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[gnome-user-docs] Patches to clock, disk and shell topics

commit 365882da2b931746ae57c50e0f134d082951dbc0
Author: Michael Hill <mdhillca gmail com>
Date:   Tue Mar 29 16:30:54 2011 +0100

    Patches to clock, disk and shell topics

 gnome-help/C/clock-calendar.page       |    8 ++++----
 gnome-help/C/clock-set.page            |    8 ++++----
 gnome-help/C/clock-timezone.page       |   10 +++++-----
 gnome-help/C/disk-benchmark.page       |   21 ++++++++++-----------
 gnome-help/C/disk-capacity.page        |   25 +++++++++++++------------
 gnome-help/C/disk-check.page           |   17 ++++++++++++-----
 gnome-help/C/shell-session-status.page |    2 +-
 7 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/clock-calendar.page b/gnome-help/C/clock-calendar.page
index d09b0e5..f7cab43 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/clock-calendar.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/clock-calendar.page
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 
   <title>View appointments in your calendar</title>
   
-<p>You can organize your appointments by using <app>Evolution</app>.</p>
-<p> If you have an account, you just need to click on <gui>Calendar</gui>, in the left bottom menu and just start adding them. As you do that, they will appear in the right side when you click on the <gui>Clock</gui> sited in the center of the top bar.</p>
-<p>One faster way to get to the <app>Evolution</app> Calendar is clicking on the <gui>Clock</gui> and selecting <gui>Open Calendar</gui>.</p>
+<p>You can organize your appointments using <app>Evolution</app>.</p>
+<p> If you have an <app>Evolution</app> account, just click on the <gui>Calendar</gui> button in the lower left and start adding appointments. As appointments are added, they will appear in the right side when you click on the <gui>Clock</gui> located in the center of the top bar.</p>
+<p>To quickly get to the <app>Evolution</app> Calendar, click on the <gui>Clock</gui> and <gui>Open Calendar</gui>.</p>
 
-<note><p>Notice that this will only work if you have added a mail account to <app>Evolution</app>. Otherwise, it will appear a window with some steps to follow that will let you add your first account.</p></note>
+<note><p>This will work only if you have an existing <app>Evolution</app> account. Otherwise, a window will appear with the necessary steps for adding your first account.</p></note>
 
 <comment>
     <cite date="2011-02-10" href="mailto:nruz alumnos inf utfsm cl">Natalia Ruz</cite>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/clock-set.page b/gnome-help/C/clock-set.page
index d3fc762..6bf3a3d 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/clock-set.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/clock-set.page
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
   </info>
 
 <title>Change the time and date</title>
-<p> To adjust the Time and Date just click on the Clock, sited in the Panel and select <gui>Date and Time Settings</gui>.</p>
-<p>Once you are there, click on <gui>Unlock</gui> and introduce your password so you will be able to:</p> 
+<p> To adjust the Time and Date, click on the Clock, located in the center of the top bar, and select <gui>Date and Time Settings</gui>.</p>
+<p>Once there, click on <gui>Unlock</gui> and type your password to be able to:</p> 
 <list>
-<item><p>Set the time manually by clicking in the arrows from and the hour and the minutes hand.</p></item>
+<item><p>Set the time manually by clicking on the arrows for the hour and minute hands.</p></item>
 <item><p>Set the date manually by clicking on the drop-down menu.</p></item>
 <item><p>Set the <gui>Network Time</gui> by turning it ON.</p></item>
 </list>
 
-<p>You can also change the hour format display by turning ON or OFF the 24-hour format.</p>
+<p>You can also change the hour format display by turning the 24-hour format ON or OFF.</p>
 
   <comment>
    <cite date="2010-10-31" href="mailto:gnome-doc-list gnome org">GNOME Documentation Project</cite>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/clock-timezone.page b/gnome-help/C/clock-timezone.page
index 388f882..8dd8036 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/clock-timezone.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/clock-timezone.page
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
   </info>
 
   <title>Change your timezone</title>
-    <p>You can choose your geographical location by following this steps:</p>
+    <p>Change timezones by choosing your geographical location with these steps:</p>
 <steps>
-  <item><p>Click on the Clock, sited in the top bar.</p></item>
-  <item><p>Choose <gui>Date and Time Settings</gui>.</p></item>
-  <item><p>Selecting your current continent and finally your current city (from the drop-down menu)</p></item>
+  <item><p>Click on the Clock located in the center of top bar.</p></item>
+  <item><p>Select <gui>Date and Time Settings</gui>.</p></item>
+  <item><p>Click on your current continent, then select your current city from the drop-down menu.</p></item>
   </steps>
-<note><p>Notice that the hour will not change automatically when you set different locations, so you have to do it by yourself</p></note> 
+<note><p>The hour will not update automatically when you select a location; it needs to be <link xref="clock-set">set manually</link>.</p></note> 
 
