[Goodies-commits] r5766 - xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C
Ali Abdallah
aliov at xfce.org
Thu Oct 23 09:43:43 CEST 2008
Author: aliov
Date: 2008-10-23 07:43:43 +0000 (Thu, 23 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 5766
Modified:
xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C/xfce4-power-manager.html
xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C/xfce4-power-manager.xml
Log:
Spelling correction
Modified: xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C/xfce4-power-manager.html
===================================================================
--- xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C/xfce4-power-manager.html 2008-10-23 07:18:57 UTC (rev 5765)
+++ xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C/xfce4-power-manager.html 2008-10-23 07:43:43 UTC (rev 5766)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
, a popup should be displayed only if the power manager isn't already running to ask you if you want to.
Once the power manager is launched for the first time, it'll place a autostart desktop file in your .config/autostart
so like that it gets launched automatically second time you log into your Xfce desktop.
- </p></div></div><p> </p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfpm-configuration"></a>Power Manager Configuration</h2></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2518085"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 1. Power Manager settings</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/settings.png" alt="Power Manager settings"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
+ </p></div></div><p> </p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfpm-configuration"></a>Power Manager Configuration</h2></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2535579"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 1. Power Manager settings</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/settings.png" alt="Power Manager settings"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
Almost all the <strong class="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong> items are configurable from the configuration window, laptop users can set up
a power profile for two different modes “on battery power” and “on ac power”, desktop users still can change
DPMS settings and CPU frequency.
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
the available manageabale interfaces.
</p><p>
In this section we will describe the possible configuration for the power manager.
- </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-general"></a>General Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2536296"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2. General settings</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/general-settings.png" alt="General settings"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
+ </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-general"></a>General Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2550515"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2. General settings</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/general-settings.png" alt="General settings"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
Here you can select the configuration of the system tray icon, enable/disable cpu frequency and DPMS controls,
typical reason to disable DPMS control for example if you are watching a movie.
- </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-cpu"></a>CPU Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2534188"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 3. CPU Linux governors</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/cpu-settings.png" alt="CPU Linux governors"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-cpu"></a>CPU Settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2535417"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 3. CPU Linux governors</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/cpu-settings.png" alt="CPU Linux governors"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
The linux governors found in the system are listed for choice as a radio buttons,
if the acpi_cpufreq module is not loaded in the kernel or the cpu itself doesn't support
changes in it's frequency these options might not be shown.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
the CPU speed rather than jumping to max speed the moment there is any load on the CPU.
</p></dd></dl></div><p>
NOTE:In <strong class="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong> version 0.6.0 only Linux is supported for changing the CPU frequency.
-</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-battery"></a>Battery settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2535259"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 4. Battery settings</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/battery-settings.png" alt="Battery settings"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
+</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-battery"></a>Battery settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2539308"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 4. Battery settings</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/battery-settings.png" alt="Battery settings"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
The user can select the percentage of the battery to be considered as critical, usually this is for a laptop or
UPS battery, this option is important as for a broken battery for example, the battery when it is 10% charged
can last 5 minutes, so the user can increase the level at wish the battery charge will be considered critical.
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
The battery notification is a way to notify the user when the battery state changes ( ex: battery charge is full )
<p>
- </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-button"></a>Keyboard shortcuts</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2554393"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5. button control</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/button-settings.png" alt="button control"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p>
+ </p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-button"></a>Keyboard shortcuts</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2550901"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5. button control</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/button-settings.png" alt="button control"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p>
For those buttons you can define an action to be taken by the power manager when happen to press one of them,
for example when you close the laptop screen.
