[file-roller] Update user help for 3.6
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [file-roller] Update user help for 3.6
- Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 15:07:56 +0000 (UTC)
commit 353b844afb409f065092e31db014e7fbf8422fc0
Author: Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 googlemail com>
Date: Wed Jan 18 13:36:27 2012 +0000
Update user help for 3.6
Added revision details to all files. Moved description to be closer to
the text (at the bottom on the info box). Replaced "File Roller" with
"Archive Manager" to be consistent with other user help. Updated some
instructions. Reflowed text.
help/C/archive-create.page | 55 +++++++++++-------
help/C/archive-edit.page | 38 +++++++-----
help/C/archive-extract-advanced-options.page | 67 ++++++++++++---------
help/C/archive-extract.page | 80 +++++++++++++++---------
help/C/archive-open.page | 32 ++++++----
help/C/archive-view.page | 83 +++++++++++++++-----------
help/C/index.page | 2 +-
help/C/introduction.page | 34 ++++++----
help/C/keyboard-shortcuts.page | 12 +++-
help/C/password-protection.page | 67 ++++++++++++++-------
help/C/supported-formats.page | 20 ++++--
help/C/test-integrity.page | 19 ++++--
help/C/troubleshooting-archive-open.page | 27 +++++---
help/C/troubleshooting-password.page | 17 ++++--
14 files changed, 342 insertions(+), 211 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/archive-create.page b/help/C/archive-create.page
index 614faea..bc6ed09 100644
--- a/help/C/archive-create.page
+++ b/help/C/archive-create.page
@@ -4,47 +4,55 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-archives"/>
- <desc>Add files or folders to your new archive.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-01-18" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>Add files or folders to a new archive.</desc>
</info>
<title>Create a new archive</title>
- <p>
- Create a new archive with <app>File Roller</app>, by following these steps:
- </p>
+ <p>Create a new archive with <app>Archive Manager</app> by following these
+ steps:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Click the <gui>Create a new archive</gui> toolbar button, or click
- <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui><gui style="menuitem">Newâ</gui></guiseq></p>
+ <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Newâ</gui></guiseq></p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>The file chooser will open. Use it to name your new archive file and
- choose its location, and click <gui>Create</gui>.</p>
+ <p>The file chooser will open: name your new archive file and choose the
+ location for it to be saved to, then click <gui>Create</gui> to
+ continue</p>
<note style="tip">
- <p>In this dialog you may also choose the type of the file format that
- you want to use, available extensions should be listed below. By
- clicking <gui>Other options</gui> you can set a password, or split your
- new archive into smaller parts. You should specify the size of the
- volume in <gui>MB</gui>.</p>
+ <p>In this dialog, you may also choose the file format that you want to
+ use: available extensions are listed at the bottom. If you do not chose
+ the file format, the new archive will be a <file>tar.gz</file>.</p>
+ <p>By clicking <gui>Other Options</gui> you can set a password, or
+ split your new archive into smaller, individual files by selecting the
+ relevant option and specifying the volume for each part in
+ <gui>MB</gui>.</p>
</note>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Add the desired files to your archive by clicking the
- <gui>Add files to the archive</gui> toolbar button, or by clicking
- <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Add filesâ</gui></guiseq>. <app>File Roller</app>
- also allows you to add whole folders. To do this, click the
- <gui>Add a folder to the archive</gui> toolbar button, or select
- <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Add a folderâ</gui></guiseq></p>
+ <p>Add the desired files to your archive by clicking the <gui>Add files
+ to the archive</gui> toolbar button, or by clicking <guiseq><gui
+ style="menu">Edit</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Add filesâ</gui></guiseq>.
