Draft of Xfce4 Screensaver ready

[Kevin Bowen]

Thanks Jerry. Looks good.

I've updated the screensaver page per your doc as well as linked it to 
the primary docs page.

https://docs.xfce.org/apps/screensaver/start

Regards,

Kevin

On 8/4/19 4:19 AM, Jerry Bond wrote:
> Hi Devs --
>
> Following up on my earlier promise, I have completed a draft revision 
> of the Help document that introduces a "*Use*" section.
> 1) My goal in is to facilitate getting a user-oriented Help file in 
> place by the release of Xfce 4.14, if possible, or at least of MX-19.
> 2) I am not sure that I have understood every entry on the Locker tab, 
> so that needs particular review.
> 3) It is currently in *.odt format. I have attached the document, 
> though am not sure it will go through.
>
> Here is the text below the image of the first tab to give you an idea 
> of its approach:
> ----------
>
>  *
>
>     *Enable Screensaver *
>
>      o
>
>         This is the master switch for the screensaver. Note that the
>         screensaver will not actually run unless activation has been
>         enabled at the bottom of the tab.
>
>  *
>
>     *Theme*
>
>      o
>
>         The middle box consists of two parts: a list panel on the left
>         and a small preview screen.
>
>      o
>
>         The list panel displays available themes (also called
>         “screensavers”). At the bottom of the list panel there is a
>         small configuration button that can be clicked to change
>         available theme traits.
>
>      o
>
>         A full-screen preview can be seen by clicking the Preview
>         button at the bottom of the tab.
>
>      o
>
>         Only a small number of themes are available by default. But
>         Xfce Screensaver uses Xscreensaver
>         <https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/>-compatible screensavers,
>         and collections of such screensavers (xscreensaver-data,
>         xscreensaver-gl, etc.) can usually be installed separately
>         from the main Xscreensaver package.
>
>      o
>
>         For troubleshooting information about themes, consult the FAQs.
>
>  *
>
>     *Activate **screensaver*
>
>      o
>
>         Click the slider to activate the screensaver when the computer
>         is idle.
>
>      o
>
>         Use the counter below the slider to set the time interval
>         after the last screen activity before the computer is
>         considered “idle.”
>
> -----
> If this is something that will be useful, please let me know how to 
> get the document to you if the attachment is scrubbed.
>
> Jerry
> Project Manager, MX Linux
>
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