release-notes r1245 - in branches/gnome-2-2: . help/C help/C/figures
- From: murrayc svn gnome org
- To: svn-commits-list gnome org
- Subject: release-notes r1245 - in branches/gnome-2-2: . help/C help/C/figures
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:01:30 +0000 (UTC)
Author: murrayc
Date: Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
New Revision: 1245
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/release-notes?rev=1245&view=rev
Log:
2008-11-03 Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>
* Moved from the releng module, rearranging the directory
structure as appropriate, and adding necessary nodes to the abstract
node in the XML.
Added:
branches/gnome-2-2/
- copied from r1244, /branches/gnome-2-4/
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/acme.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/control_panel_fonts.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/control_panel_fonts_details.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/control_panel_theme.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/control_panel_theme_details.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/fileroller.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/highcontrastinverse.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/lowcontrast.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/multimedia_util_soundrecorder.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/nautilus.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/nautilus_context_menu_plugin.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/nautilus_preferences.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/nautilus_property_page_tab_audio.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/nautilus_property_page_tab_image.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/nautilus_view_as_audio.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/panel.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/panel_action_open_recent.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/panel_action_run_program.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/panel_action_search.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/panel_applet_notification_area.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/panel_applet_wireless.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/panel_show_desktop.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/smallfoot.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/theme.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_crux.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_grand_canyon.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_high_contrast.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_high_contrast_inverse.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_large_print.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_mist.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_ocean_dream.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_smokey_blue.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/themes_traditional.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/util_charactermap.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/util_eog.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/util_gedit.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/figures/why_preferences.png (contents, props changed)
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnfonts.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rngnomeutilities.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultihead.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultimedia.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultimediakeys.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnpanel.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnterminal.xml
Modified:
branches/gnome-2-2/configure.in
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/release-notes.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rndesktop.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rndocs.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rni18n.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnstandards.xml
branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnwhy.xml
Modified: branches/gnome-2-2/configure.in
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--- /branches/gnome-2-4/configure.in (original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/configure.in Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([release-notes],[2.4])
+AC_INIT([release-notes],[2.2])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
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Modified: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/release-notes.xml
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--- /branches/gnome-2-4/help/C/release-notes.xml (original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/release-notes.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
-<!ENTITY version "2.4">
-<!ENTITY oldversion "2.2">
-<!ENTITY urlfiguresbase "figures/">
+<!ENTITY version "2.2.0">
+<!ENTITY rndesktop SYSTEM "rndesktop.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnpanel SYSTEM "rnpanel.xml">
+<!ENTITY rngnomeutils SYSTEM "rngnomeutilities.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnfileroller SYSTEM "rnfileroller.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnmultimedia SYSTEM "rnmultimedia.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnmultimediakeys SYSTEM "rnmultimediakeys.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnfonts SYSTEM "rnfonts.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnterminal SYSTEM "rnterminal.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnmultihead SYSTEM "rnmultihead.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnthemes SYSTEM "rnthemes.xml">
+<!ENTITY rndocs SYSTEM "rndocs.xml">
+<!ENTITY rni18n SYSTEM "rni18n.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnwm SYSTEM "rnwm.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnwhy SYSTEM "rnwhy.xml">
+<!ENTITY rnstandards SYSTEM "rnstandards.xml">
+<!ENTITY urlfiguresbase "../figures/">
]>
-<!-- Now uses xinclude. To validate now requires use of -->
-<!-- the "xinclude" and "postvalid" command line options to xmllint -->
-<!-- and the "xinclude" option to xsltproc -->
<article id="index" lang="en" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";>
<articleinfo>
@@ -40,46 +51,47 @@
<sect1 id="intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
- <para>The GNOME &version; Desktop is the latest
- release of the popular, multi-platform free desktop environment.</para>
- <para>GNOME &version; expands the offerings of the popular free software
- desktop, with a new web browser based on the most
- standards-compliant
- rendering engine available, improved accessibility tools, a number of
- new applications to make day-to-day desktop use easier and a continued
- commitment to creating a computing environment that "just works".</para>
-
-<!-- http://makeashorterlink.com/?S27F22875 bugzilla query to check fulfilled
- enhancement requests since 2.2 courtesy aldug -->
-
- <para>GNOME &version; includes 11 new applications and more than 100
- user-requested enhancements, evidence of the user-driven community
- development process used to create each GNOME release.</para>
-
- <para>GNOME runs on a variety of platforms, including GNU/Linux
- (commonly called Linux), Solaris, HP-UX, BSD and Apple's
- Darwin. GNOME includes powerful features such as world-class
- smooth text rendering, a first-class accessibility infrastructure,
- and a complete internationalization infrastructure that includes
- support for bi-directional text.</para>
+ <para>The GNOME &version; Desktop and Platform release is the latest
+ version of the popular, multi-platform free desktop environment.</para>
+ <para>GNOME runs on a variety of platforms, including GNU/Linux (commonly
+ called Linux), Solaris, HP-UX, BSD and Apple's Darwin. GNOME includes
+ powerful features such as high-quality smooth text rendering, a first class
+ internationalization and accessibility infrastructure, including support for
+ bi-directional text.</para>
+ <para>The GNOME community has spent the six months since the GNOME
+ 2.0 release improving usability, performance, appearance, and
+ accessibility support. We also added new functionality, including
+ new applications, producing a feature-rich GNOME 2.2
+ desktop.</para>
+
<para>GNOME provides a user-friendly environment that "just works"
for everyday users, without excess complexity, while at the same
time providing the rich flexibility experienced developers
demand. We have tried to avoid unnecessary complications or
obscure features, sticking instead to a clear, unified
- vision of a usable, powerful desktop.</para>
+ vision.</para>
- <para>Of course GNOME &version; includes all of the improvements made in
- GNOME &oldversion;, which you can learn about in the GNOME &oldversion; <ulink
- url="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/notes/";>release notes</ulink>.</para>
-
- <para>The Desktop release contains all the applications needed
- to provide basic user functionality. Major applications
- such as <application>Gnumeric</application> and
- <application>Evolution</application> also are available, but are
- developed in parallel on their own release cycle rather than
- being included in the core GNOME release.</para>
+ <para>The GNOME 2 developer platform has matured and is now widely used by
+ applications outside of the GNOME Desktop release. While GNOME 2.0 was a
+ major upgrade to the entire Desktop and Developer Platform, GNOME &version;
+ is a simpler time-based release that includes a number of improvements that
+ have been completed since the previous release. In the future you can look
+ forward to further enhancements from regularly scheduled GNOME
+ releases.</para>
+
+ <para>Most major GNOME-based applications have been ported to
+ GNOME 2, and the new platform has allowed the development of
+ several new applications. We encourage developers to use the GNOME
+ 2.2 platform and take advantage of its features.</para>
+
+ <para>Of course GNOME 2.2 includes all of the improvements made in