+ <app>Archive Manager</app> also allows you to add whole folders by
+ clicking the <gui>Add a folder to the archive</gui> toolbar button, or
+ selecting <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Add
+ a folderâ</gui></guiseq></p>
<note style="tip">
<p>When you add a folder to your archive, you will be offered some
options:</p>
@@ -53,10 +61,15 @@
<item><p>Choose which files should be included</p></item>
<item><p>Select which subfolders or files are to be excluded</p></item>
</list>
+ <p>Not all archive file formats support folders: if the file format
+ that you are using does not, you will not be warned. If the file format
+ that you are using does not support folders, the files from the folders
+ will be added, but not the folder itself.</p>
</note>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Once you finish adding files, your archive is ready.</p>
+ <p>Once you finish adding files, the archive is ready; you do not need to
+ save it.</p>
</item>
</steps>
diff --git a/help/C/archive-edit.page b/help/C/archive-edit.page
index 271b2fd..737d0c9 100644
--- a/help/C/archive-edit.page
+++ b/help/C/archive-edit.page
@@ -5,47 +5,53 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-archives"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="archive-create"/>
- <desc>Change the content of your archive.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2011-12-08" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>Change the content of your archive.</desc>
</info>
<title>Edit an archive</title>
- <p>With <app>File Roller</app> you can edit an existing archive by adding
- new files, removing unwanted ones or by changing their names. You can work
- with folders in the same way as with files.</p>
+ <p>With <app>Archive Manager</app> you can edit an existing archive by adding
+ new files, removing unwanted ones or by renaming them. You can work with
+ folders in the same way as with files.</p>
<terms>
<item>
- <title><code>Add files</code></title>
- <p>Add files to an existing archive by following the instructions on
- <link xref="archive-create"/> page.</p>
+ <title>Add files</title>
+ <p>Add files to an existing archive by following the instructions for
+ <link xref="archive-create">creating an archive</link>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <title><code>Remove files</code></title>
+ <title>Remove files</title>
<steps>
- <item><p>Select the file.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Select the file</p></item>
<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Delete</gui></guiseq>, or right-click on the
- selected file, and choose <gui>Delete</gui>.</p></item>
+ selected file, and choose <gui>Delete</gui></p></item>
</steps>
</item>
<item>
- <title><code>Rename files</code></title>
+ <title>Rename files</title>
<steps>
- <item><p>Select the file.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Select the file</p></item>
<item><p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Renameâ</gui></guiseq>, or right-click on the
- selected file, and choose <gui>Renameâ</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>A dialog will open. Enter the new file name into the text entry
- field.</p></item>
- <item><p>Confirm the name by clicking <gui>Rename</gui>.</p></item>
+ selected file, and choose <gui>Renameâ</gui></p></item>
+ <item><p>Enter the new file name into the dialog which which has
+ opened</p></item>
+ <item><p>Confirm the name by clicking <gui>Rename</gui></p></item>
</steps>
</item>
</terms>
diff --git a/help/C/archive-extract-advanced-options.page b/help/C/archive-extract-advanced-options.page
index d40af6e..aec13d1 100644
--- a/help/C/archive-extract-advanced-options.page
+++ b/help/C/archive-extract-advanced-options.page
@@ -4,45 +4,54 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced-options"/>
- <desc>Specify your preferences for archive extraction.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-03-06" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>Specify your preferences for archive extraction.</desc>
</info>
<title>Advanced options for archive extracting</title>
- <p><app>File Roller</app> offers different options while extracting an
- archive. You can see these options in the file chooser dialog, which you use
- for choosing the location for extracted files. At the bottom of this dialog,
- you can decide if you want to extract:</p>
+ <p><app>Archive Manager</app> offers different options for extracting an
+ archive. You can see these options in the file chooser dialog, that is used
+ for choosing the location for the extracted files. At the bottom of this
+ dialog, you can decide if you want to extract:</p>
+
<terms>
<item>
<title><gui>All files</gui></title>
- <p>the whole archive will be extracted</p>
+ <p>All the files and folders in the archive will be extracted</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><gui>Selected files</gui></title>
- <p><app>File Roller</app> extracts only the chosen files</p>
- <note>
- <p>Select them before you click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Extractâ</gui></guiseq>. Do this by clicking on
- the file name. Press <key>Ctrl</key> or <key>Shift</key>, to select
- more than one file.</p>
- </note>
+ <p><app>Archive Manager</app> extracts only the selected files</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>You need to select the files that you wish to extract before before
+ you click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Extractâ</gui></guiseq>. Do this by clicking on
+ the file name. Use <key>Ctrl</key> and <key>Shift</key> keys, to select
+ more than one file.</p>
+ </note>
</item>
<item>
<title><gui>Files</gui></title>
- <p>you can type the names of the files that you want to extract</p>
- <note>
- <p>The file name needs to be followed by a file extension. You can
- extract, for example, all <file>.txt</file> files, by typing
- <file>*.txt</file>.</p>
- </note>
+ <p>You can type in the names of the files that you want to extract.
