[Xfce4-commits] <www:master> More editing to the 4.10 tour page.
Andrzej
noreply at xfce.org
Sun Apr 22 14:36:01 CEST 2012
Updating branch refs/heads/master
to 72ef22690f047bd30bb2ae783016d9d14658acb5 (commit)
from f5dbf961cde36199df11021cab8edf74d012a3fc (commit)
commit 72ef22690f047bd30bb2ae783016d9d14658acb5
Author: Andrzej <ndrwrdck at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Apr 22 21:34:08 2012 +0900
More editing to the 4.10 tour page.
pages/about/tour.php | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pages/about/tour.php b/pages/about/tour.php
index fea398a..9580ab1 100644
--- a/pages/about/tour.php
+++ b/pages/about/tour.php
@@ -37,35 +37,35 @@ function print_img ($file, $title)
<p><?php E_("In 4.10 there is a single panel-wide option for configuring the number of rows in the panel. Some plugins (e.g. <em>launchers</em>) fit a single row, while others, like window buttons are allowed to occupy full width of the panel.") ?></p>
- <?php print_img ("panel-rows", R_("A horizontal panel with the number of rows set to three.")) ?>
+ <?php print_img ("panel-rows", R_("A horizontal panel with a number of rows set to three.")) ?>
<h3><?php E_("Deskbar Mode") ?></h3>
<p><?php E_("The panel features a new configuration called a <em>deskbar</em> mode. In the deskbar mode the panel is aligned vertically, just like in the vertical mode, but the plugins are laid out horizontally. With multiple rows, it allows creating wide vertical panels suitable for wide-screen setups.") ?></p>
- <?php print_img ("panel-deskbar", R_("A panel in Deskbar mode with the number of rows set to five.")) ?>
+ <?php print_img ("panel-deskbar", R_("A panel in Deskbar mode with a number of rows set to five.")) ?>
<h3><?php E_("Actions Plugin") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("Session plugin from the xfce4-session package has been merged with a rewritten actions plugin") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("Session plugin from the xfce4-session package has been merged with a rewritten <em>actions</em> plugin") ?></p>
- <?php print_img ("panel-actions", R_("Action plugin in the menu mode (left), and in the button mode (right).")) ?>
+ <?php print_img ("panel-actions", R_("Action plugin in a menu mode (left), and in a button mode (right).")) ?>
<h3><?php E_("Window Buttons") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("The window buttons plugin no longer expands in order to make the plugin positioning more flexible. To restore the previous behavior please add a transparent <em>separator</em> plugin with the <strong>Expand</strong> option enabled just behind the window buttons plugin.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("The <em>window buttons</em> plugin no longer expands, which makes the plugin positioning more flexible. In order to restore the previous behavior please add a transparent <em>separator</em> plugin with the <strong>Expand</strong> option enabled just behind the window buttons plugin.") ?></p>
<h2><?php E_("File Manager") ?> <em>(thunar)</em></h2>
- <p><?php E_("There are few visual changes in this Thunar release. The main window uses less padding and the position of the status bar has been improved.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("There are few visual changes in this release of Thunar. The window has less padding and the position of the status bar has been adjusted.") ?></p>
<h2><?php E_("Session Manager") ?> <em>(xfce4-session)</em></h2>
- <p><?php E_("The session manager's settings dialog now has a button for clearing the saved session (no more <tt>rm -r ~/.config/sessions</tt>). Xfce4-tips has been removed and the session manager can now lock the screen before suspending or hibernating the system.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("The <em>session manager</em>'s settings dialog has a button for clearing the saved session (no more <tt>rm -r ~/.config/sessions</tt>). Xfce4-tips has been removed and the session manager can now lock the screen before suspending or hibernating the system.") ?></p>
<h3><?php E_("Applications Autostart") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("Another noticeable change is the way GNOME and KDE compatibility works. Compatibility check boxes only enable these services that have to be started before other applications (<em>gnome-keyring</em> and <em>gconf</em> for GNOME and <em>kdeinit</em> for KDE). All other autostart applications are available from <strong>Applications Autostart</strong>, but they are listed using an italic font and not enabled by default in order to distinguish them from Xfce applications. Unlike in previous versions of Xfce, compatibility services can be started indepedently from each other.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("Another noticeable change is the way GNOME and KDE compatibility works. Compatibility check boxes only enable services, which have to be started before other applications (<em>gnome-keyring</em> and <em>gconf</em> for GNOME and <em>kdeinit</em> for KDE). All other autostart applications are available from <strong>Applications Autostart</strong>, but they are listed using an italic font and not enabled by default in order to distinguish them from Xfce applications. Unlike in previous versions of Xfce, compatibility services can be started independently from each other.") ?></p>
<?php print_img ("session-autostart", R_("Applications, which are not a part of Xfce, are listed using an italic font.")) ?>
@@ -73,46 +73,46 @@ function print_img ($file, $title)
<h3><?php E_("Settings Daemon") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("Xfce 4.8 used two processes for applying settings: <tt>xfce4-settings-helper</tt> and <tt>xfsettingsd</tt>. In 4.10 those two were merged, so now xfsettingsd handles all system settings.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("Xfce 4.8 used two processes for applying settings: <tt>xfce4-settings-helper</tt> and <tt>xfsettingsd</tt>. In 4.10 they have been merged into xfsettingsd, which now handles all system settings.") ?></p>
<h3><?php E_("Settings Manager") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("The Settings dialog has support for categories and searching. Most of the dialogs are also embedded in the window (this was a compile-time option in 4.8).") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("The new <em>settings manager</em> groups configuration dialogs in categories and allows you to search for their names or descriptions. Most of the dialogs are also now embedded in the settings manager window (this was a compile-time option in Xfce 4.8).") ?></p>
