||
necessary.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
For other users, Nautilus can be downloaded from
|
||||
the Eazel Nautilus website. Instructions for this
|
||||
follow the system requirements section, below.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="instal-system-requirements">
|
||||
<title>System Requirements for Running Nautilus</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The minimum system requirements for running
|
||||
the Nautilus preview release two are:
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="instal-system-requirements-harware">
|
||||
<title>Hardware</title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
x86 compatible processor (200mHz minimum).
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
64MB RAM recommended.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
60MB hard drive space.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
500MB of additional space, if you have to install GNOME.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect2 id="instal-system-requirements-software">
|
||||
<title>Software</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
RedHat Linux 6.2 (others may work, but this is the preview test
|
||||
platform).
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
GNOME 1.2 (Components for GNOME will be downloaded by the Eazel
|
||||
Installer if needed).
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Mozilla-5.0-M18-4 (downloaded by the Eazel Installer if needed).
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="instal-download-install">
|
||||
<title>Download and Install Instructions for the Nautilus Preview
|
||||
Release Two</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>First, make sure you have enough hard disk space,
|
||||
and are running the correct version of Linux, and
|
||||
of GNOME.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The Eazel site for downloading Nautilus is
|
||||
<ulink url="http://download.eazel.com/">http://download.eazel.com</ulink>.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Once at the site:
|
||||
<orderedlist>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Fill out the simple registration form.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Save the Eazel Installer in your tmp directory.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Open a terminal window, and type: /tmp
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Next, type: sh ./nautilus-installer.sh
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
When prompted, enter your systems root password.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
The Nautilus installation wizard will launch. Read the
|
||||
requirements and click Begin.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</orderedlist>
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
When the installation is finished, start Nautilus by
|
||||
opening the GNOME main menu, opening the
|
||||
Applications sub-menu, and clicking on the
|
||||
Nautilus icon.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="instal-initial-screens">
|
||||
<title>Initial Screens</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
When you start Nautilus for the first time, there
|
||||
are several initial screens. The first is simply a
|
||||
welcome screen. The second, however, lets you
|
||||
select your initial user level (Figure 1)
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>Selecting an Initial User Level</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="install-user-level" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The different user levels primarily control the
|
||||
amount of system and file detail that Nautilus
|
||||
displays. Check the level you feel is right for you,
|
||||
and click on the Next button.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The following screen gives you an opportunity to
|
||||
learn about Eazel Services, to sign up for them
|
||||
immediately, to login to Services if you are
|
||||
already a member, or to skip exploring Services at
|
||||
this time.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus and Eazel Services are covered in
|
||||
Chapter Three of this manual.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<figure>
|
||||
<title>The Nautilus Update Screen</title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="install-update" scale="50"></graphic>
|
||||
</figure>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
The next screen (Figure 2), offers to automatically
|
||||
contact Eazel Services to verify your
|
||||
Internet connection and download the latest
|
||||
Nautilus updates. Check the appropriate box and
|
||||
click the Next button. The update procedure is
|
||||
automatic.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
At the final screen click the Finish button to
|
||||
complete the install. After a moment or two the
|
||||
Nautilus file manager will start.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
</chapter>
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
|
|||
<chapter id="intro">
|
||||
<title>Introduction - Nautilus Preview Release Two</title>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus is the new file manager for GNOME, the
|
||||
emerging desktop of choice for both Linux and
|
||||
UNIX. Some of Nautilus features include:
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Graphic representation of files, with file icons displaying
|
||||
actual file content: images, text, music, etc.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
A variety of interface customizations, from the practical--
|
||||
adjusting the amount of file data displayed according to
|
||||
user-level--to the decorative: backgrounds, themes and
|
||||
colors.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Mixed network (Linux and Windows) access, and Internet
|
||||
browsing, from within Nautilus.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This manual describes the Nautilus Preview
|
||||
Release 2. The first production release will ship
|
||||
with GNOME 1.4
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="intro-organization">
|
||||
<title>Manual Organization</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
This manual is a step-by-step guide to Nautilus
|
||||
features. The organization is:
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
This Introduction.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
An Installation section.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Chapter One, concentrating on fundamental file operations.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Chapter Two, presenting the range of system customization
|
||||
options available in Nautilus.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
Chapter Three, describing how Nautilus is integrated into
|
||||
Eazel Services, how to use them, and their benefits.