- </div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-monitor"></a>Monitor settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2529925"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 6. Monitor DPMS and lcd brightness</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/monitor-settings.png" alt="Monitor DPMS and lcd brightness"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
+ </div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="xfpm-monitor"></a>Monitor settings</h3></div></div></div><div class="figure"><a name="id2536153"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 6. Monitor DPMS and lcd brightness</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/monitor-settings.png" alt="Monitor DPMS and lcd brightness"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
DPMS is an old X extension that allows standby/suspend/turn off options of the monitor, usually the timeouts
have to be succesitive, so standby timeout less than suspend timeout and so on, but one always can disable any option.
</p><p>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
it detects that system in running on battery power and set it again to the maximum value when system is running
on AC power.
</p></div></div><p> </p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfpm-systray-notify"></a>System Tray Icon and Notification</h2></div></div></div><p>
-</p><div class="figure"><a name="id2527202"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 7. Battery icon in the system tray</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/battery.png" alt="Battery icon in the system tray"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
+</p><div class="figure"><a name="id2550384"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 7. Battery icon in the system tray</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/battery.png" alt="Battery icon in the system tray"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
The "system tray" is an application running on a given X screen that can display small icons
provided by running applications. In Xfce it's a panel plugin that catch the icon and resize it
@@ -69,29 +69,30 @@
</p><p>
<strong class="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong> uses GtkStatusIcon to display the different kinds of batteries found in the system.
</p><p>
-</p><div class="figure"><a name="id2520039"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 8. Battery Notification</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/battery-discharging.png" alt="Battery Notification"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
+</p><div class="figure"><a name="id2535259"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 8. Battery Notification</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/battery-discharging.png" alt="Battery Notification"></div></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break"></p><p>
To notify the user about the status of the battery, serious errors occured, the notification daemon is used
to display such messages.
-</p></div><p> </p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfpm-faq"></a>FAQ</h2></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Q: Why the icons look very similar to the icon of gnome power manager</span></dt><dd><p>A: No, they are not similar, they are the same, just there is no point of re-drawing icons,
+</p></div><p> </p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfpm-faq"></a>FAQ</h2></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Q: Why the icons look very similar to the icon of gnome power manager.</span></dt><dd><p>A: No, they are not similar, they are the same, just there is no point of re-drawing icons,
gnome power manager icons are good enough. not all of them are used.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: What is the difference between suspend and hibernate</span></dt><dd><p>A: Suspend if a power save feature, when suspending, the computer is still using power,
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: What is the difference between suspend and hibernate.</span></dt><dd><p>A: Suspend is a power save feature, when suspending, the computer is still using power,
since the running applications are kept in the memory, but is the lowest power level the computer
can use.
Hibernate saves the system state on the hard drive and turns off the power, when you start up your computer
again those data will be loaded and the system comes up.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: Why the options of suspend/hibernate are not there or i can't select them</span></dt><dd><p>A: Many possible reasons, for example your kernel doesn't or it's not compiled with suspend/hibernate options.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: Why the options of suspend/hibernate are not there or i can't select them.</span></dt><dd><p>A: Many possible reasons, for example your kernel doesn't or it's not compiled with suspend/hibernate options.
Another possible reason is the fact that you are not allowed to use them.
- </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: How the power manager actually suspend or hibernate my system</span></dt><dd><p>A: The power manager checks if the user is allowed to, then send a DBus message to HAL asking to suspend
- /hibernate, usually the methods used to suspend or hibernate used by HAL is a script located in /usr/lib/hal/scripts/YourOs.
+ </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: How the power manager actually suspend or hibernate my system.</span></dt><dd><p>A: The power manager checks if the user is allowed to, then send a DBus message to HAL asking to suspend
+ /hibernate, usually the methods to suspend or hibernate used by HAL are scripts located in /usr/lib/hal/scripts/YourOs.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: If the power manager puts the computer in hibernate because my battery charge is critical what will happen
- if i turn it on again without plugging my adapter</span></dt><dd><p>A: Nothing actually, the power manager had take the action defined by the user already and understands
- that the user insist of using the laptop so in the best cases it'll display a popup with options that user can do.