+ GNOME 2.0, which you can learn about <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.0/releasenotes.html";>here</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>The Desktop and Platform release does not include large applications
+ such as <application>Gnumeric</application>; those are developed in
+ parallel on their own natural release cycle.</para>
<para>GNOME is part of the GNU Project, and is <ulink
url="http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-sw.html";>free
@@ -88,102 +100,550 @@
</sect1>
<sect1 id="rnwhatsnew">
- <title>What's New In GNOME &version;</title>
+ <title>What's New In GNOME 2.2</title>
-<xi:include href="rndesktop.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rncontrolcenter.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rnapplets.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rngames.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rna11y.xml"/>
+<sect2 id="rndesktop">
+ &rndesktop;
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="rnpanel">
+ &rnpanel;
+</sect2>
+<sect2 id="rnmultimedia">
+ &rnmultimedia;
+</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="rnthemes">
+ &rnthemes;
+</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="rnfonts">
+ &rnfonts;
+</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="rnmultihead">
+ &rnmultihead;
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="rnwm">
+ &rnwm;
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="rnapplications">
<title>Applications</title>
<para>GNOME &version; includes many new and improved applications.</para>
-<xi:include href="rnepiphany.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rngnomemeeting.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rngcalctool.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rnzenity.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rngucharmap.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rngpdf.xml"/>
+ &rngnomeutils;
+ &rnfileroller;
+ &rnmultimediakeys;
+
+
</sect1>
- <xi:include href="rndocs.xml"/>
+ <sect1 id="rndocs">
+ &rndocs;
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="rni18n">
+ &rni18n;
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="rnstandards">
+ &rnstandards;
+ </sect1>
- <xi:include href="rni18n.xml"/>
+ <sect1 id="rnwhy">
+ &rnwhy;
+ </sect1>
- <xi:include href="rnstandards.xml"/>
+ <sect1 id="rninstallation">
+ <title>Installation of the GNOME &version; Developer Platform and
+ Desktop</title>
+<!--
+ /* TODO: Do we need to list the full list of stuff to build on each
+ * platform? This seems overly complicated to me. If we do wish to
+ * go with this, then Redhat just requires installing libfam-devel,
+ * libbbz2-devel - updating pkg-config and away you. I have absolutely
+ * no clue if anything special is needed for Solaris - I think a simple
+ * 'Please refer to GNOME 2.0.x release notes' is sufficient in this case.
+ * Debian is pretty much as below. Mandrake, I'm waiting for Fred to
+ * fill me in.
+ */
+-->
+ <sect2 id="rndeps">
+ <title>External Dependencies</title>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>pkg-config, available at <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/releases/pkgconfig-0.14.0.tar.gz";>http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/releases/pkgconfig-0.14.0.tar.gz</ulink></para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Xft/font-config, available at <ulink
+ url="http://nexp.cs.pdx.edu/fontconfig/release/fcpackage.2_1.tar.gz";>http://nexp.cs.pdx.edu/fontconfig/release/fcpackage.2_1.tar.gz</ulink></para>
+ <para>From the fcpackage distribution, you will need to separately
+ build Xft and font-config. XFree86 4.2 or greater also is recommended.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>FreeType 2.0.9 or greater, available at <ulink url="http://www.freetype.org/";>http://www.freetype.org/</ulink></para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>docbook-xml [docbook dtd 4.1.2]</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>docbook-xsl [docbook xsl stylesheets]</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="rndevlibdeps">
+ <title>Development Library dependencies</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ libpng
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ libjpeg
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ libtiff
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ XFree86
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ libpopt
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ libbbz2
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ zlib
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ libfam
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect2>
- <xi:include href="rnwhy.xml"/>
+ <sect2 id="rninstallationorder">
+ <title>GNOME &version; Installation Order</title>
+ <para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+<para>
+libxml
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libxslt
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gtk-doc
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+glib
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+linc
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libIDL
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+ORBit2
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+intltool
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+bonobo-activation
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libbonobo
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+pango
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+atk
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gtk+
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gconf
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gconf-editor
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-mime-data
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-vfs
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+audiofile
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+esound
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libgnome
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libart_lgpl
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libglade
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libgnomecanvas
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libbonoboui
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-icon-theme
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libgnomeui
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libwnck
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+startup-notification
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gtk-engines
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-themes
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-desktop
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-panel
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-session
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+vte
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-terminal
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+scrollkeeper
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libgtop
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-system-monitor
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gail
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+at-spi
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libgail-gnome
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-applets
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-utils
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-games
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+metacity
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome-control-center
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+librsvg
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gdm2
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+eel
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+nautilus
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gtkhtml2
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+yelp
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+bug-buddy
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libgnomeprint
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+libgnomeprintui
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gedit
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+eog
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+acme
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+ggv
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+file-roller
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gstreamer
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gst-plugins
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+nautilus-media
+</para>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<para>
+gnome2-user-docs
+</para>
+</listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
- <xi:include href="rninstallation.xml"/>
+ <sect2 id="rngarnome">
+ <title>GARNOME</title>
+ <para>If you do not wish to go through the process of manually building
+ each module yourself, then you might consider using GARNOME, a GNOME
+ distribution based on the GAR ports system. GARNOME automatically
+ downloads the tarballs from a specified location and builds them for
+ you. To find out more information visit the <ulink url="http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/garnome/";>GARNOME web page</ulink>.</para>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
- <!--<xi:include href="rnplatform.xml"/>-->
<sect1 id="rnknownissues">
<title>Known Issues</title>
- <para>All software, when it is released, contains bugs the developers know
- about but have elected, for a variety of reasons, not to fix before
- releasing. Free software is no different in this regard from proprietary
- software, except that with free software, we tell users about them.</para>
-
- <para>We also encourage our users to report bugs so that they can be
- fixed. The best way to report bugs found in GNOME is to use the <ulink
- url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/simple-bug-guide.cgi";>Simple Bug
- Guide</ulink>. This will take you through the necessary steps to file a
- quality bug report, and make sure that it is tagged appropriately. If you're
- too advanced for anything with the word 'simple' in it, there is also the
- <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi";>traditional bug
- form</ulink>.