 
   <comment>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/disk-benchmark.page b/gnome-help/C/disk-benchmark.page
index 414dd0d..6b22ee9 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/disk-benchmark.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/disk-benchmark.page
@@ -19,27 +19,26 @@
   </info>
 
 <title>Test the performance of your hard disk</title>
-<p>To test the performance of the hard disk, you can use <gui>Disk Utility</gui>, that can open by following this steps:</p>
+<p>To test the performance of the hard disk using <gui>Disk Utility</gui>:</p>
 <steps>
-    <item><p>Go to the <gui>Activities</gui>, in the corner at the top left of the screen.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Go to <gui>Activities</gui> in the top left corner of the screen.</p></item>
     <item><p>Start typing 'Disk Utility'.</p></item> 
-    <item><p>Press enter or just click on the <gui>Disk Utility</gui> icon.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Press <key>Enter</key> or click on the <gui>Disk Utility</gui> icon.</p></item>
 </steps>
-<p>Once that you are in  <gui>Disk Utility</gui>, to run a benchmark:</p>
+<note style="tip"><p><gui>Disk Utility</gui> can also be run by pressing <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, typing 'palimpsest' (without the single-quotes) and pressing <key>Enter</key>.</p></note>
+<p>To run a benchmark in <gui>Disk Utility</gui>:</p>
 <steps>
-    <item><p>Choose the hard disk, by clicking on it, in the <gui>Storage Devices</gui> list.</p></item>
-    <item><p>It will appear some information about the disk and its status in <gui>Drive</gui>, now choose <gui>Benchmark</gui>.</p></item>
-    <item><p>You can choose between starting a Read-Only Benchmark or a Start/Write Benchmark, by clicking on one of them.</p></item>
-    <item><p>Wait until it finish.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Click on the hard disk in the <gui>Storage Devices</gui> list. Information will appear about the disk and its status under <gui>Drive</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Choose <gui>Benchmark</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Click to choose <gui>Start Read-Only Benchmark</gui> or <gui>Start Read/Write Benchmark</gui>.</p></item>
 </steps>
 
-<p>When the test finish, you will get a chart with the results.</p>
+<p>When the test is finished, the results will appear on the graph.</p>
 
-<note style="tip"><p> Another way to get to <gui>Disk Utility</gui> it is by using the <em>command name</em>, which you can do by pressing <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, entering 'palimpsest' (without the single-quotes) and pressing <key>Enter</key>.</p></note>
 <comment>
  <p>Use palimpsest to run disk benchmarks.</p>
 </comment>
 <comment>
- <p>It would be really really great if somebody could write somethig about the results and the charts, I can't do that... I don't really know what does it mean. thanks.</p>
+ <p>It would be really really great if somebody could write something about the results and the charts, I can't do that... I don't really know what does it mean. thanks.</p>
 </comment>
 </page>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/disk-capacity.page b/gnome-help/C/disk-capacity.page
index 97a8a07..78d8630 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/disk-capacity.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/disk-capacity.page
@@ -20,33 +20,34 @@
 
 <title>Check how much disk space is left</title>
 <section id="disk-usage-analyzer"><title>With Disk Usage Analyzer</title>
-<p>You can check the free disk space by using the <gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui>. To open it and see the disk capacity:</p>
+<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity using <gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui>:</p>
 
 <steps>
-    <item><p>Go to the <gui>Activities</gui>, in the corner at the top left of the screen.</p></item>
-    <item><p>Start typing "Disk Usage Analyzer".</p></item> 
-    <item><p>Press enter or just click on the <gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui> icon.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Go to <gui>Activities</gui> in the top left corner of the screen.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Start typing 'Disk Usage Analyzer'.</p></item> 
+    <item><p>Press <key>Enter</key> or click on the <gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui> icon.</p></item>
 </steps>
-<p>It will automatically show the total filesystem capacity and the total filesystem usage in percentage, Giga Bytes and as ring or treemap Chart.</p>
-<note style="tip"><p> A more advanced way to open <gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui> it is by using the <em>command name</em>, which you can do by pressing <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, entering 'baobab' (without the single-quotes) and pressing <key>Enter</key>.</p></note>
+<note style="tip"><p><gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui> can also be run by pressing <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, typing 'baobab' (without the single-quotes) and pressing <key>Enter</key>.</p></note>
+
+<p>The <gui>Disk Usage Analyzer</gui> window will display the <gui>Total filesystem capacity</gui> and <gui>Total filesystem usage</gui>, in percentage and gigabytes. Click on <gui>View as Rings Chart</gui> to change the display to <gui>View as Treemap Chart</gui>.</p>
 </section>
 <section id="system-monitor"><title>With System Monitor</title>
 