+ Separate individual files using a semicolon (<key>;</key>)</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>The file name needs to be followed by a file extension. You can use
+ the asterisk (<key>*</key>) as a wild card, for example, to select all
+ <file>.txt</file> files by typing <file>*.txt</file>.</p>
+ </note>
</item>
</terms>
@@ -50,27 +59,27 @@
<terms>
<item>
<title><gui>Re-create folders</gui></title>
- <p>Tick this option if you want to keep the directory structure, as it
- was in your archive</p>
+ <p>Tick this option if you want to keep the directory structure, as it
+ is in your archive</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><gui>Overwrite existing files</gui></title>
- <p>If your archive contains files with the same name as those in the
- destination folder, then <app>File Roller</app> will overwrite them
- during extraction if this option is enabled</p>
+ <p>If your archive contains files with the same name as those in the
+ destination folder, then <app>Archive Manager</app> will overwrite them
+ during extraction if this option is enabled</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><gui>Do not extract older files</gui></title>
- <p>This option will not overwrite existing files with the same name,
- which have a more recent modification date than those which are in the
- archive.</p>
+ <p>This option will not overwrite existing files with the same name,
+ which have a more recent modification date than those which are in the
+ archive.</p>
</item>
</terms>
<p>These <gui>Actions</gui> are listed at the bottom of the dialog.</p>
- <note style="advanced">
- <p>The option <gui>Do not extract older files</gui> is only avaiable when
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>The option <gui>Do not extract older files</gui> is only available when
the option <gui>Overwrite existing files</gui> has been enabled.</p>
</note>
diff --git a/help/C/archive-extract.page b/help/C/archive-extract.page
index fd968ef..c4dc47c 100644
--- a/help/C/archive-extract.page
+++ b/help/C/archive-extract.page
@@ -5,52 +5,72 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-archives"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="archive-open"/>
-<!-- <link type="seealso" xref="password-protection"/>-->
+ <link type="seealso" xref="password-protection"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="archive-extract-advanced-options"/>
- <desc>Extract files or folders from your archive</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2011-12-12" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>Extract files or folders from your archive</desc>
</info>
<title>Extract an archive</title>
- <p>Extract files from archive using <app>File Roller</app> by following these
- steps:</p>
+ <p>Extract files from an archive using <app>Archive Manager</app> by
+ following these steps:</p>
- <steps>
- <item><p><link xref="archive-open">Open</link> an archive.</p></item>
- <item><p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Extractâ</gui></guiseq> or click the <gui>Extract</gui>
- toolbar button.</p></item>
- <item><p>Choose the location in the file chooser, into which the files
- should be extracted. This will be the destination folder.</p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p><link xref="archive-open">Open</link> an archive.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Extractâ</gui></guiseq> or click <gui>Extract</gui>
+ in the toolbar button.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Choose where you want the archive to be extracted to in the file
+ chooser. This will be the destination folder.</p>
<note style="tip">
- <p>There are additional options in this dialog. See
- <link xref="archive-extract-advanced-options">advanced options for
- extracting archives</link>.</p>
+ <p>See <link xref="archive-extract-advanced-options">advanced options
+ for extracting archives</link> for more extraction options.</p>
</note>
- </item>
- <item><p>Click <gui>Extract</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>If an archive is protected by a
- <!--<link xref="password-protection">-->password<!--</link>-->, <app>File
- Roller</app> will request it. Type the password and click
- <gui>OK</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>The application will show you the progress bar in a new dialog.
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click <gui>Extract</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>If an archive is protected by a
+ <link xref="password-protection">password</link>, <app>Archive
+ Manager</app> will request it. Type in the password and click
+ <gui>OK</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>The application will show you the progress bar in a new dialog.
