[gnome-user-docs] style and formatting updates to files-removedrive.page
- From: Jim Campbell <jcampbell src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] style and formatting updates to files-removedrive.page
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:18:39 +0000 (UTC)
commit acec45d00b3d84815ca03be524dee27951426148
Author: Jim Campbell <jwcampbell gmail com>
Date: Sat Feb 18 21:16:59 2012 +0100
style and formatting updates to files-removedrive.page
gnome-help/C/files-removedrive.page | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/gnome-help/C/files-removedrive.page b/gnome-help/C/files-removedrive.page
index d366b9a..66b9005 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/files-removedrive.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/files-removedrive.page
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>shaunm gnome org</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Jim Campbell</name>
+ <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
- <revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-02-19" status="outdated"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
<desc>Eject or unmount a USB flash drive, CD, DVD, or other device.</desc>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
@@ -20,12 +24,14 @@
<p>When you use external storage devices like USB flash drives, you
should safely remove them before unplugging them. If you just unplug
a device, you run the risk of unplugging while an application is still
- using it, which could result in some of your files being lost or damaged.
- When you use an optical disc like a CD or DVD, you can use the same steps to eject
- the disc from your computer.</p>
+ using it. This could result in some of your files being lost or damaged.
+ When you use an optical disc like a CD or DVD, you can use the same steps
+ to eject the disc from your computer.</p>
<steps>
- <item><p>From the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, open <app>Files</app>.</p></item>
+ <title>To eject a removable device:</title>
+ <item><p>From the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, open <app>Files</app>.</p>
+ </item>
<item><p>Locate the device in the sidebar. It should have a small
eject icon next to the name. Click the eject icon to safely
remove or eject the device.</p></item>
@@ -35,20 +41,25 @@
<gui>Eject</gui> or <gui>Safely Remove Drive</gui>. USB drives can't
be physically ejected, so for these devices, there is no difference
between <gui>Eject</gui> and <gui>Safely Remove Drive</gui>.</p>
+
+ <section id="remove-busy-device">
+ <title>Safely remove a device that is in use</title>
- <p>If any of the files on the device are open and in use by an application, you
- will not be able to safely remove the device. You will be prompted with a
- window telling you that "the volume is busy", and listing all the open files
+ <p>If any of the files on the device are open and in use by an application,
+ you will not be able to safely remove the device. You will be prompted with a
+ window telling you that "the volume is busy," and listing all the open files
on the device. Once you close all the files on the device, the device
- will automatically be safe to remove (so you can unplug or eject it).</p>
-
- <p>You can also choose <gui>Unmount Anyway</gui> to remove the device
- without closing the files. This can cause errors in applications that
- have those files open.</p>
+ will automatically be safe to remove. At that time you can unplug or eject it.
+ </p>
<p>If you can't close one of the files, for example if the application
using the file is locked up, you can right-click the file in the
<gui>Volume is busy</gui> window and select <gui>End Process</gui>.
This will force the entire locked up application to close, which could close
other files you have open with that application.</p>
+
+ <note style="warning"><p>You can also choose <gui>Unmount Anyway</gui> to
+ remove the device without closing the files. This may cause errors in
+ applications that have those files open.</p></note>
+ </section>
</page>
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