-<p>You can also check the free space with <gui>System Monitor</gui>, to open it and see the status of your hard drive:</p>
+<p>To check the free disk space and disk capacity with <gui>System Monitor</gui>:</p>
 <steps>
-    <item><p>Go to the <gui>Activities</gui>, in the corner at the top left of the screen.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Go to <gui>Activities</gui> in the top left corner of the screen.</p></item>
     <item><p>Start typing 'System Monitor'.</p></item> 
-    <item><p>Press enter or just click on the <gui>System Monitor</gui> icon.</p></item>
-    <item><p>In the <gui>File Systems</gui> tab.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Press <key>Enter</key> or click on the <gui>System Monitor</gui> icon.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Click on the <gui>File Systems</gui> tab.</p></item>
 </steps>
-<p>You will be able to see, for each of the devices the total, available and used space.</p>
+<p>For each device, the <gui>System Monitor</gui> window displays the Total, Free, Available and Used space.</p>
 
 </section>
 <section id="disk-full"><title>What if the disk is too full?</title>
 <p>If the disk is too full you should:</p>
    <list>
        <item><p>Delete files that aren't important or that you won't use anymore.</p></item>
-       <item><p>Make backups of the important files that you won't use for a while and then you can delete them from the hard drive.</p></item>
+       <item><p>Make <link xref="backup-why">backups</link> of the important files that you won't need for a while and delete them from the hard drive.</p></item>
    </list>
 </section>
 
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/disk-check.page b/gnome-help/C/disk-check.page
index f6c16f1..9f47ff9 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/disk-check.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/disk-check.page
@@ -21,15 +21,22 @@
 
 <title>Check your hard disk for problems</title>
 <section id="disk-status"><title>Checking the hard disk.</title>
-<p>Go to <gui>Activities</gui>, in the corner at the top left of the screen, and open <gui>Disk Utility</gui> to check your disk status. This is very useful to avoid future problems, like the lost important data.</p>
+<p><gui>SMART Status</gui> is an indicator of a disk's health, useful for avoiding future loss of important data. To check your disk status using <gui>Disk Utility</gui>:</p>
 <steps>
-    <item><p>Select your hard drive in the Devices list.</p></item>
-    <item><p>Check the <gui>SMART Status</gui>, if it says "Disk is healthy", there is no problem.</p></item> 
-    <item><p>To see more details of the data and tests applied, click on the <gui>SMART Data</gui> button, sited below the SMART Status.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Go to <gui>Activities</gui> in the top left corner of the screen.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Start typing 'Disk Utility'.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Press <key>Enter</key> or click on the <gui>Disk Utility</gui> icon.</p></item>
+</steps>
+<note style="tip"><p><gui>Disk Utility</gui> can also be run by pressing <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F2</key></keyseq>, typing 'palimpsest' (without the single-quotes) and pressing <key>Enter</key>.</p></note>
+<p>To check your disk's status in <gui>Disk Utility</gui>:</p>
+<steps>
+<item><p>Select your hard drive in the <gui>Storage Devices</gui> list. Information will appear about the disk and its status under <gui>Drive</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p><gui>SMART Status</gui> should say "Disk is healthy".</p></item> 
+    <item><p>To see details of the data and tests applied, click on the <gui>SMART Data</gui> button located below <gui>SMART Status</gui>.</p></item>
 </steps>
 </section>
 <section id="disk-not-healthy"><title>What if the disk isn't healthy?</title>
-   <p>If the SMART Status indicates that the disk isn't healthy, maybe there's no reason to be alarmed, but it's always better to be prepared and make a backup the important data, to don't suffer any loss. The suggested next step is taking the hard disk to be repaired by some technical professional.</p>
+   <p>If the <gui>SMART Status</gui> indicates that the disk <em>isn't</em> healthy, there may be no cause for alarm. However, it's better to be prepared with a <link xref="backup-why">backup</link> to prevent data loss. It is recommended that the hard disk be taken to a professional for further diagnosis and repair.</p>
 
 </section>
 <comment>
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/shell-session-status.page b/gnome-help/C/shell-session-status.page
index da8be48..c57c3b9 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/shell-session-status.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/shell-session-status.page
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 <title>Change your availability on chat</title>
 
-<p>If you have a chat (instant messaging) program open but don't want to be disturbed, you can change your <em>availability</em> so that people knwo you don't want to chat.</p>
+<p>If you have a chat (instant messaging) program open but don't want to be disturbed, you can change your <em>availability</em> so that people know you don't want to chat.</p>
 
 <steps>
  <item>
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