-
- More details on bugs already reported can be found at our <ulink
- url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/";>Bugzilla</ulink>. Among the
- most prominent GNOME &version; bugs:</para>
+ <para>All software, when it is released, contains bugs the developers know about but have elected, for a variety of reasons, not to fix before releasing. Free software is no different in this regard from proprietary software, except that with free software, we tell users about them.</para>
- <sect2 id="rnknownissues-list"><title>List of known issues</title>
- <para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>The <application>Stock Ticker</application> applet is unable
- to download data in GNOME 2.4.0.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><application>GPDF</application> does not support printing in
- GNOME 2.4.0. It is planned to add this functionality later in
- the GNOME 2.4 release series.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The <application>Panel</application> stores configuration in
- format different from previous versions of GNOME. The configuration is
- migrated to the new format when the <application>Panel</application>
- first starts. After that, changes made to the configuration in GNOME
- 2.4 will not be reflected in older GNOME sessions and vice versa.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The desktop is now located in the directory Desktop, instead of
- .gnome-desktop. If you are running GNOME 2.4 in parallel with an
- older version of GNOME, you should place a symlink to the Desktop
- directory inside the .gnome-desktop directory so that you can
- access your new desktop from an old version of GNOME.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
+ <para>We also encourage our users to report bugs so that they can be fixed. The best way to report bugs found in GNOME is to use the <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/simple-bug-guide.cgi";>Simple Bug Guide</ulink>. This will take you through the necessary steps to file a quality bug report, and make sure that it is tagged appropriately. If you're too advanced for anything with the word 'simple' in it, there is also the <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi";>traditional bug form</ulink>.
+
+More details on bugs already reported can be found at our <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/";>Bugzilla</ulink>. Among the most prominent GNOME &version; bugs:</para>
+
+ <sect2><title>Threading in GStreamer</title> <para>GStreamer uses
+ its own threading implementation, which has some known issues. They
+ are discussed in more detail in the <ulink
+ url="http://www.gstreamer.net/releases/0.6.0/notice.php";>GStreamer
+ 0.6 Release Notes.</ulink></para>
</sect2>
- </sect1>
+ <sect2><title>FAM bugs can cause Theme Manager hangs </title>
+ <para>In some cases, problems with FAM can cause the new Theme
+ Manager to hang. For more information, see <ulink
+ url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103797";>bug
+ 103797.</ulink></para>
+ </sect2>
- <sect1 id="rnlookingahead">
- <title>Looking to GNOME 2.6 and Beyond</title>
-
-
- <para>GNOME operates on a time-based release philosophy, an
- attempt to continuously provide the best of our hackers' efforts
- to users as quickly as we can. Six months after GNOME &version;,
- we anticipate that GNOME 2.6 will feature the next release of
- GTK+, introducing new file selector and "combo" widgets,
- powerful menu and toolbar widgets and further advances in
- accessibility, usability and internationalization.</para>
-</sect1>
+ <sect2><title>Sound Recorder hangs in some cases</title>
+ <para>In some circumstances, the Sound Recorder can hang when recording. For more information, see <ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103279";>bug 103279.</ulink></para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2><title>Sawfish support in Theme Manager</title> <para>As
+ metacity is now the official window manager of GNOME, sawfish
+ support may be incomplete in the theme manager.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="rnlookingahead">
+ <title>Looking to GNOME 2.4 and Beyond</title> <para>The
+ popularity of the GNOME 2.0 developer platform, and our quick
+ release cycle for GNOME &version; have stimulated great interest
+ not only in GNOME 2.2 but in the next release of the GNOME Desktop
+ and Developer Platform.