- <?php print_img ("settings-manager", R_("New settings manager with categories and a filter")) ?>
+ <?php print_img ("settings-manager", R_("The settings manager with icons grouped by category and a search filter applied.")) ?>
<h3><?php E_("Settings Editor") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("The Settings Editor has been modified to reload the changed properties per-cell instead of reloading the entire tree, so it does not collapse when you modify a property. It also has in-line editing of the values (for most value types), making it easier to quickly adjust a setting.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("The <em>settings editor</em> no longer collapses the entire tree when you edit a property (this is because it now reloads a single cell rather than the whole tree). Most properties can now be edited in-place, making it easier to quickly adjust settings.") ?></p>
- <?php print_img ("settings-editor", R_("Settings editor with a channel monitor dialog opened while in-line editing a property")) ?>
+ <p><?php E_("Using settings editor you can also monitor changes of settings in a selected channel. Right-click on a channel in the main window, and select <strong>Monitor</strong> to display the monitor window.") ?></p>
- <p><?php E_("Another new feature in the settings editor is channel monitoring. If you right-click a channel in the main window, you can open a <strong>Monitor</strong> dialog which will show the property activity in a channel.") ?></p>
+ <?php print_img ("settings-editor", R_("Settings editor with an open channel monitor, while editing a property in-place.")) ?>
<h3><?php E_("MIME Type Editor") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("A lot of people ask for an editor to manage their file associations in the last couple of years, so there is it is: a simple MIME Type Editor. The editor does not allow to modify MIME information (add/remove types or modify icons), but allows you to easily assign a default application to a type, show your local modifications and reset to the default.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("In the last couple of years, many people were asking for a tool to manage their file type associations. The new <em>MIME type editor</em> does just that. It allows you to easily assign a default application to a file type, see your changes and reset them to default settings when necessary. Note that it does not allow you to change the system MIME Type definitions (add or remove types and change icons).") ?></p>
- <?php print_img ("settings-mime", R_("List of all the MIME types matching the filter")) ?>
+ <?php print_img ("settings-mime", R_("MIME types matching a pattern and a menu for selecting a default application.")) ?>
<h3><?php E_("Mouse and Touchpad") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("The pointer settings dialog has support for handling the basic Synaptics and Wacom properties. In the background the settings daemon has support for setting all kinds of <em>device properties</em>, which is explained in the <a href=\"http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/mouse\">mouse settings</a> wiki.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("The <em>mouse and touchpad</em> dialog is capable of handling basic Synaptics and Wacom properties in the GUI. A settings daemon running in the background handles all kinds of device properties, as documented in the <a href=\"http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/mouse\">mouse settings</a> wiki.") ?></p>
- <?php print_img ("settings-mouse", R_("Synaptics settings in the Mouse and Touchpad dialog")) ?>
+ <?php print_img ("settings-mouse", R_("Synaptics touchpad settings in the <em>mouse and touchpad</em> dialog")) ?>
<h3><?php E_("Appearance Settings") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("In 4.10 you can drop theme tarballs in the Style or Icon list. Xfce will try to extract it and install the files in the <tt>~/.themes</tt> or <tt>~/.icons</tt> directory.") ?></h3>
+ <p><?php E_("In 4.10 you can drag and drop a tarball with a downloaded theme onto the <em>style</em> or <em>icon</em> list. Xfce will attempt to extract and install the files into the <tt>~/.themes</tt> or <tt>~/.icons</tt> directory.") ?></h3>
<h2><?php E_("Desktop Manager") ?> <em> (xfdesktop)</em></h2>
- <p><?php E_("The initial plan for 4.10 was to integrate the desktop in Thunar, but since we couldn't agree on the implementation Xfdesktop has gained some new features as well. The most visible improvements are single-click support, automated background cycling and thumbnail rendering.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("Although the initial plan for Xfce 4.10 was to integrate desktop handling in Thunar, we have decided not to do it at this time yet. Meanwhile, Xfdesktop has gained support for single-click operation, automated background image cycling and thumbnail rendering.") ?></p>
- <?php print_img ("xfdesktop", R_("Image thumbnails on the desktop and single-click support")) ?>
+ <?php print_img ("xfdesktop", R_("Desktop with image thumbnails and support for single-click operation.")) ?>
- <p><?php E_("Xfdesktop also has a new default background and all old backgrounds have been removed from the package.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("Xfdesktop is now shipped with a new set of background images.") ?></p>
<h2><?php E_("Window Manager") ?> <em>(xfwm4)</em></h2>
- <p><?php E_("Xfwm4 has optional support for tiling when you drag a window to the screen edge. The tab window (Alt+Tab) has better theming options and arrow key navigation.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("Xfwm4 can now tile a window when you drag it to the edge of the screen. This feature is optional and is automatically disabled when <strong>Wrap workspaces when dragging</strong> is used. In such a case windows can still be tiled using a keyboard shortcut. Another improvement is a better theming support and cursor key navigation in the tab window (Alt+Tab).") ?></p>
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