If the extraction completes successfully, you will be asked whether you
want to:</p>
- <list>
- <item><p><gui>Quit</gui> - this option closes <app>File Roller</app></p></item>
- <item><p><gui>Show the files</gui> - after clicking this the
- destination folder will be open in <app>Nautilus</app></p></item>
- <item><p><gui>Close</gui> - the dialog will be closed and you will see
- your archive again</p></item>
- </list>
- </item>
- </steps>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>Quit</gui> to close <app>Archive Manager</app></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>Show the files</gui> to view the destination folder with
+ <app>Files</app></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>Close</gui> the dialog</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/archive-open.page b/help/C/archive-open.page
index 6d12ec9..c1f2675 100644
--- a/help/C/archive-open.page
+++ b/help/C/archive-open.page
@@ -4,23 +4,30 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-archives"/>
- <desc>Open an existing archive.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2011-12-08" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>Open an existing archive.</desc>
</info>
<title>Open an archive</title>
- <p>Open an existing archive with <app>File Roller</app> in the following ways:</p>
+ <p>You can open an existing archive with <app>Archive Manager</app> in the
+ following ways:</p>
<list>
<item>
- <p>Click the toolbar button <gui>Open</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Click the toolbar button <gui>Open</gui></p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
@@ -28,14 +35,13 @@
</item>
</list>
- <p>You may also use the <gui>Open Recent</gui> option in the following ways:</p>
+ <p>You may also use the <gui>Open Recent</gui> option:</p>
<list>
<item>
- <p>Click the
- <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/file-roller-open-recent.png">
- Open a recently used archive</media>
- toolbar button and select a file.</p>
+ <p>Click the <media type="image" mime="image/png"
+ src="figures/file-roller-open-recent.png"> Open a recently used
+ archive</media> toolbar button and select a file.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
@@ -44,9 +50,11 @@
</item>
</list>
- <note><p>If <app>File Roller</app> cannot open your recently used
- archive, and shows the error message <gui>The file doesn't exist</gui>, it may
- be that the location of the archive file has changed. Then, you may use
- <gui>Open</gui> option to search for it.</p></note>
+ <note>
+ <p>If <app>Archive Manager</app> cannot open your recently used archive and
+ shows the error message <gui>The file doesn't exist</gui>, it may be that
+ the location of the archive file has changed. You can try using
+ <gui>Open</gui> option to search for it.</p>
+ </note>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/archive-view.page b/help/C/archive-view.page
index 1c1cb26..d2b4541 100644
--- a/help/C/archive-view.page
+++ b/help/C/archive-view.page
@@ -4,63 +4,76 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-archives"/>
- <desc>View an existing archive and its content.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2011-12-12" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>View an existing archive and its content.</desc>
</info>
<title>View an archive</title>
- <p>There are two ways of viewing the archive:</p>
+ <p>There are two ways to view an archive:</p>
- <list>
+ <terms>
<item>
- <p>View all files</p>
- <p>To use this view, click <guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">View All Files</gui></guiseq>. <app>File Roller</app>
- will list all files inside the archive. You will see their names, sizes,
- types, dates of the last modification and locations.</p>
- <note style="tip">
- <p>You may use these column headings mentioned above (name, sizeâ) to
- sort the files in your archive. Do this by clicking on them, and click
- the same one again to sort in reverse order.</p>
- </note>
+ <title>View all files</title>
+ <p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui><gui style="menuitem">View
+ All Files</gui></guiseq>. <app>Archive Manager</app> will list all files
+ inside the archive. You will see their names, sizes, types, dates of the
+ last modification and locations.</p>
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>You may use these column headings mentioned above (name, sizeâ) to
+ sort the files in your archive. Do this by clicking on them; you can
+ click the same one again to sort in reverse order.</p>
+ </note>
</item>
<item>
- <p>View as a folder</p>
+ <title>View as a folder</title>
<p>This view displays the classic directory structure. To use this, click
<guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">View as a Folder</gui></guiseq>.</p>
- <note style="tip">
- <p>While viewing your archive in this way, press
- <key>F9</key>, or click <guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Folders</gui></guiseq> option. You will see a
- tree view of the folders in the side pane. It allows you to navigate
- easily between folders.</p>
- </note>
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>While viewing your archive in this way, you can press <key>F9</key>,
+ or click <guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Folders</gui></guiseq> option, to see a tree
+ view of the folders in the side pane. It allows you to navigate easily
+ between folders.</p>
+ </note>
</item>
- </list>
+ </terms>
<section id="file-open">
<title>Open files in your archive</title>
- <p>Open files, which are in you archive by double-clicking the file name, or
- right-click on the file name and select <gui>Open</gui>.