+ </para>
+ <para>Over the last couple of months, there has been a huge amount
+of activity at the application level. GNOME 2.4 will continue to
+benefit from this activity, as we merge many of these newly developed
+and ported applications together. You can find many of these
+applications at the <ulink url="http://5toe.lyrical.net/";>5th Toe
+website</ulink>. Major software releases based on the GNOME 2.2
+Developer Platform are expected in the next several months, including
+Ximian's powerful Evolution personal information manager, the popular
+Galeon web browser, and Gnumeric and Abiword, two of the leading Free
+Software office tools. In addition, a large number of smaller apps
+will continue to provide a rich and usable environment for GNOME
+users.</para>
+
+<para>
+GNOME 2.4 will continue GNOME 2.2's movement towards a more tightly
+integrated desktop, making it a real competitor at the enterprise
+level. This next release - expected in the late (northern) summer of 2003 - should
+offer several mature productivity applications, utilities and
+accessories so that a GNOME user will never have to leave a simple,
+clean, powerful GNOME application.
+</para>
+<para>
+Six months after GNOME 2.4, we anticipate that GNOME 2.6 will feature
+the next release of GTK+, introducing new file selector and
+"combo" widgets, powerful menu and toolbar widgets and
+further advances in accessibility, usability and internationalization.
+</para>
+ </sect1>
<sect1 id="rngettinginvolved">
<title>Getting Involved</title>
<para>
@@ -199,27 +659,15 @@
url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/bugsquad/";>bug-squad</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
- For developers, there is much exciting progress to be made in any
+ From a developer aspect, there is much exciting progress to be made in any
of our active developer groups - Accessibility, Documentation, Usability,
- Translation, Web, Testing, Graphics and Desktop & Platform
- Development. Many of these sub-projects have web pages on <ulink
- url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/";>developer.gnome.org</ulink>.
- Choosing a role that suits you may be difficult at first, but here is a
- <ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/documents/joining-gnome";>guide to
- help you make your decision</ulink>.
+ Translation, Web, Testing, Graphics and Destkop & Platform Development. Many of these
+ sub-projects have web pages on <ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/";>developer.gnome.org</ulink>. Choosing a role that suits you may be difficult at first, but here is a <ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/documents/joining-gnome";>guide to help you make your decision</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Helping on GNOME can be an incredibly satisfying experience, allowing you
- to meet a wide range of motivated, skilled, and helpful people all working
- towards a unified goal. Join us today and see what a difference you can make.
+ to meet a wide range of motivated, skilled, and helpful people all working towards a unified goal.
+ Join us today and see what a difference you can make.
</para>
</sect1>
-<xi:include href="rnnewmaintainers.xml"/>
-<xi:include href="rnthanks.xml"/>
- <appendix id="rncredits">
- <title>Credits</title>
- <para>These release notes were assembled by John Fleck with
- contributions from Dave Camp, Sayamindu Dasgupta, Murray Cumming,
- Andrew Sobala, Luis Villa, Jeff Waugh and many more.</para>
- </appendix>
</article>
Modified: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rndesktop.xml
==============================================================================
--- /branches/gnome-2-4/help/C/rndesktop.xml (original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rndesktop.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -1,71 +1,13 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect2 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
-<!ENTITY urlfiguresbase "figures/">
-<!ENTITY version "2.4">
-]>
-<sect2 id="rndesktop">
<title>Desktop</title>
- <para> </para>
+ <para></para>
- <sect3 id="rnnautilus"><title>The File Manager</title>
+ <sect3><title>The File Manager</title>
<para>
- Nautilus, the GNOME file manager, has added important functionality since
- the release of GNOME 2.2, including an integrated drag-and-drop CD burner
- and the ability to change the properties of multiple files simultaneously.
+ The user interface of Nautilus, the GNOME file manager, has undergone a
+ significant overhaul since the release of GNOME 2.0, making it easier to use
+ and more powerfully integrated with the rest of the desktop and applications.
</para>
-
- <figure id="rncdburnerscreenshot">
- <title>CD Burner</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject><imagedata fileref="&urlfiguresbase;burn.png"
- format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>GNOME CD Burner
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
- <para>Other changes in Nautilus for GNOME &version; include:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Desktop objects are now handled in memory rather than as actual
- files in the desktop directory.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The desktop directory has been moved from
- <filename>.gnome-desktop</filename> to the user-visible
- <filename>Desktop</filename> directory in the user's home
- directory.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Text-beside-icons mode in the icon view</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Startup notification support when launching files</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Improved context menus</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>"Keep Aligned" mode on the desktop</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Multi-rooted tree view</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Support for ".hidden" files, allowing users to create a list of
- files that will be hidden by Nautilus</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
-
-
<!--
<sect4><title>Network Servers</title>
@@ -74,112 +16,70 @@
</sect4>
-->
- </sect3>
+ <sect4><title>Context menu plug-ins</title>
+
- <sect3 id="rnpanel">
- <title>The Panel</title>
- <para>The GNOME <application>panel</application> has been simplified with
- the elimination of the multiple panel types in favor of a single type that
- can be configured with the same characteristics as each of the old panel
- types, preserving functionality while simplifying use:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>You can move and resize the panel using the keyboard.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The panel can be any arbitrary size.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Floating panels now have grab handles.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <para>Additional usability improvements to the panel include:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>A new property dialog for panels and drawers.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>New Run Application dialog</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Improved Xinerama support</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Accelerators added to main menu</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Bigger icons in main menu</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Applets can be locked to the panel</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The panel and all applets now comply with "Fitt's Law" —
- You can click on them at the very edge of the screen</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Applets no longer change positions when their size changes.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The "Window Menu" and "Menu Bar" from the old Menu Panel
- are now separate, moveable applets.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>"Force Quit" button.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Calendar for the clock applet.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+<figure>