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="intro-fsf">
|
||||
<title>Free Software</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Like Linux and GNOME, Nautilus is Free Software, a method
|
||||
of software distribution which encourages innovation, improvement
|
||||
and timely bug fixes, and to which Eazel, Inc., the Nautilus
|
||||
maintainer, is committed.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Fundamentally, the General Public License (or
|
||||
GPL, under which Linux, GNOME and Nautilus
|
||||
are licensed), insists that an application must always
|
||||
be accompanied by its source code, that the
|
||||
code can be freely modified, and that the user (or
|
||||
purchaser) of software distributed under this license
|
||||
agrees to in turn distribute their own source
|
||||
code under the same license, when distributing, or
|
||||
selling, a modified application.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
It can be seen that distributing software under the
|
||||
GPL license does not prohibit selling software,
|
||||
and in fact many companies do sell Linux distributions
|
||||
and applications. The license does insist
|
||||
on the free sharing, and distribution, of source
|
||||
code. And it is this open code distribution
|
||||
policy which the Free Software movement believes
|
||||
will eventually result in more innovatory, less
|
||||
troublesome, and more useful software.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="intro-history">
|
||||
<title>Nautilus History</title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
Nautilus can trace its Free Software lineage back
|
||||
to the text-based Midnight Commander file man-
|
||||
ager (still available on some Linux distributions).
|
||||
The X Window version followed. Developing
|
||||
from that base, Eazel has produced in Nautilus a
|
||||
next-generation GUI that integrates file management,
|
||||
web browsing, and system management.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="intro-platforms">
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<title>Supported Platforms and Distributions</title>
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<para>
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Although initially developed on the Red Hat Linux 6.2
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platform, Nautilus is being written for
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cross-platform and multi-version operability in
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short, to operate on every platform that GNOME
|
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will operate on.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
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<chapter>
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<title></title>
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<para>
|
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</para>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1>
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<title></title>
|
||||
|
||||
<para>
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</para>
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|
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<figure>
|
||||
<title></title>
|
||||
<graphic fileref="" scale="50"></graphic>
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</figure>
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|
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|
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<sect2>
|
||||
<title></title>
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
|
||||
<itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
<listitem><para>
|
||||
</para></listitem>
|
||||
|
||||
</itemizedlist>
|
||||
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect2>
|
||||
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
</chapter>
|
||||
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|
|
@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ NULL=
|
|||
|
||||
SUBDIRS= \
|
||||
C \
|
||||
$(NULL)
|
||||
gnufdl \
|
||||
$(NULL)
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
24
user-guide/gnufdl/Makefile.am
Normal file
24
user-guide/gnufdl/Makefile.am
Normal file
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
|
|||
NULL=
|
||||
|
||||
LANG=C
|
||||
|
||||
DOC_MODULE=gnufdl
|
||||
|
||||
SGML_DIR=$(datadir)/gnome/help
|
||||
|
||||
TARGET_DIR=$(SGML_DIR)/$(DOC_MODULE)/$(LANG)/
|
||||
|
||||
install-data-local:
|
||||
$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)
|
||||
installfiles=`echo $(srcdir)/*.sgml`; \
|
||||
if test "$$installfiles" = '$(srcdir)/*.sgml'; \
|
||||
then echo '-- Nothing to install' ; \
|
||||
else \
|
||||
for i in $$installfiles; do \
|
||||
basefile=`basename $$i`; \
|
||||
$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i $(DESTDIR)$(TARGET_DIR)$$basefile; \
|
||||
done; \
|
||||
fi
|
||||
|
||||
dist-hook:
|
||||
-cp $(srcdir)/*.sgml $(distdir)
|
||||
|
|
@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
|
|||
<!DOCTYPE Article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN"[
|
||||
]>
|
||||
|
||||
<chapter id="fdl">
|
||||
|
||||
<title>GNU Free Documentation License</title>
|
||||
<article id="index">
|
||||
<title>GNU Free Documentation License</title>
|
||||
<artheader>
|
||||
<releaseinfo>
|
||||
Version 1.1, March 2000
|
||||
</releaseinfo>
|
||||
|
||||
<copyright>
|
||||
<year>2000</year><holder>Free Software Foundation, Inc.</holder>
|
||||
</copyright>
|
||||
|
||||
<legalnotice id="legalnotice">
|
||||
<para>
|
||||
<address>Free Software Foundation, Inc.
|
||||
<street>59 Temple Place, Suite 330</street>,
|
||||
<city>Boston</city>,
|
||||
<state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
|
||||
<country>USA</country></address>. Everyone is permitted to
|
||||
copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license
|
||||
document, but changing it is not allowed.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</legalnotice>
|
||||
|
||||
</artheader>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1 id="fdl-preamble">
|
||||
<title>0. PREAMBLE</title>
|
||||
|
|
@ -638,10 +662,5 @@
|
|||
License</ulink>, to permit their use in free software.
|
||||
</para>
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
</chapter>
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
</article>
|
||||
|
||||
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