- <app>File Roller</app> will open the file with the default application for
- that file type.</p>
- <note>
- <p>Open the file with different application by following these steps:</p>
- <steps>
- <item><p>Select the file</p></item>
- <item><p>Right-click</p></item>
- <item><p>Click <gui>Open Withâ</gui></p></item>
- </steps>
- </note>
- </section>
+ <p>Open files which are in you archive by double-clicking the file name, or
+ right-click on the file name and select <gui>Open</gui>
+ <app>Archive Manager</app> will open the file with the default application
+ for that file type.</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>Open the file with different application by following these steps:</p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Right click on the file</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click <gui>Open Withâ</gui></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select the application that you want to use and click
+ <gui>Select</gui></p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+ </note>
+ </section>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/index.page b/help/C/index.page
index dcea1c2..e55bc43 100644
--- a/help/C/index.page
+++ b/help/C/index.page
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
type="guide"
id="index">
- <title>File Roller Archive Manager Help</title>
+ <title>Archive Manager Help</title>
<section id="managing-archives" style="2column">
<title>Managing archives</title>
diff --git a/help/C/introduction.page b/help/C/introduction.page
index 858c221..481c720 100644
--- a/help/C/introduction.page
+++ b/help/C/introduction.page
@@ -4,43 +4,49 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index"/>
- <desc>Introduction to the <app>File Roller</app> archive managing
- application.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-01-18" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>Introduction to the GNOME <app>Archive Manager</app>.</desc>
</info>
<title>Introduction</title>
- <p><app>File Roller</app> is an application for managing archives, designed to
- be easy to use. It provides all the tools necessary for creating, modifying or
- extracting archives.</p>
+ <p><app>Archive Manager</app> is an application for managing archive files,
+ for example, <file>.zip</file> or <file>.tar</file> files; it is designed to
+ be easy to use. <app>Archive Manager</app> provides all the tools that are
+ necessary for creating, modifying and extracting archives.</p>
<note style="advanced">
- <p>An archive is composed of one or more files, along with metadata. It may
- be encrypted in part or as a whole. By collecting multiple data files
- together into a single one, archive files are useful for storing data and
- transferring it between computers.</p>
+ <p>An archive consists of one or more files and folders, along with
+ metadata. It may be encrypted in part or as a whole. Archive files are
+ useful for storing data and transferring it between computers as they allow
+ you to collect multiple files into one.</p>
</note>
- <p>With <app>File Roller</app> you can:</p>
+ <p>With <app>Archive Manager</app> you can:</p>
<list>
- <item><p>Create new archive by adding files or folders</p></item>
+ <item><p>Create new archive</p></item>
<item><p>View the content of the existing archive</p></item>
<item><p>View a file contained in the archive</p></item>
<item><p>Modify existing archives</p></item>
- <item><p>Extract files from archive</p></item>
+ <item><p>Extract files from an archive</p></item>
</list>
<figure>
- <title><gui>File Roller</gui> main window</title>
+ <title>Viewing an archive with <gui>Archive Manager</gui></title>
<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/file-roller-main-window.png">
- <p>Screenshot of the <app>File Roller</app> main window.</p>
+ <p>Screenshot of the <app>Archive Manager</app> main window.</p>
</media>
</figure>
diff --git a/help/C/keyboard-shortcuts.page b/help/C/keyboard-shortcuts.page
index 2f1fe70..c7a1ca5 100644
--- a/help/C/keyboard-shortcuts.page
+++ b/help/C/keyboard-shortcuts.page
@@ -4,20 +4,26 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced-options"/>
- <desc>The list of shortcuts in <app>File Roller</app>.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2011-12-15" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>The list of shortcuts in <app>Archive Manager</app>.</desc>
</info>
<title>Keyboard shortcuts</title>
<p>Using keyboard shortcuts can help speed up work-flow. In the table below
- is a list of shortcuts which can be used in <app>File Roller</app>.</p>
+ is a list of shortcuts which can be used in <app>Archive Manager</app>.</p>
<table frame="all" shade="rows">
<tr>
@@ -93,7 +99,7 @@
<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>R</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><p>View help content</p></td>
+ <td><p>View help</p></td>
<td><p><key>F1</key></p></td>
</tr>
</table>
diff --git a/help/C/password-protection.page b/help/C/password-protection.page