+ <title>Context Menu</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;nautilus_context_menu_plugin.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+ <para>Context-sensitive menus can now link the file manager to functions
+ performed by other applications. In this illustration, Fileroller, our new
+ archive-handling application, has added menu items when you right-click
+ on an archive.</para>
+</sect4>
+
+ <sect4><title>Property tab plug-ins.</title>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Property Page - Audio</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;nautilus_property_page_tab_audio.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+<figure>
+ <title>Property Page - Image</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;nautilus_property_page_tab_image.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ <para>The file manager's properties dialog now shows custom tabs for special
+ file formats, such as images or media files. For instance, you can see the
+ dimensions of a graphic file, or information about ogg or MP3 audio files.</para>
+ </sect4>
- </para>
+ <sect4><title>Improved Preferences dialog</title>
+
+<para>
+<figure>
+ <title>File Manager Preferences</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;nautilus_preferences.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+</para>
+ <para>The new file manager preferences dialog illustrates the GNOME design
+ philosophy: clean, simple and usable.</para>
- <para>In addition to those user-visible changes, significant improvements in
- behind-the-scenes panel infrastructure have been made, including:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Reworked <application>panel</application>
- <application>gconf</application> functionality, so configuration keys
- are now documented with associated schemas and notifications.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Global keybinds for the panel are no longer handled by the
- panel. That responsibility has been handed off to the window
- manager. (This is currently implemented in Metacity.)</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <para>User interface improvements such as this are thanks partly to increasing use of the GNOME <ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/";>Human Interface Guidelines</ulink>. The HIG had its 1.0 release during the GNOME &version; release process, and as a result, the GNOME Desktop is now easier to use and easier to learn than ever.</para>
+ </sect4>
+</sect3>
+
+
+ <sect3><title>Startup Notification</title> <para>GNOME can now
+ show that an application is starting, so you don't feel the need
+ to click a second time. For instance, if the application supports
+ it, the cursor may change to a clock while the application starts
+ if the application supports startup notification. Unlike some past
+ attempts at UNIX startup notification, the new standard is
+ reliable and robust, in keeping with the GNOME philosophy of
+ things that "just work."
</para>
- </sect3>
-
- <sect3 id="rngedit">
- <title>Gedit Syntax Highlighting</title>
- <para>Paolo Maggi and the <application>Gedit</application> hackers
- have added syntax highlighting to GNOME's workhorse text editor:
-
- <figure id="rngeditsyntaxscreenshot">
- <title>Gedit Syntax Highlighting</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject><imagedata fileref="&urlfiguresbase;gedit.png"
- format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>Gedit with Syntax Highlighting
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
- With the use of the <application>GtkSourceView</application> package,
- <application>Gedit</application> now supports syntax highlighting for text
- written in Ada, C, C++, IDL, Java, HTML, Latex, XML, Perl and
- Python.
+
- </para>
- </sect3>
-</sect2>
+ </sect3>
Modified: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rndocs.xml
==============================================================================
--- /branches/gnome-2-4/help/C/rndocs.xml (original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rndocs.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
-<!ENTITY version "2.4">
-]>
-<sect1 id="rndocs">
- <title>Sysadmin, User, and Accessibility Guides</title>
+ <title>Sysadmin, User, and Accessibility Guides</title>
- <para>
+ <para>
Thanks to the efforts of the <ulink
url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gdp/";>GNOME Documentation
- Project</ulink>, GNOME &version; comes with comprehensive and professional
- documentation. Careful attention has been taken to detail using free
- software's most complete <ulink
- url="http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/";>documentation
- style guide</ulink>. As in GNOME 2.2, each application shipped with GNOME
- &version;
- includes full user documentation.</para>
- <para>
- Learn to how to use GNOME with the Desktop User
- Guide. The User Guide and other documentation, including guides to system
- administration and
- GNOME's accessibility features, can be found on the <ulink
- url="http://www.gnome.org/learn/";>GNOME Learn page</ulink>.</para>
+ Project</ulink>, GNOME 2.2 comes with comprehensive and professional
+ documentation. As in GNOME 2.0, each application shipped with GNOME
+ 2.2 includes full user documentation. New with GNOME 2.2
+ is a comprehensive guide administrators.</para>
+<para>
+ Learn to how to use GNOME with the <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.2/";>User
+ Guide</ulink>.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Learn to manage GNOME in an enterprise environment with the <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnome.org/learn/admin-guide/2.2/";> System
+ Administrator Guide</ulink>.
+</para>
-</sect1>
\ No newline at end of file
Added: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnfonts.xml
==============================================================================
--- (empty file)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnfonts.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+ <title>Fonts</title>
+
+ <para>One of the great new features in GNOME 2.2 is desktop-wide support for <ulink url="http://fontconfig.org";>fontconfig and Xft2</ulink>, giving us enhanced font configuration and rendering on screen (and, in the future, on paper).
+
+The new Fonts control panel has simple and detailed configuration pages for hinting and subpixel anti-aliasing. Font installation is now incredibly simple- you can simply drop new fonts into ~/.fonts, and they will work throughout GNOME. Thanks to Keith Packard for his work on fontconfig!</para>
+<para>
+Complementing this technology, Jim Gettys and the GNOME Foundation Board worked with Bitstream, Inc. to arrange the donation of the <ulink url="http://www.bitstream.com/categories/products/fonts/vera/";>Vera font family</ulink> to the Free Software community. While not available for the GNOME 2.2.0 release, they will be released shortly, allowing all GNOME users to take advantage of the technology present in 2.2.0 with beautiful, high-quality fonts. In the mean time, you can see Vera font family in the screenshots throughout the release notes.
+</para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Fonts Control Panel</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;control_panel_fonts.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
Added: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rngnomeutilities.xml
==============================================================================
--- (empty file)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rngnomeutilities.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<sect2 id="rngnomeutilities">
+ <title>Utilities</title>
+
+ <sect3><title>Text Editor</title>
+ <para>The gedit text-editor now provides spell-checking, among other plugins. There is also a new output window to show feedback when doing special processing. Additionally, it uses the new recent files functionality.</para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Text Editor</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;util_gedit.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3><title>Image Viewer</title>
+ <para>The Eye of GNOME image viewer now allows you to rotate images and supports a Full Screen mode.