+ if i turn it on again without plugging my adapter.</span></dt><dd><p>A: Nothing actually, the power manager had take the action defined by the user already and understands
+ that the user insist of using the laptop so in the best cases it'll display a warning popup with options
+ the user can do.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Q: I select the option of the lcd brightness control but i don't see the brightness changing when i switch
- from AC adapter to battery power</span></dt><dd><p>A: You kernel doesn't have the right driver, or the driver isn't loaded.
+ from AC adapter to battery power.</span></dt><dd><p>A: You kernel doesn't have the right driver, or the driver isn't loaded.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><p> </p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfpm-about"></a>About <strong class="application"><code>xfce4-power-manager</code></strong></h2></div></div></div><p>
This power manager was written following the philosophy of Xfce, having leight weight application that does
- what the user expect for it.
+ what the user expect from it.
</p><p>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or
this manual, use the bug tracking system at <a class="ulink" href="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/" target="_top">http://bugzilla.xfce.org/</a>.
</p><p>If you have questions about the use or installation of this package,
Modified: xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C/xfce4-power-manager.xml
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--- xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C/xfce4-power-manager.xml 2008-10-23 07:18:57 UTC (rev 5765)
+++ xfce4-power-manager/trunk/doc/C/xfce4-power-manager.xml 2008-10-23 07:43:43 UTC (rev 5766)
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Q: Why the icons look very similar to the icon of gnome power manager</term>
+ <term>Q: Why the icons look very similar to the icon of gnome power manager.</term>
<listitem>
<para>A: No, they are not similar, they are the same, just there is no point of re-drawing icons,
gnome power manager icons are good enough. not all of them are used.
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Q: What is the difference between suspend and hibernate</term>
+ <term>Q: What is the difference between suspend and hibernate.</term>
<listitem>
- <para>A: Suspend if a power save feature, when suspending, the computer is still using power,
+ <para>A: Suspend is a power save feature, when suspending, the computer is still using power,
since the running applications are kept in the memory, but is the lowest power level the computer
can use.
Hibernate saves the system state on the hard drive and turns off the power, when you start up your computer
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Q: Why the options of suspend/hibernate are not there or i can't select them</term>
+ <term>Q: Why the options of suspend/hibernate are not there or i can't select them.</term>
<listitem>
<para>A: Many possible reasons, for example your kernel doesn't or it's not compiled with suspend/hibernate options.
Another possible reason is the fact that you are not allowed to use them.
@@ -340,27 +340,28 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>Q: How the power manager actually suspend or hibernate my system</term>
+ <term>Q: How the power manager actually suspend or hibernate my system.</term>
<listitem>
<para>A: The power manager checks if the user is allowed to, then send a DBus message to HAL asking to suspend
- /hibernate, usually the methods used to suspend or hibernate used by HAL is a script located in /usr/lib/hal/scripts/YourOs.
+ /hibernate, usually the methods to suspend or hibernate used by HAL are scripts located in /usr/lib/hal/scripts/YourOs.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Q: If the power manager puts the computer in hibernate because my battery charge is critical what will happen
- if i turn it on again without plugging my adapter</term>
+ if i turn it on again without plugging my adapter.</term>
<listitem>
<para>A: Nothing actually, the power manager had take the action defined by the user already and understands
- that the user insist of using the laptop so in the best cases it'll display a popup with options that user can do.
+ that the user insist of using the laptop so in the best cases it'll display a warning popup with options
+ the user can do.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Q: I select the option of the lcd brightness control but i don't see the brightness changing when i switch
- from AC adapter to battery power</term>
+ from AC adapter to battery power.</term>
<listitem>
<para>A: You kernel doesn't have the right driver, or the driver isn't loaded.
</para>
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@
<title>About &app;</title>
<para>
This power manager was written following the philosophy of Xfce, having leight weight application that does
- what the user expect for it.
+ what the user expect from it.
</para>
<para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or
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