index 8fe1645..41dc50f 100644
--- a/help/C/password-protection.page
+++ b/help/C/password-protection.page
@@ -6,54 +6,77 @@
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced-options"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="archive-create"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="archive-open"/>
- <desc>Set the password for your archive.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-01-10" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>Set the password for your archive.</desc>
</info>
<title>Password protection</title>
- <note style="warning"><p><app>File Roller</app> allows you to encrypt an
- archive with a password only in specific circumstances.</p></note>
+ <p>You can encrypt an archive with a password so that only you and those with
+ whom you chose to share the password are able to access it. Note that the
+ password can still be guessed, so for highest security, use a non-dictionary
+ password that cannot be associated with you.</p>
+
+ <note style="warning">
+ <p><app>Archive Manager</app> allows you to encrypt an archive with a
+ password only in specific circumstances.</p>
+ </note>
+
+ <p>Set a password to encrypt data in a new archive by following these
+ steps:</p>
- <p>Set a password to encrypt data in a new archive by following these steps:</p>
<steps>
- <item><p>Start <link xref="archive-create">creating a new archive</link></p></item>
- <item><p>The file chooser will open</p></item>
- <item><p>At the bottom of this dialog you can choose the <gui>File Format</gui>
- and <gui>Other Options</gui>, where you can set a password</p></item>
- <item><p>Click <gui>Other Options</gui> and type a password</p>
+ <item>
+ <p>Start <link xref="archive-create">creating a new archive</link></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>At the bottom of the file chooser dialog you can choose the
+ <gui>File Format</gui> and enter a password into the <gui>Password</gui>
+ field in <gui>Other Options</gui></p>
<note style="warning">
- <p>You may not be able to type password, because <app>File Roller</app>
- does not allow this option to be used for all types of archive files, so
- it is better to choose file format before
- setting a password.</p>
+ <p>You may not be able to type password, because not all archive types
+ support encryption, so it is better to choose file format before
+ setting a password.</p>
</note>
</item>
- <item><p>Type your password into the password field</p></item>
- <item><p>Continue with <link xref="archive-create">
- creating a new archive</link></p></item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Continue with <link xref="archive-create"> creating a new
+ archive</link></p>
+ </item>
</steps>
<p>Protect an existing archive by setting a password:</p>
<steps>
- <item><p><link xref="archive-open">Open an archive</link></p></item>
- <item><p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Passwordâ</gui></guiseq></p></item>
- <item><p>Type password into the password field</p>
+ <item>
+ <p><link xref="archive-open">Open an archive</link></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui
+ style="menuitem">Passwordâ</gui></guiseq></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Type a password into the password field</p>
<note>
<p>If you want to encrypt the list of files tick
<gui>Encrypt the file list too</gui>.</p>
</note>
</item>
- <item><p>Click <gui style="button">OK</gui> to continue</p>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click <gui style="button">OK</gui> to continue</p>
<note style="warning">
- <p><app>File Roller</app> will encrypt only new files which will be
+ <p><app>Archive Manager</app> will encrypt only new files which will be
added to the archive!</p>
</note>
</item>
diff --git a/help/C/supported-formats.page b/help/C/supported-formats.page
index 2a156a7..8988892 100644
--- a/help/C/supported-formats.page
+++ b/help/C/supported-formats.page
@@ -4,34 +4,40 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index"/>
- <desc><app>File Roller</app> has the ability to use various file formats.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2011-11-21" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc><app>Archive Manager</app> works with a number of different file formats.</desc>
</info>
<title>Supported file formats</title>
- <p>The formats support by <app>File Roller</app> include:</p>
+ <p>File formats that are support by <app>Archive Manager</app> include:</p>
<list type="numbered">
<item><p>Archive only</p>
- <list type="disc">
+ <list>
<item><p>AIX Small Indexed Archive (<file>.ar</file>)</p></item>
<item><p>ISO-9660 CD Disc Image [Read-only mode] (<file>.iso</file>)</p></item>
<item><p>Tape Archive File (<file>.tar</file>)</p></item>
</list>
</item>
<item><p>Archive and compression</p>
- <list type="disc">
+ <list>
<item><p>Java Archive (<file>.jar</file>)</p></item>
<item><p>WinRAR Compressed Archive (<file>.rar</file>)</p></item>