+ </para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Image View </title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;util_eog.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3><title>Character Map</title>
+ <para>The Character Map now has unicode support, allowing you to select a
+full range of characters in a wide range of fonts. Users may be interested in
+the Unicode Character Map [gucharmap] that should be released in the <ulink url="
+http://5toe.lyrical.net";>Fifth Toe</ulink>,
+later this year.</para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Character Map</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;util_charactermap.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+<!--
+ <para>TODO: This isn't really a user-visible feature. murrayc: We have brought back 'gdialog', the Gtk/GNOME version of the dialog
+utility. This utility is useful for using with scripts, in particular Nautilus
+scripts. Users may be interested in Zenity, a basic rewrite of 'gdialog', that
+should be released in the Fifth Toe, later this year.</para>
+-->
+</sect2>
Modified: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rni18n.xml
==============================================================================
--- /branches/gnome-2-4/help/C/rni18n.xml (original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rni18n.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -1,192 +1,15 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
-<!ENTITY version "2.4">
-<!ENTITY urlfiguresbase "figures/">
-]>
-<sect1 id="rni18">
+
<title>Internationalization</title>
<para>
- Thanks to members of the worldwide <ulink
- url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/";>GNOME Translation
- Project</ulink>, under the leadership of Christian Rose and Kjartan Maraas,
- GNOME &version; offers support for 29 languages (at least 80 percent of
- strings translated).
-
- <figure id="rni18screenshot">
- <title>GNOME in Chinese Characters</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject><imagedata fileref="&urlfiguresbase;i18n.png"
- format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>GNOME in Chinese Characters
- </phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
- </para>
-
- <para>Supported languages:
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Albanian (5 million speakers)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Azerbaijani (28 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Belarusian (7 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Brazilian Portuguese (175 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Catalan (7 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Chinese Simplified (over 1 billion)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Chinese Traditional (40 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Czech (11 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Danish (5.3 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Dutch (over 21 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- English (341 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Finnish (over 5 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- French (over 75 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- German (100 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Greek (15 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Italian (60 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Japanese (over 125 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Korean (75 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Malay (over 17 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Norwegian bokmål (5 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Polish (44 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Portuguese (43 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Romanian (26 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Serbian (10 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Slovak (5.5 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Slovenian (2 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Spanish (over 350 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Swedish (9 million)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Welsh (575,000)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
- <para>Especially notable here is the work by Danilo Segan and the other
- members of the Serbian translation team, along with Dafydd Harries and the
- Welsh team. Both teams have brought their language from an unsupported and
- virtually untranslated status, to a fully complete status in the short
- timeframe since the last GNOME release. This means having translated 16642
- messages in just a few months, which is a most remarkable effort.</para>
- <para>Another 13 languages are partially supported, with more than half of
- their strings translated.</para>
-</sect1>
+ Due to GNOME's strict string freeze policy leading up to the release,
+ the <ulink url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/";>GNOME Translation Project</ulink> was able to translate 100 percent of strings for 14 languages by release time, and
+ nearly 100 percent for 12 more. The string freeze will continue on the
+ 2.2 branch, so more and more translations will be completed in the coming weeks.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In this release, GTK+ 2.2 has improved support for right-to-left
+ languages, and support for OpenType Indic fonts, adding to the excellent
+ internationalization support already available in GTK+ 2.0.
+ </para>
Added: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultihead.xml
==============================================================================
--- (empty file)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultihead.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+ <title>Multihead support</title>
+ <para>GTK+ 2.2 supports simultaneous connections to multiple X servers,
+ and X servers with multiple screens. It also supports migration of
+ toplevel windows between screens and displays.
+ </para>
+<para>
+ GNOME 2.2 takes advantage of GTK+ 2.2 by nicely handling
+ Xinerama and multiple screens in major desktop components
+ such as the file manager, window manager, and panel.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>For instance, if you launch an application from a particular screen, it will now appear on that screen. Applications that can span multiple screens (like file manager and the panel) have also been adapted so that their behaviors take into better account things like the break between screens.</para>
Added: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultimedia.xml
==============================================================================
--- (empty file)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultimedia.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+ <title>Multimedia</title>
+ <para>GNOME 2.2 includes the <ulink url="http://gstreamer.sourceforge.net/";>GStreamer</ulink> multimedia framework for this first time. This has made the following functionality possible:</para>
+
+ <sect3><title>Special views in the file manager</title>
+ <para>
+ Via the "View as" feature in Nautilus, the GNOME file manager, you can now see special views of directories containing audio, image, and video files. For image and video files, the file manager will show a preview of the file instead of the normal icon. You can also play some file formats directly from the file manager.
+ </para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>View As Audio</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;nautilus_view_as_audio.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+<!-- comment out until we get an actual screenshot
+<figure>
+ <title>View As Video</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;nautilus_view_as_videoTODO.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+ -->
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3><title>Multimedia Utilities</title>
+ <para>
+ With the help of GStreamer, GNOME's multimedia utilities, such as the Sound Recorder, can now work with a greater variety of file formats.
+ </para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Sound Recorder</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;multimedia_util_soundrecorder.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3><title>Thumbnailing</title> <para>In coordination with the
+ File Manager's new thumbnailing abilities, multimedia applications
+ can create thumbnails for many media types, including video.