<item><p>Tape Archive File compressed with:</p>
- <list type="circle">
+ <list>
<item><p>gzip (<file>.tar.gz</file>, <file>.tgz</file>)</p></item>
<item><p>bzip (<file>.tar.bz</file>, <file>.tbz</file>)</p></item>
<item><p>bzip2 (<file>.tar.bz2</file>, <file>.tbz2</file>)</p></item>
@@ -48,9 +54,9 @@
</item>
</list>
-
+<!-- TODO: how does one install the plugins? -->
<note>
- <p>For some file formats, <app>File Roller</app> may require additional
+ <p>For some file formats, <app>Archive Manager</app> may require additional
plugins.</p>
</note>
diff --git a/help/C/test-integrity.page b/help/C/test-integrity.page
index 1de7426..9136941 100644
--- a/help/C/test-integrity.page
+++ b/help/C/test-integrity.page
@@ -4,25 +4,32 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced-options"/>
- <desc>Check the integrity of an archive</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2011-12-12" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>Check the archive for errors</desc>
</info>
<title>Test integrity</title>
- <p><app>File Roller</app> allows you to check whether the compressed data in
- an archive contains any errors. Do this by clicking
- <guiseq><gui style="menu">Archive</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Test Integrity</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ <p><app>Archive Manager</app> allows you to check whether the compressed data
+ in an archive contains any errors. Do this by clicking <guiseq><gui
+ style="menu">Archive</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Test
+ Integrity</gui></guiseq>.</p>
<p>The dialog with the <gui>Test Result</gui> will pop up. You will see the
- list of tested files and, at the bottom, there will also be the test summary.</p>
+ list of tested files and, at the bottom, there will also be the test
+ summary.</p>
<note style="advanced">
<p>The integrity test verifies that your data is not corrupt.</p>
diff --git a/help/C/troubleshooting-archive-open.page b/help/C/troubleshooting-archive-open.page
index e981f5e..45bc404 100644
--- a/help/C/troubleshooting-archive-open.page
+++ b/help/C/troubleshooting-archive-open.page
@@ -6,27 +6,34 @@
<link type="guide" xref="index#troubleshooting"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="archive-open"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="supported-formats"/>
- <desc>I cannot open an archive.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-01-03" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>I cannot open an archive.</desc>
</info>
<title>Problem opening an archive</title>
- <p>If you cannot open an existing archive with <app>File Roller</app>, check
- the format of your file. Some types of archive may require additional plugins,
- the installation process for these varies between different distributions.</p>
+ <p>If you cannot open an existing archive with <app>Archive Manager</app>,
+ check the format of your file. Some types of archive may require additional
+ plugins; the installation process for these varies between different
+ distributions.</p>
- <note>
- <p>If <app>File Roller</app> cannot open a recently used archive, it may
- be that the location of this archive file has changed. See the help page
- about <link xref="archive-open">opening an archive</link> for further
- information.</p>
- </note>
+ <note>
+ <p>If <app>Archive Manager</app> cannot open a recently used archive, it
+ may be that the location of this archive file has changed. See the help
+ page about <link xref="archive-open">opening an archive</link> for further
+ information.</p>
+ </note>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/troubleshooting-password.page b/help/C/troubleshooting-password.page
index afa80d0..a375aaf 100644
--- a/help/C/troubleshooting-password.page
+++ b/help/C/troubleshooting-password.page
@@ -5,21 +5,28 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#troubleshooting"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="password-protection"/>
- <desc>I have set a password, but it does not protect the whole archive.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-01-03" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85 gmail com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
+ <desc>I have set a password, but it does not protect the whole
+ archive.</desc>
</info>
<title>Problem setting a password</title>
- <p><app>File Roller</app> does not ensure password protection for an existing
- archive. While working with such an archive, you can only set a password for
- newly added files. To do this, follow instructions on
- <link xref="password-protection">Password protection</link> page.</p>
+ <p><app>Archive Manager</app> does not add password protection for an
+ existing archive. While working with such an archive, you can only set a
+ password for newly added files. To do this, follow instructions on <link
+ xref="password-protection">Password protection</link> page.</p>
</page>
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