+ </para>
+ </sect3>
Added: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultimediakeys.xml
==============================================================================
--- (empty file)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnmultimediakeys.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<sect2 id="rnmultimediakeys">
+ <title>Multimedia Keys</title>
+ <para>
+ The Multimedia Keys preference dialog allows you to make use of the
+ multimedia keys on your laptop or home computer. With this dialog, you
+ can assign keys to launch your email, browse the web, eject a CD,
+ configure the brightness of your screen and many more.
+ </para>
+<figure>
+ <title>Multimedia Keys</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;acme.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+</sect2>
Added: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnpanel.xml
==============================================================================
--- (empty file)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnpanel.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+ <title>Panel</title>
+ <para>The panel can now be themed along with the rest of the desktop, using GNOME's new icon theming, which allows all applications (including the panel, file manager, and others) to share icons for commonly used concepts like folders, file types, and directional arrows.</para>
+
+ <para>Here are a few of the more significant GNOME panel improvements:</para>
+
+ <sect3><title>Show Desktop</title>
+ <para>
+ When the icons on your desktop are hidden by too many open windows, you can now quickly hide them and then bring them all back again by clicking the "Show Desktop" button in the panel, or using the ctl+alt+d keyboard shortcut.
+ </para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Show Desktop</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;panel_show_desktop.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3><title>Search For Files</title>
+ <para>As before, you can quickly find files via the Actions menu. Now it has an improved user interface and better integration with the file manager, so you can drag and drop files from the results window. And, like the file manager, it can open files with the appropriate applications.
+ </para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Search For Files</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;panel_action_search.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3><title>Open Recent</title>
+ <para>
+ The Actions menu now lists the last few files that you have opened. Just select the file to open it with the appropriate application. Other applications, like gedit, also share this functionality with the panel, and more applications will pick this up in future releases.
+ </para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Open Recent</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;panel_action_open_recent.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+ <sect3><title>Notification Area</title>
+ <para>
+ The panel now has a notification-area which applications such as instant messengers can use to inform you of significant events.
+ </para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Notification Area</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;panel_applet_notification_area.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+<sect3><title>Wireless Link Monitor</title>
+ <para>
+ A new Wireless Link Monitor applet has been added. This shows the strength of your wireless network connection.
+ </para>
+
+<figure>
+ <title>Wireless Link</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;panel_applet_wireless.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
+ </sect3>
+
+
Modified: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnstandards.xml
==============================================================================
--- /branches/gnome-2-4/help/C/rnstandards.xml (original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnstandards.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
-<!ENTITY version "2.4.0">
-]>
-<sect1 id="rnstandards">
+
<title>Standards Compliance</title>
<para>
GNOME works closely with groups such as <ulink
url="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/";>freedesktop.org</ulink>. Standards
- support is a big plus for GNOME users. Interoperability support
+ support is a big plus for GNOME users- interoperability support
improves the user experience by allowing GNOME, KDE, and other
applications to work together more easily, and following open
specifications helps ensure that user data is not trapped in
@@ -17,10 +12,8 @@
</para>
<para>
- GNOME developers are working hard with other members of the free software
- community through Freedesktop.org on the development of standards to allow
- interoperability. Those standards include: icon themes, recent files,
- thumbnail management, and the system tray spec. In addition, GNOME 2
- supports CORBA, XML, Xdnd, EWMH, XEMBED, XSETTINGS, and XSMP.
+ Freedesktop.org specifications for which GNOME 2.2 has added support
+ include: icon themes, recent files, thumbnail management, and the
+ system tray spec. In addition, GNOME 2 supports CORBA, XML, Xdnd,
+ EWMH, XEMBED, XSETTINGS, and XSMP.
</para>
-</sect1>
\ No newline at end of file
Added: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnterminal.xml
==============================================================================
--- (empty file)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnterminal.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ <sect2 id="rnterminal">
+ <title>The Terminal</title>
+ <para>GNOME Terminal can now use anti-aliased text and has better internationalization support. TODO: More, plus a screenshot of new functionality.
+</para>
+ </sect3>
+
+ </sect2>
Modified: branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnwhy.xml
==============================================================================
--- /branches/gnome-2-4/help/C/rnwhy.xml (original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-2/help/C/rnwhy.xml Mon Nov 3 11:01:30 2008
@@ -1,152 +1,113 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"; [
-<!ENTITY version "2.4">
-<!ENTITY urlfiguresbase "figures/">
-]>
-<sect1 id="rnwhy">
+
<title>So, why GNOME?</title>
<para>
- Having seen some of the new features in GNOME &version;, why choose GNOME
+ Having seen some of the new features in GNOME 2.2, why choose GNOME
over other desktop environments? Every GNOME volunteer has their own
motivations, of course, but here are some of the common reasons many
- of us choose to work on and use GNOME.
- </para>
+ of us choose to work on GNOME.
+</para>
- <sect2 id="rnwhy-usability">
- <title>Usability</title>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Usability.</title>
<para>
- GNOME is the only open source desktop project to take a stand
- for ease of use and UI consistency over feature creep and
+ GNOME is one of the few open source projects to take a stand
+ for ease of use and UI consistency over geeky
hyper-configurability. Our <ulink
url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/";> Human
- Interface Guidelines</ulink>, developed by a team of GNOME
- volunteers and UI professionals, and released before GNOME 2.0,
- are the most complete Free Software usability guidelines in
- existence. Every application in the GNOME Desktop release has
- benefited from this focus on consistency and usability. We believe
- that this focus will produce a user environment that "just works"
- and as a result lets GNOME users -both experienced and
- inexperienced- focus on doing real work instead of struggling to
- learn new applications.
- </para>
-<!--
- <figure>
- <title>Usability</title>
+ Interface Guidelines</ulink>, developed by a team of UI
+ professionals and GNOME volunteers, and released before GNOME 2.2,
+ are the most complete Free Software usability guidelines yet. We
+ believe that this focus on usability will produce a user
+ environment that "just works" and as a result lets GNOME users-
+ both experienced and inexperienced- focus on the task at hand
+ instead of on their applications.
+</para>
+<figure>
+ <title>Usability</title>
<screenshot>
- <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;why_preferences.png"/>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
--->
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="&urlfiguresbase;why_preferences.png"/>
+ </screenshot>
+</figure>
+
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="rnwhy-accessibility">
- <title>Accessibility</title>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Accessibility.</title>
- <para>
- Beyond making GNOME easier to use for the average computer user,
- GNOME has also taken the lead in making the Unix desktop
- accessible to those with disabilities. In GNOME 2.4, the
- accessibility framework that debuted in GNOME 2.0 has been
- joined by award-winning accessibility tools like the GNOME
- Onscreen Keyboard (gok) and Gnopernicus, which allows for
- the use of braille readers, voice synthesizers, and pointing
- devices. Many governments, including the US government,
+ <para>
+ Beyond making GNOME easier to use for the average computer
+ user, GNOME has also taken the lead in making the unix
+ desktop accessible to those with disabilities. GNOME's
+ accessibility technologies allow (for example) the use of
+ braille readers, voice synthesizers, and pointing
+ devices. This has nice side effects for other users, as
+ well- for example, all of GNOME should now be keyboard
+ navigable, and many GNOME interfaces have more informative
+ tooltips. Many governments, including the US government,
require comprehensive accessibility support in software they
purchase. After dozens of person-years of effort, GNOME is
the only free software desktop to address this issue.
</para>
</sect2>
-
-<!-- I'm not sure that this is true of GNOME 2.4, vs. say 2.0
- <sect2 id="rnwhy-performance">
+ <sect2>
<title>Improved performance</title>
<para>
- GNOME 2.0 and later are smaller and faster than previous versions of
- GNOME, bucking the common trend in computer software in which the
- latest versions require ever more resources. The file manager in
- particular continues to improve, as it now uses faster techniques for
- rendering and icon creation.
+ GNOME 2.0 and 2.2 are smaller and faster than previous
+ versions of GNOME, a welcome trend. The file manager in
+ particular continues to improve, as it now uses faster
+ techniques for rendering and icon creation.
</para>
--->
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="rnwhy-interface">
+ <sect2>
<title>Interface Stability</title>
<para>
The key libraries in the GNOME Development Platform carry
guarantees of API and ABI stability. This means that 'porting'
- an application from GNOME 2.0 to GNOME &version;
- involves exactly nothing, if a developer does not wish to
+ an application from GNOME 2.0 to GNOME 2.2 (or to GNOME 2.4)
+ should involve exactly nothing, if a developer does not wish to
take advantage of new functionality in the libraries.
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="rnwhy-mature">
- <title>Platform of Choice</title>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Mature applications.</title>
<para>
- Popular and robust Free Software applications such as
- Mozilla, Eclipse, Evolution, Gnumeric, Abiword, Gaim,
- X-Chat, and more are based on GNOME or GTK+. These
- applications are among the most powerful and capable in the
- Free Software world, and we expect that they'll only get
- better as they take more advantage of the GNOME development
- environment. In addition, other important desktop projects,
- like Mono, Java, and OpenOffice.org, are working on
- integrating with GNOME and GTK+.
+ Popular and robust applications such as Mozilla, Galeon,
+ Evolution, Gnumeric, Abiword, GAIM, X-Chat, and more are
+ based on GNOME or GTK+. These applications are among the
+ most powerful and capable in the Free Software world, and we
+ expect that they'll only get better as they take more
+ advantage of the GNOME development environment.
</para>
</sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="rnwhy-organization">
- <title>Organization</title>
- <para>
- GNOME 2.4 is the second 'time-based' GNOME release. Because
- GNOME releases on a regular schedule, contributors know that
- their contributions will be in a stable release and on the
- desktops of users everywhere within a short, predictable period
- after they contribute. In addition, people who want to deploy
- GNOME know that they can count on regular releases when they are
- planning rollouts or integration with their own products.
- </para>
- <para>
- Additionally, the GNOME Foundation allows companies to support
- GNOME, while at the same time ensuring the independence of the
- board by ensuring that they are selected by the developers who
- work on GNOME. This infrastructure helps organize releases,
- sponsors the annual GUADEC conference, and the board hopes to
- extend that support to regular North American summits as well.
- </para>
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="rnwhy-licensing">
- <title>Licensing</title>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Licensing.</title>
<para>
- All GNOME platform libraries are licensed under the <ulink
- url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html";>LGPL</ulink> or similar
- license, so developing for the GNOME platform is 100% free of license
- fees, for developers of both Free and proprietary software.
+ All GNOME libraries are licensed under the <ulink
+ url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html";>LGPL</ulink>, so
+ developing for the GNOME platform is 100% free of license
+ fees, both for developers of Free and proprietary software.
</para>
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="rnwhy-support">
- <title>Support and Staying Power</title>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Support.</title>
<para>
- GNOME is here to stay. Besides the active GNOME community
- (which has now supported and developed GNOME for over five
- years), many of the biggest supporters of the Unix desktop
- are GNOME contributors, including HP, MandrakeSoft, Novell
- (through Ximian), Red Hat, and Sun Microsystems.
+ Active contributors to GNOME 2.2 development include Red Hat,
+ Sun Microsystems, Ximian, and Mandrake, all established
+ experts who can help with your enterprise UNIX or Linux
+ deployment.
</para>
</sect2>
-</sect1>
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